Spooktacular Movies to Watch This Halloween!

By Tanisha Lahane

From childhood classics that ignite nostalgia to terrifying flicks that keep you up at night, here are eight spooktacular movies you can watch on Halloween for an exciting evening in!

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The Corpse Bride

Recommended By: Richa Bhandari and Hayley Salb

Rating: 4.5/5 Skeleton Hands

Best Snack to Eat While Watching: Gummy Worms or a warm cup of Pumpkin Spice Latte

This movie is for you if you like Coraline, The Nightmare Before Christmas or any other Tim Burton films and can appreciate whimsical, yet creepy animation!

Corpse Bride is a thrilling, chilling, and beautiful story of gothic romance between two.

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Halloweentown

Recommended By: Valuscha Pereira

Rating: 4/5 Broomsticks

Best Snack to Eat While Watching: Your favourite chocolate bar, preferably a Kit-Kat

This movie is for you if you want to get into the Halloween-spirit and are looking for a spooky treat!

Halloweentown is everyone's favourite time of year wrapped up into a single town!

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Addams Family

Recommended By: Monica Tautrims

Rating: 7/10 Crows

Best Snack to Eat While Watching: An assortment of candies!

This movie is for you if you love morbid humour, Halloween, and classic movies that are not made in this decade!

If you find yourself immersed in this spooktacular movie, you'll soon find yourself finding humour in the ridiculousness of the Addams family.

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Coraline

Recommended By: Izza Raza and Camila Morelo

Rating: 5/5 Button Eyes

Best Snack to Eat While Watching: Popcorn, freshly baked cookies, and a hot drink!

This movie is for you if you enjoy childhood classics and need to get into the spooky spirit!

Be careful what you wish for…

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The Nightmare Before Christmas

Recommended By: Emma Dorval

Rating: 9/10 Pumpkin Patches

Best Snack to Eat While Watching: Popcorn and Candy Corn

This movie is for you if you are a fan of Coraline or ParaNorman. It is the same stop motion animation style and it elicits a feeling of nostalgia!

Its the perfect movie for those who think Christmas starts in October!

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It (Chapter One)

Recommended By: Asya Dutt

Rating: 5/5 Red Balloons

Best Snack to Eat While Watching: Popcorn and candy collected after Trick or Treating!

This movie is for you if you are a horror movie fanatic or a Stephen King fan.

After watching this movie, you’ll float too…

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The Exorcism of Emily Rose

Recommended By: Faizaan Qureshi

Rating: 4.5/5 Haunted Houses

Best Snack to Eat While Watching: Nothing but you better hold onto something!

This movie is for you if you love extreme horror and it is based on a real story which makes it even more terrifying!

Too horrific to handle!

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Hopefully these recommendations help you decide what movie to watch on the spooktacular night of October 31st. Happy Halloween!