Tis the season for jack-o-lanterns, pumpkin patch visits, your skull accessories finally becoming seasonally appropriate, and (maybe) finding candy corn stuck in your hair from last night’s Halloween rager. What better time of year is there to curl up on the couch with some spooky movies?
We’ve rounded up the best Halloween films to stream right now, ranging from bone-chilling horror flicks to childhood classics. So, make yourself a cup of hot cider, get comfy, and block out the memories of your awkward Halloween work party with these scary movies.
Coraline, 2009
The film is based on a children’s book by Neil Gaiman that is also very terrifying. A young girl gets put into an alternate version of her world where her parents and everyone else has buttons for eyes.
Find it on: Netflix
The Nightmare Before Christmas, 1993
If you haven’t watched the Tim Burton classic—what are you waiting for? And if you’re a die-hard fan of the animated film, now is the perfect time to rewatch it.
Find it on: Hulu
Double Double Toil and Trouble, 1993
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen might have long since said goodbye to their childhood acting days, but this film is a holiday classic mainstay. Cue the cute family time.
Find it on: Hulu
The Little Shop of Horrors, 1960
Don’t let the film’s title deceive you. Billed as the “funniest picture this year,” Charles B. Griffith’s story follows a young florist who mistakenly develops a flesh-eating plant.
Find it on: Amazon Prime
The Addams Family, 1991
There have been various iterations of The Addams Family, beginning with a series of cartoons but this 1991 film version starring Anjelica Huston and Raúl Juliá as the head of the quirky family is one of our favorites.
Find it on: Amazon Prime
The Blair Witch Project, 1999
This suspense film catapulted to the top of the box office in 1999. The movie’s premise centers on three film students who travel to Maryland to document the legend of Blair Witch—but things quickly take a turn.
Find it on: Hulu
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, 2007
Johnny Depp stars as ‘Sweeney Todd,’ the infamous barber who opens a shop in Victorian London and begins taking revenge on those who hurt his family.
Find it on: Hulu
American Psycho, 2000
Based on the book by Bret Easton Ellis this film is an ultra-dark satire of the excess of the ’80s on Wall Street. Christian Bale stars as Patrick Bateman, a high-profile stockbroker by day and a serial killer by night.
Find it on: Hulu
Tales 0f Halloween, 2015
If you’re in the mood for a series of short films, considerTales of Halloween. Initially released in Russia, the 10 horror short stories feature ghouls, ghosts, and monsters.
Find it on: Netflix
Guillermo del Toro Presents Ten After Midnight, 2018
Academy Award-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro has always had a thing for monsters. Ten After Midnight is his curated collection of short horror stories, the first original horror anthology for Netflix.
Find it On: Netflix
The Witch, 2015
If you like period pieces and you like horror films, consider The Witch. Set in 1630 New England, the slow-burning story follows a family whose son suddenly vanishes.
Find it on: Netflix
Hush, 2016
In the uber-scary Hush, a deaf writer who’s in a secluded cabin has to fight for her life against a masked man who appears at her window.
Find it on: Netflix
The Boy, 2016
A family in a remote English village asks a new nanny to look after their son…who just so happens to be a life-size doll. When she stops following certain rules, a series of disturbing events follow.
Find it on: Netflix
Proxy, 2013
A pregnant woman is attacked and disfigured by a hooded assailant. She soon finds a support group with other parents who’ve also lost their child… But their motives are not as good as they seem.
Find it on: Hulu
The Others, 2001
Nicole Kidman stars as a religious mother who moves her family to the countryside during World War II. As she shields her children from a rare photosensitivity disorder spooky things start happening in the house that suggest something’s not right.
Find it on: Hulu
Hocus Pocus, 1993
Not in the mood for anything that’s too scary? The classic Disney film has lived on, thanks to a plethora of memes of the three witches. Trust us, reliving your childhood with this movie is so fun.
Find it on: Amazon Prime
The Omen, 2006
The remake of this 1976 horror film follows the story of a diplomat who adopts an orphan after his wife has a stillborn child. Unbeknownst to the new parents, they may have adopted the anti-Christ.
Find it on: Amazon Prime
The Descent, 2006
The British horror film follows three women who enter a cave and are then trapped inside when the entrance collapses. Once inside, the group must fight off crawlers who feast on animals and humans.
Find it on: HBO
It, 2017
The remake of the supernatural horror film is based off the Stephen King novel of he same name. Set in 1989, the story follows seven children who are terrorized by Pennywise the Dancing Clown.
Find it on: HBO
