The Best Horror Films to Spook Up the Season

It’s that time again! Halloween is almost upon us and what better to get us in the mood than a great horror movie. These are “The List”-quality films that deliver the chills and then some. Categorized based on how they deliver. Find them on your favorite streamer and enjoy!

The Classic Slashers (they might be a little dated, but they are classics for a reason):

• Halloween (Rating - 8 out of 10)

• Child’s Play (Rating - 6 out of 10)

• Scream (Rating - 7.5 out of 10)

• Nightmare on Elm Street (Rating - 8.5 out of 10)

• Friday the 13th (Rating - 6.5 out of 10)

Most Disturbing:

• The Hills Have Eyes (Rating - 8.5 out of 10) - the remake, very disturbing

• Hereditary (Rating - 8 out of 10)

• The Mist (Rating - 8 out of 10) - that ending!

• Deliverance (Rating - 8 out of 10)

Straight Up Scary (if you want to mostly watch with a pillow covering your eyes):

• The Conjuring 1 & 2 (Rating - 9.5 out of 10)

• Paranormal Activity 1 & 2 (Rating - 8 out of 10)

• The Shining (Rating - 8.5 out of 10)

• It (Rating - 8.5 out of 10)

• The Descent (Rating - 9 out of 10)

Tense and Expertly Crafted (not quite straight up scary but very close):

• A Quiet Place (Rating - 8.5 out of 10)

• Jeepers Creepers (Rating - 8 out of 10)

• Wrong Turn (Rating - 8 out of 10)

• The Ring (Rating - 7.5 out of 10)

• Rosemary’s Baby (Rating - 8.5 out of 10)

• Drag Me to Hell (Rating - 8 out of 10)

• The Sixth Sense (Rating - 9 out of 10)

• 28 Days Later (Rating - 8.5 out of 10)

• Let the Right One In (Rating - 9.5 out of 10)

• The Blair Witch Project (Rating - 7 out of 10)

• The Exorcist (Rating - 8 out of 10)

• It Follows (Rating - 8 out of 10)

A Little Bit on the Goofy, Fun Side:

• Dog Soldiers (Rating - 7 out of 10)

• The Lost Boys (Rating - 8 out of 10)

• Silver Bullet (Rating - 7 out of 10)

• Army of Darkness (Rating - 7 out of 10)

• Tremors (Rating - 7 out of 10)

• Ginger Snaps (Rating - 8 out of 10)

• Blade 2 (Rating - 8.5 out of 10)

• Fright Night remake (Rating - 8 out of 10)

• An American Werewolf in London (Rating - 7 out of 10)

• The Frighteners (Rating - 8 out of 10)

Most Atmospheric (gives the feels):

• Sleepy Hollow (Rating - 8.5 out of 10)

• Pumpkinhead (Rating - 7 out of 10)

• Brotherhood of the Wolf (Rating - 7 out of 10)

• The Thing (Rating - 8.5 out of 10)

• The Witch (Rating - 7.5 out of 10)