Spooky season means different things to different people. For some, especially parents of young children, it's about carving pumpkins, getting dressed up, and going trick-or-treating.
For others, it's about covering yourself in fake blood and heading to your favourite nightclub. But some people use Halloween as the perfect excuse to watch their favourite horror films.
From gory slashers to dark thrillers full of jump scares and everything in between, there is a whole host of frightening flicks that movie buffs can enjoy at this time of year. Horror films aren't everyone's cup of tea, but for those looking to scratch that spooky itch this year, we know where you can start.
Rotten Tomatoes is one of the best-recognised sources of film and TV reviews in the world. For the best part of three decades, the site has offered recommendations for what to watch.
Its iconic Tomatometer gives each movie or show a percentage score based on critic reviews, while its Popcornmeter is based on ratings from film fans on the site itself.
So, if you're looking for a recommendation for what to watch after closing the curtains, turning down the lights, and stocking up on your favourite snacks, then Rotten Tomatoes is the place.
They have a list of the top 200 horror films of all time and, handily, give it an update every October - just in time for Halloween - to include any new releases.
To help you out, we are looking at the highest-rated films on the site and letting you know where you can watch them. Two of the top five are available to watch for free in the UK, with two others on a popular streaming service that you may already subscribe to.
Director Remi Weekes' 2020 film debut boasts an incredible 100 per cent score from the reviews of 127 critics and, like the rest of the top five, is Certified Fresh by Rotten Tomatoes. This is a special designation to the very best films that meet a series of criteria based on quality, number of reviews, and release information.
Starring Winmi Mosaku, Sope Dirisu, and Matt Smith, His House follows a refugee couple as they escape from war-torn South Sudan and make their way to the UK. But they struggle to adjust in their new English hometown that has evil lurking just beneath the surface.
Critics praised it for "featuring genuine scares through every corridor" and it has been described as "a terrifying look at the spectres of the refugee experience". It also has an audience score of 73 per cent from over 1,000 ratings.
His House is available to watch for free in the UK on BBC iPlayer. If you have a Netflix subscription, you can watch it there too.
Another movie featuring international conflict, Babak Anvari's Under The Shadow is set during the Iran-Iraq War. In the 2016 flick, a woman's home is hit by a missile, with a neighbour suggesting the bomb was cursed and carrying evil spirits.
The woman fears supernatural forces within the house are trying to possess her daughter and she has to face these demons if she is to save both her daughter and herself.
Under The Shadow has a 99 per cent score on the Tomatometer from 92 critic reviews. It has more than 5,000 audience reviews and scored 71 per cent. The film is said to "deftly blend seemingly disparate genres to deliver an effective chiller", while also being "thought-provoking".
You can watch it on Netflix, if you have a subscription, or rent it from various services, including Amazon Prime, Sky Store, Apple TV, and Rakuten TV.
Also released in 2016, The Wailing is the longest of the top five with a run time of two hours and 36 minutes. Director Na Hong-Jin's tense thriller is set in a small village in rural South Korea, where the locals go from suspicious to hysterical after a series of brutal murders are linked to the arrival of a mysterious stranger.
Rated 99 per cent from 86 critic reviews, The Wailing also boasts an impressive 82 per cent on the Popcornmeter from over 5,000 ratings. It is described as an "atmospheric, cleverly constructed mystery", and its supernatural thrills "more than justify" it's long runtime.
The Wailing is the only one of the top five not available on a streaming service, so if you want to watch this highly-rated flick, you'll need to rent it from Amazon or Apple TV.
The second film from popular director Jordan Peele, this 2017 flick incorporates an element of comedy into its dark social critiques.
Chris, played by Daniel Kaluuya, is heading with his girlfriend (Allison Williams) to visit her family for the weekend, meeting her parents for the first time.
Chris puts their overly accommodating behaviour down to nerves over the interracial relationship, but he soon makes some dark and disturbing discoveries that lead him to a horrifying truth.
With a 98 per cent score on the Tomatometer, from over 400 reviews, and an 86 per cent audience score, from more than 50,000 ratings, Get Out has the highest overall score in the top five.
It is described as a "brilliantly effective and entertaining horror/comedy thrill ride", praised for its sharp social commentary, as well as its fear factor and funny moments.
Available to view on Netflix and Sky Cinema with Now TV subscriptions, it can also be rented on Amazon, Apple TV, Sky, and others.
Possibly the most classic horror film on this list, thanks to the focus on a terrifying titular monster, The Babadook is also the oldest of the five. It is, however, only from 2014, so clearly modern horror flicks are popular with viewers.
Jennifer Kent's psychological horror follows Amelia, a woman recovering from the violent death of her husband and struggling to deal with her out of control six-year-old son, Samuel.
The youngster's dreams are plagued by an evil creature that he believes is the Babadook, a monster from a storybook in their house. Amelia tries to control her unpredictable and violent son as his visions get worse, but she slowly comes to realise that Samuel may have been right about the monster.
The Babadook also has a 98 per cent critic rating, alongside 72 per cent on the Popcornmeter after more than 25,000 audience ratings. Critics described it as "genuinely moving" while also "relying on real horror rather than cheap jump scares".