Looking for the best Halloween movies to watch tonight? This guide brings together fresh 2025 highlights, family-friendly favorites, and psyche-burrowing classics so you can find a scary movie (or a comforting one) that fits the mood. You’ll see brand names, dates, casts, and specific titles throughout, plus where these horror movies for Halloween sit in genre history.

New this season: buzzy titles and timely streams

Weapons — the 2025 horror-thriller from Zach Cregger of Barbarian — is the year’s most talked-about pick for a Halloween watch, with multiple outlets calling it one of 2025’s best horror movies and noting its timely streaming debut just before Halloween. The movie’s conversation also points fans toward companion watches like What Lies Beneath (2000) and cult radio-trans

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