The 10 Scariest Movies About Witches

Dario Argento’s masterpiece, in which a young American dancer is caught up in an Italian coven of witches, is arguably the scariest and creepiest movie about witches as it mixes with the slasher movie genre. [Where to stream Suspiria]

Anjelica Huston takes the prize for most terrifying and sexiest witch in cinematic history. Once she rips off that wig and rubber human suit, the Grand High Witch is a child-killing force to be reckoned with. [Where to stream The Witches]

High school sucks, so why not make it a little more tolerable with the occasional spot of black magic? Of course, you know how covens get — there’s always some witch who wants to bully everyone else and be the HWIC (Head Witch In Charge). [Where to stream The Craft]

It may be pretty tame compared to movies made these days, but this film about the resurrection of an ancient Moldavian witch was so gruesome for its time that it was banned in several countries and recut for American audiences. [Where to stream Black Sunday]

There isn’t much about Ruth Gordon that’s very menacing, but underneath that quirky exterior lies a lurking evil desire to have Satan rape poor unsuspecting blonde women on the Upper West Side so she can raise the Antichrist to take over the world. [Where to stream Rosemary’s Baby]

The moral of this story? Don’t deny an angy gypsy a bank loan. She’ll only return to haunt you, rip out your hair, vomit on your face, and literally pull you down to Hell with her. [Where to stream Drag Me to Hell]

The legend of the Tooth Fairy gets a sinister spin in this movie about a deadly spirit who rises from the dead to punish the residents of a town where she was lynched over a hundred years before. [Where to stream Darkness Falls]

After a bunch of teens bully his son, a creepy guy played by Lance Henriksen (type-cast, as always) enlists the help of the neighboring witch, who summons the titular monster to exact revenge. [Where to stream Pumpkinhead]

A radio DJ discovers an album by the Lords of Salem, whose songs make her experience terrifying visions of demons. Soon, she is whisked up by a trio of older ladies who are descendants of the witches in Salem. [Where to stream The Lords of Salem]

The thing about witches is that they’re very territorial and temperamental. As the ghost witch in The Conjuring proves, they will stop at nothing (not even a routine run-of-the-mill possession) to keep the living away from their supernatural resting places. [Where to stream The Conjuring]