Spookylicious Films to Watch in October
Updated: Oct 18, 2021
One hundred choices spanning over a hundred years of horror films (1920 to 2021)
What do you think of when you think of films for Halloween? There are so many subgenres to tackle during the Halloween season. Some examples of the subgenres of horror films include psychological horror, slasher, gore, body horror, found footage, monster horror, paranormal horror, and comedy horror.
This time of the year, I like to choose films to get me into the spirit of the holiday. There are so many diverse types of films that will set the mood. There is no better way to prepare for the spooky season! There are only 15 days left in October so you better get busy! On a side note, I did not include any sequels in this list and remakes follow originals.
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The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) d. Robert Wiene
Häxan, or Witchcraft Through the Ages (1922) Benjamin Christensen
Frankenstein (1931) d. James Whale
Vampyr (1932) d. Carl Theodore Dreyer
The Bride of Frankenstein (1935) d. James Whale
The Wolf Man (1941) d. George Waggner
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) d. Don Siegel
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) d. Philip Kaufman
Bell, Book & Candle (1958) d. Richard Quine
House on Haunted Hill (1959) d. William Castle
House on Haunted Hill (1999) d. William Malone
Psycho (1960) d. Alfred Hitchcock
The Innocents (1961) d. Jack Clayton
The Birds (1963) d. Alfred Hitchcock
The Haunting (1963) d. Robert Wise
The Haunting (1999) d. Jan de Bont
It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (1966) d. Bill Melendez
Night of the Living Dead (1968) d. George Romero
Rosemary's Baby (1968) d. Roman Polanski
The Exorcist (1972) d. William Friedkin
The Amityville Horror (1973) d. Stuart Rosenberg or (2005) d. Andrew Douglas
The Amityville Horror (2005) d. Andrew Douglas
The Legend of Hell House (1973) d. John Hough
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) d. Tobe Hooper
Young Frankenstein (1974) d. Mel Brooks
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) d. Jim Sharman
Carrie (1976) d. Brian De Palma
Carrie (2013) d. Kimberly Peirce
The Omen (1976) d. Richard Donner
Suspiria (1977) d. Dario Argento
Suspiria (2018) d. Luca Guadagnino
Dawn of the Dead (1978) d. George Romero
Halloween (1978) d. John Carpenter
Friday the 13th (1980) d. Sean S. Cunningham
The Shining (1980) d. Stanley Kubrick
An American Werewolf in London (1981) d. John Landis
The Evil Dead (1981) d. Sam Raimi
The Howling (1981) d. Joe Dante
Creepshow (1982) George Romero
Poltergeist (1982) d. Tobe Hooper
Christine (1983) d. John Carpenter
Children of the Corn (1984) d. Fritz Kiersch
Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) d. Wes Craven
The Bride (1985) d. Franc Roddam
Day of the Dead (1985) d. George Romero
Fright Night (1985) d. Tom Holland
Fright Night (2011) d. Craig Gillespie
The Lost Boys (1987) d. Joel Schumacher
Beetlejuice (1988) d. Tim Burton
Pet Sematary (1989) d. Mary Lambert
Pet Sematary (2019) d. Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer
Edward Scissorhands (1990) d. Tim Burton
Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) d. Francis Ford Coppola
Death Becomes Her (1992) d. Robert Zemeckis
Interview with a Vampire (1994) d. Neil Jordan
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994) d. Kenneth Branagh
The Craft (1996) d. Andrew Fleming
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) d. Robert Rodriguez
Faculty (1998) d. Robert Rodriguez
Practical Magic (1998) d. Griffin Dunne
The Ring (2002) d. Gore Verbinski
Urban Legend (1998) d. Jamie Blanks
Idle Hands (1999) d. Rodman Flender
Sleepy Hollow (1999) d. Tim Burton
Donnie Darko (2001) d. Richard Kelly
The Others (2001) d. Alejandro Amenábar
Ju-On (2002) d. Takashi Shimizu
The Grudge (2004) d. Takashi Shimizu
The Grudge (2020) d. Nicolas Pesce
Haute Tension (2003) d. Alexandre Aja
Underworld (2003) d. Len Wiseman
Shaun of the Dead (2004) d. Edgar Wright
The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005) d. Scott Derrickson
1408 (2007) d. Mikael Håfström
Invasion (2007) d. Oliver Hirschbiegel
Mirrors (2008) d. Alexandre Aja
Antichrist (2009) d. Lars von Trier
The Cabin in the Woods (2011) d. Drew Goddard
The Conjuring (2013) d. James Wan
The Babadook (2013) d. Jennifer Kent
Only Lovers Left Alive (2013) d. Jim Jarmusch
World War Z (2013) d. Marc Forster
Annabelle (2014) d. John R. Leonetti
What We Do in the Shadows (2014) d. Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement
Victor Frankenstein (2015) d. Paul McGuigan
The Witch (2015) d. Robert Eggers
It (2017) d. Andrés Muschietti
Hereditary (2018) d. Ari Aster
The Quiet Place (2018) d. John Krasinski
The Dead Don't Die (2019) d. Jim Jarmusch
Freaky (2020) d. Christopher Landon
Relic (2020) d. Natalie Erika James
