I’ve never been a fan of horror movies until recently. Although it isn’t close to horror whatsoever, watching E.T. as a child ruined my perspective of horror/thriller altogether. I didn’t want my sleep paralysis demons to haunt me, nor stay up thinking about a film while I kept the lights on. But now that my opinion on horror movies has matured to some degree, I’ve become more and more excited for the Halloween season for one thing: binging scary movies. I’ve learned to enjoy the thrill of being scared, and of course, get into the holiday spirit.

Below are some cult-favorites for you and your friends/family to prepare for the year’s spookiest night. 

Netflix:

The Conjuring 

The Conjuring 2

Hush

Sinister

Pet Sematary 2

Insidious Chapter 2

Jaws 

Jaws 2

Jaws 3

Amazon Prime Video:

Beetlejuice

Coraline

I Know What You Did Last Summer

Midsommar

The Wicker Man (1973)

Halloween Party

The Omen (2006)

The Descent

It Waits

Children of the Corn

Hulu:

It (1990)

Parasite

Child’s Play

Friday the 13th: Part III

Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter

Black Swan

Lights Out

Paranormal Activity 4

Blair Witch

Jennifer’s Body

Disney+:

Don’t Look Under the Bed 

Hocus Pocus

The Nightmare Before Christmas

Bride of Boogedy

Halloweentown

Halloweentown II: Kalabar’s Revenge

Halloweentown High

Return to Halloweentown

Frankenweenie

Twitches

Twitches Too

HBO Max:

Corpse Bride

The Invisible Man

It (2017)

It Chapter Two

Annabelle: Creation

Ouija: Origin of Evil

A Nightmare on Elm Street (2020)

Friday the 13th

Trick’r Treat

Final Destination 

Freddy vs. Jason

Gremlins

Gremlins 2: The New Batch

The Shining

Paramount+:

A Quiet Place

A Quiet Place Part II

My Bloody Valentine

Pet Sematary (1989)

Psycho

The Ring

Night of the Living Dead

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Cry of the Banshee