Gearing up for Halloween is exciting. Decorations, costumes, and haunted houses are only part of the fun that ensues in preparation for the big day. In celebration, I’ve decided to give you a list of some of my absolute favorite horror movies to help you in counting down the days to Halloween.
Here are 31 movies, one for every single day in October, to watch in fright, fear, and happiness!
1. The Cabin in the Woods
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3 Word Summary: Creative, Twist, Adventure
2. You’re Next
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3 Word Summary: Nonstop, Targets, Home-invasion
3. Suspiria
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3 Word Summary: Masterful, Colorful, Ballerina
4. The Gift
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3 Word Summary: Guest, Stalker, Suspenseful
5. Friday the 13th
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3 Word Summary: Curse, Camp, Slasher
6. A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 – Dream Warriors
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3 Word Summary: Dreams, Asylum, Creative
7. The Conjuring
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3 Word Summary: Paranormal, True, Demonology
8. The Taking of Deborah Logan
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3 Word Summary: Alzheimer’s, Documentary, Elderly
9. Deliver Us From Evil
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3 Word Summary: True, Police, Religion
10. Devil
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3 Word Summary: Elevator, Devil, Twist
11. The Houses October Built
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3 Word Summary: Halloween, Houses, Road-Trip
12. Opera
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3 Word Summary: Needles, Opera, Italian
13. Funny Games
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3 Word Summary: Home, Invasion, Sadistic
14. Event Horizon
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3 Word Summary: Space, Terror, Black Hole
15. Alien
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3 Word Summary: Aliens, Insanity, Legendary
16. It Follows
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3 Word Summary: Imaginative, Curse, Supernatural
17. Lady In White
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3 Word Summary: Children, Haunted, Eerie
18. Troll 2
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3 Word Summary: Goblins, Funny, Outrageous
19. The Witch
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3 Word Summary: Witchcraft, Woods, Fairytale
20. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
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3 Word Summary: Chainsaw, Running, Terrifying
21. Phantasm
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3 Word Summary: Mortician, Dwarves, Children
22. Rosemary’s Baby
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3 Word Summary: Pregnancy, Cult, Devil
23. Let The Right One In
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3 Word Summary: Vampires, Swedish, Imaginative
24. The House Of The Devil
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3 Word Summary: House, Twist, Babysitter
25. What We Do In The Shadows
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3 Word Summary: Vampires, Funny, Bloody
26. The Invitation
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3 Word Summary: Dinner Party, Twist, Friends
27. The Wicker Man
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3 Word Summary: Fantasy, Paganism, Village
28. Insidious
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3 Word Summary: Child, Astral Projection, Supernatural
29. The Gate
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3 Word Summary: Children, Adventure, Demons
30. The Descent
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3 Word Summary: Caves, Creatures, Gore
31. Halloween
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3 Word Summary: Slasher, Halloween, Creepy
I hope you enjoyed this list and try the Halloween movie challenge. How many of these have you already watched and loved? I’d love to get your thoughts!
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