Fright Fest: The 15 Classic Halloween Films To Re-Watch

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You can’t go wrong with watching these 15 Classic Halloween Films, so ready the popcorn, turn off the lights, and enjoy these scare-tastic flicks.

With a week left before Halloween jumps off, it’s about time to bring out your favorite costumes and don that zombie makeup. Equally as crucial to enjoying the holiday fun is watching those favorite Halloween-horror-filled movies.

If you haven’t stocked up on candy corn, apple cider, and a large blanket to cover up from the scares, don’t worry, you still have time. A few films on this list are genuinely scary (and not suited for children), a few a funny, and a few are purely classic faves that no one can never get enough of.

Click through to find out just which films made our list.

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We start off our fright-tastic list with the Bette Midler classic:

Hocus Pocus

It’s been 20 years since the Disney classic was originally aired. It is still an enjoyable film, and not the least bit stale at all.

Carrie

Sure, Chloë Grace Moretz killed in this year’s remake, but the 1976 original is pretty creeptastic. Sissy Spacek offers one of the top 10 Halloween screams of all-time.

Beetlejuice

Michael Keaton and Tim Burton‘s first collaboration before taking on the Batman series was proven success. As “the Ghost with the Most,” the duo hopes to repeat their run with a Beetlejuice 2. Watch the original to see where all the craziness stemmed from.

Gremlins

Joe Dante‘s horrifically humorous box-office smash is a must-see for those looking to stay up all night and eat up that Trick-or-Treat candy.

It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!

Halloween fun for the whole family, except for good ol’ Chuck Brown, who doesn’t believe in the mythos of the Great Pumpkin.

Nightmare Before Christmas

Another Tim Burton classic that could technically qualify as a Christmas movie, too, the adventures of Jack Skellington is set to make audiences laugh (and cry).

Tales from the Hood

One of the craziest, weirdest urban horror films ever created. If you’re staunchly against Leprechaun 5: In The Hood, then you’ll enjoy this bit of freaky tales.

Paul Rudd makes his screen debut in this sixth installment of the Michael Myers franchise. The presence of the late, epically maniacal Donald Pleasence adds an element of classic horror to this picture that is worth watching on All Hallow’s Eve.

Starring a pre-Confessions Usher Raymond and a pre-Lord of the Rings Elijah Wood, this fun-yet-scary flick is a good one to watch and take a trip down memory lane.

House on Haunted Hill

Only know Vincent Price as the disembodied voice on Michael Jackson‘s “Thriller” song? In this 1959 original scary flick, is campy and creepy in equal measures, which makes Price’s performance a true classic film for cinephiles.

Pet Sematary

The king of literary horror, Stephen King, finds his best-selling adaptation still scaring the bejeesus out of horror fans almost 25 years removed from initial release.

Nosferatu

Screen legend Max Schreck wonderfully played Count Orlok in this unauthorized adaptation of the Bram Stoker classic tale. Funny story, Stoker’s heirs won a court case saying all copies of the 1922 film be destroyed. However, one print survived, and has since came to be regarded as an influential masterpiece of cinema. A must-see indeed.

Psycho

No other Alfred Hitchcock murder mystery has inspired such copycat creation. Deemed “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant” by the United States Library of Congress, Psycho shifted the horror culture immensely.

Clive Barker scared, offended and mortified people with this horrific nightmare of a picture. If you’re not scared of things deemed sacrilege, this unholy character will appeal to anyone with a hell-bound heart.

The Mummy

The 1932 horror film classic stars Boris Karloff as a revived ancient Egyptian priest. A box office classic and true success, The Mummy spawned countless remakes and sequels. Get familiar with the original by watching this after you’re done bobbing for apples.

Did we miss any horror-filled classics? Let us know by commenting below.