As Halloween approaches (Thu, 31 Oct 2024), it’s time to prepare for a spine-chilling movie marathon! Whether you’re a fan of classic horror or looking for the latest releases, here are 13 horror movie suggestions that will keep you on the edge of your seat this Halloween 2024.

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1. Dawn of the Dead

A nurse, a policeman, a young married couple, a salesman and other survivors of a worldwide plague that is producing aggressive, flesh-eating zombies, take refuge in a mega Midwestern shopping mall.

Rating: 7.3 (277429 ratings)
Content Rating: 18
Genre: Action, Horror
IMDb Link: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0363547/

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2. The Descent

A caving expedition goes horribly wrong, as the explorers become trapped and ultimately pursued by a strange breed of predators.

Rating: 7.2 (253877 ratings)
Content Rating: 18
Genre: Adventure, Horror, Thriller
IMDb Link: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0435625/

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3. Silent Hill

Rose Da Silva takes her adopted daughter, Sharon, to the town of Silent Hill in an attempt to cure her of her ailment. After a violent car crash, Sharon disappears and Rose begins a horrific journey to get her back.

Rating: 6.5 (248704 ratings)
Content Rating: 16
Genre: Horror, Mystery
IMDb Link: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0384537/

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4. 30 Days of Night

After an Alaskan town is plunged into darkness for a month, it is attacked by a bloodthirsty gang of vampires.

Rating: 6.6 (192519 ratings)
Content Rating: 18
Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
IMDb Link: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0389722/

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5. Trick ‘r Treat

Five Halloween stories: A principal has a secret life, a virgin is looking for her first time, a group of kids pull a prank, a woman who loathes Halloween does not respect the rules and a mean old man meets a demonic trick-or-trea…

Rating: 6.7 (107567 ratings)
Content Rating: 18
Genre: Comedy, Horror
IMDb Link: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0862856/

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6. Sinister

A controversial true-crime writer finds a box of Super 8 home movies in his new home, revealing that the murder case he is currently researching could be the work of an unknown serial killer whose legacy dates back to the 1960s.

Rating: 6.8 (290120 ratings)
Content Rating: 16
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
IMDb Link: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1922777/

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7. Evil Dead

Five friends head to a remote cabin, where the discovery of a Book of the Dead leads them to unwittingly summon up demons living in the nearby woods.

Rating: 6.5 (202377 ratings)
Content Rating: R
Genre: Horror
IMDb Link: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1288558/

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8. The Autopsy of Jane Doe

A father and son, both coroners, are pulled into a complex mystery while attempting to identify the cause of death of a young woman who was apparently harboring dark secrets.

Rating: 6.8 (146992 ratings)
Content Rating: 16
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
IMDb Link: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3289956/

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9. Annabelle: Creation

Twelve years after the tragic death of their little girl, a doll-maker and his wife welcome a nun and several girls from a shuttered orphanage into their home, where they become the target of the doll-maker's possessed creation, A…

Rating: 6.5 (155166 ratings)
Content Rating: 16
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
IMDb Link: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5140878/

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10. It

In the summer of 1989, a group of bullied kids band together to destroy a shape-shifting monster, which disguises itself as a clown and preys on the children of Derry, their small Maine town.

Rating: 7.3 (625966 ratings)
Content Rating: 16
Genre: Horror
IMDb Link: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1396484/

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11. Halloween

Laurie Strode confronts her long-time foe, Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago.

Rating: 6.5 (174383 ratings)
Content Rating: 16
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror
IMDb Link: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1502407/

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12. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

Pennsylvania, 1968. After playing a joke on a school bully, Stella and her friends decide to sneak into a haunted house that once belonged to the powerful Bellows family, unleashing dark forces that they will be unable to control.