10 best Minecraft horror mods to play in Halloween

Minecraft has an underlying spooky tone to it. Though it is a blocky game with basic-looking entities and worlds, its sandbox nature allows the community to create some of the most horrific mods. Furthermore, these especially get more attention during the Halloween season, when players like to decorate their in-game bases with spooky decorations and also play some horror games.

Here are some of the best horror mods to play in Minecraft during Halloween.

Note: This article is subjective and solely reflects the writer's opinion.

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Some great scary mods for Minecraft to play this Halloween

1) Cave Dweller

Cave Dweller is one of the scariest new mods for the game (Image via 9Minecraft)

Cave Dweller is a relatively new mod that adds a unique kind of entity that has various animations, sounds, and behaviors. It will mainly stalk players when they are deep in the caves, and the cave sounds will increase as it comes near them. It has various abilities that are simple but effective, enough to scare most gamers.

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2) Legend of Herobrine

Herobrine mod adds the famous mythical character, along with various other features in Minecraft (Image via CurseForge)

Although Herobrine is not exactly a real player-like entity living in each and every single-player world, this mod makes that famous myth a reality. Fans can explore the world, and create new kinds of items and block configurations to summon the famous entity. The mod also adds various new kinds of features that are somewhat related to the original Herobrine as well.

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3) Horror Movie Monsters

This mod adds various villains from scary movies to Minecraft (Image via CurseForge)

As the name implies, this particular mod adds various kinds of horrific villains from different film franchises. Characters like Michael Myers, Leatherface, Candyman, Victor Crowley, etc. are all present here, and have different health and attack methods. The characters also bring new weapons and items to the game.

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4) Hardcore Darkness

Hardcore darkness mod simply darkens Minecraft even more than usual (Image via CurseForge)

The Hardcore Darkness mod is simple yet effective in adding a horror element to the game. It simply darkens the visuals even more, with some areas being pitch black as well. Although everything else in the game is vanilla, darkening it will automatically make people scared. Of course, this mod can be coupled with others mentioned in the list to send extra chills down the spine.

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5) The Graveyard

The Graveyard mod adds various horror features to the game (Image via CurseForge)

The Graveyard is an expansive mod that adds various biomes, structures, mobs, and blocks that make the game much scarier than before. Players can explore regions with various graves and terrifying hostile mobs with unique features and drops.

This mod is perfect for Halloween, as it offers almost everything spooky. It is one of the most famous of those around, with over seven million downloads on the CurseForge website.

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6) Zombie Awareness

Zombie awareness enhances how zombies act in Minecraft (Image via CurseForge)

Zombies are one of the most basic mobs in the game. They simply chase players slowly and attack them with their hands. However, this particular mod drastically enhances their AI system, making them much more intelligent. They will be able to detect the scent of your blood if you bleed just a little, make any sound, or even light a torch. This makes them much scarier and harder to avoid.

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7) Sanity

This mod adds a sanity mechanic in Minecraft (Image via CurseForge)

This particular mod adds a unique sanity mechanic for players to manage, along with other survival mechanics. If players kill passive mobs, do not sleep, or eat rotten flesh, their sanity level will go down, and they may experience costly hallucinations like ghost zombies, light seekers, and eerie staring eyes. This can make the overall game challenging as well.

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8) The Backrooms

Backrooms is a famous creepypasta fictional area that can be added in Minecraft through a mod (Image via CurseForge)

Backrooms are one of the most famous creepypasta stories about a liminal space that is completely empty, but one can experience spooky creatures stalking them. There is a mod that implements this fictional space in the game itself. It will create custom backrooms in a world for players to explore. Some will be well lit, while others will be dark with a mysterious design and an eerie feeling.

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9) Horror Elements

Horror elements adds various gory and scary blocks and items to decorate areas with in Minecraft (Image via CurseForge)

Though this particular mod is not exactly scary, it can help players create one of the best scary areas in the game. The Horror Elements mod adds various horrific blocks and items to decorate spaces. It is quite graphic, with 14 different types of blood and special atmosphere blocks like spooky sound and broken light.

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10) Bloodmoon

Bloodmoon turns the moon red and increases hostile mob spawning in Minecraft (Image via CurseForge)

Bloodmoon is a unique mod that sometimes turns the celestial body red. It only has a 5% chance of doing so; however, when the moon is red, the game will start spawning more hostile mobs that are much closer. Furthermore, a player cannot sleep through a bloody night, drastically increasing the difficulty level of the game.