October is almost here again! I plan my reading, viewing, and activity lists for the official Halloween season months ahead of time to ensure I enjoy October to the fullest. In this post, I’m sharing my top items for this year. Most of the movies, series, and books in these lists are ones I have watched or read before. However, they have earned, in their own unique ways, a spot on my non-negotiable Halloween list:
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Movies
- Dracula (1931)
- The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
- The Wolf Man (1941)
- House on Haunted Hill (1959)
- The Raven (1963)
- Night of the Living Dead (1968)
- Young Frankenstein (1974)
- The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
- Halloween (1978)
- An American Werewolf in London (1981)
- Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)
- Hocus Pocus (1993)
- Sleepy Hollow (1999)
- House of 1000 Corpses (2003)
- Shaun of the Dead (2004)
- Van Helsing (2004)
- Trick ‘r Treat (2007)
- Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)
- The Love Witch (2016)
- Halloween Kills (release date: October 15, 2021)
Television
- True Blood (HBO Max)
- Scream Queens (hulu)
- The Haunting of Hill House (Netflix)
- Monsterland (hulu)
- Bite Size Halloween (hulu)
- What We Do in the Shadows (FX on hulu)
Books/Audiobooks
- Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (audio)
- “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” by Washington Irving (audio)
- Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan le Fanu
- “The Canterville Ghost” by Oscar Wilde (audio)
- Dracula by Bram Stoker
- ‘Salem’s Lot by Stephen King (audio)
- Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (audio)
- The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow (audio)
- My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones
- The Death of Jane Lawrence by Caitlin Starling
Activities
- Spooky outdoor photoshoot (!!!)
- Actually go to a pumpkin patch
- Attend a Rocky Horror performance
- Take spooky stock photos for future posts
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Until next time,
Jordan
By Night 