So, I love Halloween and Halloween movies…

First, October is rad because the leaves start to change and + my birthday is smack in the middle of the month – but I just celebrated becoming 1/4-century old so I feel ancient. But beside that, October has Halloween, fall leaves, crisp weather, and the start of pumpkin pie for every meal, and an excuse to scare yourself with a bunch of Halloween movies.

And you can celebrate Halloween alllll month long by watching some of the best Halloween movies out there.

This is my list of some of my favorite Halloween movies to watch anytime in October. Some are family-friendly Halloween movies, some are creepy, some are funny, some are gory – but GOOD – because I can’t stand gory without some kind of good storyline, with twists and all that, and others are more suspense-oriented.

These are obviously not all the Halloween movies out there, but these are some of my absolute favorites. 

Enjoy! Happy Halloween!

Trick ‘r Treat

(A New Classic Halloween Movie)

Synopsis: 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; a woman who loathes the night has to contend with her holiday-obsessed husband.

Paranormal Activity 1&2

(suspense – not gore)

Synopsis1: After moving into a suburban home, a couple becomes increasingly disturbed by a nightly demonic presence.

Synopsis2: After experiencing what they think are a series of “break-ins”, a family sets up security cameras around their home, only to realize that the events unfolding before them are more sinister than they seem.

Dracula Untold

(action, dark, vampires – the non-sparkly kind)

Synopsis: Facing threats to his kingdom and his family, Vlad Tepes makes a deal with dangerous supernatural forces – whilst trying to avoid succumbing to the darkness himself.

The Nightmare Before Christmas

(kid-friendly)

Synopsis: Jack Skellington, king of Halloweentown, discovers Christmas Town, but doesn’t quite understand the concept.

The Blair Witch Project

(suspense)

Synopsis: Three film students vanish after traveling into a Maryland forest to film a documentary on the local Blair Witch legend, leaving only their footage behind.

Idle Hands

(funny)

Synopsis: Lazy Anton’s right hand becomes possessed with murderous intent.

Fright Night (2011 version)

(creepy, suspense, some gore)

Synopsis: Senior Charlie Brewster finally has it all going on: he’s running with the popular crowd and dating the most coveted girl in his high school. In fact, he’s so cool he’s even dissing his best friend. But trouble arrives when Jerry moves in next door. He seems like a great guy at first, but there’s something not quite right — but everyone, including Charlie’s mom, doesn’t notice. After observing some very strange activity, Charlie comes to an unmistakable conclusion: Jerry is a vampire preying on the neighborhood. Unable to convince anyone, Charlie has to find a way to get rid of the monster himself.

Coraline

(kid-friendly)

V/H/S

(gore, with lots of twists)

Synopsis: When a group of misfits is hired by an unknown third party to burglarize a desolate house and acquire a rare VHS tape, they discover more found footage than they bargained for.

Saw

(gore, with twists)

Synopsis: With a dead body lying between them, two men wake up in the secure lair of a serial killer who’s been nicknamed “Jigsaw”. The men must follow various rules and objectives if they wish to survive and win the deadly game set for them

Sleepy Hollow

(Classic Halloween Movie)

Synopsis: Ichabod Crane (Johnny Depp) is sent to Sleepy Hollow to investigate the decapitations of 3 people with the culprit being the legendary apparition, the Headless Horseman.

The Conjuring

(suspense, creepy)

Synopsis: Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse.

The Collector

(gore with twists)

Synopsis: Desperate to repay his debt to his ex-wife, an ex-con plots a heist at his new employer’s country home, unaware that a second criminal has also targeted the property, and rigged it with a series of deadly traps.

Jennifer’s Body

(creepy, funny, some gore)

Synopsis: A newly possessed high school cheerleader turns into a succubus who specializes in killing her male classmates. Can her best friend put an end to the horror?

The Forth Kind

(suspense)

Synopsis:  A thriller involving an ongoing unsolved mystery in Alaska, where one town has seen an extraordinary number of unexplained disappearances during the past 40 years and there are accusations of a federal cover up

The Corpse Bride

(kid-friendly)

Synopsis:  When a shy groom practices his wedding vows in the inadvertent presence of a deceased young woman, she rises from the grave assuming he has married her

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

(creepy, gore, and music)

Synopsis:  The infamous story of Benjamin Barker, a.k.a Sweeney Todd, who sets up a barber shop down in London which is the basis for a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett. Based on the hit Broadway musical.

Friday The 13th (2009)

(Classic Halloween Movie)

Synopsis: A group of young adults discover a boarded up Camp Crystal Lake, where they soon encounter Jason Voorhees and his deadly intentions.

The Cabin in the Woods

(Gore with a twist)

Synopsis: Five friends go for a break at a remote cabin in the woods, where they get more than they bargained for. Together, they must discover the truth behind the cabin in the woods

Hocus Pocus

(Classic & Kid-Friendly)

Synopsis: After three centuries, three witch sisters are resurrected in Salem Massachusetts on Halloween night, and it is up to two teen-agers, a young girl, and an immortal cat to put an end to the witches’ reign of terror once and for all.

So that’s my wrap up of my favorite Halloween movies so far. Any you would add?

Synopses found at imdb.com and wikipedia