The Absolute Best Halloween Movies of All Time You Can Watch Right Now
Whether you're a scary movie junkie or more of a hide-under-the-blanket kind of viewer, this ultimate list of the best Halloween movies is guaranteed to contain something you'll want to watch this Oct. 31. From the original Halloween to the cult classic Hocus Pocus, TIME has collated a list of the best scary, horror-filled, classic and Disney Halloween moviesas well as the best Halloween movies of 2018 so far. A Quiet Place, Dubbed one of the most "terrifyingly effective horror movies in years" by TIME's movie critic, A Quiet Place centers on a husband and wifeplayed by real-life married couple John Krasinski and Emily Bluntwho will do anything to keep their children safe in a dystopian world populated by sound-sensitive monsters intent on killing any living thing that makes a noise. Krasinski also wrote and directed the eerily silent fright flick. How to watch it A Quiet Place is available to rent or buy on YouTube, Amazon Video and Google Play. Hereditary, Following The Witch 2015 and It Comes At Night 2016, A24's latest horror hit is the indie studio's most terrifying yet. Written and directed by Ari Aster, Hereditary sees Toni Collette return to her horror roots as Annie Graham, an artist and mother who begins to unravel a web of increasingly disturbing family secrets in the wake of her own mother's death. How to watch it Hereditary is available to rent or buy on Amazon Video. The Endless, When brothers Aaron and Justin played by directing duo Aaron Moorhead and Justin Benson receive a cryptic video message from a member of the UFO death cult they escaped as teenagers, they decide to revisit the remote Southern California commune where they were raised in hopes of getting some closure. What they find there instead threatens to upend the world as they know it. How to watch it The Endless is available to watch on Netflix. Annihilation, Based on the first novel in Jeff VanderMeer's best-selling Southern Reach Trilogy, Annihilation recounts a group of female scientists'including biologist Lena Natalie Portmanmind-bending expedition into a mysterious anomaly known as the Shimmer that is slowly spreading. Director Alex Garland's latest offering may be a sci-fi movie at its core, but that doesn't mean it won't leave you with an unshakeable sense of dread. How to watch it Annihilation is available to buy on YouTube, Amazon Video and Google Play. Halloweentown 1998, The Disney Channel original movie follows 13-year-old Marnie Piper as she learns she's a witch and is transported to Halloweentownwhere witches, monsters and ghosts live in harmony. The cult classic, popular with the young and old alike, has become as much of a Halloween fixture as trick or treating or bobbing for apples. How to watch it Halloweentown is available to watch on DisneyNOW. Hocus Pocus 1993, The beloved 1993 Disney movie starring Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy and Bette Midler as zany Salem witches was voted one of America's favorite Halloween movies in a survey last year. Use this Oct. 31 to reintroduce yourself to the cult phenomenon before Disney's controversial Hocus Pocus reboot hits the big screen. How to watch it Hocus Pocus is available to rent or buy on YouTube, Amazon Video, Google Play and iTunes. The Nightmare Before Christmas 1993, The mid-90s stop-motion classic tells the story of Jack Skellington, the bored mayor of Halloweentown who misguidedly attempts to bring Christmas to his hometown. How to watch it The Nightmare Before Christmas is available to watch on Hulu. The Haunted Mansion 2003, Based on the well-known Disney attraction, the Haunted Mansion is the creepy story of one family battling 999 ghosts in an attempt to rid a house of its treacherous curse. The movie, released in 2003, stars Eddie Murphy as a workaholic real estate agent and Marsha Thomason Lost as his wife. How to watch it The Haunted Mansion is available to rent or buy on YouTube, Amazon Video, Google Play and iTunes. Twitches 2005, Adapted from a bestselling series of books, Twitches is a Parent Trap-style tale of two teen witches separated at birth, who meet on their 21st birthday then use their magical powers to save their biological mother from evil. A proper Disney classic. How to watch it Twitches is available to rent or buy on YouTube, Amazon Video, Google Play and iTunes. Psycho 1960, The psychological horror film, which starred Anthony Perkins and Janet Leigh, is widely considered to be one of director Alfred Hitchcock's best movies. Despite numerous remakes and a TV spin-off, it's the 1960s classiccomplete with the iconic shower scenewhich remains truly terrifying. How to watch it Psycho is available to rent or buy on YouTube, Amazon Video, Google Play and iTunes. The Shining 1980, "Heeeeere's Johnny!" If you've never seen director Stanley Kurbick's 1980 classic horror movie where have you been?!, this Halloween is your chance. The story of aspiring writer Jack Torrance Jack Nicholson, who gradually loses his mind, is an entertaining yet extremely eerie one. How to watch it The Shining is available to watch on Netflix. A Nightmare on Elm Street 1984, The slasher film, directed by Wes Craven, rests on the notion that not even your dreams are safe from Freddy Krueger  a creepy killer who stalks you through your unconscious mind. Beware the original movie which is better than the 2010 reboot, which starred Jackie Earle Haley as Freddy will likely give you nightmares. How to watch it A Nightmare on Elm Street is available to rent or buy on YouTube, Amazon Video, Google Play and iTunes. Shaun of the Dead 2004, Shaun of the Dead might not be a traditional Halloween movie in the sense that it is not particularly scary. However, the British "romantic comedywith zombies" is so funny that it's rightfully earned its place on this list. The movie stars Simon Pegg as Shaun, a deadbeat man so desperate to get win girlfriend back that not even zombies will stand in his way. How to watch it Shaun of the Dead is to rent or buy on YouTube, Amazon Video, Google Play and iTunes. The Babadook 2014, Jennifer Kent's directorial debut, about a sinister presence that torments a widow and her young son, received widespread critical acclaim in 2014. Warning The Babadook is not for the faint of heartthe director of The Exorcist called it the most terrifying film he'd ever seen. How to watch it The Babadook is available to watch on Netflix. It Follows 2015, After 19-year-old Jay Maika Monroe sleeps with the boy she has recently begun seeing, she learns that she has contracted a sexually-transmitted curse that will follow her until it kills her or she passes it on to someone else. The twist? Only she can see the physical manifestation of the curse, a shape-shifting demon that can take any formeven that of those closest to her. How to watch it It Follows is available to watch on Netflix. Train to Busan 2016, Delays are the least of passengers' problems on the titular train in director Yeon Sang-ho's Korean-language zombie film. The emotional thriller follows a father and his estranged daughter as they attempt to survive a rapidly spreading zombie outbreak while traveling from Seoul to Busan. How to watch it Train to Busan is available to watch on Netflix. Happy Death Day 2017, The Scream-inspired slasher flick follows a gloomy Groundhog Day-style plot in which a murdered college student relives the day of her death which also happened to be her birthday repeatedlyuntil she decides to catch the killer. Happy Death Day, which cost just 5 million to make, brought in an impressive 26 million on its opening weekend. How to watch it Happy Death Day is available to rent or buy on YouTube, Amazon Video and Google Play. mother! 2017, Darren Aronofsky's mother!, starring Jennifer Lawrence and Javier Bardem, is an ambitious and very ambiguous horror thriller that takes place within a creepy semi-renovated house in the middle of nowhere. Although the movie has divided critics, there's no doubt that its torturous and disturbing themes make for a perfect Halloween watch. How to watch it mother! is available to watch on Hulu. Get Out 2017, Arguably one of the best films of 2017 TIME's movie critic described it as "the horror movie we need today", Jordan Peele's directorial debut Get Out is an extraordinary creepy tale centered around a black man meeting his white girlfriend's suburban family for the first time. Sure, Get Out isn't technically a Halloween movie. In Peele's words, it "explores why black people are afraid of white people." But if you're looking for a socially conscious Halloween watchthat also happens to be pretty scarythis thriller will do the trick. How to watch it You can buy Get Out on YouTube, Amazon Video, Google Play and iTunes. The Rocky Horror Picture Show 1975, The classic horror movie if it can be called a horror movie? first appeared on screens more than 40 years ago, and has since earned the distinction of being the longest-running movie in history. Although TIME's original review described it as "campy trash," The Rocky Horror Picture Show, which follows a young couple whose lives change when they stumble upon a cast of intriguing characters in a spooky house, has cemented itself as a cinematic institution. How to watch it The Rocky Horror Picture Show is available to rent or buy on YouTube, Amazon Video, Google Play and iTunes. Halloween 1978, Stay tuned for the 2018 reboot, but the first film in the seemingly never-ending horror franchise is the best of the bunch. The 1978 film tells the story of the evil Michael Myers, who breaks out of prison to return to the same spot where he murdered his sister 15 years before. We've seen numerous adaptations, but John Carpenter's original endures as an out-and-out classic. How to watch it Halloween is available to rent or buy on Amazon Video and iTunes. Edward Scissorhands 1990, Tim Burton's goth masterpiece is the movie helped make Johnny Depp a star. A heartwarming story, Edward Scissorhands contains important messages that are as relevant now as they were more than 25 years ago. How to watch it Edward Scissorhands is available to rent or buy on YouTube, Amazon Video, Google Play and iTunes. The Addams Family 1991, Based on the 1960s TV series, the 1991 fantasy comedy movie about the macabre Addams family including Christina Ricci as the young Wednesday Addams is a true Halloween classic  albeit, not a particularly scary one. How to watch it The Addams Family is available to rent or buy on YouTube, Amazon Video, Google Play and iTunes. Scream 1996, The 1996 slasher film, directed by A Nightmare on Elm Streets Wes Craven, follows high school student Sidney Prescott Neve Campbell, who is terrorized by a killer known as Ghostface one year after the death of her mother. How to watch it Scream is available to rent or buy on YouTube, Amazon Video, Google Play and iTunes. The Silence of the Lambs 1991, Adapted from Thomas Harris' 1988 novel of the same name, The Silence of the Lambs chronicles FBI agent-in-training Clarice Starling's Jodie Foster hunt for killer-at-large Buffalo Bill Ted Levine. Along the way, Starling enlists the help of Dr. Hannibal Lecter Sir Anthony Hopkins, a former psychiatrist and cannibalistic serial killer imprisoned in a maximum-security facility. Hopkins' turn as Lecter is widely considered one of the most terrifying performances of all time. How to watch it The Silence of the Lambs is available to watch on HBO Go and HBO Now. The Sixth Sense 1999, The creepy tale of a young boy who "sees dead people all the time" contains one of the the biggest film twists in history. Directed by M. Night Shyamalan, this psychological thriller stars Bruce Willis and Toni Collette, and also features a spine-chilling performance by Mischa Barton in her pre-OC days. Definitely one to watch with friends in a well-lit room. How to watch it The Sixth Sense is available to watch on Netflix. The Blair Witch Project 1999, The original shot on a phone' movie, The Blair Witch Project follows three student filmmakers hiking in the Black Hills in Maryland as they film a documentary about the Blair Witch. The indie sensation, which appeared on the cover of TIME in 1999, was made for 35,000 but grossed a whopping 140 million domestic, another 108 million foreign. How to watch it The Blair Witch Project is available to watch on Hulu. The Descent 2005, If you're claustrophobic then this probably isn't the film for you, as The Descent takes place almost entirely within a cave. The 2005 British horror hit tells the story of Sarah Shauna Macdonald who embarks on a caving adventure with a group of friends following the tragic death of her husband and daughter. How to watch it The Descent is available to watch on HBO Go and HBO Now. Let The Right One In 2008, This Swedish horror film follows the story of Oskar, a 12-year-old boy who develops a close friendship with a young girl called Eli, who happens to be a vampire. The movie, directed by Tomas Alfredson Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, won Best Narrative Feature at the Tribeca Film Festival and has an impressive Rotten Tomatoes rating of 98. How to watch it Let The Right One In is available to watch on Hulu. The Conjuring 2013, Based on the tale of married demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren's played by Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga investigation into the haunting of the Perron family, The Conjuring earned an R rating simply for being too scary. How to watch it The Conjuring is available to watch on Netflix. The Witch 2015, Set in 17th century New England, The Witch follows a devout colonial family who is terrorized by witchcraft after being banished from a Puritan plantation. Robert Eggers' directorial debut is slow-build horror at its best. How to watch it The Witch is available to watch on Netflix. Raw 2016, Not one for the squeamish, Raw is a French-Belgian horror drama about a young vegetarian whose taste for human flesh is brought out after she undergoes a carnivorous hazing ritual at vet school. As well as totally unnerving, the movie is critically acclaimed it won the International Federation of Film Critics FIPRESCI prize at the Cannes Film Festival last year. How to watch it Raw is available to watch on Netflix. It Comes at Night 2017, This claustrophobic horror movie is about a family sequestered at home in the woods to escape a highly-contagious plague which has taken many victims  including the beloved grandfather of 17-year-old Travis Kelvin Harrison Jr.. The psychological fear of It Comes at Night is subtle, but that doesn't make it any less terrifying. Warning do not watch alone. How to watch it It Comes at Night is available to rent or buy on YouTube, Amazon Prime, Google Play and iTunes. It 2017, Adapted from American horror legend Stephen King's disquieting 1986 novel of the same name, It is a tense tale about a group of teens who band together to fight a creepy clown called Pennywise who terrorizes kids in their hometown every 27 years. Suffer from coulrophobia? This is definitely not the movie for you. How to watch it It is available to watch on HBO Go and HBO Now.