I love this time of year for so many reasons, and one of my favorite reasons is the parade of horror movies — from schlocky B-grade crap with a charm all its own to the truly frightening classics — that a lot of networks start broadcasting. I decided to list some of my faves in alphabetical order. I know strictly speaking that some of these aren’t horror, but they’re creepy in other rights, and anyway horror and art are both subjective. (The armchair pundit that I married says All the President’s Men always gives him the creeps.)

As always, if there’s a remake floating around out there, I’m referring to the original unless I note otherwise.

28 Days Later
28 Weeks Later
Alien
Aliens
Army of Darkness
The Bad Seed
Blade
The Blair Witch Project
The Birds
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Candyman
Cape Fear
Carnival of Souls
Carrie
Creepshow. (The first R-rated movie that Shukti snuck into.)
Dawn of the Dead
Diabolique
Duel
The Exorcist
Frenzy
Gravedancers
Der Golem
Halloween. (The original. Let Michael Myers R.I.P. already!)
Haxan
Hellraiser. (Everyone should see this thing at least once.)
In Cold Blood
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The Mephisto Waltz
Night of the Hunter. (Almost a Southern Grimm’s fairy tale quality.)
Night of the Living Dead
Nosferatu
The Omen
Psycho
The Ring. (Purists may be surprised, but I prefer the remake).
Rosemary’s Baby
Saw
Scanners
Scream
The Shining
The Silence of the Lambs
The Stand
Suspiria
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
The Thing. (The original or the remake.)
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The Wicker Man. (Hold out for the full-length cut.)