(Written by Dustin Meadows)
October is here again, and that means the official beginning of spooky season. Even for those of us who celebrate spooky season year round, it’s a great excuse to watch a horror movie every day of the month (and every day the rest of the year as well), and sometimes it can be hard to make selections when we’re inundated with so many options in our own collections and an overwhelming amount of options on various streaming services. So I’ve dug deep into my own personal preferences to give you some daily theme prompts to help you narrow down your selection, and some of my own recommendations within each day’s theme. Waste no more time, and dive into those scary movies before it’s too late.
Day 1: TWINS!
Blood Rage, Dead Ringers, Basket Case, Sisters
(Dead Ringers - Streaming on Peacock)
Day 2: Horror Noir
Angel Heart, Cast A Deadly Spell, Lord Of Illusions, The First Power
(Lord Of Illusions - Streaming on Max)
Day 3: Hitchcock
Shadow Of A Doubt, Rope, Rebecca, Rear Window
(Rear Window)
Day 4: New York, New York!
The New York Ripper, Killer Condom, Jason Takes Manhattan, American Psycho
(American Psycho - Streaming on Netflix & Paramount+)
Day 5: The King Of Horror
Sleepwalkers, Firestarter, The Mangler, Doctor Sleep
(Sleepwalkers - Streaming on Pluto TV)
Day 6: Fuck Them Kids
Summer Of ‘84, Mom Dad, Child’s Play 2, Evil Dead Rise
(Evil Dead Rise - Netflix + Max)
Day 7: Retail Horror
Slaxx, Black Friday, Chopping Mall, Needful Things
(Slaxx - Streaming on AMC +)
Day 8: Terror In The Aisles
Fade To Black, Demons, Midnight Movie, Popcorn
(Demons - streaming on Tubi)
Day 9: Animated Horror
Mad God, Paranorman, Monster House, Wallace And Gromit in The Curse Of The Wererabbit
(Monster House - streaming on Amazon Prime Video)
Day 10: No Vacancy
Motel Hell, 1408, Hostel, Eaten Alive
(1408 - Streaming on Peacock)
Day 11: We’re All Frightened And Horny!
Possession, Vampyros Lesbos, Species, The Love Witch
(Species - streaming on Amazon Prime Video)
Day 12: Dark Magic!
The Witches, Magic, The Ritual, Late Night With The Devil
(Late Night with the Devil - Stream on Shudder)
Day 13: Round Two!
Friday The 13th Part 2, Gremlins 2: The New Batch, Halloween 2, The Prophecy II
(Gremlins 2 - Streaming on Max)
Day 14: Get Off The Damn Internet
Tragedy Girls, Feardotcom, Cam, Deadstream
(Tragedy Girls - Streaming on Peacock)
Day 15: All In The Family
Insidious, Us, Relic, Pet Sematary
(Us - streaming on Peacock + Hulu)
Day 16: Prequels
The First Omen, A Quiet Place: Day One, Orphan: First Kill, The Thing (2011)
(The First Omen - Hulu)
Day 17: Amusement Park
Ghoulies II, The Funhouse, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, Hell Fest
(The Funhouse - Peacock + Shudder)
Day 18: Fun For The Whole Family
Halloweentown II: Kalabar’s Revenge, Little Monsters, Corpse Bride, Coraline
(Corpse Bride - Max)
Day 19: Serial Killers
The Silence Of The Lambs, Longlegs, The Cell, Manhunter
(Longlegs)
Day 20: The Call Is Coming From Inside The House!
When A Stranger Calls, The Resident, Wait Until Dark, Hush
(When a Stranger Calls)
Day 21: An Axe To Grind
Hatchet, Madman, Edge Of The Axe, Thanksgiving
(Thanksgiving - Netflix)
Day 22: Masked Murderers
The Town That Dreaded Sundown, The Hills Run Red, The Collector, Totally Killer
( The Hills Run Red)
Day 23: Straight To Video
All Hallows’ Eve, Bring It On: Cheer Or Die, Cult Of Chucky, Castle Freak
( Bring It On: Cheer Or Die)
Day 24: Winged Terrors
The Birds, Bats, Q The Winged Serpent, Rodan
(Bats - Amazon Prime Video)
Day 25: Ghost Stories
The Others, Extra Ordinary, The Woman In Black, The Sixth Sense
(The Sixth Sense - Hulu + Max)
Day 26: Horror Noire
Ganja & Hess, Blacula, Attack The Block, Vampire In Brooklyn
(Attack the Block - Max)
Day 27: Big Ol’ Monster
Godzilla, Cloverfield, King Kong, The Host
(The Host - Hulu)
Day 28: Gross!
The Stuff, Society, Raw, The Skin I Live In
(The Stuff - Pluto TV)
Day 29: It Came From Down Under
The Loved Ones, Talk To Me, The Nightingale, Razorback
(Talk to Me)
Day 30: Stranger Than Fiction
I Madman, Rubber, Funny Games, The Last Horror Movie
(Funny Games - Max)
Day 31: All Hallows’ Eve
All Hallows’ Eve, Something Wicked This Way Comes, The Barn, Satan’s Little Helper
(All Hallow's Eve - Tubi + Shudder)
