October 2025 horror movie roundup

This year we did 31 for 31 with the goal of watching a horror movie each night in October, and we finished the month at 27, which I think is a perfectly acceptable figure. We kept the definition of horror loose, and mixed in classics, favorites and things we hadn't seen. It quickly turned into a soothing nighttime ritual and we're absolutely going to do it again next year (next month?), with a fresh list.

My partner's rating is ♡ and mine is ♡♡. In an adorable twist, our averages ended up as the same: 4.01.

m o v i e	♡ r a t i n g	♡ ♡ r a t i n g
The Shining	5	5
The Silence of the Lambs	5	5
Blair Witch Project	3.5	3
The Grudge	4.5	4
Saw	3	2
Scream	4	4
Candyman	5	5
Serial Mom	3.5	3.5
Carrie	3.5	3
Lake Mungo	4.5	4
Misery	3.5	4
Noroi: The Curse	5	5
Goodnight Mommy (2014)	2	2
Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum	5	5
Hell House LLC	3.5	3.5
Verónica	4.5	4.5
Perfect Blue	4.5	5
Deliverance *	1.5	1
Keira in Cabin 10 **	2	2
The Exorcist	4	4
Midsommar	4.5	5
Death Becomes Her	3.5	4
A Nightmare on Elm Street	4	4
Rare	4.5	4.5
The Blackening	2.5	3.5
House	4.5	5
Home	2.5	2.5

*It's logical to think, "How the hell did Deliverance get on this list?" I personally asked this question of my partner, multiple times and with increasing bewilderment, while watching this manic pixie lumberjack brofest of a film. Their response? "I only remembered the first half."

**Actually The Woman in Cabin 10, a basic Netflix movie we watched only because Keira Knightley is a babe.

We also kept track of what we ate with each film, and weirdly, we had a lot of hot dogs and sausages.

While we're talking horror, It Follows is my all-time top, and some of my recent favorites include Nosferatu, I Saw the TV Glow, Bring Her Back, Cuckoo, Barbarian and Weapons. I was Aunt Gladys for Halloween:

And here's the 31 for 31 leftover list -- we just added films as we thought of them throughout the month:

• Freaks '32

• Cat People '42

• Invasion of the Body Snatchers '56

• Psycho '60

• Carnival of Souls '62

• Pink Flamingos '72

• Suspiria '77

• The Thing '82

• The Fly '86

• The Faculty '98

• The Sixth Sense '99

• Thirteen Ghosts '01

• Dawn of the Dead '04

• The Host '06

• Tucker and Dale vs Evil '10

• It Follows '14

• The Lighthouse '19

• Texas Chainsaw Massacre '74

• The Gate '87

• The Craft '96

• Practical Magic '98

• Terrifier '16

• Sister Death '23

• Lurker '25