"Variety" made a list of the 21 best Halloween movies EVER. Here they are, ranked:
1. "Halloween" (1978)
2. "Hocus Pocus" (1993)
3. "Trick 'r Treat" (2007)
4. "The Nightmare Before Christmas" (1993)
5. "Halloween 3: Season of the Witch" (1982)
6. "Pumpkinhead" (1988)
7. "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" (1982)
8. "Donnie Darko" (2001)
9. "House of 1000 Corpses" (2003)
10. "The Karate Kid" (1984) (There's a Halloween dance in the movie.)
11. "Sleepy Hollow" (1999)
12. "Idle Hands" (1999)
13. "Casper" (1995)
14. "Terrifier 2" (2022)
15. "Ernest Scared Stupid" (1991)
16. "Scream 6" (2023)
17. "Trick or Treat" (1986)
18. "Night of the Demons" (1988)
19. "Ginger Snaps" (2000)
20. "Practical Magic" (1998)
21. "Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark" (2019)