Coming in at number nine is Trick ‘r Treat (2007). Michael Dougherty’s Halloween-themed anthology is the newest film on the list by decades. It’s that good. Seriously. Since its much-anticipated, repeatedly-delayed home video release in 2009, the film has already become a staple of my Octobers. Y’know, the two of ‘em. I watch other stuff, sure, but Trick ‘r Treat is the Halloween movie. I’ll never have another Halloween moviethon without it.

As I mentioned earlier, Trick ‘r Treat is an anthology film—a series of seemingly irrelevant stories connected by a common theme. Sometimes it’s a narrator, others it’s a recurring character; often it’s nothing but “hey these are horror stories”. It’s like watching a film with four more films inside of it. I love anthologies. I’ve never seen a bad one. I literally sang the praises of Snoop Dogg’s Hood of Horrors for over an hour one time and I take no shame in admitting that. Trick ‘r Treat is an anthology that’s all about my favorite day of the year—how could I possibly not love it?

The film tells the story of a single Halloween night and all of the hijinx that ensues therein. Each story is bound together by its location and, more significantly, the presence of Sam—a curious, pumpkin-headed trick-or-treater in orange pajamas and a burlap sack who meanders rather frequently between adorable and downright creepy. Sam’s motives are the film’s greatest mystery—and it’s a film full of mysteries. Even the order of events is a mystery. You won’t be satisfied until you’ve seen it three times in a row so you can fully appreciate the things you didn’t notice on your last watch. I know this because I’ve done this.

Watching Trick ‘r Treat three times in immediate succession isn’t hard. Trust me. It is everything you’ve ever loved about Halloween summed up in 82 minutes. Everything. It has poison candy and werewolves and ghosts and spirits and pumpkins and costumes and violent, merciless death and creepy kids and scares and laughs and—just watch it already!