9 of the best drinking games to play this Halloween weekend

This is sure to go down a treat on Zoom

Halloween drinking games

by Kayleigh Dray |
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Whether you're having a horror movie marathon with your family/housemates or you're having a Netflix party over Zoom - why not spice things up this Halloween season with a fun drinking game?

Choose your poison (not literally - stick to plain old-fashioned booze, yeah?), put on your best Halloween outfit, marvel at your Halloween decor, head to your favourite streaming service, and settle back; it’s time to get properly sozzled - responsibly, obvs.

Looking for a ready-made Halloween drinking game to play? We've rounded up a few of our favourites to shop online. OR, keep scrolling for Closer's very own horror movie drinking game.

These Cards Will Get You Drunk

Rrp: £19.99

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Compete, vote and screw your friends over with 100 dynamic cards - no two games are the same.

It doesn't get any more entertaining than beer pong - a party classic.

These cards are made for upgrading your pre-drinks, the best way to start your night.

Discover what your friends really think about you. The player who received the most votes wins the card - and, by our rules, has to drink!

Test yourself in a blend of singing, acting, performing, drawing, thinking, and drinking.

Get physical with this cute ring-toss game.

These stacking blocks can be used for many a drinking game - down your drink if you're the unlucky person who pulls the tower down.

Price: £24.95
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BAD CHOICES - The Have You Ever? Game
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Bad Choices is the next level combination of ‘Never Have I Ever’ and ‘UNO’

Closer's ultimate Halloween drinking game

Here's how you play...

TAKE ONE SIP...

Every time someone dies before the opening credits

Ah, Buffy. We expected more from you.

BONUS SIP: For every character who dies from this point onwards.

Every time the phone rings

Make these teeny-weeny sips; if it’s a classic slasher, there’s going to be a LOT of phone calls throughout the flick.

Every time someone runs upstairs to flee their attacker

The alcohol should nurse you through the anger at watching airhead teens head towards certain death, as opposed to the safety of the outside world.

Every time someone says “I’ll be right back”

You know, just before they’re killed horribly.

Every time someone fails to take the threat seriously

BONUS SIP: If they ask ‘Is this some sort of joke?’

Every time there’s a cut scene with a loud noise that’s meant to scare you…

… and nothing actually happens. It’s probably just a cat or something, right?

Every time the phones don’t work…

… or there’s no signal. Again, make these VERY little sips; this is basically the main crux of all horror movies and slasher flicks.

BONUS SIP: If nobody uses a mobile phone to ring for safety.

TAKE TWO SIPS...

Every time the car doesn’t start

It’s weird, isn’t it? Cars usually work just fine until there’s a psychotic killer on the loose.

Every time someone leaves to investigate a strange noise

They have a death wish, basically. And it will be fulfilled.

Every time SOMEONE suggests that the group ‘splits up’

Yeah, great idea; let’s make it easier for the killer to pick us all off one by one, shall we?

Every time there’s an unnecessary underwear shot

There’s a killer on the loose, y’all. You need to be wearing armour, not a babydoll.

BONUS SIP: If that big lingerie reveal comes moments before the person wearing it is murdered.

Horribly. Always horribly.

Every time someone trips inexplicably while running away

Always a sign of bad things to come… trust us.

TAKE THREE SIPS...

Whenever there’s an unsettling child

It doesn’t matter if they see dead people, they are dead people, or they’re possessed by dead people; kids in horror films are ALWAYS a big fat creepy no-no.

Whenever there’s a shower scene

BONUS SIP: If the person showering dies.

Whenever the killer is hiding in the backseat

Essentially, cars are not our friends in the world of horror movies. And they'll do pretty much anything to see us killed.

Whenever someone you thought was dead shows up alive later in the movie

You’re alive! Thank goodness…

We think, anyway.

Whenever there’s shoddy police work

This includes sceptical security guards, too.

DOWN YOUR DRINK IF IT'S TOO SCARY TO HANDLE...

Whenever you think the baddie is dead, but they return for one last scare…

NEVER PUT THE GUN DOWN! NEVER ASSUME THEY’RE REALLY DEAD UNTIL YOU PUMP THEM FULL OF LEAD, OKAY?!?!

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