7 Best Halloween Movies and TV Shows to Watch This Spooky Season

Valentina Premoli
StudioWhakan
Published in
5 min readOct 31, 2021

Trick or treat?

The list of the best movies and TV series to watch on Halloween night: from A Quiet Place to Beetlejuice, let’s get ready together for the night of ghosts with some scary films…..

1- A QUIET PLACE (2018)

Film directed by John Krasinski

In a post apocalyptic world, a family must live in silence to avoid mysterious creatures that hunt by sound. Knowing that even the slightest whisper or footstep can bring death, Evelyn and Lee are determined to find a way to protect their children while desperately searching for a way to fight back.

Stream it now: Italy, Canada, United State, United Kingdom, Spain and France

2- THE HAUNTING OF BLY MANOR (2020)

Danielle (Victoria Pedretti) is a young woman who moves from America to England. Here Henry Wingrave (Henry Thomas) hires her as the governess of his two grandchildren, Flora (Amelie Bea Smith) and Miles (Benjamin Evan Ainsworth), who were orphaned following an accident that caused the death of both their parents. he doesn’t want to bother. Dani then goes to Bly Manor, the country villa in which they reside, where she will also meet the guardian Hannah (T’Nia Miller), the cook Owen (Rahul Kohli) and the gardener Jamie (Amelia Eve).

Stream worldwide now on Netflix

3- FEAR STREET SAGA (2021)

Film directed by Leigh Janiak

Three films on three different timelines, the story begins in 1994 and then goes to 1978 and finally discovering where it all began with part 3 of the saga in 1966; All three films are united by a curse that afflicts a ‘ entire town, that of Shadyside Ohio, famous for being the place with the most serial killers in America.

If you want to read the full review we talked about it in this article: https://medium.com/studiowhakan/fear-street-a-review-of-the-entire-horror-trilogy-on-netflix-6aef20116d79

Stream it now on Netflix

4- THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE (2018)

Directed by Mike Flanagan

In the summer of 1992, Hugh and Olivia Crain and their children — Steven, Shirley, Theodora, Luke, and Eleanor — move into Hill House to renovate the mansion in order to sell it and build their own house, designed by Olivia. However, due to unexpected repairs, they have to stay longer, and they begin to experience increasing paranormal phenomena, resulting in a tragic loss and the family fleeing from the house. Twenty-six years later, the Crain family are forced to back together in the face of tragedy, and are finally confront the ghosts of their past and how their time in Hill House has affected each of them.

Stream worldwide now on Netflix

5- HOCUS POCUS (1993)

Film directed by Kenny Ortega

Young Max Dennison, who has recently moved with his family to Salem, Massachusetts, is dissatisfied with his new life and bored with preparations for the Halloween night celebrations, He is dragged by his new friend Allison and her little sister Dani, into the old house of the renowned “Witches” Sanderson.

Sanderson were three wicked sisters, who lived in Salem in the 17th century, hanged in 1963 by the villagers following the murder of little Emily Binx and the mysterious disappearance of her brother Thackery. A legend has it that, before she died, Winifred predicted that their house would turn into a museum and that a boy still a virgin, lighting the candle from a black flame during the night of Halloween, would bring them back to life … .. will it be true? you just have to look at it to find out.

Stream it now on Disney +

6- GHOSTBUSTERS (1984)

Film directed by Ivan Reitman

Three former paranormal science professors embark on a new career as ghost hunters. The first client is Dana Barrett who in her apartment in West Central Park has been the subject of terrifying visits for which she cannot give herself an explanation. It is only the beginning of an adventure that will lead the ghostbusters to try to save the city from a threat that comes from antiquity.

Stream it now: Italy, Canada, United State, United Kingdom, Spain and France

7- BEETLEJUICE (1988)

Film directed by Tim Burton

A couple of happy ghost spouses are grappling with a family of boisterous and petulant snobs who have taken over their home. One of the funniest and wittiest films in the ghost genre. Successful cocktail of special effects, comic ideas, expressionism and pop art.

Stream it now: Italy, Canada, United State, United Kingdom, Spain and France

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Thank you for reading and Happy Halloween.

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