October is the month of Halloween. Anyone who knows me well knows that Halloween is one of my all-time favorite holidays. They also know that other than writing, one of my great loves is movies. And combining Halloween and movies is even better. I’ve seen a lot of movies in my life, but Halloween-themed / horror movies are some of my favorites. And out of all of those, there are a select few that aren’t just great Halloween movies, they’re great movies period. So in honor of Halloween, here are (in no particular order) the top 10 Halloween / horror movies of all time.

1. “Nightmare on Elm Street” (1984)

2. “Friday the 13th” (1980)

3. “Carrie” (1976)

4. “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” (2007)

5. “Corpse Bride” (2005)

6. “The Woman in Black” (2012)

7. “The Witch” (2015)

8. “Psycho” (1960)

9. “The Nightmare Before Christmas” (1993)

10. “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” (1975)