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'Practical Magic' (1998) -

Starring Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman, this 1998 flick follows two witch sisters who suffer from a curse where anyone that falls in love with them faces an untimely death.

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'The Rocky Horror Picture Show' (1975) -

This musical comedy horror tells the story of a newly-engaged couple who, due to some unforeseen events, have to seek shelter at a bizarre residence. Get ready for a sing-along like no other!

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'Hocus Pocus' (1993) -

Starring Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy, this horror-comedy follows three evil witches who get resurrected three centuries later in Salem, Massachusetts, on Halloween night.

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'Beetlejuice' (1988) -

A modern classic by director Tim Burton, this film is wonderfully wacky. Basically it's about two ghosts who fail to drive out the humans living in their home. They then enlist an annoying demon named Beetlejuice to finish the job.

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'Jennifer's Body' (2009) -

Megan Fox plays a possessed high-school cheerleader who's set on killing her male classmates. Amanda Seyfried, who plays her best friend, tries to stop the horror. Now, will she manage?

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'Ghostbusters' (1984) -

A total classic, who doesn't love these eccentric parapsychologists who start a ghost-catching business in New York City? The paranormal activity is mild in this one.

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'The Sixth Sense' (1999) -

The second-highest-grossing film of 1999, this film stars Bruce Willis as a child psychologist whose patient, played by Haley Joel Osment, claims he can see and talk to the dead.

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'Blade' (1998) -

Featuring hot vampires and their partying subculture, instead of scaring people this film probably enticed folks to join the dark side!

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'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' (1992) -

This lighter movie version that predates Sarah Michelle Gellar is worth a watch. It follows a Valley girl cheerleader, Buffy, who learns that it is her fate to hunt vampires.

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'Gremlins' (1984) -

Everything goes wrong when a teenage boy receives a strange creature for Christmas. Warned by his father to never get it wet or fed after midnight, he doesn't listen, and all hell breaks loose.

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'A Quiet Place' (2018) -

Starring Emily Blunt and hubby John Krasinski, who's also the film's director, Earth has been invaded by bloodthirsty aliens who hunt their human prey with their hyper-sensitive hearing. The challenge is to stay silent in order to survive.

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'The Craft' (1996) -

This movie follows four outcast teenage girls who turn to witchcraft in order to get back at bullies. However, it eventually leads to negative repercussions.

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'Zombieland' (2009) -

What would you do if zombies took over the planet? Well, the characters in this movie might serve as an example. Plus, there's nothing like friendships being made during a zombie apocalypse!

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'Knives Out' (2019) -

Featuring an all-star ensemble cast, the film is about Harlan Thrombey, a wealthy mystery writer who dies at his 85th birthday party. While his greedy, dysfunctional family tries to discover what happened, they're also fighting for the family fortune.

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'Casper' (1995) -

In this classic '90s movie, Christina Ricci plays a young girl who befriends Casper, the ghost of a 12-year-old boy who haunts her family's new home. 

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'Casper Meets Wendy' (1998) -

Speaking of the friendly ghost, in this follow-up Casper meets Wendy, a good witch played by a then 10-year-old Hilary Duff.

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'Shaun of the Dead' (2004) -

Living an uneventful life in London, a salesman and his roommate are caught by surprise in a sudden zombie apocalypse. This horror-comedy will have you screaming with laughter.

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'Little Shop of Horrors' (1986) -

This horror-musical centers on a nerdy florist who discovers a sentient carnivorous plant that feeds on human blood. The florist finds his chance for success and romance thanks to the giant man-eating plant.

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'Hubie Halloween' (2020) -

A feel-good Halloween-themed flick, Adam Sandler plays a self-dubbed neighborhood watchman who takes it upon himself to save his town of Salem from a kidnapper.

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'Twilight Zone: The Movie' (1983) -

A horror anthology film made up of four mini films, it's directed by John Landis, Steven Spielberg, Joe Dante, and George Miller. Warning: don't watch it on, or before you board, a plane.

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'Jeepers Creepers 2' (2003) -

The second installment in this franchise is better than its predecessor. And even if it's about a flesh-eating monster attacking a school bus, it's actually more fun than freaky.

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'Army of Darkness' (1992) -

A time-traveling comedy-horror, this film follows Ash Williams as he's trapped in the Middle Ages. He's fighting an army of the dead so he can return home.

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'The Haunting' (1999) -

Starring Liam Neeson, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Owen Wilson, and Lili Taylor, this movie follows a group on a volunteer study on insomnia at an estate in Massachusetts. They're soon plagued by paranormal events, connected to the building's dark history.

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'The 'Burbs' (1989) -

When creepy new neighbors move in next door to Ray Peterson, played by Tom Hanks, he's convinced that they belong to a murderous Satanic cult. It becomes his obsession to find proof.

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'Tremors' (1990) -

A Western-themed horror-comedy, there's just something creepy about desert towns. In this movie, the creatures come up from underground and people start disappearing one by one.

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'The Wicker Man' (2006) -

Starring Nicolas Cage, the film follows a police officer who's looking for his missing daughter. When he arrives at the location where she was last seen, he suspects something sinister about the neo-pagans who live there.

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'Fright Night' (1985) -

Not as dark as the Colin Farrell remake from 2011, this movie is about a horror-obsessed teen and a late-night television host who team up to defeat a next-door vampire.

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'Halloween' (2007) -

This slasher film is a remake of the 1978 film of the same name. Like the original, it features a murderer on the loose who stalks a female babysitter and her friends.

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'Slither' (2006) -

'Slither' is set in a small town that is taken over by an alien plague, and turning residents into zombies and mutant monsters. This black-comedy is a must if you like to watch something that's both funny and gross.

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'The Innkeepers' (2011) -

'The Innkeepers' follows two employees at the Yankee Pedlar Inn who, during its last weekend open, attempt to document the building's supernatural activity.

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