Your 20 favorite films to watch during Halloween.

[kylor]

Since it was the Halloween month, I was curious as to what your top 20 movies to watch during Halloween are.

In no particular order, mine are:

1. Shaun of the Dead
2. The Addams Family
3. The Addams Family Values
4. Zombieland
5. Sleepaway Camp
6. Nosferatu
7. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
8. Van Helsing
9. Solomon Kane
10. Donnie Darko
11. Casper
12. The Burbs
13. The Witches
14. Witches of Eastwick
15. Beetlejuice
16. The Thing
17. E.T.
18. Ghostbusters
19. The Shining
20. Monster House

Honorable mentions to:
Final Destination 2
American Psycho
Little Nicky
A Nightmare Before Christmas
Child's Play
Ghostbusters II
IT
IT: Chapter Two
The Evil Dead
Evil Dead 2
Army of Darkness
Edward Scissorhands
Blade
Blade II
Vampire's Kiss
From Dusk Till Dawn
Sleepy Hollow
A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
Christine
Maximum Overdrive
Event Horizon

What are your top 20?

[Winslow Leach]

The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
Halloween (1978)
Psycho (1960)
The Thing (1982)
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Frankenstein (1931)
Dracula (1931)
Bride of Frankenstein
The Wolf Man (1941)
The Abominable Dr. Phibes
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Wes Craven's New Nightmare
The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Friday the 13th (1980)
Beetlejuice
Carrie (1976)
Ghostbusters
The 'Burbs
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)

[David Crossman]

That’s a tough question, though let’s give it a try (Top 3 would be in order, the rest are randomly mixed).

20. Watcher in the Woods
19. The ‘Burbs
18. Hocus Pocus
17. A Nightmare on Elm Street
16. Session 9
15. Thir13en Ghosts
14. Vacancy
13. The People Under the Stairs
12. Alice Sweet Alice
11. Monster Squad
10. Beetlejuice
9. Dial M for Murder
8. Arsenic and Old Lace
7. Spoorloos (The Vanishing) (1988)
6. The Orphanage
5. Halloween (1978)
4. Pin
3. The Shining
2. Black Christmas (1974)
1. The Changeling (1980)

Special mention to:
The Awakening
The Little Stranger
Cube
Duel
Edward Scissorhands
The Wickerman (1973)
The Others

[CreasyBear]

My essential films that I end up watching every year are:

Halloween (1978)
The Fog
The Thing
Christine
In the Mouth of Madness
Prince of Darkness
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Frankenstein
Bride of Frankenstein
Sleepy Hollow
Friday the 13th Series
Nightmare on Elm Street Series
Halloween III Season of the Witch
The Blair Witch Project
Candyman
Carrie (1976)
The Shining
An American Werewolf in London
The Evil Dead
Evil Dead 2
Fright Night
Drag Me to Hell
Hellraiser
Monster Squad
The Exorcist
Pumpkinhead
Trick 'r Treat

[JDub1]

Halloween 1978
Halloween 2 1981
Halloween 3
Halloween 4
Psycho
Hocus Pocus
Night of the Living Dead (the original)
The Shinning
An American Werewolf in London
Bram Stokers Dracula
It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
The Fog
Scream 1
Psycho 2
Dawn of the Dead
Christine
The Thing
Halloween 2018

Even though they aren't movies, I love the old Roseanne & Home Improvement Halloween specials they did.

[Al_The_Strange]

1. The Shining (1980)
2. The Thing (1982)
3. Creepshow (1982)
4. Donnie Darko (2001)
5. Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
6. Evil Dead (1981)
7. The Fog (1980)
8. Psycho (1960)
9. The Exorcist (1973)
10. Planet Terror (2007)
11. Alien (1979)
12. Beetlejuice (1988)
13. An American Werewolf in London (1981)
14. Christine (1983)
15. Creepshow 2 (1987)
16. Halloween (1978)
17. Trick 'R' Treat (2007)
18. It's The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown (1966)
19. Frankenstein (1931)
20. Van Helsing (2004)

Honorable Mentions:

[Show spoiler]The Addams Family (1991)
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
Dracula (1931)
Hocus Pocus (1993)
The Invisible Man (1933)
Let the Right One In (2008)
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

The Omen (1976)
Sleepy Hollow (1999)

The Wolf Man (1941)

[Steedeel]

Halloween
The Guest
The Town That Dreaded Sundown (both versions)
The Wicker Man
The Woman In Black (tv adaptation, easily the best)
IT
The Conjuring
Midsommar
Scream
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
TTCM
Tales Of Halloween
Carrie
An American Werewolf In London
A Ghost Story
Ghost Stories
Under The Shadow
Let The Right One In
My Little Pony

[Kill Bren]

*note the sequels here represent the whole franchise too.

[stvn1974]

Evil Dead
Evil Dead 2
Army Of Darkness
Halloween (original)
John Carpenter's The Thing
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Original)
Night Of The Living Dead (Original)
An American Werewolf In London
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Sleepy Hollow

I am not a big horror fan but I watch these around Halloween along with the 30 film Universal Monsters box set. Not horror but The Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Nightmare Before Christmas and Hocus Pocus plus the animated Garfield's Halloween TV special and the Great Pumpkin are musts. I also watch David Lynch's Twin Peaks every year in October going all the way back to making VHS dubs when it first aired. Of course now I have Fire Walk With Me and The Return to squeeze in during the month.

[Darkstream]

These are not necessarily my top 20 favorite horror movies of all time, but more like my top 20 horror movies that I like to watch during Halloween.

The Shining and The Thing are more like winter (snow) movies to me, while Alien is set in space, so despite being some of my most favorites, they aren't films that capture the Halloween spirit as much for me as the following (in no particular order):

1. Halloween (1978)
2. Halloween II (1981)
3. Trick 'r Treat (2007)
4. Creepshow (1982)
5. House on Haunted Hill (1959)
6. Carnival of Souls (1962)
7. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
8. Return of the Living Dead (1985)
9. Night of the Demons (1988)
10. Fright Night (1985)
11. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
12. The Evil Dead (1981)
13. Hellraiser (1987)
14. Black Sunday (1960) /Black Sabbath (1963)
15. Suspiria (1977)
16. Demons (1985)
17. Sleepy Hollow (1999)
18. Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
19. Nosferatu (1922)
20. Any Universal Classic Monster movie (Dracula, Frankenstein, Bride, Wolf Man, etc. from the 1930s to 1950s)

[gorobei]

Big factor as to what comes on is whether others are with me or not, but otherwise here's my list by preference:

1. The Shining
2. It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
3. Young Frankenstein
4. The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
5. The Thing (1982)
6. Psycho
7. Halloween
8. Hausu
9. The Pit and the Pendulum (1961)
10. Nightmare Before Christmas
11. Night of the Living Dead
12. Kwaidan
13. Bram Stoker's Dracula
14. ReAnimator
15. The Ring (2002)
16. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920)
17. Vertigo
18. Dracula (1931)
19. Ed Wood
20. The House by the Cemetery

Frequently, though, I'll throw on something older and low budget, like C.H.U.D., which I'll then never see again.

[darkness2918]

In no order:

Halloween (1978)
The Thing (1982)
The Fog (1980)
Friday the 13th part IV
Friday the 13th part VI
A Nightmare on Elm Street
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3
Terrifier
Trick r Treat
Candyman

[zoeymiler45]

My most favorite movies for Halloween
1. Night of the Living Dead
2. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920)
3. Halloween (1978)
4. Halloween II (1981)
5. House on Haunted Hill (1959)
6. Carnival of Souls (1962)
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[hasslein]

The Three Stooges Spooks 3D
The Exorcist
The Night Stalker
The Devil's Rain
Magic
Halloween
Great Pumpkin
Legend Hell House
Universal Monsters
Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein
Mad Monster Party
Army of Darkness
Bugs Bunny Howl -o -ween
Both Elvira Movies
Don't Look Now
Black Swan

[octagon]

It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
Halloween (1978)
The Haunting
Scream
Addams Family Values
Dracula (1931)
Rosemary's Baby
Trick r Treat
Fright Night
Arsenic and Old Lace
Interview with the Vampire
Young Frankenstein
Psycho/The Birds
Night of the Living Dead
Alien
Let the Right One In
Christine

[Michael24]

I lot of what I watch for October/Halloween is based on what I have or haven't watched recently, so it varies. I also like to try and catch some movies on TCM, especially ones I haven't seen before, and maybe rent some others from Netflix.

But of course, there are some things I always try to make room for:

* Halloween 1-7
* Sleepy Hollow
* The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
* The Monster Squad (my brother and I usually watch this on Halloween night)
* It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
* Garfield's Halloween Adventure
* various Hammer films

[Thomas Irwin]

01. Night of the Demons (1988)
02. The Monster Squad
03. Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
04. Fright Night Part 2
05. Phantasm
06. It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
07. Friday the 13th: A New Beginning
08. The Return of the Living Dead
09. Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
10. Dolls
11. Vampyres (1974)
12. Friday the 13th Part III
13. Friday the 13th Part 2
14. Halloween (1978)
15. Friday the 13th (1980)
16. Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
17. Phantasm II
18. Halloween III: Season of the Witch
19. Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
20. Halloween II (1981)

[DR Herbert West]

[filmbuffTX]

[Gacivory]

Night of the Living Dead
Rosemary’s Baby
Videodrome
Suspiria
Suspiria
Deep Red
Blade II
In The Mouth of Madness
The Thing
Silence of the Lambs
Evil Dead 2
Army of Darkness
Candyman
Exorcist
The Shining
An American Werewolf in London
Casper
The Hunger
Friday Series
Halloween Series

Also Dinosaurs Halloween episode.