Scariest Halloween movies – Top 5 with summaries

  1. The Exorcist

 

An actress notices that her young daughter has had behavioural changes, for the worst. Coincidentally, a nearby priest begins to question his faith when his mother falls terminally ill. An elderly priest sees this as the work of a old demonic enemy, who he ultimately must face again.

 

  1. The Shining

 

Jack Torrance becomes a caretaker of the Overlook HOtel in Colorado in hopes that it will spark inspiration for his writing. His son begins to experience disturbing psychic visions as Jack continues to ponder over his writing. Follow along as Jack begins to uncover the hotel’s dark history while gradually falling down a psychopathic hole.

 

  1. Halloween

 

Michael Myers breaks out of the mental institution he was sentenced to for killing his stepfather and older sister. He returns to his town of Haddonfield, Illinois just in time for the Halloween season in order to hunt down his surviving younger sister, Laurie. Myer’s psychologist, Dr. Loomis, is the only one to know about his plans. Will he be stopped?

 

  1. Friday the 13th

 

Crystal Lake has a dark history of murder, but that doesn’t deter people from setting up a summer camp in the surrounding forest. Locals warn them against their plans, but Jack, Alice, Bill, Marcie, and Ned continue with their plans. They find themselves being stalked by a killer and struggle to escape as they are brutally injured by their opponent.

 

  1. The Conjuring

 

In 1970, Lorraine, Ed, and Warren are invited to the home of the Perrons as paranormal investigators ad demonologists. The Perrons and their five daughters moved to an old abandoned and secluded farmhouse where seemingly supernatural occurrences keep happening. The incidents begin harmlessly but gradually begin to get violent after the investigations discover the dark history of the farmhouse.