8 Must-Watch Horror Movies for Your 2025 Halloween Marathon

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As daylight fades each autumn, a special feeling arrives; a comfortable shiver alongside buttery snacks. Looking for frights, suspense, or maybe just classic monster vibes? This season’s selections deliver on all kinds of chills. If you enjoy the surprises with Tongits go, these 8 movies will similarly grip you. Whether new or old favorites, they promise a memorable Halloween binge in 2025.

1. Longlegs (2024)

Longlegs is a movie destined to linger. Nicolas Cage gives a strangely unsettling portrayal of a serial killer steeped in dark signs and enigma. Director Oz Perkins crafts an atmosphere of creeping unease; it builds slowly, deliberately, loaded with foreboding. Longlegs doesn’t shout; it hints. Instead, it unfolds like a troubling secret revealed through unsettling images alongside a creeping dread. It’s brilliantly crafted to make you squirm and is also an ideal start to any scary movie marathon.

2. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2025)

The long-awaited follow-up to Tim Burton’s classic resurrects the notorious spirit we adore. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice welcomes back Michael Keaton alongside Winona Ryder, also featuring Jenna Ortega entering a delightfully bizarre realm of ghosts. Burton masterfully blends laughs and imagination yet retains his distinct, darkly playful aesthetic. The movie leans toward amusing rather than scary, yet maintains a delightful spookiness. It’s ideal for a lighthearted pause from intense horror flicks, delivering Halloween vibes with vibrancy and oddball flair.

3. A Quiet Place: Day One (2024)

Remember when the monsters arrived? A Quiet Place: Day One shows you a breathless glimpse into that initial chaos. Lupita Nyong’o stars as someone fighting to live through the moment that has quietly turned vital for humankind. Michael Sarnoski takes the story from A Quiet Place to new places, building suspense alongside genuine feeling. Sound or its absence heightens every scene; stillness itself feels charged. This movie grabs hold early on and refuses to release you.

4. Talk to Me (2023)

Talk to Me, an Aussie horror flick, hit big, sparking tons of conversation. It centers on some teenagers finding a strange preserved hand; they can chat with spirits, though there’s a strict 90-second time limit. Initially a fun dare, things descend into turmoil alongside heartbreak. This movie feels unsettlingly real, weaving together heartfelt moments alongside a biting look at our online lives; it’s disturbing yet believable. Should you desire a truly haunting experience, one that lingers long after the credits roll, seek this out.

5. The First Omen (2024)

Before the terror of ’76, The First Omen descends into the Vatican’s hidden corners, revealing the birth of wickedness. Arkasha Stevenson directs, echoing old religious chills yet feeling strikingly current. It unfolds unhurriedly, building dread instead of relying on quick shocks. Consequently, the movie achieves a sweeping scale; it is sad, frightening, yet strangely lovely. A tale that stays with you even when the screen goes dark.

6. Totally Killer (2023)

Want laughs alongside your scares? Totally Killer fits right into a movie night. Imagine Back to the Future blended with a slasher film—that’s the vibe. One teen zips backward through time hoping to halt a murderer, yet finds plenty of funny trouble first. Nahnatchka Khan directs with a light touch, yet maintains suspense; it's a vibrant, referential, and surprisingly bloody good time. The film demonstrates horror needn’t exclude humor.

7. The Black Phone (2022)

Scott Derrickson’s The Black Phone shows genuine fear doesn’t require buckets of blood. Ethan Hawke embodies “The Grabber,” a villain who snatches kids, yet those he takes contact with via an old telephone. It builds into a chilling blend: tension and otherworldly riddles alongside stories touching the heart. The movie feels both current and stuck in the seventies, building tension without ever rushing things. It’s scary yet touching, ideal for when you crave spooky thrills alongside genuine feeling.

8. Hereditary (2018)

Hereditary really got under people’s skin. It's one of the few recent scary movies that have had that effect. It marks director Ari Aster’s arrival with a creeping story about loss and insanity, alongside things beyond understanding, featuring an amazing turn from Toni Collette. Initially seeming like a regular family situation, the film evolves into something truly unsettling. Creeping quietly, each flicker of darkness, every hush—they all seem to point somewhere. The finale arrives like a jolt, yet feels destined. This one sticks with you long after October ends; it's smart, unsettling, and truly memorable.

Final Thoughts: Crafting the Perfect Scare Night

For a really good Halloween movie night, pace yourself. Begin with unsettling films; think Longlegs or the new Omen. Next, move to fun, popular choices such as Beetlejuice Beetlejuice then Totally Killer. Finally, as darkness settles, end things with something truly disturbing; watch Hereditary if you want to lose sleep.

 

Want some scares? These eight movies, whether enjoyed alone, with company during a fright fest, or as a reason to pull an all-nighter, offer classic spookiness alongside fresh terrors. Get comfortable, turn down the brightness, and prepare for shrieks.  After all, Halloween appears but briefly, and these flicks are eager to be seen.