Today is Blogtober 2023 day 4, the topic for today is top spooky films to watch in October. As I do not like scary films. I ban everyone from watching them if I am around. I thought I would share family friendly scary films
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Hocus Pocus
After moving to Salem, Mass, teenager Max Dennison (Omri Katz) explores an abandoned house. With his sister Dani (Thora Birch) and their new friend, Allison (Vinessa Shaw). After dismissing a story Allison tells as superstitious, Max accidentally frees a coven of evil witches. (Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy) who used to live in the house. Now, with the help of a magical cat. The kids must steal the witches’ book of spells to stop them from becoming immortal.
Casper
Casper (voiced by Malachi Pearson) is a kind young ghost who peacefully haunts a mansion in Maine. When specialist James Harvey (Bill Pullman) arrives to communicate with Casper and his fellow spirits. He brings along his teenage daughter, Kat (Christina Ricci). 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.
The Addams Family
When a man (Christopher Lloyd) claiming to be Fester, the missing brother of Gomez Addams (Raul Julia), arrives at the Addams’ home, the family is thrilled. However, Morticia (Anjelica Huston) begins to suspect the man is a fraud, since he cannot recall details of Fester’s life. With the help of lawyer Tully Alford (Dan Hedaya), Fester manages to get the Addams clan evicted from their home. Gomez realizes the two men are conspiring to swindle the Addams fortune and that he must challenge Fester.
Beetlejuice
After Barbara (Geena Davis) and Adam Maitland (Alec Baldwin) die in a car accident, they find themselves stuck haunting their country residence, unable to leave the house. When the unbearable Deetzes (Catherine O’Hara, Jeffrey Jones) and teen daughter Lydia (Winona Ryder) buy the home, the Maitlands attempt to scare them away without success. Their efforts attract Beetlejuice (Michael Keaton), a rambunctious spirit whose “help” quickly becomes dangerous for the Maitlands and innocent Lydia.
Coraline
While exploring her new home, a girl named Coraline (Dakota Fanning) discovers a secret door, behind which lies an alternate world that closely mirrors her own but, in many ways, is better. She rejoices in her discovery, until Other Mother (Teri Hatcher) and the rest of her parallel family try to keep her there forever. Coraline must use all her resources and bravery to make it back to her own family and life.
What are your family favourite Haloween films?
Love the Hocus Pocus films, can’t wait for number 3 to come out!
It is a great film
Great classics on this list! Halloween seems to have gotten more and more horror-centric as I have gotten older, so I love reading lists of not-so-horror ones. Thank you for sharing!
I do not like scary films so these are my go to halloween films
Can’t believe the only film I’ve seen in that list is Casper. Yeah I’ve never been a fan of horrors so thank you so much for recommending some not so scary ones. But for now I should really play Casper to my kids as they have already got th Halloween spirit
It seems a lot of people do not like scary films either
I adore the movies you mention in the post. They are sweet, they are reflective, and can be a cool way to spend a family night.
They are my kind of halloween films
Great list! Several of our family favorites are on the list with Casper being a huge winner in our house. 👻👻👻
Who doesn’t like Casper
I’m not a fan of horror movies so these are right up my street, although I’ve not watched Casper in a long time. I also love Hocus Pocus and Nightmare Before Christmas x
C loves nigtmare before Christmas as well, no idea how I forgot to add to the list
Ah, Casper! 😄 This movie is such a heartwarming classic. I’ll never forget the adventures of this friendly ghost and his unique family. It’s a delightful blend of humor and heartfelt moments, perfect for family movie night!
Who can not love Casper the friendly ghost
One of my other favorites is Nightmare before Christmas! There are so many fun Halloween films to enjoy as a family. I for one as I’ve gotten older can’t really handle the super scary or violent ones so I enjoy the more lighthearted shows too. Great list!
My Daughter loves that film as well no idea how I left it off the list
I hate scarey movies as well. My children used to love the Adam’s family!
I am so glad I am not alone with not liking scary films
Thanks for the list of these Halloween films. The kids want to watch some ‘spooky’ movies and some of these would be appropriate for them.
These are my level of halloween films
These are great picks. I definitely lean into the cute side of Halloween the most, so these are all some of my favorite movies.
Glad to have included some of your favourite films
These are all probably my favourite Halloween films. I am not a fan of scary one’s at all!
It seems a few people do not like scary films either
I’ve seen all of these movies but they’re classic, especially during Halloween! I can’t wait to watch them again, can’t wait!!! Happy Halloween
They are all great family friendly films
As a person who HATES scary movies, this list was up my alleyyy… I love Hocus Pocus.
glad I am not the only one
My type of films and good to watch with the kids
My level of scary films
love them all – think hocus Pocus is our favourite family film
These are my kind of halloween films