Bone-chilling Films for Your Halloween Night In

"Psycho" - 1960

Beware: after seeing Alfred Hitchcock's "Pyscho," you may never want to step into a shower again. Marion Crane (Janet Leigh) flees town after stealing $40,000 and camps out at the deserted Bates Motel. Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins) is the motel owner, who isn't as he seems.

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"The Exorcist" - 1973

Who could forget the images of a twelve-year-old girl spewing green vomit? Directed by William Friedkin, the film follows Regan MacNeil (Linda Blair), a young girl possessed by a demon. The controversy surrounding the film's theme solidified its status as a horror classic.

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"The Texas Chain Saw Massacre" - 1974

What's scarier than a movie about a chainsaw-wielding killer? A movie about a chainsaw-wielding killer that is loosely based on real life. The plot of the movie, directed by Tobe Hooper may be fictional, but the film's villain, Leatherface, is based on real-life serial killer, Ed Gein.

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"Jaws" - 1975

You know the film's theme song. And after watching this movie, you'll think twice about swimming in the ocean. Directed by Steven Spielberg and based on the book by Peter Benchley, "Jaws" is about a bloodthirsty great white shark terrorizing the fictional beach resort Amity Island.

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"Halloween" - 1978

Get into the Halloween spirit by watching "Halloween." Directed by John Carpenter, this independent film follows Michael Myers, a psychiatric hospital escapee with a murderous history who returns home and terrorizes a teen (Jamie Lee Curtis) and her friends.

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"The Shining" - 1980

"All work and no play make Jack a dull boy." Directed by Stanley Kubrick and based on Stephen King's novel of the same title, the film follows Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson), a troubled writer who moves his family into the haunted Overlook Hotel and becomes possessed by a supernatural figure.

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"Poltergeist" - 1982

You'll definitely get "rattled" after you watch this movie. Based on a story by Steven Spielberg and directed by Tobe Hooper, "Poltergeist" is a story about a suburban family in California, whose home gets invaded by ghosts. Daughter Carol Anne (Heather O'Rourke) then becomes possessed by the paranormal creatures.

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"The Silence of the Lambs" - 1991

"Hello, Clarice." This Oscar-winning thriller, directed by Jonathan Demme, follows young FBI agent, Clarice Starling (Jodi Foster), who must interact with an incarcerated, cannibalistic psychopath named Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins) to get information integral to another case.

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"Se7en" - 1995

Sin can be deadly — literally. Directed by David Fincher, "Se7en" follows two police detectives (Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman) tracking a serial killer throughout their crime-stricken city. Each of the killer's murders correspond to one of the seven deadly sins.

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"The Ring" - 2002

After you see "The Ring," you'll fear for your life over the next seven days. Directed by Gore Verbinski, the film follows Rachel (Naomi Watts), a journalist assigned to investigate a mysterious, circulating videotape: anyone who watches the tape will have a week to live.

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