We asked our staff what their favorite spooky movies were. Here are their answers:

Amityville Horror (Stephanie, Seasonal Public Services Assistant)
Newlyweds are terrorized by demonic forces after moving into a large house that was the site of a grisly mass murder a year before. 

Beetlejuice (Erin, HR Manager)
The spirits of a deceased couple are harassed by an unbearable family that has moved into their home, and hire a malicious spirit to drive them out. 

The Conjuring (Hollie, Shelver)
Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse. 

Edward Scissorhands (Rebecca, Assistant Public Services Manager)
An artificial man, who was incompletely constructed and has scissors for hands, leads a solitary life. Then one day, a suburban lady meets him and introduces him to her world. 

Halloween (Mr. Brett, Branch Teen Librarian)
Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween night in 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois to kill again. 

Halloweentown (Brian, Library Assistant)
After learning she is a witch, a girl helps save a town full of other supernatural creatures.

The Haunted Mansion (Lyndsey, Cataloging Librarian)
A realtor and his wife and children are summoned to a mansion, which they soon discover is haunted. While they attempt to escape, he learns an important lesson about the family he has neglected.

Hocus Pocus (Belinda, Library Assistant; Brad, Financial Coordinator; Janine, Library Manager)
A curious youngster moves to Salem, where he struggles to fit in before awakening a trio of diabolical witches that were executed in the 17th century. 

House (Rachel, Assistant Branch Manager)
Two couples find themselves in a fight for survival running from a maniac.

House on Haunted Hill (Deborah, Collections Assistant)
A millionaire offers $10,000 to five people who agree to be locked in a large, spooky house overnight with him and his wife. 

Monster House (Layla, Shelver)
Three teens discover that their neighbor’s house is really a living, breathing, scary monster.

Nightmare on Elm Street (Stacy, Collections Manager)
The monstrous spirit of a slain child murderer seeks revenge by invading the dreams of teenagers whose parents were responsible for his untimely death.

The Omen (Laura, Adult Services Librarian)
Mysterious deaths surround an American ambassador. Could the child that he is raising actually be the Antichrist? The Devil’s own son. 

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (Kari, Marketing Manager)
A group of teens face their fears in order to save their lives (based off book series).

Shaun of the Dead (Julie, Innovations Librarian)
A man’s uneventful life is disrupted by the zombie apocalypse. 

The Shining (Mason, Library Assistant)
A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where a sinister presence influences the father into violence, while he psychic son sees horrific forebodings from both past and future. 

Slither (Patty, Library Director)
A small town is taken over by an alien plague, turning residents into zombies and all forms of mutant monsters. 

Spooktacular Pony Tails (Mrs. Jenn, Teen Librarian)
Everyone loves Halloween…the candy, the pumpkins, the costumes, the friends! Join your favorite residents of Ponyville as they take on some of the spookiest adventures Equestria’s ever seen!

Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Jordan, Marketing Coordinator)
Two siblings and three of their friends en route to visit their grandfather’s grave in Texas end up falling victim to a family of cannibalistic psychopaths. 

The Thing (Kyle, IT Systems Coordinator)
A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims. 

Trick ‘r Treat (Heather, Library Assistant)
Five interwoven stories demonstrate that some traditions are best not forgotten as the residents of a small town face ghosts and goblins on Halloween. 

The Village (Mrs. Becca, Youth Services Assistant; Becky, Adult Services Librarian)
A series of events tests the beliefs of a small, isolated countryside village. 

The Woman in Black (Tara, Collections Assistant)
A young solicitor travels to a remote village where he discovers the vengeful ghost of a scorned woman is terrorizing the locals.

*Movie descriptions from IMDB.  

*Photo from Freeform