Forget the popcorn, grab a cushion to hide behind and prepare for a few sleepless nights!
Rotten Tomatoes has revealed its fan-voted Top 10 Halloween movies, with tens of thousands of votes cast to determine which spooky classics deserve a place on the ultimate Halloween watchlist.
Taking the top spot is John Carpenter’s Halloween (1978), starring Jamie Lee Curtis, followed by A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) and The Exorcist (1973).
Stanley Kubrick’s psychological horror The Shining (1980) takes fourth place, while Tim Burton’s wonderfully bizarre Beetlejuice (1988) rounds out the top five.
Here’s the complete countdown:
- Halloween (1978)
- A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
- The Exorcist (1973)
- The Shining (1980)
- Beetlejuice (1988)
- Friday the 13th (1980)
- Poltergeist (1982)
- The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
- Psycho (1960)
- The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
What’s particularly interesting is that eight of the ten films were released during the 1970s and 80s, proving those two decades delivered some unforgettable big-screen scares.
From masked killers to mischievous ghosts, these movies continue to entertain and terrify generations of film fans.
So, which Halloween classic gets your vote?