We’ve written a lot of words about horror films this month. As October comes to a close, our staffers share their favorite horror films in very few words.

Bennett Glace:

The Act of Seeing with One’s own Eyes (Stan Brakhage, 1971)
Black Christmas (Bob Clark, 1974)
Häxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages (Benjamin Christensen, 1922)
Martin (George A. Romero, 1977)
Safe (Todd Haynes, 1995)

Brett Wright:

Black Christmas (Bob Clark, 1974)
The Beyond (Lucio Fulci, 1981)
Creature from the Black Lagoon (Jack Arnold, 1954)
Night of the Demon (Jacques Tourneur, 1957)
Night Beast (Don Dohler, 1982)

Cooper Green:

1. Alien (Ridley Scott, 1979)
2. Get Out (Jordan Peele, 2015)
3. Jaws (Steven Spielberg, 1975)
4. The Shining (Stanley Kubrick, 1980)
5. Sinister (Scott Derrickson, 2012)

Craig Wright:

Black Christmas (Bob Clark, 1974)
House (Nobuhiko Obayashi, 1977)
Suspiria (Dario Argento, 1977)
The Town That Dreaded Sundown (Charles B. Pierce, 1976)
Zombie (Lucio Fulci, 1979)

Frankie Vanaria:

Frankenstein (James Whale, 1931) 
Canoa: A Shameful Memory (Felipe Cazals, 1976)
Alien (Ridley Scott, 1979) 
Sleepaway Camp (Robert Hiltzick, 1983) 
Cronos (Guillermo del Toro 1993) 

Jodi Please:

Evil Dead II (Sam Raimi, 1987)
Misery (Rob Reiner, 1990)
Midsommar (Ari Aster, 2019)
Cube (Vincenzo Natali, 1997)
Shaun of the Dead (Edgar Wright, 2004)

Logan Taylor:

1. The Silence of the Lambs (Jonathan Demme, 1991)
2. Mulholland Drive (David Lynch, 2001)
3. The Shining (Stanley Kubrick, 1980)
4. The Thing (John Carpenter, 1982)
5. The Descent (Neil Marshall, 2005)
6. Scream (Wes Craven, 1996)
7. We Need to Talk About Kevin (Lynne Ramsay, 2011)

Jason Michelitch:

Bride of Frankenstein (James Whale, 1935)
The Mummy (Karl Freund, 1932)
The Wolf Man (Joe Johnston, 1941)
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (Charles Barton, 1948)
Creature from the Black Lagoon (Jack Arnold, 1954)

Jim Hickcox:

Street Trash (J. Michael Muro, 1987)
Shanks (William Castle, 1974)
Lifeforce (Tobe Hooper, 1985)
Pieces (Juan Piquer Simón, 1982)
Trick or Treat (Charles Martin Smith, 1986)

Nick Miller:

The Wicker Man (Robin Hardy, 1975)
Train to Busan (Yeon Sang-Ho, 2016)
Evil Dead II (Sam Raimi, 1987)
Troll 2 (Claudio Fragasso, 1990)
There’s Nothing Out There (Rolfe Kanefsky, 1992)

Shane Pfender:

1. Nosferatu (F.W. Murnau, 1922)
2. Ganja and Hess (Bill Gunn, 1973)
3. Paranormal Activity (Oren Peli, 2007)
4. Planet Terror (Robert Rodriguez, 2007)
5. Careful (Guy Maddin, 1992)

Snow Lietta:

1. Lemora: A Child’s Tale of the Supernatural (Richard Blackburn, 1973)
2. Let the Right One In (Tomas Alfredson, 2008)
3. Candyman (Bernard Rose, 1992)
4. The Witch (Robert Eggers, 2015)
5. A Bay of Blood (Mario Bava, 1971)

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