31 Horror Movies To Watch This October

And finally, we end with the one film every card-carrying horror fan absolutely needs to watch every October - John Carpenter's definitive genre masterpiece, the original 1978 Halloween.

Forgive its glut of ineffective sequels and reboots, because the one that started the franchise is still as bracingly effective and grimly creative as it was more than four decades ago.

A masterclass of gut-wrenching suspense, Halloween instantly made Michael Myers a fearsome genre icon, and practically created the rule book for all slashers that followed, both good and bad.

This is the movie you have to save for Halloween night itself, obviously.

Halloween is out now on every conceivable video format.