Looking for a Halloween movie to watch with the kids and family? Then you’ve come to the right place for our guide to some of the best children’s movies for Halloween!
The Addams Family (1991, PG-13) The film focuses on the family’s search for Gomez’s missing brother, Fester. Fester’s return leads to a joyful reunion between the brothers. However, all is not as it seems: Fester’s scheming “mother” is working with a money hungry lawyer on a plot to steal the family’s fortune. This causes problems for the family and hilarity ensues.
Casper (1995, PG) Casper is a kind young ghost who peacefully haunts a mansion in Maine. When specialist James Harvey arrives to communicate with Casper and his fellow spirits, he brings along his teenage daughter, Kat. Casper quickly falls in love with Kat, but their budding relationship is complicated not only by his transparent state, but also by his troublemaking apparition uncles and their mischievous antics.
Coraline (2009, PG) Coraline Jones is bored in her new home until she finds a secret door that leads her into a world that’s just like her own…but better! But when this fantastical adventure turns dangerous and her “other” Mother tries to keep her forever, Coraline must count on her resourcefulness and bravery to get home.
The Frankenweenie (2012, PG) When a car hits young Victor’s pet dog Sparky, Victor decides to bring him back to life the only way he knows how. But when the bolt-necked “monster” wreaks havoc and terror in the hearts of Victor’s neighbors, he has to convince them that Sparky’s still the good, loyal friend he was.
Goosebumps (2015, PG) After moving to a small town, Zach Cooper finds a silver lining when he meets next door neighbor Hannah, the daughter of bestselling Goosebumps series author R.L. Stine. When Zach unintentionally unleashes real monsters from their manuscripts and they begin to terrorize the town, it’s suddenly up to Stine, Zach and Hannah to get all of them back in the books where they belong.
Hocus Pocus (1993, PG) Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy play resurrected witch sisters from the 17th century in this silly comedy from Disney. The witches, accidentally revived by three children on Halloween, must consummate a spell before sunrise or perish forever. This film might be for kids but it has enough fun and pace to maintain parents’ attention.
Hotel Translvania (2012, PG) Welcome to the Hotel Transylvania, Count Dracula lavish five-stake resort, where monsters and their families can live it up, free to be the monsters they are without humans to bother them. On one special weekend, Dracula invites some of the world’s most famous monsters – Frankenstein and his bride, the Mummy, the Invisible Man, a family of werewolves, and more – to celebrate his daughter Mavis’ 118th birthday. For Drac, catering to all of these legendary monsters is no problem – but his world could come crashing down when one ordinary guy stumbles into the hotel and takes a shine to Mavis.
Monster House (2006, PG) No adults believe three youths’ assertion that a neighboring residence is a living creature that means them harm. With Halloween approaching, the trio must find a way to destroy the structure before innocent trick-or-treaters meet ghastly ends.
Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983, PG) In a small American town, a diabolical circus arrives, granting wishes for the townsfolk, but twisted as only the esteemed Mr. Dark can make them. Can two young boys overcome the worst the devil himself can deal out?
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