Your Halloween streaming guide: What to watch this weekend

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No matter what your plans are this Halloween weekend, chances are you'll need a few spooky movies or TV shows to go along with your trick-or-treat candy -- or to put on in the background of a costume party.

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To get you started, here are some of the best things to watch on major streaming services as well as Shudder, AMC's new service dedicated specifically to all things horror.

Netflix:

Top pick: The Guest

In this 2014 thriller, a string of mysterious deaths seem to coincide with the arrival of a stranger (Dan Stevens) who claims to have been a friend of a local soldier. Bonus: It takes place during Halloween.

TV:

American Horror Story, Seasons 1-3

Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Seasons 1-7

iZombie, Season 1

Movies:

Silence of the Lambs

Rosemary's Baby

Children of the Corn

Saw, I - IV

From Dusk Till Dawn

The Babadook

Let the Right One In

The Omen

Honeymoon

Oculus

Scream

Halloween: Resurrection

Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas

The Addams Family

Hulu:

Top Pick: American Psycho

This film about a wealthy investment banker/serial murderer was enough of a cult classic to spawn a London West End musical adaptation.

TV:

Scream Queens, Season 1

Jekyll, Season 1

Twin Peaks, Seasons 1-2

Penny Dreadful, Seasons 1-2

The Twilight Zone, Seasons 1-5

The Outer Limits, Seasons 1-2

Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Seasons 1-4

Movies:

Hellraiser

Night of the Living Dead

Day of the Dead

The Descent

The Blair Witch Project

Oldboy

Eraserhead

The Human Centipede

An American Haunting

Amazon:

Top Pick: Shaun of the Dead

Because you can't always take horror too seriously, Edgar Wright's 2004 zombie spoof is the perfect way to lighten the mood.

TV:

Sleepy Hollow, Seasons 1-3

The Vampire Diaries, Seasons 1-7

The Walking Dead, Seasons 1-6

iZombie, Seasons 1-2

Movies:

The Shining

Beetlejuice

Poltergeist

Edward Scissorhands

Psycho

A Nightmare on Elm Street

Tim Burton's Corpse Bride

Freddy vs. Jason

Friday the 13th

Bram Stoker's Dracula

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Hocus Pocus

Ghostbusters

HBO Go:

Top Pick: Hannibal

Set a decade after Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal follows Dr. Lecter (Anthony Hopkins) at large in Europe while his sixth victim (Gary Oldman) plots revenge.

Movies:

Dawn of the Dead

House on Haunted Hill

Return to House on Haunted Hill

Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead

Gothika

Queen of the Damned

The Skeleton Key

When a Stranger Calls Back

Trick 'R Treat

The Purge: Anarchy

Shudder:

Top Pick: A Tale of Two Sisters

A teen reunites with her beloved sister after being institutionalized in a mental hospital, but discovers a series of strange events surrounding their new stepmother.

Movies:

An American Werewolf in London

Let the Right One In

Pulse

Evil Dead

Stephen King's Children of the Corn

Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde

Flowers in the Attic

Memento Mori

Nosferatu

Wes Craven's The Hills Have Eyes

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