This Year’s Prompts and Recommendations

Your official #31NightsofHorror 2025 prompts are here! Each day comes with a theme, a quick guide, and three film recommendations to kickstart your Halloween movie marathon.

1. My First Horror Movie
Go back to where your horror obsession began.
Psycho (1960), Poltergeist (1982), A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

2. Set in a School
Classrooms, hallways, and “straight to the principal’s office” terror.
Scream (1996), The Faculty (1998), Carrie (1976), Slaughter High (1986)

3. Air BNB of Horrors
Vacation rentals gone very, very wrong.
Barbarian (2022), The Rental (2020), You Should Have Left (2020), Superhost (2021)

4. Scarecrow or Cornfield
Rural scares among the stalks.
Children of the Corn (1984), Signs (2002), Night of the Scarecrow (1981)

5. Paranormal Investigation
Ghost hunters who get more than they bargained for.
The Conjuring (2013), Grave Encounters (2011), Noroi: The Curse (2005)

6. Sequel I Haven’t Seen
Finally tick a franchise entry off your list.
Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (1992), Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies (1999), Pet Sematary 2 (1992), Bride of Re-Animator (1990)

7. High Society Horrors
The rich really are different.
Ready or Not (2019), Society (1989), American Psycho (2000)

8. Don’t Answer the Phone
Killer callers, evil cellphones, babysitters in peril.
Scream (1996), When a Stranger Calls (1979), One Missed Call (2008)

9. David Lynch
Dream logic, nightmare fuel.
Eraserhead (1977), Blue Velvet (1986), Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (1992)

10. Masters of Horror
A classic from a legendary filmmaker.
Halloween (1978, John Carpenter), The Fly (1986, David Cronenberg), Suspiria (1977, Dario Argento)

11. Mall Madness
Shop till you drop — dead.
Dawn of the Dead (1978), Chopping Mall (1986), Phantom of the Mall: Eric’s Revenge (1989)

12. Shudder Original
Stream something modern and creepy.
Host (2020), The Mortuary Collection (2019), Scare Package (2019)

13. Monster in the Title
If the “monster” is in the name, you’re set.
Cloverfield (2008), Frankenstein (1931), Q the Winged Serpent (1982)

14. Dee Wallace
Celebrate the scream queen herself.
Cujo (1983), The Howling (1981), Critters (1986)

15. Morgue Mayhem
Bodies don’t always stay put.
The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016), Nightwatch (1997), Re-Animator (1985), Body Bags (1993)

16. Scary Story Come to Life
The legend they were warned about comes a’knocking.
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019), Candyman (1992), Urban Legend (1998), Darkness Falls (2003)

17. Killer Kids
Tiny terrors with tiny consciences.
The Omen (1976), Village of the Damned (1995), The Good Son (1993)

18. Wet Ghosts
Vengeful spirits rise dripping.
The Ring (2002), The Fog (1980), What Lies Beneath (2000), Ghost Ship (2002)

19. Based on a Book
From page to scream.
It (2017), Rosemary’s Baby (1968), The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

20. Movie with a Famous Jumpscare
The scene that made audiences leap.
The Exorcist III (1990), Insidious (2010), Carrie (1976)

21. Everyone Dies (or Close Enough)
Nobody walks away. (spoilers, obvs)
Cabin in the Woods (2012), Night of the Living Dead (1968), The Mist (2007)

22. Wes Craven Deep Cut
Beyond Elm Street and Scream.
The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988), Deadly Friend (1986), Shocker (1989)

23. Mad Science
Experiments gone madly wrong.
Re-Animator (1985), Splice (2009), The Fly (1986)

24. Don’t Go in the Basement
The darkness below holds worse than just the laundry you forgot to flip over.
The People Under the Stairs (1991), Silence of the Lambs (1991), The Loved Ones (2009), House of 1000 Corpses (2003)

25. Feels Like a Fairytale
Grim, dark, and enchanting.
Pan’s Labyrinth (2006), The Company of Wolves (1984), Gretel & Hansel (2020)

26. Pumpkin on the Poster
The most Halloween image of all grins back at you.
Halloween (1978), Trick ‘r Treat (2007), Jack-O (1995)

27. Creepy Neighbors
The folks next door aren’t what they seem.
The Burbs (1989), Fright Night (1985), Disturbia (2007), Rear Window (1954)

28. Haunted House You Haven’t Seen
Go beyond the classics.
The Innocents (1961), Lake Mungo (2008), We Are Still Here (2015)

29. William Castle
Classic thrills from a showman of scares.
House on Haunted Hill (1959), The Tingler (1959), 13 Ghosts (1960)

30. Kid-Friendly Fright
Safe scares for a spooky sleepover.
Coraline (2009), Monster House (2006), Hocus Pocus (1993)

31. Halloween Night
End the month on the most haunted holiday.
Halloween (1978), Trick ‘r Treat (2007), Hell Fest (2018)