Halloween is definitely that time of the year when it’s perfectly fine and acceptable to watch the scariest and most disturbing films there are and have no one judge you. However, for the kids and the kids-at-heart who’d rather not watch something nightmare-inducing and would just like to stick with the movies that has just the right amount of spooky vibe in it for the yearly event, there are a lot of titles out there — both the new and classic ones — that you can watch on your family movie nights!
Grab your snacks and gather everyone in the family as we’re giving you 13 Halloween movies that you can watch with the young ones in the family!
Hotel Transylvania
This anime is set in Hotel Transylvania, a five-stake resort owned by Dracula where monsters and their families can visit and no humans are allowed. One weekend, Dracula invites his friends and their families to celebrate his daughter Mavis’ 118th birthday. Things get complicated when one ordinary guy stumbles into the hotel and changes everything. This film features the voices of Adam Sandler, Selena Gomez, Andy Samberg, Kevin James, and more.
Where to Watch: Netflix
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial is about an alien who has been left behind on Earth and is saved by young Elliot who decides to keep him hidden. As the task force hunts for it, Elliot and his siblings form a bond with their new friend. The film stars Dee Wallace, Henry Thomas, Peter Coyote, Robert MacNaughton, Drew Barrymore, and more.
Where to Watch: YouTube
The Addams Family
The Addams Family is a 1991 supernatural black comedy film about the Addams, a bizzare, macabre, and aristoricratic family who finds themselves reconnecting with Fester Addams, a man who they believe is a long-lost relative. What they don’t know is that he’s actually the adopted son of a loan shark who plans to swindle the clan out of their wealth.
Where to Watch: YouTube
Coraline
Coraline is an animated film about a girl named Coraline who discovers a door to a fantasy version of her life while wandering her old hours. To be able to stay in the fantasy, she must make a real and frightening sacrifice. The film’s voice cast includes Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher, Ian McShane, Keith David, Jennifer Saunders, and more.
The Nightmare Before Christmas
From Tim Burton comes The Nightmare Before Christmas, a dark fantasy movie about Jack Skellington, known as the King of Halloweentown, who becomes bored with frightening people in the “real world” annually. He gets a new lease on life when he stumbles upon Christmastown, and he finds himself getting obsessed with the yearly holiday. He then decides to bring Christmas under his control by kidnapping Santa Clause and taking over his role, only to end up realizing that his plans can also go seriously wrong.
Chris Sarandon, Catherine O’Hara, William Hickey, Glenn Shadix, and more lend their voices for this 1993 film.
Where to Watch: YouTube
Hocus Pocus
Hocus Pocus is another Halloween classic that was released back in 1993. It follows a teenager named Max Dennison who accidentally frees a coven of evil witches while exploring an abandoned house with his sister and their new friend. The kids must then steal the witches’ book of spells with the help of a magical cat to stop them from being immortal. It stars Omri Katz, Thora Birch, Vinessa Shaw, Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy.
Where to Watch: YouTube
Casper
In this 1995 classic, Casper is a young ghost boy who peacefully haunts a mansion in Maine falls in love with a human girl named Kat, who’s the child of a specialist who arrives at the mansion to communicate with Casper and his fellow spirits. Casper and Kat’s relationship becomes complicated not only because of his transparent state but also because of the apparition of his uncles and their antics. Christina Ricci, Bill Pullman, Cathy Moriarty, and more star in this film.
Corpse Bride
Corpse Bride is another film by Tim Burton, and it features the voices of Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Emily Watson, and Richard E. Grant. It centers on Victor and Victoria, whose families arrange their marriage. While practicing his lines for the wedding, Victor finds himself dragged to the land of the dead by a tree branch that becomes a hand. It’s there that he meets Emily, a girl murdered after eloping with her love, and now wants to marry Victor. He must then find a way to get back aboveground before Victoria marries the villainous Barkis Bittern.
Where to Watch: Netflix / YouTube
Monster House
Monster House is about three young boys who discover that their neighboring house is actually a living creature that wants to harm them. Despite this, no adults believe them, and so they must find a way to destroy the structure before the trick-or-treaters are put in danger. Steve Buscemi, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Mitchel Musso, Spencer Locke, Sam Lerner, and more lend their voices for this animated film.
Where to Watch: YouTube
Coco
This Disney-Pixar film follows a 12-year-old boy named Miguel who finds himself in the colorful Land of the Dead after a mysterious chain of events during the Mexican holiday Dia De Muertos. Together with a trickster named Hector, they go on a journey to unlock the story of Miguel’s family history, all while finding a way to get back to the land of the living.
Beetlejuice
Beetlejuice centers on Barbara and Adam Maitland who, after dying in a car accident, find themselves stuck in their country residence, which is bought by the unbearable Deetzes and their teen daughter Lydia. The Maitlands then try to scare them away, attracting the attention of Beetlejuice — a spirit whose help becomes dangerous for Lydia and the Maitlands. It stars Michael Keaton, Michael Baldwin, Geena Davis, Winona Ryder, and more.
Where to Watch: YouTube
Ghostbusters (1984)
In Ghostbusters, a team of scientists loses their positions at a university in New York and decides to become “ghostbusters” to wage battle with the supernatural for money. While working on their jobs, they encounter a gateway to another dimension that can release evil upon the city. The three scientists must then work to save New York from destruction. Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, Sigourney Weaver, and more.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
The first in Harry Potter franchise, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone follows a boy named Harry Potter who learns on his eleventh birthday that he’s the son of two powerful wizards and that he, himself, is a wizard as well. He then becomes a student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where he meets friends who help him discover the truth behind his parents’ deaths.
Where to Watch: YouTube / HBO GO
Halloweentown
Halloweentown is about a girl living with her good witch grandmother who learns that she too is a witch. She must then help her grandmother save Halloweentown from supernatural creatures. This is the first of a series of 4 Halloweentown movies.
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