31 Days of Halloween
Movie Marathon Lineup
Article by StaceMeister0
With the Halloween season being right around the corner, I like to prepare for a yearly tradition. Every October, I watch at least one horror movie for every day of October. I try to keep the selection Halloween-themed for the nostalgia of the holiday, but if the pickings come up short, I will branch out in the horror arena in general.
I also try to include movies from free streaming sites, and the majority of the selection in this list are free - including sites such as Tubi, Prime Video, PlutoTV, and Roku - with the exception of a few paid movies, but are also highly necessary and recommended movies for this list.
Here is my lineup for this year’s 31 Days of Halloween Marathon.
Halloween (1978)
Director: John Carpenter
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Synopsis: 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.
Terrifier (2016)
Director: Damien Leone
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Synopsis: A maniac named Art the Clown terrorizes two friends on Halloween and everyone who gets in his way.
Terrifier 2 (2022)
Director: Damien Leone
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Synopsis: Resurrected by a sinister entity, Art the Clown returns to Miles County to terrorize a teenage girl and her younger brother on Halloween night.
31 (2016)
Director: Rob Zomobie
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Synopsis: Five carnival workers are kidnapped and held hostage in an abandoned, hellish compound where they are forced to participate in a violent game, the goal of which is to survive twelve hours against a gang of sadistic clowns.
HAUNT (2019)
Directors: Scott Beck, Bryan Woods
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Synopsis: On Halloween, a group of friends encounter an “extreme” haunted house that promises to feed on their darkest fears. The night turns deadly as they come to the horrifying realization that some nightmares are real.
The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976)
Director: Charles B. Pierce
The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976) Poster
Synopsis: The story of a berserk, hooded killer who terrorized the border town of Texarkana, Arkansas in 1946 - leaving no fewer than five murder victims in his wake. He was never caught. Based on one of America’s most baffling murder cases.
The Strangers: Prey At Night (2018)
Director: Johannes Roberts
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Synopsis: A family of four staying at a secluded mobile home park for the night are stalked and then hunted by three masked psychopaths.
The Luring (2019)
Director: Christopher Wells
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Synopsis: Haunted by a childhood trauma, Garrett returns to his family’s Vermont home only to discover that escaping a nightmare means he's still in one.
FEAST (2005)
Director: John Gulager
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Synopsis: Patrons locked inside a bar are forced to fight monsters.
The Houses October Built (2014)
Director: Bobby Roe
The Houses October Built (2014) Poster
Synopsis: Five friends are stalked by a group of mysterious and disturbed individuals while on a road trip looking for the ultimate haunted house attraction.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
Director: Tobe Hooper
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Synopsis: Five friends head out to rural Texas to visit the grave of a grandfather. On the way they stumble across what appears to be a deserted house, only to discover something sinister within. Something armed with a chainsaw.
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019)
Director: André Øvredal
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Synopsis: 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.
The Blackout Experiments (2016)
Director: Rich Fox
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Synopsis: This documentary follows a group of people who discover the ultra-scary, psycho-sexual horror experience Blackout, and develop an obsession that hijacks their lives and blurs the line between reality and paranoid fantasy.
Tales of Halloween (2015)
Directors: Darren Lynn Bousman, Axelle Carolyn, Adam Gierasch, Andrew Kasch, Neil Marshall, Lucky McKee, Mike Mendez, Dave Parker, Ryan Schifrin, John Skipp, Paul Solet
Tales of Halloween (2015) Poster
Synopsis: Ten stories are woven together by their shared theme of Halloween night in an American suburb, where ghouls, imps, aliens, and axe murderers appear for one night only to terrorize unsuspecting residents.
Trick ‘r’ Treat (2007)
Director: Michael Dougherty
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Synopsis: 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-treater.
The Funhouse (1981)
Director: Tobe Hooper
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Synopsis: Teenage Amy Harper, her boyfriend Buzz Dawson, and their friends Richie Atterbury and Liz Duncan visit a local carnival for a night of innocent amusement, but soon witness a fortune teller’s murder and find that the exits are locked.
Halloween Party (2019)
Director: Jay Dahl
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A college student unwittingly releases terrifying entities from her school’s past via a Halloween themed computer meme.
Wish Upon (2017)
Director: John R. Leonetti
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Synopsis: A teenage girl discovers a box that carries magic powers and a deadly price for using them.
The Other (2025)
Director: Paul Etheredge
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Synopsis: Unable to conceive, a couple seeks to build a family with a young orphan, survivor of a tragic childhood. But their act of love turns to horror when they realize the violence their foster’s past has returned to destroy the new family.
Creepshow (1982)
Director: George A. Romero
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Synopsis: Five grisly tales from a kid’s comic book about a murdered father rising from his grave, a bizarre meteor, a vengeful husband, a mysterious crate’s occupant, and a plague of cockroaches.
Creepshow 2 (1987)
Director: Michael Gornick
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Synopsis: Three macabre tales from the latest issue of a boy’s favorite comic book, dealing with a vengeful wooden Native American, a monstrous blob in a lake, and an undying hitchhiker.
Blood Fest (2018)
Director: Owen Egerton
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Synopsis: Fans flock to a festival celebrating the most iconic horror movies, only to discover that the charismatic showman behind the event has a diabolical agenda.
Night of Wrath (2025)
Director: Robbie Bagley
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Synopsis: A group of seemingly virtuous leaders are trapped in a haunted house by a madman threatening to ruin their lives by revealing their darkest secrets.
Dead Before Dawn (2012)
Director: April Mullen
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Synopsis: A group of college kids accidentally create, and then unleash, a curse that makes anyone they come into contact with kill themselves and then turn into zombie demons.
Totally Killer (2023)
Director: Nahnatchka Khan
Totally Killer (2023) Poster
Synopsis: When the infamous “Sweet Sixteen Killer” returns 35 years after his first murder spree to claim another victim, 17-year-old Jamie accidentally travels back in time to 1987, determined to stop the killer before he can start.
Open 24 Hours (2018)
Director: Padraig Reynolds
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Synopsis: After setting her serial-killer boyfriend on fire, a paranoid delusional woman gets a job at an all-night gas station.
Grotesque (2009)
Director: Kôji Shiraishi
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Synopsis: A doctor kidnaps a young couple and forces them into a game of torment that slowly extinguishes their hopes for survival.
Abigail (2024)
Directors: Matthew Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett
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Synopsis: After a group of criminals kidnap the ballerina daughter of a powerful underworld figure, they retreat to an isolated mansion, unaware that they’re locked inside with no normal little girl.
The Funhouse Massacre (2015)
Director: Andy Palmer
The Funhouse Massacre (2015) Poster
Synopsis: Six of the world’s scariest psychopaths escape from a local Asylum and proceed to unleash terror on the unsuspecting crowd of a Halloween Funhouse, whose themed mazes are inspired by various reigns of terror.
Evil Dead (1981)
Director: Sam Raimi
Evil Dead (1981) Poster
Synopsis: Five friends travel to a cabin in the woods, where they unknowingly release flesh-possessing demons
Happy Viewing.