Halloween is a prime spooky holiday, so naturally many horror films are set on and around the scariest day of the year. Which ones are our favorites? Let me tell you more.
It's October, and it's time for our favorite horror movies set on Halloween. Is there a spooky movie more Halloween than Michael Dougherty's darkly beautiful anthology Trick ‘r Treat? That's a topic for debate. But it's a celebration of the holiday and sets up the rules of Halloween with style to burn. It also has the true spirit of horror, with stories that don't skimp on violence or gore.
The films on this list look at our favorite holiday and the best time of the year through the eyes of the filmmakers, actors, and crew. Some are more lyrical and gorgeously filmed, and some are videotaped found footage nightmares that want to involve you in a more visceral manner. Some have buckets of blood and guts, and some coax their horrors from the theatre of the mind. It doesn't matter what approach they take; what matters is the love of Halloween and the desire to create horrifying cinematic magic.
Let's delve into some of our favorite fright films set on or around Halloween, shall we? Candy?
