As October creeps by, so do the ghouls and goblins from below on Halloween night! Nothing’s better than a good Halloween movie to watch to get hyped for the big day. I’ve made this list of movies to enjoy this spooky season, and summarized it for you! 

Coraline – 2009

• A curious young girl named Coraline discovers a secret parallel world within her new home’s walls that seems similar, but better than her own. She loves this other world and would love to stay, till she finds out what the Other Mother has to do if she wants to stay. With her rejection, everything starts to unravel, everything gets weird, and the parallel world wants to trap her there forever. She finds out the real story behind the other mother and why she wants to keep her there forever. Coraline must use her bravery to find her way out and back to her real family.

The Nightmare Before Christmas – 1993

• The movie that had the same argument for decades, “Is it a Halloween movie or a Christmas movie?” I say this movie can be both! The Nightmare Before Christmas follows the adventures of Halloweentown’s beloved pumpkin king, Jack Skellington. Jack Skellington grows tired of the same routine of scaring people in the real world, then stumbles beyond the wonders of Christmastown.

Goosebumps – 2015

• A young boy who’s upset about moving into a small town from a big city, Zach Cooper, finds someone who makes it just a little better: his pretty neighbor Hanna. Zach soon learns that Hannah’s mysterious father is R.L. Stine, the author of the Goosebumps series, and then what Zach wouldn’t have expected was to unleash the ghouls and monsters within those books into real life. It’s up to Stine, his daughter, and Cooper to catch the monsters and put them back in the books, where they belong.

Beetlejuice – 1988

• After a lovely couple, Barbara and Adam Mitland, die in a car accident, they find themselves stuck forever haunting their country residence. When a family buys the house, the Maitlands attempt to scare them away, but to no avail. Since their attempt, it attracts Beetlejuice, a crazy spirit, who quickly becomes a danger to the Mitlands and the family’s teenage daughter, Lydia.

The Haunted Mansion – 2003

• About a workaholic real estate agent, Jim Evers. His wife, Sara, accuses him of neglecting his son and daughter because of his work, so Jim takes his family on vacation. On their way, Jim stops at a creepy, suspicious-looking mansion, which he’s been asked to sell, only to find out that Master Gracey haunts the mansion. Jim and his family, and two other servants who live in the mansion, need to find a way to break the curse of the mansion.

Haunted Mansion – 2023

• The Hunted Mansion is about a woman and her son hiring a crew of self-proclaimed spiritual experts to help rid their home of the spirits that roam within.

Corpse Bride – 2005

• Victor has an arranged marriage with Victoria through their families. Victor and Victoria really do like each other, but Victor is nervous about the whole ceremony. As Victor was in the forest, practicing his lines for the big day, he was dragged by the undead bride named Emily. Emily was once a bride but was murdered after sneaking away with her love, and now wants to marry Victor. Victor has to find a way back to the living before Emily gets swept away by someone else to marry.

ParaNorman – 2012

• Norman Babcock, a young boy who can communicate with ghosts, has often liked their company more than the living. Although things feel fine talking to the undead for young Norman, he soon gets a weird visit from his strange uncle, Mr. Prenderghast. He tells Norman that a centuries-old witch put a curse on their town, and it is about to come true, and only Norman can stop it. Norman must use his spiritual abilities to the max to save his townspeople.

Little Shops Of Horrors – 1986

• A flower assistant named Seymour discovers an unusual plant he names Audrey II, after his co-worker Audrey. Audrey II starts to grow larger; it only feeds on human flesh and blood, but it starts to attract a great deal of business for the struggling flower store. After Audrey’s boyfriend, Orin, accidentally dies, Seymour feeds Orin’s body to the plant. Now Seymour must come up with a way to get more bodies for the increasingly growing bloodthirsty plant.

Wendell & Wild – 2022

• About a girl named Kat who has lost her parents at a young age, and since then has been nothing but trouble. Kat gets a fresh start at a new catholic school, but still doesn’t care about what she does and what happens around that school. The only thing she ever wishes for is her parents back. Kat starts finding herself talking to demons, Wendell and Wild, two devious demons that work for the big man downstairs. Wendell and Wild make a business to revive people and promise to bring Kat her parents back, but they soon will find out it will all crumble at the end.

Spooky Buddies – 2011

• The Buddies are on a hunt for a no-good hound dog, with the Buddies and their new friends Pip, Zelda, Rodney, and Skip. They all must stop Warwick the spooky warlock from his destructive deeds and save the world on Halloween night.

Ghostbusters – 1984

• As members of a team of scientists fall into cushy positions, losing their spots in a university in New York City, they decide to become “ghostbusters.” They started the Ghostbusters to use their high-tech equipment to beat the supernatural for money, but during this, they stumble upon a gateway to another dimension that will release evil into New York City. It’s now up to the Ghostbusters to stop the supernatural from destroying New York City.

Mickey’s House of Villains – 2001

• When Mickey’s House of Mouse gets taken over by the villains, he and his friends try to keep everyone in check and the show running. Mickey’s House of Villains shows multiple Halloween mini-movies with different themes for everyone to enjoy.

Monster House – 2006

• No one would believe the three young kids and their discovery. Dj, Jenny, and Chowder find out that their neighboring residence is a living creature that will harm them and others. With Halloween on its way, they must find a way to destroy this Monster House before Halloween falls, and clueless trick-or-treaters set foot on that house.

Frankenweenie – 2012

• A young boy named Victor Frankenstein has a love for science, and he is an outsider at school, but he has only one friend, his dog Sparky. But unfortunately, tragedy strikes, and Sparky passes. Victor’s heart is shattered, but his school science teacher gives him a risky idea of how to make Sparky come back to life. The experiment was a great success, and everything went well till Victor’s classmates stole his secret and abused it by bringing other dead animals back to life.