Are you ready for a fright this Halloween? Then turn off your lights and hold on tight as here we have are our top 25 scariest Halloween flicks for your horror movie marathon.
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So draw your curtains, check out our list, tell us what you think, and rank your favorites!
A young FBI cadet must confide in an incarcerated and manipulative killer to receive his help on catching another serial killer who skins his victims.
Director: Jonathan Demme
Writers: Thomas Harris(novel), Ted Tally(screenplay)
Stars: Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkinsand Lawrence A. Bonney
24. Alien
A commercial deep space towing ship, investigating a suspected SOS, lands on a distant planet. The crew discovers some strange creatures and investigates.
Director: Ridley Scott
Writers: Dan O'Bannon(story), Ronald Shusett(story)
Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerrittand John Hurt
A group of people hide from bloodthirsty zombies in a farmhouse.
Director: George A. Romero
Writers: John A. Russo(screenplay), George A. Romero(screenplay)
Stars: Duane Jones, Judith O'Deaand Karl Hardman
22. The Exorcist
When a girl is possessed by a mysterious entity, her mother seeks the help of two priests to save her daughter.
Director: William Friedkin
Writers: William Peter Blatty(written for the screen by), William Peter Blatty(novel)
Stars: Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydowand Linda Blair
21. Halloween
A psychotic murderer institutionalized since childhood for the murder of his sister, escapes and stalks a bookish teenage girl and her friends while his doctor chases him through the streets.
Director: John Carpenter
Writers: John Carpenter(screenplay), Debra Hill(screenplay)
Stars: Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtisand Tony Moran
20. Trick 'r Treat
Four interwoven stories that occur on Halloween: An everyday high school principal has a secret life as a serial killer; a college virgin might have just met the one guy for her; a group of teenagers pull a mean prank; a woman who loathes the night has to contend with her holiday-obsessed husband.
Director: Michael Dougherty
Writer: Michael Dougherty
Stars: Anna Paquin, Brian Coxand Dylan Baker
A millionaire offers a group of diverse people $1,000,000 to spend the night in a haunted house with a horrifying past.
Director: William Malone
Writers: Robb White(story), Dick Beebe(screenplay)
Stars: Geoffrey Rush, Famke Janssenand Taye Diggs
Dr. Frankenstein's grandson, after years of living down the family reputation, inherits granddad's castle and repeats the experiments.
Director: Mel Brooks
Writers: Gene Wilder(screen story and screenplay), Mel Brooks(screen story and screenplay), and 1 more credit »
Stars: Gene Wilder, Madeline Kahnand Marty Feldman
17. The Return of the Living Dead
When a bumbling pair of employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a deadly gas into the air, the vapors cause the dead to re-animate as they go on a rampage through Louisville, Kentucky seeking their favorite food, brains.
Director: Dan O'Bannon
Writers: Dan O'Bannon(screenplay), Rudy Ricci(story)
Stars: Clu Gulager, James Karenand Don Calfa
16. Friday the 13th
A group of young adults discover a boarded up Camp Crystal Lake, where they soon encounter Jason Voorhees and his deadly intentions.
Director: Marcus Nispel
Writers: Damian Shannon(screenplay), Mark Swift(screenplay)
Stars: Jared Padalecki, Amanda Righettiand Derek Mears
15. Hellraiser
An unfaithful wife encounters the zombie of her dead lover, who's being chased by demons after he escaped from their sado-masochistic Hell.
Director: Clive Barker
Writer: Clive Barker
Stars: Andrew Robinson, Clare Higginsand Ashley Laurence
14. Frankenstein
Horror classic in which an obsessed scientist assembles a living being from parts of exhumed corpses.
Director: James Whale
Writers: John L. Balderston(based upon the composition by), Mary Shelley
Stars:
Colin Clive, Mae Clarkeand Boris Karloff
13. Saw
With a dead body laying between them, two men wake up in the secure lair of a serial killer who's been nicknamed "Jigsaw". The men must follow various rules and objectives if they wish to survive and win the deadly game set for them.
Director: James Wan
Writers: Leigh Whannell, James Wan
Stars: Cary Elwes, Leigh Whannelland Danny Glover
12. Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part VI
Tommy Jarvis goes to the graveyard to get rid of Jason Voorhees' body, but he accidentally brings him back to life. Jason wants revenge and Tommy must defeat him once and for all!
Director: Tom McLoughlin
Writer: Tom McLoughlin
Stars: Thom Mathews, Jennifer Cookeand David Kagen
In the dreams of his victims, a spectral child murderer stalks the children of the members of the lynch mob that killed him.
Director: Wes Craven
Writer: Wes Craven
Stars: Heather Langenkamp, Johnny Deppand Robert Englund
10. Pet Sematary
Behind a young family's home in Maine is a terrible secret that holds the power of life after death. When tragedy strikes, the threat of that power soon becomes undeniable.
Director: Mary Lambert
Writers: Stephen King(novel), Stephen King(screenplay)
Stars: Dale Midkiff, Denise Crosbyand Fred Gwynne
Ichabod Crane is sent to Sleepy Hollow to investigate the decapitations of 3 people with the culprit being the legendary apparition, the Headless Horseman.
Director: Tim Burton
Writers: Washington Irving(story), Kevin Yagher(screen story)
Stars: Johnny Depp, Christina Ricciand Miranda Richardson
A family is terrorized by demonic forces after moving into a home that was the site of a grisly mass-murder.
Director: Andrew Douglas
Writers: Scott Kosar(screenplay), Jay Anson(novel)
Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Melissa Georgeand Jimmy Bennett
7. The Omen
A remake of the 1976 horror classic The Omen (1976), an American official realizes that his young son may literally be the devil incarnate.
Director: John Moore
Writer: David Seltzer
Stars: Liev Schreiber, Julia Stilesand Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick
A boy who communicates with spirits that don't know they're dead seeks the help of a disheartened child psychologist.
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Writer: M. Night Shyamalan
Stars: Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osmentand Toni Collette
5. The Birds
A wealthy San Francisco socialite pursues a potential boyfriend to a small Northern California town that slowly takes a turn for the bizarre when birds of all kinds suddenly begin to attack people there in increasing numbers and with increasing viciousness.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Writers: Daphne Du Maurier(story), Evan Hunter(screenplay)
Stars: Rod Taylor, Tippi Hedrenand Suzanne Pleshette
4. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
A radio host is victimized by the cannibal family as a former Texas Marshall hunts them.
Director: Tobe Hooper
Writers: Kim Henkel(characters), Tobe Hooper(characters)
Stars: Dennis Hopper, Caroline Williamsand Jim Siedow
3. Carrie
A mousy and abused girl with telekinetic powers gets pushed too far on one special night.
Director: Brian De Palma
Writers: Stephen King(novel), Lawrence D. Cohen(screenplay)
Stars: Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurieand Amy Irving
2. Child's Play
A single mother gives her son a beloved doll for his birthday, later they find out that the doll is possessed with the soul of a serial killer, who try to put his soul into the boy's body in order to become human.
Director: Tom Holland
Writers: Don Mancini(story), Don Mancini(screenplay)
Stars: Catherine Hicks, Chris Sarandonand Alex Vincent
A young couple move into a new apartment, only to be surrounded by peculiar neighbors and occurrences. When the wife becomes mysteriously pregnant, paranoia over the safety of her unborn child begins controlling her life.
Director: Roman Polanski
Writers: Ira Levin(novel), Roman Polanski(screenplay)
Stars: Mia Farrow, John Cassavetesand Ruth Gordon