It's that time of year where we store away our bathing suits and break out our orange and black house decor. The 31-day countdown has begun and Halloween is just around the corner.
Feel like diving deep into the world of horror entertainment in honor of the holiday?
Have you already seen classic films like The Shining and Hellraiser and you're asking, "now what?" Sick of watching the same horror movies every year? This listicle is not meant to suggest classic films, but rather, suggest modern horror entertainment.
Here is a compiled list of 20 modern movies and TV series that are guaranteed to give you the "heebie-jeebies" this Halloween season. And, remember, don't scream.
1. Stranger Things
Monsters, Winona Ryder, and the best, creepiest background music.
2. MTV's Scream
The most thrilling, mystery, suspense, drama, romance show on television.
3. 10 Cloverfield Lane
Who's the bad guy? Who knows? But John Goodman is the man.
4. The Forest
What's real? What's fake? Can you survive the suicide forest?
5. It Follows
Fun fact: The house where the main character lives is in Sterling Heights, MI.
6. The Purge series
A trilogy of an American nightmare.
7. The Nightmare Before Christmas
It's a Halloween AND Christmas movie. 2 reasons a year to watch.
8. The Witch
Who's the witch?
9. The Ring 1 & 2
The upcoming third film of the series should be oodles of fun.
10. Orphan
Super-freaky.
11. Insidious series
What's worse than having a Freddy Krueger nightmare? Astro-projecting.
12. Sinister 1 & 2
Fun fact: I had to call my mother to come turn the lights on in the basement because I was too scared to move after I watched this one solo.
13. The Boy
He's just a boy, she's just a girl. Can I make it any more obvious?
14. The Strangers
What's worse than a stranger in your house? Not knowing the stranger is in your house.
15. The Conjuring 1 & 2
Ghosts like to play games, too.
16. The Green Room
Is it safer to be in the green room? Or is it possible to escape alive?
17. The Descent
Trust me, you won't be able to handle the sequel.
18. The Shallows
This is no Jaws.
19. Hush
A deaf woman must defend herself against a masked man.
20. Halloweentown series
Amen, Grandma Aggie.
