9 Best Halloween Movies Ever, Ranked

House of 1000 Corpses

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Donnie Darko

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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

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Pumpkinhead

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Halloween III

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The Nightmare Before Christmas

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Trick 'r Treat

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Hocus Pocus

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Halloween

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