Here are a few suggestions to make sure you’re in the spirit of the season. I’m feeling lazy, so this isn’t an exhaustive list. Consider it…selective.

There are of course a million books on Halloween and horror and such, but I’d suggest two by David Skal. The Monster Show is a terrific cultural history of the horror film. Death Makes a Holiday: A Cultural History of Halloween is, like the title states, a cultural history of Halloween.

If you want to read more about classic horror movies but don’t want to leave the warm glow of your computer, Monsterfest is a blog run by AMC.

If you’re looking to update your Netflix list, TVGuide has an intriguing list of less-traditional horror movies. I think some of them may even be part of the Netflix streaming service (which I haven’t tried since it only works on my office PC, not on my Mac). Of the movies on the list, I’ve only seen Guillermo del Toro’s The Devil’s Backbone. (You know, the guy who made Pan’s Labrynth). If the others are even half as good as Devil’s Backbone I think it’s a list worth investigating. I may have seen The Crazies, it sounds familiar. (A joke about co-workers would be like shooting fish in a barrel so let’s just move along). I’ve been dying to see another movie on the list, Black Sheep, for a while.

Classic-horror.com reviews classic horror movies and also has a cool biography section.

So there you have it. What you have, I don’t know. But you must have something. Celebrate accordingly.