Take the Spooky Movie Challenge ‌‌👻‌

[Michal_Gebacki]

Welcome back, Dynatrace Community!

As October turns into November, pumpkins are everywhere - and they’re definitely the most obvious Halloween theme. But let's not forget the spooky factor in this celebration. Especially, that aspect is pretty widely used in the movie industry, and chances are you’ve seen at least a few productions.

Let's build our Community Spooky Movie list! Share your favorite spine-chilling movies that are your guilty pleasures, or maybe unironically, a really good ones to watch sometimes! Horrors, thrillers, animations... Sky is the limit. Share your options in the comments below, with one rule: the more films, the better. 👇

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[Michal_Gebacki]

Let me start with the one of my biggest guilty pleasures, that fits pretty well to the Halloween period: the Monster House from 2006. This animated horror with dark comedy vibes combined felt a little bit eerie yet entertaining when I watched this in the cinema as a 9-year old kid, but 20 years later the peculiar sense of humor of this production aged like a good wine. Actually, now I'm enjoying watching this from time to time a way more... 😉

[MaximilianoML]

OMG! Such good memories hahaha I watched so many times that I can mentally watch now 😂 

[GosiaMurawska]

Oh, I’m going with a seriously great film recommended by @MaciejNeumann. Not a spooky one, but a horror.
Especially nowadays, when so many artistic pieces fade from memory quickly, this one has stuck with me for months. It even gave me a nightmare!

I’m talking about The Substance - a film I initially avoided just because the word "celebrity" popped up in the description. 😄 Luckily, it’s not about celebrity culture at all. In general, it’s very intense, and you'd better prepare for testing your disgust boundaries.

[Kenny_Gillette]

Here is my list so far.  May update later:

Growing up:

Poltergeist (I have seen now and laugh at it)

Gremlins

Ghostbusters

The Watcher in the Woods

The Ring

Dracula

Frankenstein

[richard_guerra]

Halloween, pumpkins - no. Thriller, spine-chilling - yes!

https://youtu.be/jQ5lPt9edzQ?si=GHBw0i5JMCoucJiq

[AntonioSousa]

Yes, it's not spine-chilling. But I sincerely believe the future is Idiocracy...

Beware, it's not politically correct!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fHUG-pAJHY

[MaximilianoML]

Yeah, the most accurate selection of the topic.
When I watched this movie, I realize that we're not walking for this... we're RUNNING fast!

[AntonioSousa]

@MaximilianoML ,

That's why it is really spooky!!!

[g_kat]

Watching this for the first time in 2025, 20 years after it's release, it's honestly terrifying how what sounded as a really silly idea back then looks completely plausible nowadays!!

True horror is realistic horror.

[p_devulapalli]

When I was a kid, Scooby-Doo was one of my absolute favorites. It was fun to watch and just enough spooky mystery to keep me hooked. The suspense of unmasking the monster at the end and realizing it was just a person in disguise was thrilling every time  😂 👾

Another one that really stuck in my mind that's spooky is actually a book - The Hound of the Baskervilles, I remember reading it back in my school days and being completely drawn into its suspenseful mystery. I see that story was even made as a movie, but for some reason I enjoyed reading the book more 😀🐾

As a grown up , have a long list of spooky movies ...but nothing beats the below for me 👇😱 😂

[Patrick_H]

When I think of a movie that back than gave me the chills it was Event Horizon, a Sci-Fi/Horror - not sure if that is well known as this is so old I still have it on VHS tape (and no more hardware to play it 🙈)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119081/

[Theodore_x86]

Nothing more thrilling than the 90s movies.👻👽🤠🤖😈💪

[Mike_L]

I agree with several of the movies mentioned above. However, there is one movie that I always think about when talking about scary movies as it actually affected me.

When I was 11-12 years old I saw a movie called “Arachnophobia”, which is the fear of spiders. After watching it I remember not wanting to grab any bottles or glasses and such without first looking on the back side to make sure that there wasn’t a spider on it. This lasted for almost a month before I grew over it.

TLDR: there is a reason why there is an age limit on some movies!

[ChadTurner]

Oh this is a good one! 

Steve King's "Storm of the Century" always scared the living daylights out of me. The setting is Maine, on a small island and a huge winder storm has hit.... 

The SAW movies are also good, it might not be spine chilling, more so gory than anything. But that too was always a scary movie for us growing up. 

[MaximilianoML]

This's my favorite Community Challenge of all time!

Let's go with this list:
The Witch (2015) - IMDb
Halloween (1978) - IMDb
Wrong Turn (2003) - IMDb
The Ring (2002) - IMDb
Friday the 13th (1980) - IMDb
Ju-on: The Grudge (2002) - IMDb This one I can't watch even nowadays hahaha

My list is really long but these selections are really great.

[Theodore_x86]

😱 😳 👽👽👽👽

[MaximilianoML]

I love this classic, especially because the director chose one of the cities from my state in Brazil (Passo Fundo - Rio Grande do Sul) to show the Alien appear, this iconic scene: Signs (2002) - 'Brazilian Video' scene [1080]

[Theodore_x86]

Creeps the hell out of me every time... 

[ChadTurner]

This was a good one, but I always found myself wanting to see more of the aliens.... which I'm sure is exactly what the director wanted. 

[g_kat]

I'm not that much of a horror fan but I have some films/series in mind:

• The Prophecy(https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114194/) Watched it in a DVD out of a newspaper many years ago, but it has stuck with me since then, possibly igniting my interest and preference towards the Fallen Angels trope. As for spookiness, Viggo Mortensen scared the hell out of me whenever he was on screen.
• Woman in Black(https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1596365/?ref_=nm_flmg_job_1_accord_2_cdt_t_31) I don't remember much about it, only that it had some jumpscares that got me really good. Also, Daniel Radcliffe has a much greater range than simply being Harry Potter.
• The Fall of The House of Usher(https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15567174/) I dig gothic horror and this Poe inspired series scratches that itch. Mike Flanagan executes perfectly atmospheric horror alongside with engaging character arcs and drama.
• Midnight Mass(https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10574558/) Again, a series from Mike Flanagan, it's first half had me glued on the screen and at the same time always aloof about what was gonna happen next. Unfortunately, the second half let me down a bit(I'm looking at you never ending monologues) but still it had the right amount of fantasy horror with religious fanaticism.

[t_pawlak]

Hey,
My childhood Spooky movie is The Ring (2002). I still remember my sister bringing the tape home, and 10-year-old me watching it alone one evening. The fact that we actually had a VHS player made it so much worse… To this day it gives me chills, and I didn’t touch tapes for years. 

[GerardJ]

Agree ! The Ring is definetely on my spooky top list 👻
It's funny because I remember having the same experience when, as a young teenager, I was at a friend's house secretly watching a VHS tape that his older sister had brought home, and it was : The Blair Witch Project (1999)

[AntonPineiro]

Hi,

My list would be:

• Psycho (1960)

• Jaws (1975)

• The Shining (1980)

• The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

• The Sixth Sense (1999)

• Sleepy Hollow (1999)

And bonus are two movies from Spain:

• Tesis (1996)

• The Others (2001)

Best regards

[Malaik]

This is a good on,

I didnt find a really good movie which can scared me 🤣.

Saw is a good example.