I love Halloween. I love the movies, the scary stories, the snacks, all of it. Today I want to talk about some books and movies that will help put you in the mood for spooky season. Some of these are more for kids, but that doesn’t mean they still aren’t great. These are all books I have read and movies I have seen so if you have any recommendations, let me know in the comments below!
Books:
- Otherworld Chills by Kelley Armstrong
- No Rest For The Witches by Maryjanice Davidson, Lori Handeland, Cheyenne McCray, and Christine Warren
- Pumpkin Picking With Murder by Auralee Wallace
- The Lake of Dead Languages by Carol Goodman
- The Forbidden Game by L.J. Smith
- Possessed by Kate Cann
- Kiss Me Deadly by Becca Fitzpatrick, Rachel Vincent, etc.
- Kisses From Hell by Kristin Cast, Alyson Noel, etc.
- Haunted Animals by Allan Zullo
- Strange Brew by Charlaine Harris, Jim Butcher, etc.
- Shards & Ashes by Melissa Marr, Kelley Armstrong, etc.
- A Taste of Smoke by Marion Dane Baver
- Night Things by Michael Talbot
- A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
- Hallowed Circle by Linda Robertson
- Jekel Loves Hyde by Beth Fantaskey
- Hex Hall series by Rachel Hawkins
- Marie Antoinette, Serial Killer by Katie Alender
- You’re Invited to a Creepover by P.J. Night
- I could list so many others, but I’ll stop here. I read a lot of mystery books that would be perfect, but didn’t have all the titles written down. Look at some of my past monthly reads for some more suggestions.
Movies:
- Rocky Horror Picture Show
- Jennifer’s Body
- The Nightmare Before Christmas
- Vampire Knight (anime)
- Yamada Kun and the 7 Witches (anime)
- Red Riding Hood
- The Host (based off Stephanie Meyer’s book)
- Beautiful Creatures
- The Boy Next Door
- Hocus Pocus
- Twitches
- Halloweentown 1&2
- Return to Halloweentown
- Halloweentown High
- Practical Magic
- Vampire Academy
- Tower of Terror
- The Covenant
- Blood & Chocolate
- Happy Death Day
- Any Scooby Doo movie
- The Cave
- Ghost Ship
- Poltergeist
- Room 1408
- The Secret Window
- Cujo
- Hotel Transylvania
- The Lost Boys
- Tremors
- Paranormal Activity
- House on Haunted Hill
- Little Shop of Horrors
- IT
- The Conjuring
- Zombieland
- Signs
- Gremlins
- Queen of the Damned
- Frankenweenie
- The Corpse Bride
- Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters
- The Last Witch Hunter
- The Village
- Like the books, I could name so many more but I’ll stop here.
Hope you enjoyed this list! There’s a little bit for everyone on this list (I hope). Thank you so much for reading. Subscribe for even more fun content! Until next time.