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25 Best Movies for a Halloween Marathon
The ultimate spooky season watchlist — from legendary slashers to fun campy thrills.
Updated March 23, 2026 · ThumbScore Editorial
1Halloween (1978)John Carpenter's slasher that started it all
4Scream (1996)Wes Craven reinvents the slasher genre
5The Evil Dead (1981)Sam Raimi's low-budget cabin-in-the-woods original
6Evil Dead II (1987)Slapstick horror sequel that became a cult classic
10Poltergeist (1982)Suburban haunted house spectacle from Spielberg
11The Thing (1982)John Carpenter's paranoia-fueled Antarctic horror
12Alien (1979)Ridley Scott's claustrophobic space nightmare
14The Exorcist (1973)The possession film that terrified a generation
15Hocus Pocus (1993)Bette Midler and the Sanderson sisters run amok
18Ghostbusters (1984)Who you gonna call? The perfect Halloween party movie
21Hereditary (2018)Ari Aster's devastating family horror
22Get Out (2017)Jordan Peele's razor-sharp social horror debut
23It (2017)Pennywise returns in Stephen King's terrifying epic
24Sinister (2012)Found footage meets true-crime writer nightmare
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