October 15th, 2025

While I work on some longer posts about spooky stuff, I wanted to give a few scary movie recommendations for the season! I’ve split it into three subjects: pure horror, spooky vibes, and spooky vibes (child-appropriate). Pure horror are scary films that I’ve mostly seen recently that I can highly recommend, while the other two categories are if you just want some Halloween vibes but not as intense!

Pure Horror

Hereditary (Ari Aster)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Philip Kaufman)
The Evil Dead (Sam Raimi)
American Psycho (Mary Harron)
Bring Her Back (Danny and Michael Philippou)
Ghostwatch (Lesley Manning)

Spooky Vibes

Scream (Wes Craven)
Halloween (John Carpenter)
Halloween III: Season of the Witch (Tommy Lee Wallace)
Evil Dead II (Sam Raimi)
From Dusk Till Dawn (Robert Rodriguez)

Spooky Vibes (Child-Appropriate)

Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus (Jhonen Vasquez and others)
Werewolf by Night (Michael Giacchino)
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (Steven Spielberg)

I hope you enjoy some of these films! Thanks for checking out this list.