Just call me Scream Queen! As everyone already knows, I have an abnormal obsession with Halloween. But what you may not know is I've been watching horror movies since I was a kid. When we were just wee-little ones, my brother and I practically lived in the horror section at the movie store. As a matter of fact, we spent so much time wandering that section, I could probably win a "name the movie" trivia game only being shown the front cover of each movie. Those old local video stores - you know, the ones before Netflix and Redbox - always had a 5 for 5 for 5 deal. Five videos, five days, for five dollars. Me and my brother would rent 5 scary movies on the regular.
I've seen a lot of them in my time, and when Halloween rolls around, I have a tendency to re-watch all of my favorites (sometimes more than once). When the clock strikes October 1st, Tres knows every day he will come home to a TV screen projecting the same scary movie notes he's heard a million times, the same men in masks, and the same screaming, dumb girls running for their lives. It's inevitable. But I always tell him, at least I don't watch them year-round.
So the entire month of October, I tend to look a bit like this:
Without further ado, here are my favorite spooky films. By the way, my horror movie expert brother approved of this list so they're 2 for 2. One for all 31 days of Halloween!
1. Halloween (1978)
2. The Shining
3. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
4. Halloween 4
5. Halloween 5
6. Carrie (1976)
7. The Exorcist
8. Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
9. Creepshow
10. Trilogy of Terror
11. Amityville Horror (1979 and 2005)
12. Scream
13. The Strangers
14. Night of the Living Dead remake (1990)
15. Friday the 13th
16. Sinister
17. Trick or Treat
18. Monster Squad
19. Pet Semetary
20. IT (1990)
21. Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warrors
22. Return to Horror High (1987)
23. April Fools Day
24. An American Warewolf in London
25. Silver Bullet
26. Nightmare on Elm Street 4: Dream Master
27. Hocus Pocus (not scary but worth being on the list)
28. The Omen (1976 and 2006)
29. I Spit on your Grave
30. People Under the Stairs
31. Silence of the Lambs