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20 Scary Halloween Photo Effects & Horror Filters for Photoshop

Love scary spooky Halloween pictures? Take your scary Halloween photos even further with these amazing effects and scary filters! Find your next favourite Halloween filter in this collection of the best Photoshop actions and effects for scary Halloween photos. Download them now and get creating!
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Halloween Filter Photoshop Brushes

  • These 26 devilishly cool Halloween brushes are spooky and mysterious, making them perfect for any Halloween project.
  • The shapes include trees, gravestones, pumpkins, and witches. They're easy to add.
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Smoke Photoshop Halloween Filters

  • If you like Halloween filters, adding smoke to your image can make it incredibly atmospheric.
  • This download includes seven smoke effects that are pre-rendered to let you switch between effects.
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Haunted Scary Photo Filter for Photoshop

  • Looking for an easy way to add Halloween filters? If you’re a fan of horror films, then you’ll love Haunted Photoshop Actions.
  • Add a pale, ghostly effect to your images, and your audience will never sleep again.
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Zombie Photoshop Halloween Photo Filter

  • Who doesn’t love a good zombie movie? They’re a classic, and you can create this look with a Zombie Photoshop Action.
  • Create blood stains, black veins, wounds, and much more. The filter makes it simple.
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Photoshop Smoke Creepy Filter

  • This Photoshop Action creates the effect for you. Simply colour over your subject and hit play.
  • Rather than a burning building style of smoke, this has a gentle, other-worldly feel.
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Ghost Scary Filters for Photoshop

  • Ghost Photo Creator is a nice way to make a Halloween image without being too gimmicky.
  • This Halloween filter download comes with ten effects and ten real film grain textures.
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Disturb Photoshop Spooky Filter

  • Use strong vertical lines to displace your image and create an unsettling distortion effect with Disturb for Photoshop.
  • Choose from six shapes, including triangle, diamond, and square. It's simple to use.
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Scary Halloween Photos Actions

  • Vampire imagery is a classic for this time of year.
  • There are ten eye options and ten colour effects to choose from on this Halloween filter, perfect for classic vampires.
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Blood Add Ons for Horror Photographs

  • It wouldn’t be Halloween without fake blood. Check out the Glossy Blood Splatters brush set for Photoshop.
  • There’s a gradient map included to stop the splatters from looking flat.
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Photoshop Halloween Evil Scary Filter

  • Check out this scary filter. Take any photos and easily turn them into scary spooky Halloween pictures. 
  • A spooky filter makes it easy to give your work an entirely new and creepy life!
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Magic Overlays Halloween Filters

  • If you love taking and creating scary spooky Halloween pictures, you're going to love this magical overlay.
  • Use this Halloween photo filter to easily add magical elements.
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Scary Cool Pictures Overlay

  • These Halloween filters add a touch of black magic in an easy-to-use overlay.
  • They're easy to apply in Photoshop and can take a normal photo and make it a seasonal masterpiece.
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Cyborg Scary Photo Filter

  • This scary photo filter makes amazingly scary Halloween photos. 
  • Easily turn yourself into a cyborg without necessarily being a Photoshop pro!
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Moody Dark Creepy Filter Overlay

  • The right mood can really make scary cool pictures work. This filter does just that.
  • Add that dark ambience to bring the Halloween spirit to your photographs and artwork.
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Captured Halloween Photo Filter

  • Check out this intensely creepy filter! Take any photo and add a dark, edgy sense of being captured.
  • Use this Halloween filter to add spooky vibes to any photograph you like.
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Scary Filters for Horror Photographs

  • Scary filters can really help enhance horror photos. This is an amazing example.
  • The red overlay in this spooky filter really makes for a creepy, unsettling vibe.
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Halloween Filter for Scary Cool Pictures

  • The best Photoshop actions aren't always the most intense ones. This spooky filter adds a touch of autumn flair.
  • Use it for all kinds of different photos this season.
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Horror Filter for Scary Halloween Photos

  • This Halloween photo filter will turn you into a skeleton!
  • It would be a challenge to do this by hand, but this creepy filter does all the heavy lifting for you.
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Best Photoshop Actions for Halloween

  • Glitched Halloween filters, like this one, can be such a spooky choice.
  • Use it for posters, invitations, and more. It's got that perfect Halloween vibe.

Love Photoshop effects and filters? You can find some of the best Photoshop actions on Envato Elements. One low price gets you unlimited access to the entire library. That means you can download and get creating, right now, with as many filters as you like! They're all included.

More Cool Photoshop Resources for a Spooktacular Halloween

Looking for Halloween videos? You can find plenty of free spooky video clips over at Mixkit, an awesome HD video site offering royalty-free stock footage for you to use wherever you want, for no cost.

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