Halloween Movies for the Whole Family

Every year, Halloween activities often include the whole family. Decorations, food preparation, costume buying or creating, and adult supervision while trick-or-treating, draws family members together for a wonderful fall season activity. Watching Halloween movies while enjoying your favorite snacks and beverages is another great way the family can spend meaningful time together.

Here are 25 Halloween-themed movies plus several movies that embody the atmosphere of the season, for the family to enjoy. The first group are for young children, the middle for older children or teens, and the last group for adults. Of course, depending on a parent’s discretion, there may be cross-overs.

Halloween movies for the younger crowd:

1. Sesame Street (DVD 2004) - a magical Halloween adventure starring Jim Henson and Frank Oz.
2. Charlie and Lola: What Can I Wear for Halloween (DVD 2009).
3. Sesame Street – Elmo Says Boo (DVD 2002) – Alan Arkin stars.
4. Fat Albert’s Halloween Special (DVD 2008).
5. The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (DVD 2000) – Bing Crosby and Basil Rathbone.
6. Monsters, Inc. 2001 – Animated children’s movie with Billy Crystal and John Goodman.
7. It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (DVD 2008) – A Halloween classic.
8. Clifford the Big Red Dog: Clifford’s Big Halloween (DVD 2006).
9. Pooh’s Heffalump Movie (DVD 2005).
10. Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971) – Walt Disney animated movie with Angela Lansbury.

For the progressively older family members:

1. The Little Vampire (DVD 2000) – Tommy Hinckley and Jonathan Lipnicki.
2. The Halloweentown Series (DVD ) – Halloweentown/Halloweentown II (1998), Halloweentown High (2004), Return to Halloweentown (2007) starring Debbie Reynolds.
3. The Corpse Bride (2005) – Animated Tim Burton film voiced by Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter.
4. The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) – Tim Burton film based in Christmastown on Halloween.
5. Hocus Pocus (DVD 2002) – Bette Midler and Sarah Jessica Parker.
6. My Fair Madeline/Sabrina the Teenage Witch: Friend’s Forever (DVD 2008) Whoopie Goldberg.
7. Young Frankenstein (DVD 2006) – Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman and Madeline Kahn.
8. Halloween (1978) - Jamie Lee Curtis and Donald Pleasence.
9. Halloween: H2O (1998) – Jamie Lee Curtis, LL Cool J and Michelle Williams.
10. Halloween: Resurrection (2002) – Jamie Lee Curtis, Brad Loree, Busta Rymes, Tyra Banks.
11. Halloween (2007) – Tyler Mane, Scott Taylor-Compton, Malcolm McDowell.
12. Frankenstein (1931) – Boris Karloff at his best.
13. Poltergeist I, II, III – Heather O’Rourke stars as Carol Anne.
14. The Exorcist (1973) – Ellen Burstyn, Linda Blair, Max Von Sydow, Jason Miller.
15. Carrie (1976) – Sissy Spacek stars.