I've decided to repost and occasionally revise the lists of decent Halloween movies I started at GitP and cross posted to the old boards. And by revise I mean I'll be editing in decent films as I see or hear about them. Please note that the different films are in theory recommended to different audiences looking for very different things, but I don't have the room to list all that.
Films with an (s) next to them are foreign movies and may be subtitled only. Can anyone think of other categories I should add?
Gory Films (serious)Horror films that play it serious and have lots of splatterBad Candy
Bliss
Candyman (ignore most of the sequels)
Candyman (2021)
Chained
The Cleansing Hour
Cold Prey (s)
CubeThe DayThe Devil's RockEden Lake
The End? (s)
Found
GraceHellraiser ignore sequels
Hellraiser (2022)
The HordeHowl
Hunter Hunter
Impetigore (s)
Inside
Let Us Prey
MartinMidnight Meat TrainNecromentiaNight WolfPhase 7Queen of Black Magic (s)
RabidRavenous (2017)
The Rezort
The RuinsThe Sadness
SalvageSaw sequels vary greatly
The ShrineThe Spine of Night
SplinterStrangelandThirstThe Town That Dreaded Sundown
Valley of the Dead (s)
Viking Wolf aka Vikingulven
Virus: 32
The Void
We Are The NightWer
What Keeps You Alive
The WomanZombi Reddy (s)
Gory Films (horror comedy)Dark comedies or slapstick/camp with goreAbominableAnna and the Apocalypse
The Babysitter
The Babysitter: Killer Queen
Barbarian
Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie VernonBlack Friday
Black SheepBloody Hell
Boys From County Hell
Brutal Massacre: A Comedy
Cabin in the WoodsCemetery Man (aka Dellamorte Dellamore, s)
Christmas, Bloody Christmas
Cockneys vs Zombies
Cold FishDance of the Dead
Dead End
Dead Snow (s)
Eat Brains Love
Eddie the Sleepwalking Cannibal
Evil Aliens
Evil DeadFrom Dusk Till DawnGlorious
Go Goa Gone
He Never Died
Jakob's Wife
Juan of the DeadLittle Monsters
The Loved Ones
The Manson Brothers Midnight Zombie Massacre
Mayhem
Mortuary Collection
100 Bloody Acres
OtisThe PackPirhana 2010
Psycho Goreman
Rabies aka Kalevet
RavenousReady or Not
Renfield
The Revenant
Saint NickSatanic Panic
Shaun of the DeadShe Never Died
Skinford: Death Sentence
Sky Sharks
SlitherSnatchers
Split Second
They're Watching
Trailer Park of TerrorTrick r' TreatTucker and Dale vs EvilUndeadVicious Fun
When the Screaming Starts
Willy's Wonderland
Wolfcop
Wyrmwood: Apocalypse
You Might Be The Killer
Zombeavers
ZombielandHorror Comedy with not so much GoreDark Comedies or horror comedy where blood isn't constantly in your face, including some 'so bad they're good' filmsAfter Midnight
A Ghost Waits
All Eyes
An American Werewolf in LondonAmerican PsychoThe Angry Black Girl and Her Monster
April Fool's DayAttack the BlockAva's Possessions
Bad Hair
Big Ass Spider
The Bigfoot Trap
Black As Night
The Blackening
Bubba Ho-TepCalvaire
Chawz
Dark and Stormy Night
Dead
Deep RisingDelicatessen (s)
Detention
Director's Cut
Eat Locals
El Conde
Errementari: The Blacksmith and the Devil
Extra Ordinary
The Fearless Vampire KillersFidoFrankenweenieFreaks of Nature
Fright Night not the remake
FrostbiteThe GateGet Duked!
The Ghastly Love of Johnny X
Grabbers
GremlinsHappy Death Day
Hide and Creep (look for the Happy Birthday short in the extras)
Housebound
InfestationThe InnkeepersI Sell the DeadJack Brooks, Monster SlayerJohn Dies at the EndKiller Klowns from Outer SpaceLake PlacidLoThe Lost Boys (skip sequels)
The Lost Skeleton of CadavraThe Lost Skeleton Returns AgainMars AttacksThe Menu
Mom and Dad
Monster HouseMonsters Inc.The Monster SquadMr. Vampire (s)
Night of the CreepsNight Teeth
ParanormanThe Perfect HostPhantasmThe Quiet FamilyRare ExportsRe-Animator
Road Head
The Rocky Horror Picture ShowSerial MomSeveranceSex Madness Revealed
Shadow of the VampireSightseers
Super Hot
Survival Skills
Therapy for a Vampire, s
Too Late
Tremors ignore some sequels
Val
Vampires (2010), s
Vampires vs the Bronx
Werewolves Within
What We Do in the Shadows
Witching and Bitching
Wolf of Snow Hollow
Zombie for Sale
Zombillenium
Creepy Atmospheric FilmsThrillers, mysteries, ghost stories, films where the emphasis is on plot and atmosphere not effects.REC (s)
AbsentiaAcolytes
A Horrible Way to Die
A Tale of Two Sisters (s)
AlienAntarctic Journal
Antibodies
Apostle
AswangThe Autopsy of Jane Doe
Await Further Insstructions
The Babadook
Banshee Chapter
The Barrens
The Beast aka El Paramo (s)
BelowThe BirdsBlack Christmas 1974
Black House (Korean, s)
Black House (Japanese version, s)
Blood (2023)
Body Cam
Brooklyn 45
Burnt OfferingsButterfly Kisses
Byzantium
The Call of CthulhuThe ChangelingA Christmas Tale
The City of Lost Children (s)
Color Out of Space
Come True
The Company of WolvesCrimson Peak
Curse of Audrey Earnshaw
Dark CityThe Dark and the Wicked
Dead and Buried
DeathdreamDeathwatchThe Deeper You Dig
The DescentDevil's Pass
The Devil's BackboneDiaryDig Two Graves
Don't Breathe
Don't Look NowThe Dustwalker
El Die Trajo la Oscuridad (Darkness by Day) (s)
EpitaphEuropa ReportEvent Horizon (get the directors cut and watch teh deleted materials)
Exit HumanityExorcistExorcist IIIFallenFears of the Dark (s)
Fenomenas aka Phenomena (s)
The First PowerFrom Black
From the Dark
The FlyGateway
The Golem
Ghosts of War
Gretel and Hansel
The Grudge ignore sequels
The Hallow
The Heirloom (s)
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
Here Comes the Devil
Hereditary
Hidden (s)
High Plains DrifterHold the Dark
Horror in the High Desert
House of Voices (s)
In the Mouth of MadnessInugami
Invasion of the Body Snatchers I See You
Island Zero
It (1967 and 2017 films)
It Follows
It Mini SeriesJacob's LadderJug Face
Ju-On (s, skip sequels)
Kairo (s)
The KeepKill List
The Kingdom (s)
Kwaidan (s)
The Last ExorcismLast Voyage of the Demeter
The Last WinterLeft Bank
Les Diaboliques 1955 (s)
Let Me InLet the Right One In (s)
Long Weekend
Lord of Illusions
Lovely Molly
The Maid (s)
Malasana 32
Marebito (s)
Matango (s)
The Medium (s)
The Mimic (s)
The Monster
MonstersMr. Jones
The Night Shift (2021, s)
1922
Noroi (s)
The ObjectiveOldboy (s)
One Hour PhotoOne Missed Call(Japanese version, s)
The Orphanage (s)
OutcastPan's Labyrinth (s)
Perfect Blue (s)
Pet SemataryPines
The Piper (s)
The Pond
The Pool (s)
PontypoolThe Possession (2022)
The Power
Premonition (Japanese version, s)
Prevenge
Prince of DarknessThe PRotector
Pyewacket
Raising CainRed SandsThe ReedsThe Relic (2020)
Resolution
The RingRingu (s)
Rorschach
Rose RedR-PointSauna (s)
Savageland
Session 9The Shining (original)
ShiverShutter (Thai version, s)
The Shuttered Room
Silence of the LambsSlapface
Something Wicked This Way ComesSpectre
Stoker
Storm of the CenturyThe Superdeep
Talk To Me
Them
They Came BackTimecrimesTombs of the Blind DeadThe Transfiguration
TriangleThe TunnelThe UglyUnder the Shadow
Vampire Princess Miyu (s)
The Vigil
The Wailing
WestworldThe White BuffaloThe White Reindeer
The Wicker Man (NOT the Nick Cage version)
The Wind
The Wishing StairsThe Woman in Black (1989)
Disturbing Messed Up Films Which Are Not Meant For EveryoneSort of like surreal films, but contain truly objectionable subject matter, and squick, or require having a really strong stomachanything by Jan Svankmajer or Kazuo Komizu
A Clockwork OrangeAntichrist
A Serbian Film (uncut version is hard to find)
Audition (s)
Braid
Cannibal Holocaust
Carved (aka the Slit Mouthed Woman, see if u can find it uncut, s)
Deadgirl
Evil Dead Trap (s)
The Eyes of My Mother
The Feast (2022, s)
Feed
FelidaeGozu (s)
The Guinea Pig Film Series
Hard CandyThe Human Centipede
I Saw the Devil
Jenifer
The Last CircusMartyrs
Naked Lunch
Nekromantik
Splatter: Naked Blood
Suicide Club
Tetsuo the Iron Man (s)
TidelandThree Extremes (the Dumpling episode, s)
Visitor Q (s)
ClassicsOld black and white filmsAttack of the Giant LeechesBeast from 20,000 FathomsThe Black ScorpionCreature from the Black Lagoon trilogy
Curse of the Demon/Night of the DemonThe Deadly MantisDie, Monster, Die!Godzilla Raids AgainGojiraThe HauntingHaxan (s)
The H-Man (s)
The KillerShrewsKing Kong 1933
KronosThe Last Man on EarthThe Mesa of Lost WomenMonster That Challenged the WorldNosferatu 1922
Robot MonsterTarantulaThem!The Thing from Another World20 Million Miles to EarthZontar: Thing from Venus
WTF?Not always necessarily good films, but they will make you stare in disbeliefA*P*E
Bandh Darwaza (s)
The Beast Within
Big Man JapanBlack Devil Doll
BBorgman
Cat SoupChicago Rot
Creature Cabin
Dark Sea
Dead Sushi
Deep Dark
The Devil's SwordDoll Shark
Dunwich Horror (60's version)
Empire of the AntsEternal Evil of Asia (s)
Exte: Hair Extensions (S)
Frankenstein's ArmyFried Barry
Godmonster of Indian FlatsGodzilla: Final WarsGodzilla vs the Smog MonsterGrim Prairie Tales
The Happiness of the Katakuris (s)
The Haunted World of El Superbeasto
Heirarchy of Evil
Hellgate
Horrors of Malformed Men (s)
House (aka Hausu, s)
Inhuman Kiss aka Sang Krasue
Jesus Christ Vampire HunterKibakichiKiller Kites
Killer TongueThe Killing Tree
The Lair of the White Worm
The Legend of Dinosaurs and Monster Birds (s)
Mandy
Matriarch
Mega PiranhaMessiah of Evil
Mighty Peking ManMosquito
Mystics in Bali
Night of the LepusOh My Zombie MermaidPlan 9 from Outer SpacePurana Mandir (s)
Purani Haveli (s)
Queen of Black MagicThe Rambler
The Reflecting SkinReptilian
Rot (2019)
RubberSars Wars: Bangkok Zombie Crisis (s)
Society
Space AmoebaSpliceSugar HillTahkhana (s)
TentaclesTokyo Gore Police
Tokyo ZombieTrapped Ashes
Troll and it's much maligned sequel
UzumakiVampire's KissVideodrome
We're Going to Eat You aka Kung Fu Cannibals
Wicker Man (Nick Cage version)
Wild Zero (s)
The X from Outer SpaceYellowBrickRoadZombie Ass
OtherNot enough gore, perversion, comedy, or weirdness to fit elsewhere28 Days Later30 Days of NightAbattoir
AlligatorAntlers
Arachnid (best puppet ever)
Await Further Instructions
The BayBelzebuth
Beneath (the one by Larry Fessenden)
Blood Quantum
Blood Reign: Curse of the Yoma
Blood: The Last Vampire anime, s
Blood Red Sky
Bram Stoker's DraculaBrotherhood of the Wolf (s)
The BurrowersThe CaveChimeres, s
CoralineCorpse BrideCronosDead BirdsDestroy All MonstersThe Devil Below
DogoraDog SoldiersDust Devil
Eden Log (s)
Eight Legged FreaksThe Endless
Exists
The FacultyFeed the Gods
The FogFood of the GodsFrankenstein Conquers the World (s)
From BeyondGamera: Guardian of the UniverseGamera 2: Attack of LegionGamera 3: Revenge of IrisGhidorahGhost Train (s)
Ginger SnapsThe Girl With All The Gifts
GMK: Giant Monsters All-Out AttackGodzilla: Tokyo SOSGodzilla 2000Godzilla Against Mecha Godzilla 2003
Godzilla vs BiollanteGodzilla vs DestroyahGodzilla vs Mecha GodzillaGodzilla vs Mecha Godzilla 1993
Godzilla vs Mothra 1992
Horror ExpressThe Host (s)
Hotel TransylvaniaThe HowlingI Am Not A Serial Killer
Incarnate
Innocent BloodIt's the Great Pumpkin Charlie BrownKing Kong 2005
King Kong EscapesKing Kong vs GodzillaLate Phases
Lifeforce
LinkLove and Monsters
May
Meeting EvilMermaid Forest
MimicThe MistMonkey ShinesMoon of the WolfMothra vs GodzillaNear DarkNegadonNightbreedThe Nightmare Before ChristmasNight Stalker 1972 film
Nosferatu 1979
OutpostThe People Under the StairsPhenomenaPirhana 1978
The Pit
PreyProphecy (1979 version)
RammbockRawhead RexRazorbackRodanRogueSaloum (s)
Sasquatch MountainScary Stories To Tell In The Dark
Sennentuntschi (s)
The Serpent and the RainbowShe CreatureSiREN
Silver BulletSpring
Starry Eyes
Super 8
Sweetheart
The ThingTourist Trap
Train to Busan
TremorsTroll (2022)
Trollhunter (s)
Vacancy
Vampire Hunter DVampire Hunter D: BloodlustWar of the GargantuasWhat We Become
When Animals Dream
Willow Creek
WolfWolfen