Halloween Movies

This 1996 clever-yet-scary slasher comedy movie has big stars like Courtney Cox and Drew Barrymore, and continues to be a fan-favorite hit.

• Halloween

• Scream

• Beetlejuice

• Edward Scissorhands

This 1984 movie has people chasing ghosts. They did a remake of this movie a couple of years ago.

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A young Christina Ricci stars in this sweet movie about a teenage girl's friendship with a twelve-year-old, lonely yet friendly ghost. This movie was made in 1995.

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Four high schoolers discover witchcraft in this campy thriller that explores the spiraling effects of the supernatural on a Los Angeles high school. This movie was made in 1996.

• Hocus Pocus

• The Blair Witch Project

• Scream

• The Craft

This Tim Burton Halloween gothic drama tells the story of a police constable, played by Johnny Depp, sent to investigate the Headless Horseman murders in small town Sleepy Hollow. This movie was made in 1999.

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This 1991 freaky horror movie tells the story of a young FBI agent trying to track down a deeply disturbed serial killer. Fair warning this movie is not for the faint of heart.

• Halloween

• Scream

• The Silence of the Lambs

• The Nightmare on Elm Street

This 1999 psychological thriller follows a young boy who can communicate with the dead, and the psychologist who tries to help him.

• Scream

• The Silence of the Lambs

• Halloweentown

• The Sixth Sense

“They’re creepy and they’re kooky / Mysterious and spooky / They’re altogether ooky” — this 1991 dark comedy stays true to the original television show as it follows the daily lives of the charmingly macabre family.

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A nervous groom gets more than he bargained for while practicing his vows, when he accidentally summons forth a corpse bride in this 2005 animated movie.

• The Nightmare before Christmas

• Hocus Pocus

• Corpse Bride

• Chucky

This 2003 Disney movie is loosely based on the theme-park ride and was truly before its time. The Evers family ends up at a haunted mansion filled with zany ghosts and must find a way to escape. Eddie Murphy’s dad jokes will have you cracking up.

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