The Ultimate Halloween Movie Lineup
Pull up a blanket, dim the lights, and enter the haunted hall of cinema. This is your curated map of shivers, scares, and unforgettable night-movies. 20 films that define what Halloween should feel like. 🎃
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Casper
Brad Silberling · 1995
Casper is a kind young ghost who peacefully haunts a mansion in Maine. When specialist James Harvey arrives to communicate with Casper and his fellow spirits, he brings along his teenage daughter, Kat. Casper quickly falls in love with Kat, but their budding relationship is complicated not only by his transparent state, but also by his troublemaking apparition uncles and their mischievous antics.
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
André Øvredal · 2019
Mill Valley, Pennsylvania, Halloween night, 1968. After playing a joke on a school bully, Stella and her friends decide to sneak into a supposedly haunted house that once belonged to the powerful Bellows family, unleashing dark forces that they will be unable to control.
Practical Magic
Griffin Dunne · 1998
Sally and Gillian Owens, born into a magical family, have mostly avoided witchcraft themselves. But when Gillian's vicious boyfriend, Jimmy Angelov, dies unexpectedly, the Owens sisters give themselves a crash course in hard magic. With policeman Gary Hallet growing suspicious, the girls struggle to resurrect Angelov -- and unwittingly inject his corpse with an evil spirit that threatens to end their family line.
Ginger Snaps
John Fawcett · 2001
The story of two outcast sisters, Ginger and Brigitte, in the mindless suburban town of Bailey Downs. On the night of Ginger's first period, she is savagely attacked by a wild creature. Ginger's wounds miraculously heal but something is not quite right. Now Brigitte must save her sister and save herself.
Night of the Demons
Kevin Tenney · 1988
When partygoers at a deserted funeral home decide to have a séance on Halloween night, they awaken something evil with a thirst for blood.
Trick or Treat
Charles Martin Smith · 1986
Eddie Weinbauer, a metalhead teen who is bullied at school, looks to his heavy metal superstar idol, Sammi Curr, for guidance. When Curr is killed in a hotel fire, Eddie becomes the recipient of the only copy of Curr's unreleased album, which, when played backwards, brings Sammi back to life. As Halloween approaches, Eddie begins to realize that this isn't only rock 'n roll...it's life and death.
Scream VI
Tyler Gillett · 2023
Following the latest Ghostface killings, the four survivors leave Woodsboro behind and start a fresh chapter.
Ernest Scared Stupid
John Cherry · 1991
Well-intentioned, eternally bumbling Ernest P. Worrell accidentally releases an evil demon from its sacred tomb. As the demon flexes its power and goes on a ruinous rampage, good-guy Ernest tries to step in to save the town from mass destruction. Trouble is, a 200-year-old curse has scared Ernest stupid, and that means hilarity all around! So, kick back and let the laugh-ridden adventures begin.
Terrifier 2
Damien Leone · 2022
Art le Clown est ressuscité à la morgue par une entité mystérieuse et sinistre. Un an plus tard, le soir d'Halloween, le psychopathe déguisé revient dans le comté de Miles. Une fois sur place il décide d'attaquer Sienna Shaw, une adolescente, et Jonathan, son jeune frère. Le défunt père des deux cibles leur avait en effet légué un livre de croquis plein d'images prémonitoires sur l'avenir d'Art le Clown.
Casper
Brad Silberling · 1995
Casper is a kind young ghost who peacefully haunts a mansion in Maine. When specialist James Harvey arrives to communicate with Casper and his fellow spirits, he brings along his teenage daughter, Kat. Casper quickly falls in love with Kat, but their budding relationship is complicated not only by his transparent state, but also by his troublemaking apparition uncles and their mischievous antics.
Idle Hands
Rodman Flender · 1999
Anton is a cheerful but exceedingly non-ambitious 17-year-old stoner who lives to stay buzzed, watch TV, and moon over Molly, the beautiful girl who lives next door. However, it turns out that the old cliché about idle hands being the devil's playground has a kernel of truth after all.
Sleepy Hollow
Tim Burton · 1999
Durante la Guerra de Secesión Americana, un policía de Nueva York que utiliza avanzados métodos de investigación es enviado al pueblo de Sleepy Hollow para descubrir qué hay de verdad en la leyenda de un jinete sin cabeza que aterroriza a los habitantes del lugar. Una vez allí adopta la identidad de un profesor de escuela y se enamora de Katrina, que mantiene relaciones con uno de los hombres más conocidos del pueblo. Realidad y ficción se darán la mano en el momento menos pensado.
House of 1000 Corpses
Rob Zombie · 2003
Two teenage couples traveling across the backwoods of Texas searching for urban legends of serial killers end up as prisoners of a bizarre and sadistic backwater family of serial killers.
Donnie Darko
Richard Kelly · 2001
Donnie es un chico americano dotado de gran inteligencia e imaginación. Tras escapar milagrosamente de una muerte casi segura, comienza a sufrir alucinaciones que lo llevan a actuar como nunca hubiera imaginado y a descubrir un mundo insólito a su alrededor, pues en sus visiones un gran conejito lo manipula para cometer una serie de crímenes.
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Steven Spielberg · 1982
An alien is left behind on Earth and saved by the 10-year-old Elliot who decides to keep him hidden in his home. While a task force hunts for the extra-terrestrial, Elliot, his brother, and his little sister Gertie form an emotional bond with their new friend, and try to help him find his way home.
Pumpkinhead
Stan Winston · 1988
When a group of teenagers inadvertently kill his only son, Ed Harley seeks the powers of a backwoods witch to bring the child back to life.
Halloween III: Season of the Witch
Tommy Lee Wallace · 1982
A terrified toy salesman is mysteriously attacked, and at the hospital, babbles and clutches the year's most popular Halloween costume, an eerie pumpkin mask. Suddenly, Doctor Daniel Challis finds himself thrust into a terrifying nightmare.
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Henry Selick · 1993
Tired of scaring humans every October 31 with the same old bag of tricks, Jack Skellington, the spindly king of Halloween Town, kidnaps Santa Claus and plans to deliver shrunken heads and other ghoulish gifts to children on Christmas morning. But as Christmas approaches, Jack's rag-doll girlfriend, Sally, tries to foil his misguided plans.
Trick 'r Treat
Michael Dougherty · 2007
Four interwoven stories that occur on Halloween: an everyday high school principal has a secret life as a serial killer; a college virgin might have just met the one guy for her; a group of teenagers pull a mean prank, and a bitter old recluse receives an uninvited guest.
Hocus Pocus
Kenny Ortega · 1993
Tres brujas del siglo XII son invocadas durante la noche de Halloween en la ciudad de Salem, Massachusetts, de manera accidental por unos niños. Desterradas hace 300 años por sus prácticas de brujería, este trío prometió volver algún día para sembrar el caos. Ahora aprovecharán la ocasión para cumplir su promesa. Una comedia realizada por la factoría Disney con vistas a su exhibición en la fiesta de Halloween.
