Halloween will be here before you know it and a few networks have special programming all month long. Freeform has the 31 Nights of Halloween going on and AMC has FearFest hosted by the Crypt Keeper.
On the streaming services, HBO Max has a curated collection called “Horror Comes Home”, and Hulu has Huluween. So, in the spirit of all things spooky, here’s a list of movies leading up to Halloween.
1. “Frankenstein”, 1931 (Or any Universal Monsters classic.)
2. “Plan 9 from Outer Space”, 1959
3. “Psycho”, 1960
4. “Night of the Living Dead”, 1968
5. “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre”, 1974
6. “The Rocky Horror Picture Show”, 1975
7. “Halloween”, 1978
8. “The Shining”, 1980
9. “Friday the 13th”, 1980
10. “The Evil Dead”, 1981
11. “Poltergeist”, 1982
12. “A Nightmare on Elm Street”, 1984
13. “The Lost Boys”, 1987
14. “Beetlejuice”, 1988
15. “Child’s Play”, 1988
16. “Killer Klowns from Outer Space”, 1988
17. “Edward Scissorhands”, 1990
18. “It”, 1990
19. “The Addams Family”, 1991
20. “The Nightmare Before Christmas”, 1993
21. “Hocus Pocus”, 1993
22. “Scream”, 1996
23. “The Blair Witch Project”, 1999
24. “It Follows”, 2014
25. “The Witch”, 2015
26. “Mandy”, 2018
27. “Smile”, 2022
28. “The Substance”, 2024
29. “Obsession”, 2026
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