50 Classic Halloween Movies To Stream This Year

The holidays are almost here! The smell of pumpkin spice fills the air as the best films of the season are played on T.V., and it all starts with Halloween. Whether you are watching on YouTube, Netflix, or another cool platform, you're definitely going to watch a movie or two. 

Haunted houses... are they real or fake? That was the question Dr. John Markway struggled with while investigating Hill House, the 90-year-old rickety home filled with paranormal activity. With his team of psychic-prone mates, the crew takes a closer look into what could be shadowing the house with darkness, which starts to reveal itself in deadly and horrifying ways.

Halloween would be nothing without pumpkins and Charlie Brown and his friend caught that hint in the everlasting animated movie, It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. Despite one or two missed appearances, since its inception, this cartoon classic has been shown every year once the leaves start to change color.

The Exorcist is so famous that it has been shown across the world so that everyone can get a taste of this psychotic character. The plot follows the strong possession of a 12-year-old girl by a powerful demon. This devil child spooks even the calmest of people with her 180-degree head spins and projectile vomiting that only the priest, aka "The Exorcist," can help cure.

The classic tale of a young, friendless, shy high school teenager becomes a major force to be reckoned with after she is messed with for the last time. Carrie comes to realize that all of her turmoil has resulted in telekinetic powers that she uses to take revenge on all those mean girls that did her wrong.

It's 1977 and director Wes Anderson creates the horror movie The Hills Have Eyes. Because of its popularity during the '80s, the movie was remade into a contemporary style to complement the new age of thriller. The movie follows a family whose car breaks down and becomes targeted by mutant cannibals.

The American supernatural film, The Amityville Horror, has the forever stench of scary because it was said to be based on the true story of a young couple moving into a house where the previous tenants were murdered. The dark forces of this home are "combative" and terrorize the family as they remain in the house.

Even if you've never seen the movie, most movie watchers are accustomed to seeing this creepy face peering through a hole in the door. This sociopathic face belongs to actor Jack Nicholson who becomes possessed by a sinister spirit. With its power, the spirit influences Jack to become excessively violent, while his psychic son foresees their potential demise.

No one has scared more children and adults than Steven Speilberg. His film, Poltergeist, is one of the more terrifying ones considering that the house is haunted by past demons, and brings fear to a little girl! As challenging as it is to watch, it's just as addicting. The victimized family is led by the father, played by Craig T. Nelson, who tries to figure it all out.

Creepshow pays homage to entertainment comics within the horror realm as this fantasy movie was created as a form of horrific comic relief. Creepshow consists of five short stories related to Father's Day, the death of a young boy, creepy crawlers, secret boxes, and a special surprise.

"Who you gonna call? Ghostbusters!" The catchy phrase is from the film's theme song and has been sung since 1984 as a sarcastic remark or reference to the golden film. Starring Bill Murray, four parapsychologists lose out on their university funding and take matters into their own hands by creating a paranormal removal service, aka, the Ghostbusters.

The entire A Nightmare on Elm Street surrounds the horrific and famous treacherous antics of the one and only, Freddy Kruger. The acid face of a man is literally your worst nightmare and whatever happens in the dreams happens in real life, which makes these films that much scarier.

The rules are simple: don't feed them after midnight and don't get them wet, or the Gremlins will terrorize your house and become the most feared enemies you've ever met. The early '80s film has been polarized as a top 50 Halloween classic because of the Gremlins' intriguing clash of cute and cuddly, and ferocious and hungry.

Yes, the 1985 film, Clue, is based on the game and is just as fun to watch as it is to play. Streaming on YouTubeTV, the game-based film will have your eyes glued to the T.V. trying to seek out small details of which character is the murderer of the prestigious dinner party. Clue is highly rated because of its casually intense suspense and cooky moments that lead to the ultimate reveal.

The Monster Squad matches the tone of other popular '80s movies and presents as a black and white, PG-13, kid-friendly film of five pre-teens going on an adventure of a lifetime to fight off the Universal Monsters from destroying their planet. The movie has been described as "mildly scary" and catches the attention of children, teens, and adults.

Better known as "Chucky," Child's Play is a Halloween classic that follows the overt, psychotic behavior of a doll that stores the soul of a man who trapped himself within it. The movie is literally shocking and has many moments that will make you jump and scream. The laugh of a crazy doll will live in your head forever!

"Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice!" Dare yourself to say this name three times to see if a funny and ghastly figure appears in your home this Halloween! Beetlejuice, starring Micheal Keaton and Winona Ryder, circles around the deceased couple that haunt their own home and call Betelgeuse (Beetlejuice) for his assistance with ridding a new family out of their home.

If you love horror and pets, then Pet Sematary may be the right movie for you. The horror/thriller film is a Stephen King adaptation of a family who moves to a rural town. The son's cat dies and is buried. Because of the burial, evil spirits of pets from the past - and other dead beings - stalk the home and peace of the family.

Johnny Depp creates one of his earliest and finest films in Edward Scissorhands. He's a tortured soul that was created with the fingers of scissor blades, leaving him isolated and socially awkward. He may be weird to look at, but once you get to know him, the calm spirit that he is starts to shine.

Thriller/suspense extraordinaire Stephen King hits the top 50 list again with It. Unknowingly named "Pennywise," a sadistic and murderous clown haunts and stalks seven pre-teens. Come to find out, this clown is possessed by a demon, and it's their job to fight him off. The question is: are they successful?

With more than 30 years of casually spooking their neighbors, The Addams Family lives on as one of the top 50 classic Halloween movies to watch this year. The patriarch is a smooth, ghastly man in a suave suit, with his drop-dead gorgeous wife, two down-to-earth children, and a freaky hand.

Did you know that Peacock and Roku Premium can stream the original Candyman? Along with "Bloody Mary," Candyman was not a name you wanted to say five times in a mirror, or the gothic ghost of an African American man will appear and end your life.

Of course, Hocus Pocus is on the list. The Disney classic is older than most Gen Z viewers, which makes it deserving of its current prestige. The Sanderson sisters are Salem witches who live up to the stereotype of taking children's souls to stay young.

The '90s were filled with Halloween greatness like Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas. Jack Skellington, King of Halloween Town, finds his way to becoming the most popular character in town after discovering Christmas Town and trying to bring it to his realm.

Casper is the only ghost that most people are willing to play with. The original character became a hit following its animated series and was translated into a live-action film. Tastefully done, producers had Bill Pullman and Christina Ricci star as the family who truly got to know the spirit of the human named Casper.

Mr. Simms (featured) is played by Clarence Williams III as he narrates the most hideous scary stories to ever come out of the urban streets. Tales from the Hood takes a short-stories approach to storytelling with four narrations leading to an ultimate moral that is necessary for survival in life.

The Scream film franchise is one of the best Halloween franchises you could ever see. The adventure of a serial killer and his trusty knife slashing through a group of college students is hard to miss out on. Let's not forget his ever-popular mask that is voted one of the top ten Halloween masks of all time.

Goosebumps: Night of the Living Dummy receives special attention because it's not a movie, it's a T.V. show. R.L. Stine took his creepy stories to television and developed them into a Goosebumps series. Although the entire 1996 season was great, it was "Night of the Living Dummy" that skyrocketed the ratings.

The 1999 gothic supernatural horror film, Sleepy Hollow, is loosely based on the 1820 short story The Legend of the Sleepy Hollow, written by Washington Irving. The storyline is simple to follow as it features the detective Ichabod Crane (played by Johnny Depp) investigating the sinister murders that have occurred in the village of Sleepy Hollow.

Was The Blair With Project based on a true story? To this day, no one knows, and what keeps the magic alive with this film is choosing whether or not to believe the only evidence that was left over after their disappearance... a video camera. YouTube streamers are racking up views for this movie as the digital era is becoming more prominent, making this film more believable.

What makes Final Destination so intriguing is the fact that some of the accounts are true! There were various stories about how one was able to cheat death on several occasions, and his accounts were translated into what we know as Final Destination. However, as the movies show, you can't cheat death!

Snoop Dogg is one of the most famous rappers to date and is well known for his slick, g-funk rhymes and amazing hair. Acting can also be added to the list as the rap icon has played in many movies, but none reaching the gore of his 2001 horror film, Bones.

Scooby-Doo may not be a direct Halloween movie, but it surely does have the essence of one. The gang gets involved in yet another mystery on the resort, Spooky Island, after disbanding due to personal differences. The Mystery Inc. crew put their differences aside to search the horror-themed tropical paradise to find the culprit who is brainwashing the tourists.

The Ring follows Rachel Kelly (played by Naomi Watts), an investigator who is given important information about a video that kills people after they watch it. After four teenage girls watch the movie - and die - the video is then sent to Rachel, who, for some reason, watched the movie too.

The 1970s were filled with some authentically scary movies too, and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) was one of them. After a full generation, producers decided to announce the new adaption of the film in 2003. Pros are that the remake is modern and if you like gore, you're in luck because it's tastefully - and directly - graphic.

Rob Zombie's first film in the Firefly film series was House of 1000 Corpses which is also his first dark humor horror film. As the story goes, a group of teenagers are kidnapped by a normal-looking, yet deranged family, on the day of Halloween.

It's safe to say that after review, the original 2003 Japanese version of One Missed Call is much more impactful than the 2008 American version. Its premise is creepy in the eeriest and simplest way: each person receives a mysterious phone call of their future self foretelling their inevitable demises.

"Do you want to play a game?" has become a crazed phrase during the spooky season because of the mask that adorns the mastermind behind the games, Jigsaw. The Saw franchise showcases how deep the mind can go and how boundaries can be broken with creativity and murder.

They say that one of the most successful remakes of any horror movie is Halloween. The remake was made in 2007 and featured director Rob Zombie's skills of placing people into a state of terror and ultimate demise. The movie was so good that the re-up grossed north of $80 million, regardless of its mixed reviews.

The cool part about Trick 'r Treat is the modernism. It uses the interwoven production style where five individuals' lives are interconnected. As the plot continues, the interlocking stories come to light one by one, creating a suspenseful feeling that leads to a totally eerie state.

So many parables have been made from the hit supernatural movie, Paranormal Activity. If you haven't seen it, the film follows a couple that moves into a beautiful home. Little do they know that their new home has an evil spirit trapped within it, and through recordings, they find out sooner rather than later.

Unsolved mysteries make for a strong plot that can keep you on the edge of your seat. Shutter has the same power as a newly married couple finds pictures of ghosts that may still be connected to the house. To ensure their safety, the two of them start to investigate and find that their worst thoughts are possible.

Is it truly possible to sew the mouths to the bottoms of other people to create a continuous human? Find out on Amazon Prime or The Roku Channel to watch The Human Centipede this Halloween. The most that can be said is that this film is downright disturbing, and it's all due to a deranged German scientist.

Demonic supernatural spirits are the core of The Unborn. Directed by David Goyer, the young babysitter, Casey Beldon, becomes the host of her neighbor's son's unborn brother, Jumby. Now, since the unborn has seen its reflection, it begins to grow inside Casey's body and becomes her personal parasite.

Let Me In is a popular movie that keeps romantic horror films alive. The movie tells the story of a boy who doesn't have any friends and is bullied for being an outcast. Then he meets a young girl with the secret of being a child vampire! The two decide to make a blood pact and swear allegiance to one another

Insidious was voted one of the top 10 scariest movies in 2010 for several reasons like the eerie and unsettling music, the plot of a family doing their best to keep demons from trying to trap and poses them, and the perfect moments of proactive tactics that create the best jump scares.

Supernatural films are part of the horror movie culture, and one of the latest and greatest has to be the 2014 thriller film, Annabelle. Fun fact: Annabelle is the prequel to The Conjuring and it focuses on the origins of the demonic doll, Annabelle.

Tyler Perry hit it big when he created another movie featuring the popular, silver-tongue grandmother in Boo! A Madea Halloween. Sources say the idea for the film came from a scene in the film, Top Five, starring Chris Rock. The idea grew into a dramatic and future classic movie that had millions of fans laughing and slapping their knees.

The Strangers is great because it's based on two different horrific events: the story of multiple break-ins of director Bryan Bertino's childhood home, and the multiple-homicide of the Tate family led by Charles Manson and the Manson Family. In his directorial debut, the couple endures the tensity and fallout that the Tate family and Bertino experienced.

The names Andre Ovredal and Guillermo del Toro bring chills down the spines of those who know of them. These two men are known for their deeply disturbing and really scary stories. The book of the same name is what the movie is based on, and was so repulsively good that it was banned from all libraries across the United States!

Disney couldn't stay away and recreated one of their top-grossing holiday movies, Hocus Pocus 2. The most significant part of the film is that it features the original Sanderson sisters. The biggest difference between the original movie and the sequel is how the movie starts, which diverts the story to a different time frame.