October is a great time to get into some chilling Halloween media. There are movies and TV shows you can watch, suspenseful books you can read, and spooky podcasts you can listen to. This article is a Halloween media master list to help you decide what to watch, read, or listen to this Halloween.
If you need some creative Halloween snacks you can check out Food Network’s Halloween section on their website and make your monstrous media night complete! Tell us what your favorite Halloween Movie, TV Show or Podcast is in the comments section below!
Just don’t get TOO spooked this Halloween—viewer and listener discretion is advised!
Scary Movies
Horror films are a strong tradition for older audiences during the dark, cold Halloween nights. But kids often want to watch something special for Halloween too! So we included some kid Halloween movie ideas in this list as well.
Halloween Movies for Kids
1. Hotel Transylvania
2. Hocus Pocus
3. Halloweentown
4. Casper
5. It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown
6. The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About Halloween
7. The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Halloween Movies on Netflix
8. Coraline
9. Goosebumps
10. Candyman
11. 1922: Based on the Novella by Stephen King
12. Little Witch: The Halloween Horror Story
13. Insidious
14. The Conjuring
Halloween Movies on Amazon Prime
15. I, Frankenstein
16. Sweeney Todd
17. Corpse Bride
18. Haunted
19. Lost Creek
20. The Legend of Halloween Jack
21. The Uninvited
22. The Witching
23. Halloween Horror Tales
24. The Woman in Black
Halloween Movies on Hulu
Hulu really likes to make an event out of Halloween. They have what they call Huluween, which is a category you can choose when browsing Hulu for what to watch.
25. Little Monsters
26. Uncanny Annie
27. Pure
28. School Spirit
29. Culture Shock
30. They Come Knocking
31. All That We Destroy
32. Tree House
33. Down
The “Halloween” Movie Series in Order
The Halloween franchise is a long series of movies starring Nick Castle as the infamous Michael Myers. But because there are so many movies in the series it can be confusing which movie goes in which order.
Below is the answer to all your questions about the Halloween movie series order:
- Halloween (1978), directed by John Carpenter
- Halloween II (1981), directed by Rick Rosenthal
- Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982), directed by Tommy Lee Wallace
- Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988), directed by Dwight H. Little
- Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989), directed by Dominique Othenin-Girard
- Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995), directed by Joe Chappelle
- Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998), directed by Steve Miner
- Halloween: Resurrection (2002), directed by Rick Rosenthal
- Halloween (2007), directed by Rob Zombie
- Halloween II (2009), directed by Rob Zombie
- Halloween (2018), directed by David Gordon Green
- Halloween Kills (2020), directed by David Gordon Green
- Halloween Ends (2021), directed by David Gordon Green
Spooky TV Shows
Many shows will have a TV special for holidays like Halloween, but some TV series will dedicate the entire show to the spooky feelings of the Halloween season. These Halloween-themed TV shows make great binging material for those who want more than a movie to watch.
Halloween TV Shows on Netflix
34. The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
35. Charmed (the original 1998 series, and the newer 2018 version)
36. Stranger Things
37. Castlevania
38. Haunted
39. Penny Dreadful
40. Dexter
41. Van Helsing
42. Glitch
43. A Series of Unfortunate Events
44. The Haunting of Hill House
Halloween Anime on Netflix
45. Devilman
46. Death Note
47. Soul Eater
Halloween TV Shows on Amazon Prime
48. Lore
49. Fringe
50. Addams Family
51. Sabrina: The Teenage Witch
52. Haunted
Halloween TV Shows on Hulu
53. Light as a Feather
54. Castle Rock
55. Dimension 404
56. 11.22.63
57. Freakish
58. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Suspenseful Books
Don’t forget amidst all your haunted media consumption this year to include a few books as well. The freedom your imagination has to embellish scary stories from literature will leave you with chills until late November.
59. The Shining
By Stephen King
Kindle: $8.99
Audiobook: FREE with Audible trial!
60. Suspicious Minds
By Gwenda Bond
Kindle: $12.99
Audiobook: FREE with Audible trial!
This book is the first official Stranger Things novel! It’s a prequel to the Netflix original Stranger Things TV series.
61. Annihilation: Book One of the Southern Reach Trilogy
By Jeff VanderMeer
Kindle: $9.94
Audiobook: FREE with Audible Trial!
62. Fake Like Me
By Barbara Bourland
Kindle: $14.99
Audiobook: FREE with Audible Trial!
63. The Invited
By Jennifer McMahon
Kindle: $12.99
Audiobook: FREE with Audible Trial!
Creepy Audiobooks
Looking to hear some great ghost stories? Audiobooks are a great way to listen to the eerie voices of narrators recounting ghostly tales while you and your friends listen in the dark or around a campfire.
64. Frankenstein
By Mary Shelley
Narrated by Dan Stevens
Kindle: $0.50
Audiobook: FREE with Audible Trial!
65. Dracula
By Bram Stoker
Narrated by David Suchet and Tom Hiddleston
Kindle: FREE!
Audiobook: FREE with Audible Trial!
66. The Haunting of Hill House
Narrated by Bernadette Dunne
Kindle: $14.99
Audiobook: FREE with Audible Trial!
67. Interview with a Vampire
By Anne Rice
Narrated by Simon Vance
Kindle: $7.99
Audiobook: FREE with Audible Trial!
68. Lincoln in the Bardo
By George Saunders
Narrated by Nick Offerman, David Sedaris, Julianne Moore, Ben Stiller, Susan Sarandon, Megan Mullally, Bill Hader, Don Cheadle, and over 150 other voice actors
Kindle: $13.99
Audiobook: FREE with Audible Trial!
69. The Handmaid’s Tale
By Margaret Atwood
Narrated by Claire Danes
Kindle: FREE with Kindle Unlimited
Audiobook: FREE with Audible Trial!
Eerie Podcasts
These horror podcasts are all available on Google Play Music so that whether you have an Android or an iPhone you can listen to all these podcasts. There are podcasts here that talk about the supernatural and the strange, and then there are others that talk about the real life horrors of true crime.
70. Cabinet of Curiosities
By iHeartRadio and Aaron Mahnke
71. Lore
By Aaron Mahnke
72. Unobscured
By iHeartRadio and Aaron Mahnke
73. Listen with the Lights On
By WAMC
74. Pretty Scary
By Unpops Podcast Network
75. My Favorite Murder
By Exactly Right
76. Unexplained Mysteries
By Parcast Network
77. The Strange and Unusual Podcasts
By Alyson Horrocks
78. Hollywood and Crime
By Wondery
79. This Podcast is Haunted
By Jen Vos and Cate Reed
80. Welcome to Night Vale
By Night Vale Presents
One of the funnest parts of the Halloween season is getting into some spooky media! Use this master list of scary, Halloween movies and more to kick start your Halloween media binge this year or to pick a movie for a scary movie night with your friends. If you need any financial help getting your monster movie night together, check out Check City’s payday loans.
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