I’m one of those autumn people. It’s my favorite season and I’m not ashamed of wearing flannels, drinking PSLs, lighting candles, and getting lost in corn mazes.
This year, I’m scheduling every activity so that I can feel fully immersed in the spooky festivities. Below is a list of thirty-one creepy movies I’ll be watching for the first time this October. I hope you’ll join me.
Happy Halloween!
| Title | Director | Year |
| Don’t Look Now | Nicholas Roeg | 1973 |
| Cuckoo | Tilman Singer | 2024 |
| Bride of Frankenstein | James Whale | 1935 |
| The Birds | Alfred Hitchcock | 1963 |
| Stir of Echoes | David Koepp | 1999 |
| M | Fritz Lang | 1931 |
| Stopmotion | Robert Morgan | 2023 |
| Red Rooms | Pascal Plante | 2024 |
| Speak No Evil | Christian Tafdrup | 2022 |
| Daddy’s Head | Benjamin Barfoot | 2024 |
| Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein | Charles Barton | 1948 |
| Enys Men | Mark Jenkin | 2023 |
| Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum | Jung Bum-shik | 2018 |
| Island of Lost Souls | Erle C. Kenton | 1932 |
| The Wicker Man | Robin Hardy | 1973 |
| The Masque of the Red Death | Roger Corman | 1964 |
| V/H/S/Beyond | Kate Siegel, Justin Long, Virat Pal, Justin Martinez, Jay Cheel, Christian Long, Jordan Downey | 2024 |
| The Poughkeepsie Tapes | John Erick Dowdle | 2009 |
| Possum | Matthew Holness | 2018 |
| Revenge | Coralie Fargeat | 2017 |
| Rabid | David Cronenberg | 1977 |
| The Fog | John Carpenter | 1980 |
| Cronos | Guillermo del Toro | 1992 |
| Bones and All | Luca Guadagnino | 2022 |
| Five Nights at Freddy’s | Emma Tammi | 2023 |
| Open Water | Chris Kentis | 2003 |
| Chime | Kiyoshi Kurosawa | 2024 |
| Speak No Evil | James Watkins | 2024 |
| Last Night in Soho | Edgar Wright | 2021 |
| Sleep | Jason Yu | 2024 |
| Handling the Undead | Thea Hvistendahl | 2024 |