All things Halloween
by zombiecupcakemassacre | created - 09 Aug 2013 | updated - 09 Aug 2013 | PublicMovies and tv specials that feature Halloween or have Halloween scenes. Some low budget schlock, some gems and stuff for kids as well.
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1. Halloween (1978)
R | 91 min | Horror, Thriller
Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois to kill again.
Director: John Carpenter | Stars: Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tony Moran, Nancy Kyes
Votes: 306,701 | Gross: $47.00M
The ultimate Halloween film.
2. Trick 'r Treat (2007)
R | 82 min | Comedy, Horror
Five interwoven stories that occur on Halloween: an everyday high school principal has a secret life as a serial killer; a college virgin might have just met the guy for her; a group of teenagers pull a mean prank; a woman who loathes the night has to contend with her holiday-obsessed husband; and a mean old man meets his match with a demonic, supernatural trick-or-treater.
Director: Michael Dougherty | Stars: Anna Paquin, Brian Cox, Dylan Baker, Rochelle Aytes
Votes: 104,607
Next to the original Halloween, quite possibly the most perfect Halloween film ever.
3. Hocus Pocus (1993)
PG | 96 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
A teenage boy named Max and his little sister move to Salem, where he struggles to fit in before awakening a trio of diabolical witches that were executed in the 17th century.
Director: Kenny Ortega | Stars: Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy, Omri Katz
Votes: 155,888 | Gross: $44.34M
4. Halloween II (1981)
R | 92 min | Horror
While Dr. Loomis hunts for Michael Myers, a traumatized Laurie is rushed to Haddonfield Memorial Hospital, and The Shape is not far behind her.
Director: Rick Rosenthal | Stars: Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasence, Charles Cyphers, Jeffrey Kramer
Votes: 101,679 | Gross: $25.53M
5. Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)
R | 98 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Kids all over America want Silver Shamrock masks for Halloween. Doctor Daniel Challis seeks to uncover a plot by Silver Shamrock owner Conal Cochran.
Director: Tommy Lee Wallace | Stars: Tom Atkins, Stacey Nelkin, Dan O'Herlihy, Michael Currie
Votes: 60,982 | Gross: $14.40M
6. The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
PG | 76 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy
Jack Skellington, king of Halloween Town, discovers Christmas Town, but his attempts to bring Christmas to his home causes confusion.
Director: Henry Selick | Stars: Danny Elfman, Chris Sarandon, Catherine O'Hara, William Hickey
Votes: 375,057 | Gross: $75.08M
7. Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)
R | 88 min | Horror, Thriller
Ten years after his original massacre, the invalid Michael Myers awakens on Halloween Eve and returns to Haddonfield to kill his seven-year-old niece. Can Dr. Loomis stop him?
Director: Dwight H. Little | Stars: Donald Pleasence, Ellie Cornell, Danielle Harris, George P. Wilbur
Votes: 58,635 | Gross: $17.77M
8. The Midnight Hour (1985 TV Movie)
Unrated | 94 min | Comedy, Horror, Romance
Phil, Melissa, Mitch, Mary, and Vinnie are high school friends, who unwittingly raise the dead on Halloween night. Once the dead have returned, Pitchford Cove will never be the same again....or will it?
Director: Jack Bender | Stars: Jonelle Allen, Shari Belafonte, LeVar Burton, Peter DeLuise
Votes: 2,233
Cheesy good fun.
9. It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (1966 TV Movie)
TV-G | 25 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
The Peanuts gang celebrates Halloween while Linus waits for the Great Pumpkin.
Director: Bill Melendez | Stars: Peter Robbins, Christopher Shea, Sally Dryer, Cathy Steinberg
Votes: 22,000
10. The Halloween Tree (1993 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 69 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Four children learn the origins of Halloween customs while trying to save the life of their friend.
Director: Mario Piluso | Stars: Ray Bradbury, Leonard Nimoy, Annie Barker, Alex Greenwald
Votes: 2,405
A favorite to watch during the Halloween season.
11. House of 1000 Corpses (2003)
R | 89 min | Horror
Two young couples traveling across the backwoods of Texas searching for urban legends of murder end up as prisoners of a bizarre and sadistic backwater family of serial killers.
Director: Rob Zombie | Stars: Sid Haig, Karen Black, Bill Moseley, Sheri Moon Zombie
Votes: 93,351 | Gross: $12.63M
Love the Halloween dinner scene.
12. Lady in White (1988)
PG-13 | 113 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
An author tells the story of how, as a young boy growing up in a 1960s small town, he was haunted after witnessing the murder of a little girl.
Director: Frank LaLoggia | Stars: Lukas Haas, Len Cariou, Alex Rocco, Katherine Helmond
Votes: 8,044 | Gross: $1.71M
13. Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989)
R | 96 min | Horror, Thriller
One year after the events of Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988), the Shape returns to Haddonfield once again in an attempt to kill his now-mute niece.
Director: Dominique Othenin-Girard | Stars: Donald Pleasence, Danielle Harris, Ellie Cornell, Beau Starr
Votes: 47,072 | Gross: $11.64M
14. Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995)
R | 87 min | Horror, Thriller
Six years after Michael Myers last terrorized Haddonfield, he returns there in pursuit of his niece, Jamie Lloyd, who has escaped with her newborn child, for which Michael and a mysterious cult have sinister plans.
Director: Joe Chappelle | Stars: Donald Pleasence, Paul Rudd, Marianne Hagan, Mitchell Ryan
Votes: 42,039 | Gross: $15.12M
15. Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998)
R | 86 min | Horror, Thriller
Laurie Strode, now the dean of a Northern California private school with an assumed name, must battle the Shape one last time, as the life of her own son hangs in the balance.
Director: Steve Miner | Stars: Jamie Lee Curtis, Josh Hartnett, Adam Arkin, Michelle Williams
Votes: 82,026 | Gross: $55.04M
16. Halloween: Resurrection (2002)
R | 90 min | Horror, Thriller
Three years after he last terrorized his sister, Michael Myers confronts her again, before traveling to Haddonfield to deal with the cast and crew of a reality show which is being broadcast from his old home.
Director: Rick Rosenthal | Stars: Jamie Lee Curtis, Busta Rhymes, Brad Loree, Bianca Kajlich
Votes: 49,272 | Gross: $30.35M
17. Halloween (2007)
R | 109 min | Horror
After being committed for 15 years, Michael Myers, now a grown man and still very dangerous, escapes from the mental institution and immediately returns to Haddonfield to find his baby sister, Laurie.
Director: Rob Zombie | Stars: Scout Taylor-Compton, Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Brad Dourif
Votes: 130,566 | Gross: $58.27M
18. Halloween II (2009)
R | 105 min | Horror
Laurie Strode struggles to come to terms with her brother Michael's deadly return to Haddonfield, Illinois; meanwhile, Michael prepares for another reunion with his sister.
Director: Rob Zombie | Stars: Scout Taylor-Compton, Tyler Mane, Malcolm McDowell, Sheri Moon Zombie
Votes: 59,783 | Gross: $33.39M
19. The Halloween That Almost Wasn't (1979 TV Movie)
30 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Upset by rumors that Halloween may end, Dracula calls his mild-mannered monsters together and delivers an ultimatum - either regain their frightening image, or leave his Transylvania castle forever.
Director: Bruce Bilson | Stars: Judd Hirsch, Mariette Hartley, Henry Gibson, Jack Riley
Votes: 608
20. Witch's Night Out (1978 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 28 min | Animation, Family
A witch, disgruntled by the fact that no one takes Halloween seriously anymore, decides to stir things up and disrupt the social gathering in her old house as well as turn a couple of kids who love monsters into actual monsters.
Director: John Leach | Stars: Gilda Radner, Bob Church, John Leach, Naomi Leach
Votes: 469
A favorite since I was a kid.
21. Night of the Demons (1988)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Ten teenagers party at an abandoned funeral parlor on Halloween night. When an evil force awakens, demonic spirits keep them from leaving and turn their gathering into a living Hell.
Director: Kevin Tenney | Stars: Cathy Podewell, Alvin Alexis, Hal Havins, Allison Barron
Votes: 19,124 | Gross: $3.11M
22. Underfist: Halloween Bash (2008 TV Movie)
TV-Y7-FV | 61 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Irwin, Hoss Delgado, Jeff the Spider, Fred Fredburger, and General Skarr from the "Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy" team up to fight an evil candy army from the Underworld on Halloween.
Director: Shaun Cashman | Stars: Grey Griffin, Greg Eagles, Richard Steven Horvitz, Vanessa Marshall
Votes: 218
23. Ginger Snaps (2000)
Not Rated | 108 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Two death-obsessed sisters, outcasts in their suburban neighborhood, must deal with the tragic consequences when one of them is bitten by a deadly werewolf.
Director: John Fawcett | Stars: Emily Perkins, Katharine Isabelle, Kris Lemche, Mimi Rogers
Votes: 52,281 | Gross: $0.00M
24. Night of the Demons (2009)
R | 93 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy
A group of kids go to a Halloween party, only to have to face down a group of demons.
Director: Adam Gierasch | Stars: Tatyana Kanavka, Michael Arata, Shannon Elizabeth, Linnea Quigley
Votes: 8,518
25.
The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy (2001–2007)
Episode:
Billy & Mandy's Jacked-Up Halloween
(2003)
TV-Y7 | 22 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Jack, a headless prankster from Grim's past, uses Billy to steal Grim's scythe so he can destroy Grim and take over the world with demons from the Netherworld.
Directors: Robert Alvarez, Juli Murphy | Stars: Grey Griffin, Greg Eagles, Richard Steven Horvitz, Wayne Knight
Votes: 138
26. Bugs Bunny's Howl-oween Special (1977 TV Movie)
25 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Bugs Bunny and his friends face With Hazel and other scary characters on All Hallows Eve.
Directors: David Detiege, Friz Freleng, Chuck Jones, Abe Levitow, Robert McKimson, Maurice Noble | Stars: Mel Blanc, June Foray
Votes: 335
27. The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It (2007 Video)
PG | 87 min | Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Bullied by her peers, tired of her parents and bugged by her little brother, goth girl Cassie decides to get some harmless revenge by reading a scary book to her brother - summoning a monster in the process.
Director: Alex Zamm | Stars: Emily Osment, Brittany Curran, Cody Linley, Alex Winzenread
Votes: 3,466
28. Jack-O (1995)
R | 88 min | Horror
A long long time ago a wizard was put to death, but he swore vengeance on the townsfolk that did him in, particularly Arthur Kelly's family. Arthur had done the final graces on him when he ... See full summary »
Director: Steve Latshaw | Stars: Linnea Quigley, Maddisen K. Krown, Gary Doles, Ryan Latshaw
Votes: 1,605
Really bad, but fun to watch if you accept it for what it is.
29. Halloween Night (2006 Video)
TV-14 | 85 min | Horror
The film follows Chris Vale (Scot Nery), a young man who was wrongly convicted of murdering his family in 1982, and admitted into an insane asylum based largely on the fact that Chris had ... See full summary »
Director: Mark Atkins | Stars: Derek Osedach, Rebekah Kochan, Scot Nery, Sean Durrie
Votes: 1,163
One of the worst films on the list. Low budget, bad acting, but since it happens on Halloween, it makes the list.
30. The Pumpkin Karver (2006)
R | 90 min | Horror
After mistaking him for a masked killer, Jonathan fatally stabbed his sister's boyfriend on Halloween. One year later to the day, the siblings find themselves fighting for their lives against a very familiar masked murderer.
Director: Robert Mann | Stars: Michael Zara, Amy Weber, Brian Kary, Bryan Jamerson
Votes: 1,634
Another low budget entry.
31. All Hallows' Eve (2007 Video)
R | 73 min | Horror
October 31st begins like any other day. Adults go to work. Children go to school. But when night falls, the real party begins. That's when a young group of friends get together to tell some... See full summary »
Director: Harry Sparks | Stars: Stuart DeMattia, Colleen Stein, Serena Lorien, Bryant Sullivan
Votes: 102
32. Boo (2005)
R | 94 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
There are rumors that a long shut down and neglected hospital is haunted by the inhabitants that died there in a fire. Four college students are about to discover that the myths might just be true.
Director: Anthony C. Ferrante | Stars: Trish Coren, Rachel Harland, Jilon VanOver, Happy Mahaney
Votes: 5,375
33. The Caretaker (I) (2008)
R | 82 min | Comedy, Horror
A group of boys think that taking their girlfriends to a haunted house is all in good fun, but it turns out that the urban legend about the place is very real.
Director: Bryce Olson | Stars: Kira Verrastro, James Immekus, Jennifer Freeman, Andrew St. John
Votes: 541
34. Clownhouse (1989)
R | 81 min | Horror
Just before Halloween, three young brothers alone in a big house are menaced by three escaped mental patients who have murdered some traveling circus clowns and taken their identities.
Director: Victor Salva | Stars: Nathan Forrest Winters, Brian McHugh, Sam Rockwell, Michael Jerome West
Votes: 5,119
35. CreepTales (2004 Video)
105 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
On Halloween night, two shabby, dimwitted hunchbacks dig up the anthology horror video CreepTales that was buried with their Uncle Munger, and show it to their dimwitted monster friends.
Directors: Tim Boxell, Stephen Hegyes, Steve Hegyi, Ken Mandel, Greg Middleton, Roger Nygard, James Salisbury, Rod Slane | Stars: Jess Sherman, Michael Minton, Tim Choate, Bill Peck
Votes: 211
36. Don't Look in the Cellar (2008)
Unrated | 88 min | Horror
A group of college students regret their decision to sneak into the cellar of a haunted asylum on Halloween. One by one they encounter Smiley, the last of a flawed bloodline.
Director: Dennis Devine | Stars: Randal Malone, Shevaun Kastl, Tara Shayne, Jed Rowen
Votes: 365
37. Hallow's End (2003 Video)
R | 90 min | Horror
It's Halloween and evil forces are about to inflict a scary surprise on 8 college co-eds and their haunted house. Vampires, zombies and pirates are no longer just costumes, but killers that lurk behind every door, hall and tombstone.
Director: Jon Keeyes | Stars: Stephen Cloud, Brandy Little, Amy Jo Hearron, Amy Morris
Votes: 307
38. HauntedWeen (1991)
88 min | Comedy, Horror
Twenty years ago a deadly accident forced Eddie Burber from his home. Since Eddie was younger he wanted to be part of the family business "The Burber Haunted House." A note is placed on the... See full summary »
Director: Doug Robertson | Stars: Brien Blakely, Blake Pickett, Brad Hanks, Leslee Lacey
Votes: 283
39. Hellbent (2004)
R | 84 min | Horror, Thriller
Halloween in West Hollywood, two guys making out in a park are interrupted by a serial killer. Later that night, a group of gay kids decide to visit to the site of the murders.
Director: Paul Etheredge | Stars: Dylan Fergus, Bryan Kirkwood, Hank Harris, Andrew Levitas
Votes: 2,724 | Gross: $0.19M
40. The Hollow (2004 TV Movie)
R | 83 min | Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
After the local ghost story is told to a pre-Halloween crowd, the eve's full of pranks and teenagers disappear at the graveyard. It continues on Halloween. Is the legend true?
Director: Kyle Newman | Stars: Kevin Zegers, Kaley Cuoco, Nick Carter, Ben Scott
Votes: 2,194
41. Satan's Little Helper (2004)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Horror
A naive young boy unknowingly becomes the pawn of a serial killer.
Director: Jeff Lieberman | Stars: Alexander Brickel, Katheryn Winnick, Stephen Graham, Amanda Plummer
Votes: 6,518
42. Trick or Treat (1986)
R | 98 min | Comedy, Horror, Music
A bullied teenage boy is devastated after the death of his heavy metal idol, Sammi Curr. But as Halloween night approaches, he discovers that he may be the only one who can stop Sammi from making a Satanic comeback from beyond the grave.
Director: Charles Martin Smith | Stars: Marc Price, Tony Fields, Lisa Orgolini, Doug Savant
Votes: 7,868 | Gross: $6.80M
43. Disney's Halloween Treat (1984 Video)
Unrated | 47 min | Animation, Family
Contains memorable scenes from "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," "Fantasia," "Lady and the Tramp," "Peter Pan," "One Hundred and One Dalmatians," and "The Sword in the Stone."
Directors: Clyde Geronimi, Burt Gillett, David Hand, Jack Hannah, Wilfred Jackson, Jack King, Jack Kinney, John Lounsbery, Hamilton Luske, Charles Nichols, Wolfgang Reitherman, Bill Roberts, Art Stevens | Stars: Bobby Driscoll, Peggy Lee, Bing Crosby, Cate Bauer
Votes: 379
44.
What's New, Scooby-Doo? (2002–2006)
Episode:
A Scooby Doo Halloween
(2003)
TV-Y7 | 21 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The gang visits Velma's relatives during a Halloween festival headlined by KISS, but the festivities are interrupted by the ghost of the town's founder and a bevy of living scarecrows.
Directors: Swinton O. Scott III, Tae Ho Han | Stars: Casey Kasem, Frank Welker, Mindy Cohn, Grey Griffin
Votes: 233
45. Halloweentown (1998 TV Movie)
TV-G | 84 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
When a young girl living with her secret witch mother learns she too is a witch, she must help her witch grandmother save Halloweentown from evil forces.
Director: Duwayne Dunham | Stars: Debbie Reynolds, Kimberly J. Brown, Judith Hoag, Joey Zimmerman
Votes: 21,255
46. Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge (2001 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 81 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
A young witch and her grandmother work together to foil the plans of a wicked warlock's son before he can use powerful spells to create chaos in the world.
Director: Mary Lambert | Stars: Kimberly J. Brown, Judith Hoag, Daniel Kountz, Joey Zimmerman
Votes: 10,587
47. Return to Halloweentown (2006 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 88 min | Action, Comedy, Family
Marnie and Dylan are going to follow their dreams to go to college, at Halloweentown University, which is also known as Witch University.
Director: David Jackson | Stars: Sara Paxton, Judith Hoag, Lucas Grabeel, Joey Zimmerman
Votes: 7,634
48. Monster High: Ghouls Rule! (2012 TV Movie)
TV-Y7 | 71 min | Animation, Family
When the freaky-fab guys and ghouls of Monster High get wrongly accused of Halloween high jinx by a group of normies, things get spooky. But can they prove their innocence in time for a spooktacular celebration?
Directors: Mike Fetterly, Steve Sacks | Stars: Erin Fitzgerald, Steve Staley, Ogie Banks, Salli Saffioti
Votes: 1,122
49. Halloween Is Grinch Night (1977 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 25 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
A strange wind blows into Whoville, making all the inhabitants stay indoors. They know the wind means the Grinch will be in a foul mood and out to do harm. However, young Eukariah decides to confront the Grinch.
Director: Gerard Baldwin | Stars: Hans Conried, Hal Smith, Gary Shapiro, Irene Tedrow
Votes: 1,478
50. Monsters vs Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space (2009 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 26 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
On Halloween, innocent-looking carved pumpkins reveal themselves for what they really are -- mutant aliens.
Director: Peter Ramsey | Stars: Reese Witherspoon, Seth Rogen, Hugh Laurie, Will Arnett
Votes: 3,291
51. Scared Shrekless (2010 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 26 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Shrek gets in the Halloween spirit by challenging his fairytale friends to come up with scary stories for a contest. But the gang learn that they'll have to spend the night in Lord Farquaad's haunted castle before the winner is named.
Directors: Gary Trousdale, Raman Hui | Stars: Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz, Antonio Banderas, Kristen Schaal
Votes: 6,136
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