Kids Halloween movies

[isabel]

The boys are 4 and 6. We watched ParaNorman last weekend, which they liked. I need another Halloween movie for our movie night tomorrow. I guess I haven’t really watched many Halloween movies, besides Hocus Pocus, because I’m coming up short.

Anyone have a favorite?

[Poeticxpassion]

Halloweentown


Marnie and her kids get a big shock when they follow grandma home to Halloweentown - and find out they come from a family of witches. The town is the only place where supernatural beings can lead a `normal' life, but trouble is looming, and on her 13th birthday Marnie not only finds she is a witch, but that she and her family are involved in a fight against the evil that is threatening to take over the world.

It was a Disney channel movie back in the day. It has a sequel as well.

[mysteriouswife]

hotel transylvania, Addams Family, Casper, any Scooby Doo, Spooky Buddies

[archiethedragon]

nightmare before christmas

beetlejuice

[Poeticxpassion]

Hotel Transylvania 1, 2 and 3

[mysteriouswife]

Coco

Toy Story has one too.

[Patsy Baloney]

Not Spooky Buddies, my GOD that movie was awful.

We like Nightmare Before Christmas a lot. Monster House. Frankenweenie (though I find this sad). Room on the Broom has a 40 minute cartoon version that is delightful. We’ve not watched it, but my niece and nephew really like Goosebumps. Ernest Scared Stupid. Double Double Toil and Trouble is on our docket for this weekend.

Casper the Friendly Ghost is fun.

[mysteriouswife]

I apparently watch too much TV or Love Halloween.

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Frankenwennie

Ghostbusters

Haunted Mansion

Little Monsters

[freshsqueezed]

For young children, Curious George A Halloween Boofest

[karinothing]

We just watched Nightbook which was great but may be scary for some kids.

[gerberdaisy]

One thing I don't recommend, "a babysitters guide to monster hunting". My kids don't get scared much, but we had to turn this off.

[archiethedragon]

Monsters inc

Monsters University

[mysteriouswife]

Oct 28, 2021 13:40:59 GMT -5 Patsy Baloney said:

Not Spooky Buddies, my GOD that movie was awful.

We like Nightmare Before Christmas a lot. Monster House. Frankenweenie (though I find this sad). Room on the Broom has a 40 minute cartoon version that is delightful. We’ve not watched it, but my niece and nephew really like Goosebumps. Ernest Scared Stupid. Double Double Toil and Trouble is on our docket for this weekend.

Casper the Friendly Ghost is fun.

DS loves Spooky Buddies. I have never watched it. DD normally watches it with him. So this is good to know. Lol

[macmars45]

Spookley the Square Pumpkin on Netflix. I haven't seen it because DS(5) refuses to watch it but it looks cute.

ETA: The Cory Carson Halloween episode was super cute. We watched it last year. It's also on Netflix.

[Patsy Baloney]

mysteriouswife, oh my god, it is INTOLERABLY awful. I always have movie night with the kids on Sunday because their dad has a standing meeting on Sunday evening. They chose Spooky Buddies 2 weekends ago and I was like, "Ok, it's probably dumb, but puppies are cute." Yeah, you basically watch dogs die by turning into stone for an hour and half until, magically, at the end only some of them come back to life?

So much sad kid wailing, lol.

[macmars45]

Oct 28, 2021 13:45:27 GMT -5 freshsqueezed said:

For young children, Curious George A Halloween Boofest

On Netflix?

[Patsy Baloney]

We watched Spookley a few years ago and I can't remember why, but it gave me weird, Veggie-Tales-Jesus vibes.

[Bernadine]

Dd loves the Addams family cartoon movie.

[Jalapeñomel]

Oct 28, 2021 13:41:56 GMT -5 mysteriouswife said:

I apparently watch too much TV or Love Halloween.

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Frankenwennie

Ghostbusters

Haunted Mansion

Little Monsters

Ghostbusters would scare the crap out of my kid at 6!

[mysteriouswife]

Oct 28, 2021 14:45:37 GMT -5 Jalapeñomel said:

Oct 28, 2021 13:41:56 GMT -5 mysteriouswife said:

I apparently watch too much TV or Love Halloween.

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Frankenwennie

Ghostbusters

Haunted Mansion

Little Monsters

Ghostbusters would scare the crap out of my kid at 6!

Good point. I don’t think DS has watched it yet at 6. I was thinking of DD for that one

[dochas]

The Curious George Halloween special is fantastic! We also love The Haunted Pumpkin of Sleepy Hollow. Common Sense Media says 6+, but maybe you could look and see if it's okay. www.commonsensemedia.org/search/the%20haunted%20pumpkin%20of%20sleepy%20hollow

[mcppalmbeach]

My kids are 12, 10 and 4 so we have a mix of scarier, but for littler kids we like:

Spookley
It’s the great pumpkin Charlie Brown
Toy story tower of terror
Various Disney plus cartoons

I like room on the broom and the curious George one mentioned but they aren’t on Netflix anymore so we haven’t watched those.

Ds3 just watched nightmare before Christmas and really liked it. I know it’s a cult fave but I had never made it all the way through before. It’s ok for me.

[beerlover]

DS (5) and I watched Casper last night and he really enjoyed it!

[nicolewi]

Concur with many others. My youngest is 6. My kids are pretty sensitive about movies, so sometimes what people suggest we would NOT have watched at 4 & 6. I.e. Beetlejuice, ET, Ghostbusters, Hocus Pocus, etc. Not criticizing those who choose those, but wouldn't work for my kids.

--Room on the Broom is super cute and I love it. It's not a full-length movie.

--Monsters, Inc., maybe

--Hotel Transylvania movies are great and not too scary!

--Some episodes of Vampirina? Halloween episodes of any kid shows (Fancy Nancy, Doc McStuffins, Paw Patrol, whatever)

--Charlie Brown--Great Pumpkin. As kind of odd and old as this is, my kids still enjoy it.

-Maybe "Wizard of Oz"? With the witch? if not too scary

--I LOVE Coco, but for some reason the imagery was too much for my kids at 5 & 7. They got through it, but both little girls were surprisingly scared. My older kids loved it. There was a definite age break at around 8 for being cool with Coco.

--We just watched the first Addams Family animated movie (#2 out now). It was a lot better than I expected, since I had read reviews that were just awful. I thought it was cute and had some funny bits for adults. The imagery is kind of a lot, though, again, if your kids are sensitive about scary stuff. If not, they would be fine.

[liverandonions]

I love the Curious George Halloween movie!
Spookley
Nightmare before christmas
Room on the Broom (not on netflix this year and I almost cried)
Roald Dahl's Witches
Addams family (all versions )
Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
Toy Story of Terror
Scared Shrekless
Frankenweenie

[loira]

Surprised nobody has recommended Hocus Pocus! My DD (5) loves it. Some of the more adult dialogue (virgin must light the black flame candle etc) goes right over her head. It's scarier than Halloweentown but not as scary, IMO, as Nightmare before Christmas.

[isabel]

Oct 28, 2021 16:56:31 GMT -5 loira said:

Surprised nobody has recommended Hocus Pocus! My DD (5) loves it. Some of the more adult dialogue (virgin must light the black flame candle etc) goes right over her head. It's scarier than Halloweentown but not as scary, IMO, as Nightmare before Christmas.

I put Hocus Pocus in my OP! Lol

It’s been ages since I’ve seen it though. I really couldn’t remember if it would be appropriate or entertaining for them.

[loira]

Oct 28, 2021 17:46:30 GMT -5 isabel said:

Oct 28, 2021 16:56:31 GMT -5 loira said:

Surprised nobody has recommended Hocus Pocus! My DD (5) loves it. Some of the more adult dialogue (virgin must light the black flame candle etc) goes right over her head. It's scarier than Halloweentown but not as scary, IMO, as Nightmare before Christmas.

I put Hocus Pocus in my OP! Lol

It’s been ages since I’ve seen it though. I really couldn’t remember if it would be appropriate or entertaining for them.

Ha OMG! That's what I get for trying to GBCN on my tiny phone screen. Oops!

[keyslover]

It’s only about 50 minutes. But we loved the muppets haunted mansion.

Halloweentown (all of them)
Hotel Transylvania (all of them)
Nightmare Before Christmas
Corpse Bride
Coraline ( I find scary, but my one kid didn’t)

[loira]

Oh, and a genuine recommendation for The Worst Witch on Netflix, which isn't necessarily Halloween themed but does have witches so could be.