my ultimate spooky season watch list

warming up:

• Clue (1985)
• Muppet Treasure Island (1996)
• Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) Yes, that's three Tim Curry movies. Did I stutter?
• Sweeney Todd (2007)
• The Phantom of the Opera (2004)
• The Bad Seed (1956)
• The Twilight Zone (TV)
• The Crucible (1996)
• The Addams Family (TV)
  
• Death Becomes Her (1992)
• A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
• Scooby-Doo (2002)
• Freaky (2020)
• Lisa Frankenstein (2024)
• Your Monster (2024)
• Twin Peaks (TV)
• Renfield (2023)
• Shaun of the Dead (2004)
• The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
• Charmed (8 seasons)
• Sabrina the Teenage Witch (TV)
• The Munsters (TV)
• Yellowjackets (TV)
• The Twilight Saga (2008-2012)
• Underworld (2003)
• Labyrinth (1986)
• The Vampire Diaries (TV)
• Frankenstein (2025)
• Now You See It (2005)

cozy classics:

• Young Frankenstein (1974)
• Halloweentown (1998) 
• Twitches (2005)
• Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
• Goosebumps (TV) 
  
• Are You Afraid of the Dark? (TV)
  
• The Addams Family (1991) + The Addams Family Values (1993)
  
• Practical Magic (1998)
• Hocus Pocus (1993)
• Casper (1995)
• Corpse Bride (2005)
• Coraline (2009)
• Beetlejuice (1988)
• Ghostbusters (1984)
• Don't Look Under the Bed (1999)
• The Haunted Mansion (2003)
• Mom's Got a Date With a Vampire (2000)
• E.T. the Extra Terrestrial (1982)
• Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost (1999)
  
• Phantom of the Megaplex (2000)
• Agatha All Along (TV)
• Wednesday (TV)
• R.L. Stine’s The Haunting Hour: Don’t Think About It (2007)

dark and spooky:

• Sleepy Hollow (1999)
• The Uninvited (1944)
• The Craft (1996)
• The Lost Boys (1987)
• The Haunting of Hill House (TV)
• The Shining (1980)
• The Others (2001)
• Nosferatu (1922)
• Psycho (1960)
• Carrie (1976)
• American Horror Story (TV)
• Ghost Whisperer (TV)
• Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (TV)
• Crimson Peak (2015)
  

fright night:

• Scream (1996)
• Ginger Snaps (2000)
  
• Trick 'r Treat (2007)
• A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
• Hereditary (2018)
• The Babadook (2014)
• The Conjuring (2013)
• Insidious (2010)
• Sinners (2025)
• Heretic (2024)
• The Strangers (2008)
• I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)
• The Exorcist (1973)
• Mama (2013)
• 1408 (2007)
• Terrifier 2 (2022)
• Lights Out (2016)
• The Witch (2015)
• The Ring (2002)
• The Thing (1982)
  
• Halloween (1978)