20 Classic Halloween Movies to Watch for a Scary Evening

The moment from the leaves change their color, and the air gets all spooky, it is understood that Halloween is around the corner. However, Halloween is incomplete without a good old time Halloween movie. Below Is a Halloween movies list which includes great thrillers for your friends and family. So, get ready and snuggle up with all your favorite snacks to watch Halloween films this holiday season.

1- Scream (1996)

This is a great fan favorite hit Halloween film. Starring some of the big comedy stars including Drew Barrymore and Courtney Cox.

2- Get Out (2017)

This movie is a classic horror story. It is written and directed by Jordan Peele-. This story revolves around a black photographer and his girlfriend who is white. The characters engage in casual racism as the story progresses.

3- Beetle juice (1988)

This movie starring Tim Burton is a mix of horror and comedy. This movie follows the story of a couple who haunt their previously lived home. Watch this Halloween film for good old laughs. Read: Halloween Puns to Enjoy!!4- Halloween (1978)

This classic movie named Halloween is the best fit for Halloween itself. This movie is a real horror about a man who is a mental patient. He escapes the mental institute to tease people of his home town. The star of the movie is Jamie Lee Curtis.

5- Edward Scissor hands (1990)

It is another great movie by none other than Tim Burton. This movie is about a love story between a man who loves scissor blades for hands played by Johnny Depp and a suburban teenager played by Winona Ryder.

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6- Ghostbusters (1984)

Ghostbusters is another family movie option for this Halloween. It is a classic comedy you cannot shake out of your head for days.

7- Carrie (1976)

Carrie is one of the creepiest movies by Stephen King. It’s a scary prom movie and will probably give you Halloween nightmares. This movie is about a cult that happens on the prom night by a teenager.

8- The Exorcist (1973)

This Halloween polish your memory with one of a kind scary movie The Exorcist. In this movie, the story is about a young girl who is in possession of a spirit and her mother tries to save her through different exorcisms.

9- Hocus Pocus (1993)

Halloween is incomplete without this family-friendly comedy Hocus Pocus. Starring Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy. These comedy stars played the role of crazy Massachusetts witches, resurrected from death before Halloween.

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10- Child’s Play (1988)

Every child would remember this movie, about a doll possessed by an evil serial killer spirit. The famous Chucky character is the main character of this Halloween movie.

11- Mother (2017)

The thriller/horror movie is about a young couple, husband, and wife. Their happy life gets disturbed by the arrival of a mysterious couple. This Halloween enjoysJennifer Lawrence, Michelle Pfeiffer, Ed Harris, and Javier Bardem on screen.

12- Casper (1995)

This movie is about a friendship between a human and a ghost, Halloween special movie, starring young Christina Ricci.

13- Rocky Horror picture show (1975)

This is an all-time cult favorite movie to watch around Halloween. This is famous for its shows in theaters around Halloween. Put this classic on your watch list and enjoy it with your friends and family.

14- The Blair Witch Project (1999)

This Halloween (Halloween Images)special is filmed as a ‘found footage’ by some hikers, who went for the legend of Blair Witch, then all three hikers disappeared. This concept of filming has become the inspiration for upcoming movies like Paranormal Activity.

15- The Craft (1996)

This movie revolves around four high schoolers and unusual supernatural activity in a school called Los Angeles high school. These High schoolers discover witchcraft and after that everything changes.

16- Paranormal Activity (2007)

If you are in for a long treat this Halloween. This movie is for you, and it consists of six films in its franchise. The story is captured through found footage of a couple being haunted in their house.

17- Double, Double, Toil and Trouble (1993)

This old movie is everyone’s Halloween nostalgia. The movie is about two twin girls Mary Kate and Ashley classic who use their power against an evil curse and save their aunt. Check out Halloween Pictures

18- Practical Magic (1998)

This movie is a treat for romantics, its story is about two sisters played by Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman. These sisters fought against a curse put on a family using their magical powers.

19- Halloween (1998)

It is the best sweet core movie for the whole family. It is a story about a young witch Marnie. Marnie is confused about her two lives, one in the normal world and the other in an enchanted place, where her grandmother lives. There is always Halloween at that enchanted place. Check: Halloween Jokes here

20- The Sixth sense (1999)

The well-known phrase “I see dead people” comes from this thriller. This Halloween enjoys the story of a young boy who can talk to the dead people and his therapist.

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