Halloween is almost upon us and horror movies are on the menu for plenty of households this week. Spooky season is the perfect time to get settled on the sofa and nervously turn on a film designed to keep your heart in your mouth.

The 21st century so far has given us scary movies with an artful bent, such as "Sinners" and "Hereditary." The best horror movies since 2001, ranked.

From iconic classics like Psycho to recent gems like The Witch, these horror movies never get old, enough to make you watch them over and over again.

Ahead of Halloween, Entertainment Weekly is counting down the 25 best horror movie villains of all time, from Pinhead to Pennywise.

Universal Pictures’ classic monster films are some of the most iconic in the genre, and they indisputably pioneered horror in Hollywood. In 1943, two iconic monsters clashed in an epic crossover movie that is streaming on Peacock starting September 1, 2025.

Here are the 10 best horror movies based on real serial killers.