10 Scary Movies You Have to Watch this Halloween

Crimson Peak

Guillermo del Toro's best English-language film to date begins as a swooning ode to his beloved Gothic Romance novels before descending into a flowing Victorian horror show. Mia Wasikowska's Edith Cushing guides us through a windswept love story with dashing Tom Hiddleston, one interrupted by spells of unexpectedly vicious bloodshed, a colorful Bava-influenced design, and Jessica Chastain's porridge-scraping psychological warfare. 

It Follows

David Robert Mitchell's indie-frightfest phenomenon is predicated on the fact that a zombie-like state can be passed on by sexual contact from one person to the next, like a chain letter or a haunted J-horror videotape. And the killer can often be anybody lurking somewhere in the background; once possessed, they start walking towards you, often in a straight line. We don't even see anybody actually die on screen and it's still terrifying. 

10 Cloverfield Lane

After being involved in a car accident, Michelle awakens to find herself sharing an underground bunker with Howard and Emmett. Has she been saved from an apocalyptical event as Howard & Emmett tell her or are there other motives for her being held against her will? 

The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Poltergeist

Following directly on from the events in the first movie, The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Poltergeist follows Ed and Lorraine Warren, played once again by Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga, as they travel to England to investigate a case a paranormal activity in a London council house. The characters are based on a real life couple who conducted research on supposedly haunted locations and objects including the Amityville house and the case of the possessed doll Annabelle. The 2016 sequel is one again directed by James Wan who has many notable horror credits to his name including Saw and Insidious.

The Omen

Robert and Katherine Thorn seem to have it all. They are happily married and he is the US Ambassador to Great Britain, but they want nothing more than to have children. When Katharine has a stillborn child, Robert is approached by a priest at the hospital who suggests that they take a healthy newborn whose mother has just died in childbirth. Without telling his wife he agrees. After relocating to London, strange events - and the ominous warnings of a priest - lead him to believe that the child he took from that Italian hospital is evil incarnate.

The House Of The Devil

During a night of 1983 with full lunar eclipse, Samantha Hughes takes a babysitting job surrounded by mysterious circumstances before she finds out her client's terrifying secret.

Cabin in the Woods

Five teenagers head off for a weekend at a secluded cabin in the woods. They arrive to find they are quite isolated with no means of communicating with the outside world. When the cellar door flings itself open, they of course go down to investigate. They find an odd assortment of relics and curios, but when one of the women, Dana, reads from a book, she awakens a family of deadly zombie killers. However, there's far more going on than meets the eye.

The Descent

After a tragic accident, six friends reunite for a caving expedition. Their adventure soon goes horribly wrong when a collapse traps them deep underground and they find themselves pursued by bloodthirsty creatures. As their friendships deteriorate, they find themselves in a desperate struggle to survive the creatures and each other.

The Host

There are monster movies. And then there is “The Host.” Bong Joon-ho‘s flawless, fearless creature feature was at the time of its release the most successful South Korean film ever —and it’s easy to see why. What starts as a fairly typical nature-gone-wrong tale, it quickly evolves into something more. After an American military base dumps hazardous toxins into the Han River, a giant, amphibious creature emerges from the water and causes havoc, eventually spiriting away a young girl (Go Ah-sung). The girl’s family, led by her schlubby father, vow to retrieve her, and what follows is equal parts horror film, comedic family drama, satirical sci-fi and, well, fairy tale.

Let the Right One In

Oskar, a bullied 12-year old, dreams of revenge. He falls in love with Eli, a peculiar girl. She can't stand the sun or food and to come into a room she needs to be invited. Eli gives Oskar the strength to hit back but when he realizes that Eli needs to drink other people's blood to live he's faced with a choice. How much can love forgive? Set in the Stockholm suburb of Blackeberg in 1982.