# The best horror movies to watch on Halloween

For a properly scary night: the horror films most recommended for Halloween by Guide ANCV, Génération Souvenirs and La Frikileria.

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- Oct 1, 2026 · Adrien
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## Top 15

1. **The Shining (1980)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Jack Torrance at the Overlook Hotel, from Kubrick.
2. **Scream (1996)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — A masked killer who knows the genre's rules.
3. **Halloween (1978)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Michael Myers and the season's most iconic film, from John Carpenter.
4. **The Exorcist (1973)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — One of the most terrifying films ever made.
5. **A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Freddy Krueger attacks in dreams, from Wes Craven.
6. **The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Tobe Hooper's raw classic.
7. **The Conjuring (2013)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Ed and Lorraine Warren in a haunted farmhouse.
8. **It (2017)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Pennywise and the Losers' Club.
9. **The Blair Witch Project (1999)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The found-footage film that started the trend.
10. **Psycho (1960)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Hitchcock and the Bates Motel.
11. **Friday the 13th (1980)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A summer camp and Crystal Lake.
12. **Trick 'r Treat (2007)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Interlocking stories on one Halloween night.
13. **Sinister (2012)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A writer finds disturbing home movies.
14. **Insidious (2010)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A child falls into a mysterious coma.
15. **Hereditary (2018)** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — A family and a cursed inheritance, from Ari Aster.

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