Halloween Movie Marathon List!

The best part about October are the horror films and Halloween classics being on TV every day. I live for horror films so what better way to share my favorites with you than to create a Halloween movie marathon list for you all?

Let’s get started.

1.      Halloween

That’s a given, you pretty much need this in your Halloween marathon. Classic horror movie villain, Michael Myers, returns to his hometown to continue his killing spree after he slaughtered his family on Halloween night when he was a kid.

2.      A Nightmare on Elm Street

Freddy Kruger is my bae. Child murderer, Freddy Kruger starts stalking a group of teens in their dreams to get revenge on the parents that burned him alive. Sweet dreams.

3.      Trick or Treat

This film is perfect for Halloween. It’s a horror anthology featuring four tales that all connect to one another. It follows the rules of Halloween like, “always check your candy,” “Never blow out your pumpkin before midnight,” “always give out candy on Halloween night,” and more. It’s a clever horror film that embodies Halloween.

4.      Jeepers Creepers

The creeper definitely creeped me out when I first saw this film. Two siblings going home for break are being stalked by this grotesque being that enjoys eating his victims and he picks them based on their fear.

5.      Thirteen Ghosts

This has been a favorite of mine since I was a kid. It focuses on a family that inherits a house from their uncle. Only there’s one minor detail, there’s 12 trapped spirits in the basement. In the special features you can see short videos on how each ghost died. 

6.      House of 1000 Corpses

This Rob Zombie film is just amazing. It’s about a group of friends travelling cross country and they get caught in the rain and they run into a family of crazies after trying to find a local legend, Doctor Satan. The events that follow are nothing short of insanity. It’s a must-see. If you finish this you HAVE to watch the sequel “The Devil’s Rejects”.

7.      Child’s Play

Charles Lee Ray, a serial killer, transfers his soul into a Good Guy Doll and that doll ends up in the hands of little Andy. Poor thing had no idea Chucky was a little terror that literally just wanted to murder everyone and transfer his soul into his body. Fun fact: my sorority sister and I went as Chucky and Tiffany to a Halloween party once.

8.      Hocus Pocus

Of course, this film is on my Halloween movie list. It’s a Halloween classic. The Sanderson sisters return on Halloween night after a virgin lit the black flame candle. After the horror films listed above, you’ll want something fun to balance it out.

9.      Casper

This film was my everything as a kid. It’s such a cute film.

10.  Halloweentown

What kind of a person would I be if I didn’t include Halloweentown? Exactly.

11.  Friday the 13^th.

I am so obsessed with these films. Camp Crystal Lake is open and camp counselors and dying left and right. Fun fact: I was a Camp Crystal Lake camp counselor for Halloween one year. Complete with machete wounds to the face.

12.  The Amityville Horror

Every movie list needs a good haunting. The film focuses on the Lutz family after they movie into the Amityville house, which was the scene of gristly murders years ago when the DeFeo family was slaughtered by Ronnie DeFeo. They only made it 28 days until they left, leaving all of their belongings behind. (The 2005 film is my favorite, I don't care).

13.  Scream

A fun slasher film is the best way to end a movie marathon. This film follows Sydney, a girl being stalked by a killer called “Ghostface”. This film is clever and it took the slasher genre and revived it. Craven was truly a genius. It’s a bloody good time.

There you have it, 13 films for the perfect Halloween night marathon. Let me know some of your Halloween favorites!