If you’ve decided to skip the parties this year (and don’t have any little monsters to take trick-or-treating), there’s no better plan than spending Halloween night watching classic scary movies. And though every streaming platform has their own Halloween movie selection, there’s great fun in finding your favorite movie airing on TV — and our hour-by-hour guide will take you through late into Halloween night, with classic Halloween movies to watch until you pass out from a sugar crash. Though the network channels are all airing their usual Friday night shows (or the World Series), cable is packed full of frightening features, including retro slashers like Friday the 13th, Pet Sematary, and the Halloween franchise, Universal classics like Frankenstein, ’90s teen horrors like Scream andI Know What You Did Last Summer, thrillers like Single White Female and Seven, family-friendly fare like Men in Black, The Addams Family, and Ghostbusters, and much more.

So light that jack-o-lantern, dim the lights, and get ready for the freakiest Friday possible!

GHOSTBUSTERS II, Bill Murray, Sigourney Weaver, 1989

Kick off your evening with some equals, including Ghostbusters II, Friday the 13th Part 3 or Alien vs. Predator, or get started with something classic, Frankenstein or Night of the Living Dead.

5pm Alien vs. Predator (2004, Science fiction) Sanaa Lathan, Raoul Bova FX
5:15pm Frankenstein (1931, Horror) Colin Clive, Mae Clarke TCM
5:20pm Edward Scissorhands (1990, Fantasy) Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder HBOC
5:30pm Ghostbusters II (1989, Comedy) Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd BRAVO
5:45pm Friday the 13th Part 3 (1982, Horror) Dana Kimmell, Paul Kratka IFC
5:45pm I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997, Horror) Jennifer Love Hewitt, Sarah Michelle Gellar WE

6pm Christine (1983, Horror) Keith Gordon, John Stockwell BBCA
6pm Fatal Attraction (1987, Suspense) Michael Douglas, Glenn Close WOMEN
6:10pm Horror of Dracula (1958, Horror) Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee MOVIES
6:23pm Night of the Living Dead (1968, Horror) Duane Jones, Judith O’Dea RETRO
6:25pm Teen Wolf (1985, Comedy) Michael J. Fox, James Hampton FLIX
6:30pm Bride of Frankenstein (1935, Horror) Boris Karloff, Elsa Lanchester TCM
6:30pm Hocus Pocus (1993, Family) Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker FREEFORM

7pm Halloween (1978, Horror) Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis AMC
7pm Scream (1996, Horror) Neve Campbell, David Arquette MTV
7pm The Addams Family (1991, Comedy) Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia FAMZ
7:21pm Seven (1995, Suspense) Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman HBOZ
7:45pm Friday the 13th (1980, Horror) Betsy Palmer, Adrienne King IFC

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Primetime brings out some serious classics, including Ghostbusters,  Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis’ frightening The Fly remake, and two more chances to catch the original Night of the Living Dead.

8pm Ghostbusters (1984, Comedy) Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd BRAVO

8pm Night of the Living Dead (1968, Horror) Duane Jones, Judith O’Dea RETRO
8pm Silver Bullet (1985, Horror) Gary Busey, Corey Haim BBCA
8pm Single White Female (1992, Suspense) Bridget Fonda, Jennifer Jason Leigh WOMEN
8pm The Fly (1986, Horror) Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis FLIX
8pm The Haunting (1963, Horror) Julie Harris, Claire Bloom MOVIES
8:40pm Addams Family Values (1993, Comedy) Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia FAMZ

9pm Halloween II (1981, Horror) Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasence AMC
9pm Men in Black (1997, Action) Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith SHO
9:30pm Scream 2 (1997, Horror) David Arquette, Neve Campbell MTV
9:37pm Night of the Living Dead (1968, Horror) Duane Jones, Judith O’Dea RETRO
9:40pm The Ring Two (2005, Horror) Naomi Watts, Simon Baker MGM

10pm Friday the 13th, Part 2 (1981, Horror) Amy Steel, John Furey IFC
10pm Pet Sematary (1989, Horror) Dale Midkiff, Fred Gwynne BBCA
10pm The Babysitter (1995, Suspense) Alicia Silverstone, Jeremy London WOMEN

10:15pm Teen Wolf (1985, Comedy) Michael J. Fox, James Hampton FAMZ
10:25pm The Fog (1980, Horror) Adrienne Barbeau, Hal Holbrook MOVIES
10:30pm Ghostbusters II (1989, Comedy) Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd BRAVO
10:30pm Who Killed Teddy Bear? (1965, Crime drama) Sal Mineo, Juliet Prowse TCM
10:40pm Men in Black II (2002, Action) Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith SHO

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11pm Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988, Horror) Donald Pleasence, Ellie Cornell AMC
11:10pm Black Christmas (1974, Horror) Olivia Hussey, Margot Kidder HDNETMV
11:14pm Night of the Living Dead (1968, Horror) Duane Jones, Judith O’Dea RETRO

12:35pm: The Twilight Zone, “Eye of the Beholder” MeTV
12:30am: Night of the Living Dead (1968) TCM
2:15am: Carnival of Souls (1962) TCM