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When it comes to fall movies, there are a lot of different genres to discover. But, since we like to get right into the Halloween spirit, we head straight to spooky movies. And while we enjoy a great masked killer romp and a titillating murder-filled thriller, we love ghost movies the most.
Maybe this is because we feel like scary, otherworldly happenings can actually go on when the lights go out or we all share the fear that a cold, dead hand will reach out from under the bed and shake us awake from our slumber. Regardless of why we like it, we do.
If you’re anything like us and your healthy fear of what goes “bump in the night” still makes you want to watch movies about ghosts, we’re here to help. Keep scrolling and you’ll see 10 of our favorite spooky movies to stream in preparation for Halloween.
Halloween Ghost Movies
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'The Conjuring'
Demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren are dispatched to investigate strange occurrences at a farmhouse in Rhode Island in this terrifying flick.
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'The Sixth Sense'
The first film from M. Night Shyamalan is probably his best. It’s the story of a child psychologist interviewing a strange kid who claims to “see dead people.”
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'The Frighteners'
We all know Michael J. Fox from his roles in movies like Back to the Future and Teen Wolf, but in this underrated scary thriller, he plays a former architect turned exorcist for hire who began to see ghosts after an accident.
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'The Ring'
This story centers around a cursed VHS tape. Anyone who watches it mysteriously dies seven days later. But there’s a lot more to the story and a journalist will soon find this out.
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'Crimson Peak'
A woman marries a rich man and moves into his rural English estate. Obviously, she immediately begins to see ghostly visions and apparitions throughout the house.
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'The Others'
A mother and her children live in a secluded estate in the years after World War II. They begin to notice paranormal activity, but the truth of what it actually going on is much more shocking.
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'The Shining'
Jack Torrance is hired as the offseason caretaker of a Colorado Resort. He brings his family. Obviously the resort is haunted and he is slowly driven mad.
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'Candyman'
While she’s researching urban legends, a graduate student stumbles on the story of Candyman, a vengeful spirit who appears if his name is uttered five times.
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'Stir of Echoes'
After being hypnotized at a party, a man begins to see images of a violent murder that he eventually learns happened right nearby. He becomes obsessed with solving the crime.
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'Poltergeist'
One of the most well-known ghost stories of all time, Poltergeist centers around a suburban family who begin to see spooky occurrences at their California home.
