12 Top Horror Movies for Halloween: These Classics You Should Know

When a beautiful woman steps out of a bathtub in a hotel that hasn't been occupied for months, then the "Shining" is at play, and you'd better not let yourself be seduced by her, Jack Torrance!

And just for kicks, you should never, ever go into a forest said to be ruled by a witch, dear "Blair Witch" documentary team. And even though Deborah Kerr encountered ghosts as a governess in "The Blair Witch" 64 years ago, the film still gives you goosebumps even on Halloween 2025.

• Directed by : Stanley Kubrick
• The question is: What do writers resort to when they have writer's block? An axe, of course!
• Where I can watch it : Prime Video (flat rate), Sky Store, Apple TV, freenet Video, Rakuten TV, Magenta TV, Maxdome, YouTube Store (for a fee); on DVD, 4K and Blu-ray

• Directed by : Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez
• The plot : You get in, but you never get out again! Documentary filmmakers enter the wrong forest while searching for a ghost story.
• Where I can watch it : Home of Horror (flat rate), Prime Video, Apple TV, Maxdome, YouTube Store, freenet Video (among others, for a fee); on DVD and Blu-ray

• Directed by : Ridley Scott
• What it's about : Horror meets sci-fi – What sinister things happen in space when your computer convinces you that a warning call is a distress signal.
• Where I can watch it : Disney+ (flat rate), Prime Video, Sky Store, Apple TV, freenet Video, Magenta TV, Maxdome, YouTube Store, Rakuten TV (for a fee); on DVD, 4K and Blu-ray

• Directed by : Jack Clayton
• The plot : A governess wants to take care of two children, who unfortunately are already being cared for by two ghosts.
• Where I can watch it : on DVD and Blu-ray

• Director : Ari Aster
• What it's about : The Grahams are one of those families you wish you'd never be born into. And after this film, you'll never stick your head out of a car window again.
• Where I can watch it : MGM+/Prime Video Channels (flat rate), Prime Video, Magenta, Chili (for a fee); on DVD, 4K and Blu-ray

• Directed by : Charles Laughton
• The story : At night, the evil stepfather rides across the fairytale hills of America in search of his children – whom he wants to kill.
• Where I can watch it : Prime Video (flat rate); Apple TV, Chili (for a fee) on DVD and Blu-ray

• Directed by : Tomas Alfredson
• What it's about : A bullied boy becomes the best friend of a child vampire – a coming-of-age horror film with a never-coming-of-age monster.
• Where I can watch it : Filmfriend, Prime Video, Adrenalin - a Prime Video Channel (flat rate); Magenta TV, Videobuster, Rakuten TV (for a fee); on DVD and Blu-ray

• Director : Takashi Shimizu
• What it's about : Normally, you're safe once you've slammed the door of a haunted house behind you. In Japan, it's different…
• Where I can watch it : Home of Horror (flat rate); Prime Video, Sky Store, Apple TV, YouTube Store, freenet Video, Maxdome (for a fee); on Blu-ray

• Directed by : Jordan Peele
• What it's about : Guess who's coming to die? – A Black groom gets to know his bride's white family at their most racist.
• Where I can watch it : Netflix (flat rate); Prime Video, Sky Store, Apple TV, Magenta TV, maxdome, YouTube Store, Chili (among others, for a fee); on DVD, 4K and Blu-ray

• Directed by : Neil Jordan
• What it's about : Grandmother, why do you have such a big mouth? – A sensual and horrific take on the beautiful old tale of Little Red Riding Hood and the werewolf.
• Where I can watch it : Prime Video, Sky Store, Apple TV, Maxdome, freenet Video, YouTube Store (for a fee); on DVD and Blu-ray

• Directed by : Michael Haneke
• What it's about: Everything truly terrible began with a friendly young man who knocked on the door of a family's holiday home asking for some eggs.
• Where I can watch it : Prime Video (flat rate); Sky Store, Magenta TV, Apple TV, Maxdome, Freenet Video, Rakuten TV (for a fee); on DVD and Blu-ray

• Directed by : Roman Polanski
• The story : Young Rosemary dreamt that she had been raped by the devil. She's told it was all her imagination – and yet she's pregnant.
• Where I can watch it : Paramount+ (flat rate); Prime Video, Sky Store, Apple TV, Rakuten TV, Magenta TV, YouTube Store, Chili (among others, for a fee); on DVD, 4K and Blu-ray