Halloween is fast approaching, which means late nights in front of your TV, phone or laptop. Instead of doomscrolling at reels, grab your friends and family and watch a scary movie. The movies could range from comedy horror to those that make you spill your popcorn all over the couch from jump scares.
Not in the mood for nightmares? Grab some popcorn, these fun, feel-good picks are just what you need.
Halloweentown (1998)
Halloweentown is a Disney classic. It follows a girl named Marnie, who accompanies her grandma back home with her siblings. They don’t know what they’re going to encounter until they get to Halloweentown. A town where people who are different, considered supernatural, can live a ‘normal’ life. When in Halloweentown, Marnie finds out she is a witch and gets into a fight against evil that’s trying to take over the world.
Hocus Pocus (1993)
Hocus Pocus follows three mischievous witch sisters who are accidentally resurrected after centuries when siblings Max and Dani explore an old, abandoned house. Now, the two must steal the witches’ spellbook before the sisters can achieve immortality and wreak havoc on the town of Salem.
But if you’re craving something darker this Halloween with real scares, the next picks are for you.
Halloween (1978-2022)
The Halloween franchise is a well-known horror film series. Halloween is considered a classic horror film that centers around Michael Myers, who kills his sister at just six years old. Years later, he comes back to his childhood town, Haddonfield, IL, to go after his main target, Laurie Strode. As the movies go on through the years, Laurie becomes his obsession to kill. Later in the films, a shocking reveal comes, which deepens their connection and explains why Michael is trying to kill Laurie.
If slasher horror is more your style, this next one’s for you.
Scream (1996)
The movie Scream is about a group of students from high school who are on the run from a serial killer. One night, someone gets brutally murdered after being asked over the phone, “What’s your favorite scary movie?” The main character is Sydney Prescott, who is the main target for the slasher killer, Ghostface. After plenty of deaths and harrowing encounters, the killer is revealed, and it’s a shocking truth. One that will leave the viewers asking questions and trying to figure out who Ghostface is for themselves.
There are so many more movies that can be on this list, but these are just a few of them. So, whenever you are done with your homework and have no plans for the night, get cozy and turn on one of these horror films for the Halloween season.
