It’s our favorite month of the year. Glorious October. And the leaves are already blanketing the yard. The month of Halloween. And with Halloween comes a month crammed full of some of the great–and not so great–horror flicks.
We all have our favorites. We at borg.com offered up our recommendations back in 2011 here, with an update last year here. Jaws got our joint highest ranking, making three of our lists, and The Shining, The Exorcist, The Exorcist 3, Watcher in the Woods, The Ring, and Paranormal Activity rose above the rest. Seaside locales were among our favorite locations for scares, with Jaws, Rebecca, The Birds, The Ring, The Fog (both the original and remake) all taking place there, and creepy little girls are the favorite subject of nine of our favorite haunts (The Ring, The Exorcist, Let Me In, Paranormal Activity 3, Watcher in the Woods, The Sixth Sense, The Shining, Turn of the Screw, and The Others).
Some of the staples of Halloween horror did not make our lists, like Friday the 13th, Halloween, Saw, Scream, The Omen, Rosemary’s Baby, Poltergeist, Nightmare on Elm Street, or Amityville Horror, but that doesn’t mean we don’t love watching them each year. So we’ve put together an exhaustive list for you so you can set your DVRs and not miss out (or make your list for Netflix). These cable networks: the Syfy Channel, AMC, Sundance, TCM, IFC, and ABC Family, are leading the way, piling on the goods to promote our annual October Halloween movie fest. After the break, check out the ginormous schedule we put together of Halloween movies for this month. If you’re looking for something special, use the borg.com search box or “find” to go right to your favorite spooky flick. Keep in mind many of these older films haven’t made it to Netflix and they often only are shown once a year. So watch ’em while you can!
