Halloween Movie Picks
Check out these Halloween Movie Picks for the entire family!
Young Children
Wallace (voiced by Peter Sallis) and his loyal dog, Gromit are hired by Lady Tottington (Helena Bonham Carter) to catch a beast attacking the town's sacred vegetable plots. But her snobby suitor, Lord Victor Quartermaine (Ralph Fiennes), has a scheme uphis sleeves that could have dire consequences for her...and Wallace & Gromit! There's something for everyone in this movie – gentle, colorful characters for little ones, lots of action for older kids, and cheeky tributes to movies like King Kong for adults.
Join Elmo and friends for a haunting Halloween adventure as they visit the Count's castle. Telly, Baby Bear, Ernie, and Bert will keep kids laughing with their silly jokes, songs, and surprises. Songs performed include Bones (Inside of You), Transylvania 1-2-3-4-5, We Are All Monsters, Frazzle, and The Batty Bat.
It’s a haunted Halloween in the Hundred Acre Woods, and Roo’s new Heffalump pal, Lumpy, is excited to be trick-or-treating for the first time. That is, until Tigger warns them about the dreaded Gobloon who'll turn them into a “jaggedy lantern” if he catches them! It’s easy to follow, not too scary for tots, and as much fun as “Spookable Pooh,” “Frankenpooh”, and “Boo to You Too!”
“I got a rock,” says Charlie Brown, and we all feel badly for the round-headed kid. In fact, after this show first aired, kids from all over sent him candy out of sympathy. The Peanuts gang has definitely earned our respect and admiration after nearly 40 years of ghost costumes with too many holes, pumpkin heroes who never show up, and a canine World War I Flying Ace fighting bravely for his country. No one does it better than Charles Schulz, and this timeless classic shows the influence of faith, failure and hope in our lives.
This movie put magical flying beds on the map! When a mail-order apprentice witch (Angela Lansbury) is saddled with three sibling refugees from London during World War II, things look grim. But the kids soon discover her secret and with the aid of a magical flying bed, track down her fraudulent headmaster (David Tomlinson) to find the spell that will aid the Allies. This is a wonderful family movie with an interesting story and fun characters that appeals to all ages.
This DVD includes two animated classic tales: “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” and “The Wind in the Willows”. “Willow” features Basil Rathbone as narrator and “Hollow” is the retelling of Washington Irving’s story narrated and sung by Bing Crosby.
Older Children
Young Victor conducts a science experiment to bring his beloved dog Sparky back to life, only to face unintended, sometimes monstrous, consequences. Directed by Tim Burton. Animated.
Tim Burton combines wholesome comedy and creepy horror with this tale of a mild-mannered Victorian gentleman, Victor, who accidentally marries a mysterious corpse bride instead of his intended, Victoria. Victor soon discovers that the Land of the Dead holds more fun than frights and begins to fall in love with his innocent bride. Meanwhile, Victoria has been drawn into a scam of a marriage and may not escape with her life.
In a world where each holiday has its own town, Jack Skellington embarks on a search for something more than the dreariness that Halloween Town offers. Inspired by his discovery of Christmas Town, Jack tries to bring a little Christmas spirit back home. Some of the characters may be scary to very young children. Rated PG for some scary images.
A unique animated movie in a realm all it's own, Coraline is the perfect Halloween haunt movie for those who like a scare. While the animation is brilliant and the story one-of-a-kind, both may be frightening, horrifying even, to young children. For older kids, though, the movie is a creepy cautionary tale about the perils of things that are too good to be true.
Based on the story by popular author R.L. Stine, The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It tells the spooky story of a girl who takes scaring people a little too far. When she finds a book that is capable of real magic, her courage in the face of a truly scary situation is put to the test. The movie is rated PG, for scary content and thematic elements. Stine's scary collections of short stories are generally aimed at kids about 9-12 years old, and the movie seems to target that age group as well.
Eddie Murphy stars in this spooky, CGI effect-packed Disney film, based on the famous Disney World attraction. He plays Jerry, a workaholic real estate agent who interrupts his family's vacation to check out a remote mansion that's for sale. But soon he and his family are trapped in the haunted house and are screaming for their lives.
In this spooky suspense film, an American family moves into a creepy manor house located within a wooded area. Before long they start to see some odd things, and the new tenants learn that 30 years ago, a teenage girl, who bears an uncanny resemblance to their daughter Jan, disappeared nearby. Soon, the supernatural presence starts contacting both sisters. Very Scary! Definitely watch this one first to decide if kids should watch.
A freak show/carnival arrives in a small Illinois town, lead by the evil Mr. Dark. The town's citizens discover, to their surprise and delight, that Mr. Dark has the ability to grant wishes. However, the price of having a wish fulfilled is high: becoming a permanent member of Mr. Dark's traveling freak show.
“Who ya gonna call?” Ghostbusters, of course! With a snappy theme song and the wisecracking Dan Ackroyd, Bill Murray and the rest, this movie about three unemployed parapsychology profs who set up shop to rid the city of pesky goblins is a must-see for grade-schoolers on up.
Bette Midler, Kathy Najimy, and Sarah Jessica Parker play the Sanderson sisters, three resurrected witches who wreak havoc on Salem, Massachusetts, 300 hundred years after they were hung. Ok, so they suck the life force out of a child to rejuvenate themselves - which sounds gruesome - but this movie is surprisingly funny, with a good mix of humor, acting, special effects, music, and a fun plotline.
Don’t fall asleep, or you may never wake up. Taking his killing spree into the dreams of teenagers, Freddy Kruger finishes what he started while he was still alive. A group of friends all start having dreams featuring the disfigured man with knives for hands. As each friend starts dying one by one in their sleep, Nancy (Heather Langenkamp) tries to uncover the secret behind Kruger's murders while devising a plan to bring him into the real world and stop the murders for good. This horror classic is a must-see and one of the most hauntingly scary movies ever.
This film will make you never want to rent a movie again. When a young reporter’s niece dies mysteriously, she notices connections in the death of all her nieces’ friends and a tape that kills you exactly seven days after you watch it. After the reporter (Naomi Watts) views the tape, she has seven days to learn all the secrets of the tape before it kills her. Director, Gore Verbinski, remakes the 1998 movie RINGU, to be one of the most terrifying movies ever made.
Two of the most haunting horror film characters are now killing together. Frustrated by being trapped in Hell for so long, Freddy Kruger enlists the help of Jason Voorhees to make Elm Street pay for covering up his existence. But Jason's killing spree is leaving no one for Freddy to prey on, so Kruger decides to take matters into his own hands, leaving past victims in the cross-fire. Wes Craven and Victor Miller join their terrifying characters together for a scary movie blowout sure to terrify.
After encountering an ex-patient with the ability to see ghosts, child psychologist Malcolm Crowe (Bruce Willis) meets a young boy, Cole (Haley Joel Osment), with the same problem. Cole helps the ghosts that haunt him. Crowe tries to help Cole deal with his problem, and he may be his last hope. This movie directed by M. Night Shymalan, keeps you guessing with an unbelievable twist at the end.
On their way home from college, siblings, Darryl (Justin Long) and Trish (Gina Phillips), are nearly run off the road. They follow the truck and watch the driver dump something down a pipe. Their curiosity gets the best of them and they go to investigate. What they find is that the driver wasn't a man at all, but an ancient demon called The Creeper. He preys on victims that have a certain body part that he needs to stay alive. And now he's found something that he wants from one them, and he won't stop until he gets it.
A year after her mothers death, Sidney (Neve Campbell) becomes the target of a serial killer loose in her home town. One by one, her friends receive mysterious phone calls from a killer in a Halloween ghost mask asking about their favorite scary movie. A tabloid reporter, Gale Weathers (Courtney Cox) tries to convince Sidney that the same person who killed her mother is now after her. But after witnessing her friends die, Sidney doesn’t know whose left to trust. In one of the best slasher films ever created, Wes Craven makes answering the phone horrifying.
As a little boy, Michael Myers (Tony Moran) was institutionalized after he murdered his sister on Halloween night. After being locked up for 15 years, Michael is at it again. He escapes from the hospital where he was under Dr. Sam Loomis’ (Donald Pleasance) care and sets out to murder three girls. While stalking them back in his home town of Haddonfield Illinois, Loomis follows him in the hopes of stopping the crazed murderer before it’s too late. A true slasher film classic perfect for Halloween night.
Adapted from Lois Duncan’s book, four friends try to cover up a hit-and-run on the Fourth of July after a graduation party. The group makes a pact in the hope of keeping it a secret and saving their reputations and decide to dump the body in the ocean. One year later, Julie (Jennifer Love Hewitt) receives a note saying “I know what you did last summer...”. To try and figure out the mystery, she gathers her old friends, and watches people die as she gets closer to the truth.
Two men wake up to find themselves chained in a room with a dead body between them. As they adjust to their surroundings the "games" begin. The mastermind behind these sadistic games is a serial killer, nicknamed "Jigsaw". Each man must face rules and game objectives that force them to face the unimaginable. This film screams "sequel" all over it - and sure enough movie goers haven't had to wait long in between Saw and Saw II (2005) or Saw III for that matter (2006). The films (particularly the first one) do have a creepy pacing and cinematography that is so bleak and dismal, you can't imagine how anyone will make it out of there alive - or would want to after what they are forced to do to themselves and others. The character of Jigsaw, played by Tobin Bell, is more than just a Michael Myers type killer - satisfying a blood lust with no clear motive other than to kill. Jigsaw is an "intellectual" killer - however crazy his acts might be, he always has a reason. He sets out to change the world and the morals of his victims .... one death at a time.
Making fun of Wes Craven’s Scream, along with other scary movies such as I Know What You Did Last Summer and The Sixth Sense, director Keenan Wayans will make you laugh yourself to death. Mixing the Plots of Scream and I Know... four friends are stalked by a man in ghost mask a year after hitting a man with their car on Halloween. A must see for anyone who enjoyed the originals and loves to laugh hysterically.
