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Directed by: Henry Selick. Coraline was one of the best Halloween movies of 2009 and has since become a classic animated film for families—a 3-D version hit theaters for its 15h anniversary this A surprisingly scary kids’ comedy, Jim Varney’s fourth film as Ernest P. Worrell finds the local yokel trying to protect area kids from an evil troll accidentally let loose on Halloween night. Oct. 2: Ginger Snaps. Image: Scream Factory. Where to watch: Criterion Channel, Shudder, Peacock, Vudu, Tubi, Freevee, Plex. There’s a sizable hole in the monster movie canon: There just aren 6. Trick 'r Treat. 2007 1h 22m R. 6.7 (107K) Rate. Five Halloween stories: A principal has a secret life, a virgin is looking for her first time, a group of kids pull a prank, a woman who loathes Halloween does not respect the rules and a mean old man meets a demonic trick-or-treater. The modern wave of found-footage horror begins, arguably, with The Blair Witch Project Looking at it now, it’s hard to believe a movie starring three unknowns at the time (Josh Leonard would It’s a sexually radical sci-fi film that turns men into pregnant hosts—and a woman, Sigourney Weaver, into the most iconic hero in genre filmmaking. 8. The Shining (1980) If you don’t watch Oct. 3: Rampant (2018) Image: Well Go USA Entertainment. One of the great joys of horror is the array of subgenres it offers, and the subgenres within subgenres that spool out of that. Take the Fantasy Island. Photo: Christopher Moss/Columbia Pictures. With a whopping 8% score on Rotten Tomatoes, Fantasy Island deserves to join the canon of beloved bad horror movies alongside The Wicker Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988) After the anthology approach failed to take off, Halloween brought back "The Shape," now hellbent on terrorizing Laurie Strode's daughter Jamie 62 Halloween Movies to Watch in October on Netflix, Prime Video, Max and More From "M3gan" to "Carrie", here's a list of scary movies to stream before Halloween. So use this list to come up with ideas for a movie to watch on Halloween or to set up a scary movie marathon for you and your friends. John Carpenter's Halloween franchise saw a reboot in both 2007 and 2018 which speaks to the popularity of both Michael Meyers and Halloween horror films in general. "Bonfires burning bright, Pumpkin faces in the night, I remember Halloween!" These are my picks of a hundred or so of the most Quintessential Halloween films, specials, and tv series to view around the month of October. Now, we all love to jump out of our seats with a classic horror movie, and there are plenty of scary movies on Netflix and other streaming platforms. We rounded up Halloween movies that have stood No matter what your favorite type of scary movie is, we have you covered for Halloween 2023. Expect to find genre-bending horror movies that include aspects of comedy, romance, and drama. From movies to watch with kids this Halloween to those horror classics that never stop being scary, this guide gives you a little bit of everything. Which is why, every year for the past four years, Polygon has put together a Halloween countdown calendar, selecting 31 of our staff’s top horror-themed or Halloween-adjacent picks across movies Whether you’re a bonafide expert on everything from slashers to sci-fi or if you can barely get through a scary scene without covering your eyes, sometimes the best way to get into the spirit is to curl up on the couch and hit “play” on a classic. Read on for the best Halloween movies to stream this spooky season.
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