Photo: Universal; Shutterstock It is officially spooky season, so it’s time to start planning your costume, decorating your house, and watching classic Halloween movies. From tried-and-true standards Hocus Pocus and Halloween to newer thrillers like Get Out, we’ve got your movie nights covered with scary and not-so-scary flicks to get you in the spirit. This list is by no means exhaustive Instead, it’s a collection of the films we at the Cut love to watch this time every year.
Halloween Photo: ITV/Shutterstock In this John Carpenter feature, masked killer Michael Myers escapes from an asylum and returns to his hometown to stalk a babysitter and her friends on — yes — Halloween Night. It’s Jamie Lee Curtis’s film debut, starting her on her path to all-time-great Scream Queen.
Sleepy Hollow Photo: Clive Coote / Paramount / Mandalay / Kobal / Shutterstock This Tim Burton drama is based on “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” by Washington Irving. Johnny Depp’s Ichabod Crane is a police constable brought in to save the town from the murderous headless horseman. If you’re looking for a dark, highly stylized period drama with a touch of romance, this is the one for you.
The Haunted Mansion Photo: Moviestore/Shutterstock No joke, this one’s an underrated treasure. This Disney movie is loosely based on the titular theme-park ride and was truly ahead its time. The Evers family ends up at a haunted mansion filled with zany ghosts and must find a way to escape. Eddie Murphy’s dad jokes will have you cracking up. Now that we mention it, you should definitely watch this one with your dad.
Coraline Photo: Focus/Kobal/Shutterstock For a children’s movie, this one is seriously unsettling. Even the opening credits are enough to give you chills. Coraline is unhappy about moving to a new town with her family, until she discovers a secret door in the house that leads to a magical world. But, of course, everything is not as it seems.
It Photo: Brooke Palmer/Warner Bros/Kobal/Shutterstock Every 27 years, Pennywise the clown returns to Derry, Maine, to torment the poor kids who live there. The 1990 miniseries starring Tim Curry is child’s play and a fun trip down ’80s memory lane compared with the truly terrifying version from 2017 starring Bill Skarsgård as the clown that forever haunts our nightmares.
House on Haunted Hill Photo: Richard Jr Foreman/Warner Bros/Kobal/Shutterstock In a tale worthy of Agatha Christie, a group of dinner guests visits an asylum and must make it through the evening’s events alive in order to win a million-dollar prize. FWIW, $1 million in 1999 would be $1.6 million today, but is that really enough to risk your neck?
Good choices! I’d add Hereditary to the list. *cluck*
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