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Halloween Movies You Should Watch This Spooky Season

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Movie descriptions courtesy of IMDb.

It’s that time of the year.  It’s time to eat pumpkin loaf and drink pumpkin spice lattes from Starbucks, leaves are starting to change their colors, but most importantly it’s almost Halloween! Ironically, Halloween is my least favorite holiday. Although, I love rewatching my favorite Halloween movies every year. In need of some movies to watch this year or maybe even every year? I got you covered.

Here are some Halloween movies you should watch this spooky season.

Ghostbusters (1984)

Columbia Pictures
Synopsis

Ghostbusters follows three former parapsychology professors who set up shop as a unique ghost removal service.

Director

Ivan Reitman

Cast

Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, Ernie Hudson, Sigourney Weaver, Rick Moranis

The Lost Boys (1987)

Warner Brothers
Synopsis

The Lost Boys follows two brothers discover that the new town they moved to is a haven for vampires.

Director

Joel Schumacher

Cast

Jason Patric, Corey Haim, Dianne Wiest, Corey Feldman, Jami Gertz, Edward Herrmann

Beetlejuice (1988)

Warner Brothers
Synopsis

Beetlejuice follows the spirits of a deceased couple as they are harassed by an unbearable family that has moved into their home, and hire a malicious spirit to drive them out.

Director

Tim Burton

Cast

Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Winona Ryder, Michael Keaton, Catherine O’Hara

Edward Scissorhands (1990)

20th Century Fox
Synopsis

Edward Scissorhands follows an artificial man, who was incompletely constructed and has scissors for hands, leads a solitary life. Then one day, a suburban lady meets him and introduces him to her world.

Director

Tim Burton

Cast

Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder, Dianne Wiest, Anthony Michael Hall

 

The Addams Family (1991)

Paramount Pictures
Synopsis

The Addams Family follows con artists who plan to fleece an eccentric family using an accomplice who claims to be their long-lost uncle.

Director

Barry Sonnenfeld

Cast

Angelica Huston, Raul Julia, Christopher Lloyd, Christina Ricci

Hocus Pocus (1993)

Walt Disney Pictures
Synopsis

Hocus Pocus follows a curious youngster moves to Salem, where he struggles to fit in before awakening a trio of diabolical witches that were executed in the 17th century.

Director

Kenny Ortega

Cast

Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy, Omri Katz, Thora Birch, Vinessa Shaw

Addams Family Values (1993)

Paramount Pictures
Synopsis

Addams Family Values follows the Addams Family as they try to rescue their beloved Uncle Fester from his gold-digging new love, a black widow named Debbie.

Director

Barry Sonnenfeld

Cast

Angelica Huston, Raul Julia, Christopher Lloyd, Christina Ricci, Joan Cusack

The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

Buena Vista Pictures
Synopsis

The Nightmare Before Christmas follows Jack Skellington, king of Halloween town, who discovers Christmas town, but his attempts to bring Christmas to his home causes confusion.

Director

Tim Burton

Cast

Danny Elfman, Chris Sarandon, Catherine O’Hara, William Hickey

Casper (1995)

Universal Pictures
Synopsis

Casper follows an afterlife therapist and his daughter who meet a friendly young ghost when they move into a crumbling mansion in order to rid the premises of wicked spirits.

Director

Brad Silberling

Cast

Bill Pullman, Christina Ricci, Devon Sawa, Cathy Moriarty, Eric Idle

Halloweentown (1998)

Disney Channel
Synopsis

Halloweentown follows a girl helps save a town full of other supernatural creatures after learning that she’s a witch.

Director

Duwayne Dunham

Cast

Kimberly J. Brown, Debbie Reynolds, Judith Hoag, Joey Zimmerman, Emily Roeske

Halloweentown II: Kalabar’s Revenge (2001)

Disney Channel
Synopsis

Halloweentown II: Kalabar’s Revenge follows the Cromwell clan who split their time between the real world and “Halloweentown”, but the son of an old rival threatens to make the latter “real” and the real world a place of monsters.

Director

Mary Lambert

Cast

Kimberly J. Brown, Debbie Reynolds, Judith Hoag, Joey Zimmerman, Emily Roeske

Scooby-Doo (2002)

Warner Brothers
Synopsis

Scooby-Doo follows the Mystery Inc. gang who are individually brought to an island resort to investigate strange things going on after an acrimonious break up.

Director

Raja Gosnell

Cast

Freddie Prinze Jr., Sarah Michelle Gellar, Linda Cardellini, Matthew Lillard, Rowan Atkinson

The Haunted Mansion (2003)

Walt Disney Pictures
Synopsis

The Haunted Mansion follows a realtor and his wife and children as they are summoned to a mansion, which they soon discover is haunted, and while they attempt to escape, he learns an important lesson about the family he has neglected.

Director

Rob Minkoff

Cast

Eddie Murphy, Marsha Thompson, Terence Stamp, Wallace Shawn

Halloweentown High (2004)

Disney Channel
Synopsis

Halloweentown High follows a girl in a magical world who bets on her family’s magic that nothing bad will happen when kids from Halloweentown attend high school in the mortal realm.

Director

Mark A.Z. Dippé

Cast

Kimberly J. Brown, Debbie Reynolds, Judith Hoag, Joey Zimmerman, Lucas Grabeel

Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004)

Warner Brothers
Synopsis

Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed follows the Mystery Inc. gang as they must save Coolsville from an attack of their past monsters brought to life by an evil masked figure trying to take down the gang.

Director

Raja Gosnell

Cast

Freddie Prinze Jr., Sarah Michelle Gellar, Linda Cardellini, Matthew Lillard, Seth Green, Alicia Silverstone

Twitches (2005)

Disney Channel
Synopsis

Twitches follows two teen witches who were separated at birth and were adopted by two different families and they meet on their 21st birthday and must use their powers to save the world in which they were born, where their birth mother still lives.

Director

Stuart Gillard

Cast

Tia Mowry, Tamera Mowry, Kristen Wilson, Patrick Fabian, Jennifer Robertson

Corpse Bride (2005)

Warner Brothers
Synopsis

Corpse Bride follows a shy groom who practices his wedding vows in the inadvertent presence of a deceased young woman in which she rises from the grave assuming he has married her.

Director

Tim Burton

Cast

Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Emily Watson, Albert Finney

Return to Halloweentown (2006)

Disney Channel
Synopsis

Return to Halloweentown follows a Marnie and Dylan who go to follow their dreams to go to college, at Halloweentown University, which is also known as Witch University.

Director

Mark A.Z. Dippé

Cast

Sara Paxton, Joey Zimmerman, Lucas Grabeel, Debbie Reynolds, Judith Hoag

Twitches Too (2007)

Disney Channel
Synopsis

Twitches Too follows the sisters as they settle down to lead normal lives after using their powers to battle the forces of darkness. However, the discovery that their biological father may not be dead, but residing in New York, causes confusion for the pair.

Director

Stuart Gillard

Cast

Tia Mowry, Tamera Mowry, Kristen Wilson, Pat Kelley, Leslie Seiler

Coraline (2009)

Focus Features
Synopsis

Coraline follows an adventurous 11-year-old girl as she finds another world that is a strangely idealized version of her frustrating home, but it has sinister secrets.

Director

Henry Selick

Cast

Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher, Jennifer Saunders, Dawn French

My Babysitter’s a Vampire (2010)

Disney Channel
Synopsis

My Babysitter’s a Vampire follows a teenager who discovers the girl hired to look after his little sister is a vampire.

Director

Bruce McDonald

Cast

Matthew Knight, Atticus Mitchell, Vanessa Morgan, Kate Todd, Cameron Kennedy

Dark Shadows (2012)

Warner Brothers
Synopsis

Dark Shadows follows an imprisoned vampire, Barnabas Collins, who is set free and returns to his ancestral home, where his dysfunctional descendants are in need of his protection.

Director

Tim Burton

Cast

Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfieffer, Helena Bonham Carter, Eva Green

Girl vs. Monster (2012)

Disney Channel
Synopsis

Girl vs. Monster follows a teen girl who goes on a mission to recapture a dangerous monster that she accidentally released before it can do harm to her parents.

Director

Stuart Gillard

Cast

Olivia Holt, Katherine McNamara, Luke Benward, Kerris Dorsey, Brandon Meyer

Goosebumps (2015)

Sony Pictures
Synopsis

Goosebumps follows a teenager who teams up with the daughter of young adult horror author R. L. Stine after the writer’s imaginary demons are set free on the town of Madison, Delaware.

Director

Rob Letterman

Cast

Jack Black, Dylan Minette, Odeya Rush, Amy Ryan, Ryan Lee, Halston Sage

 

Closing Thoughts

Hope you enjoyed this list of spooky movies to watch this Halloween and every Halloween.

Please let me know what your favorite Halloween movie(s) is/are on my Instagram account.

Thank you for reading!

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