'Tis the season to get spooked.

With Halloween almost here, we have compiled a list of horror movies to get in the festival mood. Even though Halloween falls on a Tuesday this year, binge watching these movies will be the perfect way to kickstart the festival.

1. Trick 'r Treat (2007)

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This movie focuses on four different Halloween related horror stories, but the one element that ties all of them together is the presence of Sam, a child trick-or-treater wearing orange pajamas. But, he also has a burlap sack over his head, and this mysterious kid makes an appearance in all the stories whenever a character breaks Halloween traditions.

2. Carrie (1976)

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Based on Stephen King's 1974 novel of the same name, the titular character of Carrie, played by Sissy Spacek, is bullied by the meanest of the mean girls, but gets her revenge using her telepathic powers. But, watch out for the surprise, creepy ending!

3. The Others (2001)

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Set in the aftermath of World War II, 'The Others' doesn't really rely on CGI or any other special effects to be scary, unlike a lot of horror movies we see. This movie is all about brilliantly building the tension through the old fashioned dramatic tricks.

4. Sleepy Hollow (1999)

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Probably one of Tim Burton's most underrated efforts, this movie follows a police constable, played by Johnny Depp (obviously, after all it's a Tim Burton movie), as he goes to New York City to investigate a series of murders that have taken place in the village of Sleepy Hollow by a mysterious headless horseman. Intriguing enough, right?

5. Tucker and Dale vs Evil (2010)

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This comedy horror movie follows Tucker and Dale, played by Alan Tudyk and Tyler Labine respectively, a couple of well-meaning hillbillies. But, trouble starts when they are accidentally mistaken for killers by a bunch of clueless college students.

6. Urban Legend (1998)

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A slasher movie directed by Jamie Blanks and starring Jared Leto, the plot of 'Urban Legend' follows a series of murders on the campus of a private New England university. As the name suggests, all of the killings appear to be modelled after popular urban legends.

7. The Mist (2007)

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Based on the 1980 novella 'The Mist' by Stephen King, it is basically a monster movie, but the central theme also focusses on what ordinary people will be driven to do under extraordinary circumstances. After a thunderstorm cuts of the power, members of a small town go out to pick up supplies. While they are struggling to survive an unnatural mist that has enveloped the town and conceals vicious monsters, extreme tensions rise among the survivors.

8. Grave Encounters (2011)

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Shot in a found footage style, 'Grave Encounters' follows the crew of a paranormal reality television program who lock themselves in a haunted psychiatric hospital. They are looking for paranormal activity for one of their episodes, but unfortunately it ends up being their final episode ever.

9. Halloween (1978)

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Well, duh! This one is called Halloween, it would just be wrong to not watch this movie on Halloween. It's basically about a murderer who killed his brother and sister when he was little, and he ended up being institutionalized. But, then he escapes and starts stalking someone. Sounds scary, doesn't it?

10. Final Destination (2000)

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What makes 'Final Destination' franchise stand out is how the antagonist is basically death itself, unlike other movies in the horror genre, where it's a stereotypical slasher or any other physical being. The movie is about how a group of teenagers cheat death when one of them had a premonition of a catastrophic plane explosion. But, as fate would have it, Death later comes and takes the lives of those who were meant to die on the plane.

Some honourable mentions :

It Follows (2014), Drag me to Hell (2009), Cabin in the woods (2012), Devil (2010), Poltergeist (1982), The Shining (1980)

Well, go and get in the spirit of the festival!