I Put a Spell on You...

For as long as I can remember I have loved watching scary movies. The hubby and I will watch the occassional horror movie throughout the year, but once October hits it's like Fright Fest every night. Not to mention Bubba has our TV tuned to either Syfy's 31 Days of Halloween or the Family Channel's 13 Nights of Halloween (obviously, more kid friendly programming) most evenings. It's been a tradition for us since we began dating to have a few Horror/Thriller movie marathons throughout the month. We pop popcorn, gather up our favorite "movie candy" (Twizzlers for me, Peanut M&Ms for Bubba), and blow up the air mattress so we can spend the entire night in the den in front of "Big Bessie"...yep, our television has a name, and it is rightly deserved;) We can easily watch 4 scary movies back-to-back until the wee hours of the morning. In honor of our family traditon and the Halloween season, I'm going to give you a list of some of my all-time favorite scary movies (in no particular order), so that you too can cuddle up just a little closer to your honey and escape into a spooky flick.

• The Shining
• Psycho
• The Exorcist
• Halloween
• Nightmare on Elm Street (I only liked the 1st one)
• Scream
• The Sixth Sense
• The Ring
• The Blair Witch Project
• Poltergeist
• The Others
• Saw
• Amityville Horror
• The Watcher in the Woods (starring the great Bette Davis and one of the 1st scary movies I ever saw)
• Stir of Echos
• Seven
• When a Stranger Calls
• Paranormal Activity
• Misery
• The Last House on the Left
• The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
• Candyman
• Pet Semetary
• The Descent
• Open Water
• The Omen

* I'm sure I have left tons of classic horror movies off this list, but these are just a few of my favorites. Each movie stayed emblazoned in my mind long after the credits had rolled and a few have even caused the lights to be left on for bed or my husband to escort me to the bathroom lest I be left all alone;)