The Essential Halloween Movies



We all love to be scared.  Whether it's by aliens, ghosts, demons, or even humans, horror and thriller films have always captivated our interest.  Here's my list of the quintessential horror and thrillers to check out this October.  Keep in mind this a list of movies I've seen, and highly recommend.  The list is in order of year of release.

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1. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)

2. Nosferatu (1922)

3. The Phantom of the Opera (1925)

4. Rebecca (1940)

5. Psycho (1960)

6. Cape Fear (1962)

7. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)

8. Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)

9. Rosemary's Baby (1968)

10. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)

11. Young Frankenstein (1974)

12. The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)

13. Halloween (1978)

14. Alien (1979)

15. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

16. Angel Heart (1987)

17. Fatal Attraction (1987)

18.  The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

19. Cape Fear (1991)

20. Dracula (1992)

21. Army of Darkness

22. The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

23. Se7en (1995)

24. From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)

25. Scream (1996)

26. The Devil's Advocate (1997)

27. The Sixth Sense (1999)

28. Sleepy Hollow (1999)

29. Frailty (2001)

30. Monster (2003)

31. Shaun of the Dead (2004)

32. The Phantom of the Opera (2004)

33. The Prestige (2006)

34. Zodiac (2007)

35. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)

36. Coraline (2009)

37. Zombieland (2009)

38. Tucker and Dale vs. Evil (2010)

39. Shutter Island (2010)

40. The Cabin in the Woods (2012)

41. The Conjuring (2013)

42.  Prisoners (2013)

43. The Babadook (2014)

44. It Follows (2014)

45. Nightcrawler (2014)

46. The Witch (2015)

47. Green Room (2015)

48. Crimson Peak (2015)

49. The Witch (2015)

50. 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)

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