Classic Halloween Movies to Watch All Season Long

A list of 14 movies perfect to watch during this halloween season and 5 new arrivals coming to theaters

Kiley Peterson and |October 10, 2019

Halloween Movies

Hocus Pocus

Max Dennison, with the help of his sister Dani and friend Allison, explores an abandoned house after moving to Salem Mass. In this house, Max accidentally releases a coven of three evil witches that lived in that house, and with the help of a magic cat, the teens must steal the witches book to send them back and stop them from becoming immortal.

Halloweentown

This classic October movie follows the adventure of Marnie and her family as they travel to Halloweentown and learn the secrets of their family’s past.

Halloween

Micheal Myers killed his sister at age 6, and got locked away for 15 years. On October 30, 1978, Micheal was being transferred for a court date and steals a car and escapes the prison. He then returns to his hometown in Illinois to seek out his first victim.

Scream

A year after her mother’s tragic murder, Sydney Prescott begin to be terrorized by a new killer. Sydney and her friends start to experience scares of their own including spooky phone calls that lead to a deadly game.

The Conjuring

Carolyn and Roger move their family of five daughters into an old farmhouse in hopes of a new life. However, after some paranormal activity, the family reaches out to Ed and Lorraine Warren, two supernatural investigators, in hopes of returning to their normal lives.

This Horror movie follows the tale of Pennywise the clown as he haunts seven children by exploiting their fears.

The Purge

A wealthy family prepares for the annual purge, when all crimes (even murder) is legal for 12 hours every year in March. No one is truly safe, not even the wealthiest family on the street with the best security systems. Will they survive the Purge?

The Nightmare On Elm Street

Teens fall into the line of prey of Freddy Krueger, a disfigured midnight killer who is a dream exploiter. A shocking plot twist at the end reveals a dark secret of one of the teens.

Carrie

Carrie, a teen high school student, tries to conceal her telekinetic powers, while she also experiences bullying from her peers and pressure by her religious mother. As Carrie tries to fit in, a dramatic senior prom traumatizes the whole school.

Ghostbusters

After scientists are fired from their prestigious jobs, they become unorthodox ghostbusters. The entire an alternate dimension to try to save New York.

The Nightmare Before Christmas

As Jack Skellington grows weary of his holiday, he decides to take a trip to Christmas Town, where he learns new traditions that he brings back to Halloweentown.

It’s a Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown

This classic Charlie Brown movie follows the adventure of Charlie and his friends as they prepare for a trick or treating party and try to uncover the tale of the Great Pumpkin.

The Shining

Author Jack Torrance agrees to watch over an abandon hotel during the off Winter season to cure his writer’s block. However, the longer the Torrance family stays, the more paranormal their experience becomes.

The Sixth Sense

Cole Sear is haunted pumpkin with the ability to see and interact with ghosts. He is frightened with this dark secret and tells nobody but his child psychologist, Dr. Malcolm Crowe. As the psychologist tries to discover the truth about Cole’s ability, he discovers a truth of his own that is truly shocking, unexplainable, and something that nobody saw coming….