High & Spooky: The Best Movies for Halloween with Cannabis

Halloween is the perfect excuse to cozy up to some atmospheric entertainment, and for many fans, enjoying some toasted herb while watching a great horror movie is the time-honored seasonal tradition.

Whether you’re looking for real scares or a bit of campy fun, the right flick paired with a cannabis high can elevate the entire affair!

For The Thrillseeker: Serious Psychological Horror

Best strain: Indica-dominant hybrid

If you want real chills along with your cannabis high, psychological thrillers are your best bet. Films like Hereditary or The Shining demand full attention and will benefit from the grounding, introspective state that’s induced by a good indica blend.

Your enhanced emotional awareness while high will accentuate the creepy atmosphere  — just be ready for an added bout of genuine anxiety along with the thrills!

Pro Tip: Have your comfort items handy. While it’s essential to have a comfort blanket and handy supply of water as you ride the thrills along with the film, you will also find yourself immersed in the experience.

For The Comedy Fan: Camp & Cult Classics

Best strain: Sativa or sativa-dominant hybrid

There’s nothing as tasty a pairing as a cannabis high with the exact brand of intentionally ludicrous horror-comedies. Films such as Evil Dead II, The Lost Boys and Tremors become the very essence of comic brilliance along with a slight sense of paranoia.

Sativa strains will increase your enjoyment of clever dialogue and absurd practical effects, making a simple movie night into a comedy goldmine.

Halloween tip for cannabis tradition: These are worthy of group viewing. The laughter, along with a developed appreciation for camp humor, produce excellent social energy.

For The Adrenaline Junkie: Action-Packed Horror

Best strain: Energetic hybrid or mild sativa

If you desire scares, but not existential dread, slasher films, as well as action/horror hybrids like A Quiet Place, Ready or Not, and Tucker and Dale vs. Evil, offer excitement and momentum.

Your cannabis high will heighten the senses, resulting in a more visceral and intense experience of the action sequences.

For Intensive Exploration: Art-House and Experimental Horror

Best strain: Indica for thinking deeply or sativa for creative thinking.

Directors like Dario Argento, David Lynch, and Ari Aster provide us with artistic horror of an intense nature that’s experienced best at a higher level of consciousness.

Films like Suspiria or Mulholland Drive become true surrealistic experiences when combined with marijuana, and your mind is much more at ease with their symbolism, visual storytelling, and nonlinear narrative forms.

A word of caution: These films require participation. Make sure that you are tuned in enough to follow the complex plots, though you may feel a terrific sense of disorientation caused by your high.

Expert suggestions

Start early and pace yourself. Cannabis has different effects on different people, you need to find your place where you are comfortable with the sitting before the emotional impacts of parts of the screen become apparent.

Create the atmosphere you want. Get the temperature right, limit the distractions and settle in. Your physical comfort level reflects into your enjoyment.

Plan your snacks wisely. Have your snacks ready before the movie, not during an important scene. Nothing takes a movie and throws it away like fishing around for other food during some important event.

Don’t do a second screen. Cannabis allows full immersion because it’s so effective. Keep your phone far away and commit yourself to the movie.

A cannabis high intensifies anything you place before the screen. Choose a subject that already interests you.

Are you ready for your perfect “High & Spooky” night?

You can find all the specific strains you want for a perfect Halloween mood at Canna City.

Decide on your strain, make the right ambience, hit your best horror movie, and let the night take over!