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The best movies to stream this Halloween from scary to silly

The best movies to stream this Halloween from scary to silly

No matter what mood you’re in or what your tolerance is for jump scares, we’ve got a movie for you.

Matt Tamanini
Matt Tamanini is the News Editor at The Streamable, where he oversees daily news coverage and editorial strategy, with a particular focus on breaking stories, streaming comparisons, and major industry events. A well-rounded journalist with a diverse background, Matt joined The Streamable in 2022 after holding key editorial roles at several high-profile outlets. He has an extensive career in sports and entertainment journalism, having served as a senior editor for BroadwayWorld, the world’s largest theater website, and as managing editor for Land-Grant Holy Land, which covers Ohio State sports.
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With a background in sports and entertainment reporting, he’s covered everything from Broadway to college football. He cut the cord in 2014 and has a sharp eye for streaming trends and a soft spot for Hallmark movies.
With a background in sports and entertainment reporting, he’s covered everything from Broadway to college football. He cut the cord in 2014 and has a sharp eye for streaming trends and a soft spot for Hallmark movies.

Whether it’s spooky, spooky skeletons or supernatural serial killers, Halloween has never had a shortage of compelling content to curl up on the couch and watch. So, after you’re done trick or treating, or before you head out to your costume party, if you are looking to find a movie to watch to cap off your Spooky Season, we’ve put together a list of 13 iconic films that run the gamut of genres.

From terrifying horror classics to light-hearted, otherworldly favorites, we’ve collected the best Halloween movies to stream regardless of your mood or tolerance for jump scares. Personally, I am not much of a horror fan; while I am not opposed to watching scary movies, it’s not the type of thing that I naturally gravitate toward. So, for my Halloween evening viewing rotation, I might go with a classic from my childhood like “Ghostbuster,” or the also wonderfully campy “Ghostbusters II.”

I could also mix in some more family-friendly comedy films like “Hocus Pocus,” “The Addams Family,” or even “Casper.” But if I really was goign to have my pick, I would go with some classics that pull from the best of multiple genres, like “Shaun of the Dead,” “Young Frankenstein,” “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” “Get Out,” or “Scary Movie.”

What type of Halloween fare do you normally gravitate toward? Let us know in the comments what Spooky Season movies you will be streaming to celebrate All Hallows’ Eve tonight.

Top 13 movies to watch this Halloween

  • The Exorcist

    December 26, 1973

    When a mysterious entity possesses a young girl, her mother seeks the help of two Catholic priests to save her life.

  • Halloween

    October 24, 1978

    Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween Night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois to kill again.

  • Ghostbusters

    June 8, 1984

    After losing their university jobs, three parapsychologists start a ghost-catching business in New York City and uncover a supernatural threat that could destroy the world.

  • Beetlejuice

    March 30, 1988

    A newly dead New England couple seeks help from a deranged demon exorcist to scare an affluent New York family out of their home.

  • The Addams Family

    November 22, 1991

    When a man claiming to be long-lost Uncle Fester reappears after 25 years lost, the family plans a celebration to wake the dead. But the kids barely have time to warm up the electric chair before Morticia begins to suspect Fester is fraud when he can’t recall any of the details of Fester’s life.

  • Hocus Pocus

    July 16, 1993

    After 300 years of slumber, three sister witches are accidentally resurrected in Salem on Halloween night, and it is up to three kids and their newfound feline friend to put an end to the witches’ reign of terror once and for all.

  • The Nightmare Before Christmas

    October 9, 1993

    Tired of scaring humans every October 31 with the same old bag of tricks, Jack Skellington, the spindly king of Halloween Town, kidnaps Santa Claus and plans to deliver shrunken heads and other ghoulish gifts to children on Christmas morning. But as Christmas approaches, Jack’s rag-doll girlfriend, Sally, tries to foil his misguided plans.

  • Scream

    December 20, 1996

    A killer known as “Ghostface” begins killing off teenagers and the body count is rising. Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) and her friends Gale (Courteney Cox) and Dewey (David Arquette) have made a discovery: Horror movies always follow a template. As they dissect the ‘rules’ of horror films, they find themselves entrenched in one that’s all too real. Drew Barrymore, Skeet Ulrich, Rose McGowan, Matthew Lillard, Jamie Kennedy, and Liev Schreiber round out this cast of 90s teen idols.

  • Shaun of the Dead

    April 9, 2004

    Shaun lives a supremely uneventful life, which revolves around his girlfriend, his mother, and, above all, his local pub. This gentle routine is threatened when the dead return to life and make strenuous attempts to snack on ordinary Londoners.

  • Monster House

    June 30, 2006

    Monsters under the bed are scary enough, but what happens when an entire house is out to get you? Three teens aim to find out when they go up against a decrepit neighboring home and unlock its frightening secrets.

  • Coraline

    February 5, 2009

    Wandering her rambling old house in her boring new town, 11-year-old Coraline discovers a hidden door to a strangely idealized version of her life. In order to stay in the fantasy, she must make a frighteningly real sacrifice.

  • The Conjuring

    July 18, 2013

    Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying case of their lives.

  • Hereditary

    June 7, 2018

    Following the death of the Leigh family matriarch, Annie and her children uncover disturbing secrets about their heritage. Their daily lives are not only impacted, but they also become entangled in a chilling fate from which they cannot escape, driving them to the brink of madness.

Matt Tamanini
Matt Tamanini is the News Editor at The Streamable, where he oversees daily news coverage and editorial strategy, with a particular focus on breaking stories, streaming comparisons, and major industry events. A well-rounded journalist with a diverse background, Matt joined The Streamable in 2022 after holding key editorial roles at several high-profile outlets. He has an extensive career in sports and entertainment journalism, having served as a senior editor for BroadwayWorld, the world’s largest theater website, and as managing editor for Land-Grant Holy Land, which covers Ohio State sports.
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