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1. Ernest Scared Stupid (1991)

PG | 91 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

38 Metascore

Ernest accidentally unleashes an ugly troll that plots to transform children into wooden dolls in the town of Briarville, Missouri.

Director: John R. Cherry III | Stars: Jim Varney, Eartha Kitt, Austin Nagler, Shay Astar

Votes: 12,808 | Gross: $14.14M

2. Frankenstein and Me (1996)

PG | 91 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

Teenager Earl has a vivid imagination fueled by movies like Frankenstein and Night of the Living Dead (1968).

Director: Robert Tinnell | Stars: Jamieson Boulanger, Ricky Mabe, Polly Shannon, Louise Fletcher

Votes: 513 | Gross: $0.01M

3. Believe (I) (2000)

PG | 96 min | Family, Horror

After being kicked out of boarding school after boarding school, Ben is sent to live with his stern grandfather in a small town where nobody is interested in him except a girl named ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Tinnell | Stars: Ricky Mabe, Mario Boni, Justin Bradley, Vlasta Vrana

Votes: 895

4. Monster House (2006)

PG | 91 min | Animation, Comedy, Family

68 Metascore

Three teens discover that their neighbor's house is really a living, breathing, scary monster.

Director: Gil Kenan | Stars: Mitchel Musso, Sam Lerner, Spencer Locke, Ryan Whitney

Votes: 138,336 | Gross: $73.66M

5. Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)

PG | 95 min | Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller

68 Metascore

In a small American town, a diabolical circus and its demonic proprietor prey on the townsfolk.

Director: Jack Clayton | Stars: Mary Grace Canfield, Richard Davalos, Jake Dengel, Jack Dodson

Votes: 10,624 | Gross: $8.40M

6. The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966)

G | 90 min | Comedy, Family, Mystery

A timid typesetter hasn't a ghost of a chance of becoming a reporter - until he decides to solve a murder mystery and ends up spending a fright-filled night in a haunted house.

Director: Alan Rafkin | Stars: Don Knotts, Joan Staley, Liam Redmond, Dick Sargent

Votes: 7,575

7. The Quest (1986)

PG | 93 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

A resourceful American orphan living in rural Australia finds himself caught up in the magic of a local Aboriginal myth that might be more real than anyone knows.

Directors: Brian Trenchard-Smith, Russell Hagg | Stars: Henry Thomas, Tony Barry, Rachel Friend, Tamsin West

Votes: 2,176

8. Return to Boggy Creek (1977)

G | 85 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

Two men travel deep into the woods to search for a Bigfoot-like creature called "Big Bay-Ty" which has recently been sighted near Boggy Creek. Three children secretly follow. Little do they know a hurricane is about to commence.

Director: Tom Moore | Stars: Dawn Wells, Dana Plato, David Sobiesk, Marcus Claudel

Votes: 695

9. Sarah Landon and the Paranormal Hour (2007)

PG | 81 min | Action, Adventure, Family

30 Metascore

A 17-year-old girl has mysterious encounters with paranormal activity in the small town of Pine Valley.

Director: Lisa Comrie | Stars: Rissa Walters, Brian Comrie, Dan Comrie, Kurt Braun

Votes: 729 | Gross: $0.82M

10. Scooby-Doo (2002)

PG | 86 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

35 Metascore

After an acrimonious break up, the Mystery Inc. gang are individually brought to an island resort to investigate strange goings on.

Director: Raja Gosnell | Stars: Matthew Lillard, Freddie Prinze Jr., Sarah Michelle Gellar, Linda Cardellini

Votes: 125,640 | Gross: $153.29M

11. Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004)

PG | 93 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

34 Metascore

The Mystery Inc. gang must save Coolsville from an attack of their past monsters brought to life by an evil masked figure trying to take down the gang.

Director: Raja Gosnell | Stars: Freddie Prinze Jr., Sarah Michelle Gellar, Matthew Lillard, Linda Cardellini

Votes: 64,926 | Gross: $84.22M

12. The Haunted Mansion (2003)

PG | 88 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

34 Metascore

A realtor and his wife and children are summoned to a mansion, which they soon discover is haunted, and while they attempt to escape, he learns an important lesson about the family he has neglected.

Director: Rob Minkoff | Stars: Eddie Murphy, Marsha Thomason, Jennifer Tilly, Terence Stamp

Votes: 56,946 | Gross: $75.85M

13. Return to Oz (1985)

PG | 113 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

42 Metascore

Dorothy, saved from a psychiatric experiment by a mysterious girl, is somehow called back to Oz when a vain witch and the Nome King destroy everything that makes the magical land beautiful.

Director: Walter Murch | Stars: Fairuza Balk, Nicol Williamson, Jean Marsh, Piper Laurie

Votes: 30,388

14. Goosebumps (1995–1998)

TV-PG | 22 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery

"Goosebumps" was a series of scary anthology stories based on the children's books by R.L. Stine. Series one was hosted by R.L. Stine for twelve episodes.

Stars: R.L. Stine, Kathryn Short, Cody Jones, Scott Wickware

Votes: 15,242

15. Corpse Bride (2005)

PG | 77 min | Animation, Drama, Family

83 Metascore

When a shy groom practices his wedding vows in the inadvertent presence of a deceased young woman, she rises from the grave assuming he has married her.

Directors: Tim Burton, Mike Johnson | Stars: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Emily Watson, Tracey Ullman

Votes: 299,028 | Gross: $53.36M

16. Don't Look Under the Bed (1999 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 100 min | Family, Fantasy, Horror

A teen enlists the help of an imaginary friend named Larry Houdini to deal with a prank-playing bogeyman, who's framing her for his dastardly deeds.

Director: Kenneth Johnson | Stars: Erin Chambers, Ty Hodges, Robin Riker, Steve Valentine

Votes: 3,732

17. The Addams Family (1991)

PG-13 | 99 min | Comedy, Fantasy

57 Metascore

Con artists plan to fleece an eccentric family using an accomplice who claims to be their long-lost uncle.

Director: Barry Sonnenfeld | Stars: Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia, Christopher Lloyd, Dan Hedaya

Votes: 180,117 | Gross: $113.50M

18. Casper (1995)

PG | 100 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

49 Metascore

An afterlife therapist and his daughter meet a friendly young ghost when they move into a crumbling mansion in order to rid the premises of wicked spirits.

Director: Brad Silberling | Stars: Bill Pullman, Christina Ricci, Cathy Moriarty, Eric Idle

Votes: 146,910 | Gross: $100.33M

19. The Wonderful World of Disney (1997–2023)
Episode: Tower of Terror (1997)

Unrated | 89 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

A disgraced reporter investigates an abandoned luxury hotel where five people mysteriously disappeared sixty years earlier.

Director: D.J. MacHale | Stars: Steve Guttenberg, Nia Peeples, Michael McShane, Amzie Strickland

Votes: 4,121

20. Coraline (2009)

PG | 100 min | Animation, Drama, Family

80 Metascore

Wandering her rambling old house in her boring new town, an 11-year-old Coraline discovers a hidden door to a strangely idealized version of her life. In order to stay in the fantasy, she must make a frighteningly real sacrifice.

Director: Henry Selick | Stars: Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher, John Hodgman, Jennifer Saunders

Votes: 264,060 | Gross: $75.29M

21. The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

PG | 76 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy

82 Metascore

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: 375,357 | Gross: $75.08M

22. Hocus Pocus (1993)

PG | 96 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

43 Metascore

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: 156,009 | Gross: $44.34M

23. The Boy Who Cried Werewolf (2010 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 83 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

A Californian family inherits a castle in Romania. This is especially exciting to the son, who is obsessed with monsters. And he is not disappointed.

Director: Eric Bross | Stars: Victoria Justice, Chase Ellison, Anna Galvin, Matt Winston

Votes: 3,850

24. 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: 21,286

25. Escape to Witch Mountain (1975)

G | 97 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

60 Metascore

Two mysterious orphan children have extraordinary powers and are chased by a scheming millionaire. But where do these kids really call home?

Director: John Hough | Stars: Eddie Albert, Ray Milland, Donald Pleasence, Kim Richards

Votes: 11,361 | Gross: $20.00M

26. 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: 7,641

27. The Night of the Living Duck (1988)

G | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

After indulging in horror comic book reading, Daffy has a dream where he is singing in a nightclub for monsters.

Directors: Greg Ford, Terry Lennon | Stars: Mel Blanc, Mel Tormé

Votes: 434

28. The Duxorcist (1987)

G | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Daffy is a professional paranormal investigator come to help a possessed damsel in distress.

Directors: Greg Ford, Terry Lennon | Stars: Mel Blanc, B.J. Ward

Votes: 418

29. How My Dad Killed Dracula (2008)

PG | 14 min | Short, Comedy, Family

A Halloween practical joke turns a family tradition into a night of comic terror when two young teens don't believe their cousin's dad killed Dracula. Insisting on proving it, Dad picks up a shovel and starts to dig.

Director: Sky Soleil | Stars: Daniel Roebuck, Neil Hopkins, Victor Bonavida, Cooper Green

Votes: 57

30. Daffy Duck's Quackbusters (1988)

G | 72 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Daffy Duck opens a detective agency for the supernatural along side his Looney Toon buddies.

Directors: Greg Ford, Friz Freleng, Chuck Jones, Terry Lennon, Robert McKimson, Maurice Noble | Stars: Mel Blanc, Mel Tormé, Roy Firestone, B.J. Ward

Votes: 2,672

31. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1949)

Approved | 34 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

In a small town, a brewing romantic rivalry with a local tough and a school-teacher culminates in a terrifying ride in the night.

Directors: Clyde Geronimi, Jack Kinney | Stars: Bing Crosby, Billy Bletcher, Pinto Colvig, Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires

Votes: 5,826

32. The Witches (1990)

PG | 91 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

78 Metascore

A young boy stumbles onto a witch convention and must stop them, even after he has been turned into a mouse.

Director: Nicolas Roeg | Stars: Anjelica Huston, Mai Zetterling, Jasen Fisher, Rowan Atkinson

Votes: 54,694 | Gross: $10.36M

33. Frankenweenie (2012)

PG | 87 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

74 Metascore

When a boy's beloved dog passes away suddenly, he attempts to bring the animal back to life through a powerful science experiment.

Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Winona Ryder, Catherine O'Hara, Martin Short, Martin Landau

Votes: 117,179 | Gross: $35.29M

34. Gremlins (1984)

PG | 106 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

70 Metascore

A young man inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet and unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous monsters on a small town.

Director: Joe Dante | Stars: Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Hoyt Axton, John Louie

Votes: 248,009 | Gross: $148.17M

35. Frankenweenie (1984)

PG | 29 min | Short, Comedy, Horror

A young boy sets out to revive his dead pet using the monstrous power of science.

Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Shelley Duvall, Daniel Stern, Barret Oliver, Joseph Maher

Votes: 13,356

36. Vincent (1982)

G | 6 min | Animation, Short, Family

Young Vincent Malloy dreams of being just like Vincent Price and loses himself in macabre daydreams which annoys his mother.

Director: Tim Burton | Star: Vincent Price

Votes: 24,323

37. Alma (I) (2009)

Not Rated | 6 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy

Alma, a little girl, skips through the snow-covered streets of a small town. Her attention is caught by a strange doll in an antique toy shop window. Fascinated, Alma decides to enter.

Director: Rodrigo Blaas

Votes: 2,968

38. ParaNorman (2012)

PG | 92 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

72 Metascore

A misunderstood boy takes on ghosts, zombies and grown-ups to save his town from a centuries-old curse.

Directors: Chris Butler, Sam Fell | Stars: Kodi Smit-McPhee, Anna Kendrick, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Tucker Albrizzi

Votes: 109,982 | Gross: $56.00M

39. The Watcher in the Woods (1980)

PG | 84 min | Family, Horror, Mystery

52 Metascore

When a family moves to a country home, the young girls experience strange happenings that have a link to an occult event years past.

Directors: John Hough, Vincent McEveety | Stars: Bette Davis, Lynn-Holly Johnson, Kyle Richards, Carroll Baker

Votes: 7,069 | Gross: $5.00M

40. The Wizard of Oz (1939)

PG | 102 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

92 Metascore

Young Dorothy Gale and her dog Toto are swept away by a tornado from their Kansas farm to the magical Land of Oz, and embark on a quest with three new friends to see the Wizard, who can return her to her home and fulfill the others' wishes.

Directors: Victor Fleming, King Vidor | Stars: Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr

Votes: 428,926 | Gross: $2.08M

41. Hotel Transylvania (2012)

PG | 91 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

47 Metascore

Dracula, who operates a high-end resort away from the human world, goes into overprotective mode when a boy discovers the resort and falls for the count's teenaged daughter.

Director: Genndy Tartakovsky | Stars: Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez

Votes: 281,343 | Gross: $148.31M

42. Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman (2000 Video)

G | 77 min | Animation, Comedy, Family

When Alvin discovers that his neighbor is a werewolf, he begins an exhilarating race against time before the full moon arrives. But the real terror will come when Theodore starts acting weird too.

Director: Kathi Castillo | Stars: Ross Bagdasarian Jr., Janice Karman, Maurice LaMarche, Miriam Flynn

Votes: 1,855

43. Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein (1999 Video)

G | 78 min | Animation, Comedy, Family

Get ready for a terribly funny adventure as Alvin and the Chipmunks come face to face with Dr. Frankenstein and his monster in the theme park of a world-famous studio.

Director: Kathi Castillo | Stars: Ross Bagdasarian Jr., Janice Karman, Michael Bell, Jim Meskimen

Votes: 1,701

44. Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf (1988 TV Movie)

Unrated | 92 min | Animation, Comedy, Family

Shaggy is turned into a werewolf, and it's up to Scooby, Scrappy and his girlfriend to help him win the contest.

Director: Ray Patterson | Stars: Don Messick, Casey Kasem, Hamilton Camp, Jim Cummings

Votes: 5,165

45. Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)

G | 85 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

87 Metascore

Wallace and his loyal dog, Gromit, set out to discover the mystery behind the garden sabotage that plagues their village and threatens the annual giant vegetable growing contest.

Directors: Steve Box, Nick Park | Stars: Peter Sallis, Helena Bonham Carter, Ralph Fiennes, Peter Kay

Votes: 146,164 | Gross: $56.11M

46. 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: 2,406

47. Little Monsters (1989)

PG | 100 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

A boy discovers an incredible and gruesome world of monsters under his bed.

Director: Richard Greenberg | Stars: Fred Savage, Howie Mandel, Daniel Stern, Margaret Whitton

Votes: 14,209 | Gross: $0.79M

48. Monster in the Closet (1986)

PG | 90 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi

Paul Dooley, Paul Walker, John Carradine and Henry Gibson head up an all-star cast in this horror-comedy about a murderous but misunderstood monster!

Director: Bob Dahlin | Stars: Donald Grant, Denise DuBarry, Claude Akins, Howard Duff

Votes: 2,981

49. Mad Monster Party? (1967)

Unrated | 94 min | Animation, Comedy, Family

On the Isle of Evil, Baron Boris von Frankenstein reveals his imminent retirement and that he has refined the secret of total destruction, only to be upset when the other monsters try to steal the secret and kill his nephew, Felix Flanken.

Director: Jules Bass | Stars: Boris Karloff, Allen Swift, Gale Garnett, Phyllis Diller

Votes: 3,563

50. Tales from the Crypt (1972)

PG | 92 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

Five strangers get lost in a crypt and, after meeting the mysterious Crypt Keeper, receive visions of how they will die.

Director: Freddie Francis | Stars: Joan Collins, Peter Cushing, Ralph Richardson, Geoffrey Bayldon

Votes: 13,028 | Gross: $1.70M

51. Paperhouse (1988)

PG-13 | 92 min | Drama, Fantasy

A young girl lost in the loneliness and boredom of reality finds solace in an ill boy, whom she can visit in a surreal dream world that she drew in her school composition book.

Director: Bernard Rose | Stars: Charlotte Burke, Jane Bertish, Samantha Cahill, Glenne Headly

Votes: 6,289 | Gross: $0.24M

52. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

Approved | 83 min | Animation, Adventure, Family

96 Metascore

Exiled into the dangerous forest by her wicked stepmother, a princess is rescued by seven dwarf miners who make her part of their household.

Directors: William Cottrell, David Hand, Wilfred Jackson, Larry Morey, Perce Pearce, Ben Sharpsteen | Stars: Adriana Caselotti, Harry Stockwell, Lucille La Verne, Roy Atwell

Votes: 215,611 | Gross: $184.93M

53. The Magical World of Disney (1954–1997)
Episode: Child of Glass (1978)

Unrated | 93 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

A boy continues to see a ghost of a Creole girl and he has to help her solve a riddle...otherwise he might be haunted for the rest of his life!

Director: John Erman | Stars: Barbara Barrie, Biff McGuire, Anthony Zerbe, Nina Foch

Votes: 557

54. Ghostbusters (1984)

PG | 105 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy

71 Metascore

Three parapsychologists forced out of their university funding set up shop as a unique ghost removal service in New York City, attracting frightened yet skeptical customers.

Director: Ivan Reitman | Stars: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis

Votes: 450,757 | Gross: $238.63M

55. Beetlejuice (1988)

PG | 92 min | Comedy, Fantasy

71 Metascore

The spirits of a deceased couple are harassed by an unbearable family that has moved into their home, and hire a malicious spirit to drive them out.

Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Michael Keaton, Annie McEnroe

Votes: 340,452 | Gross: $73.71M

56. Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (2009)

PG-13 | 109 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

43 Metascore

Teenager Darren Shan meets a mysterious man at a freak show who turns out to be a vampire. After a series of events, Darren must leave his normal life and go on the road with the Cirque du Freak, becoming a creature of the night.

Director: Paul Weitz | Stars: Chris Massoglia, John C. Reilly, Salma Hayek, Josh Hutcherson

Votes: 48,097 | Gross: $14.05M

57. The Hole (2009)

PG-13 | 92 min | Fantasy, Thriller

57 Metascore

A pair of brothers stumble upon a mysterious hole in their basement that leads to the darkest corridors of their fears and nightmares.

Director: Joe Dante | Stars: Chris Massoglia, Haley Bennett, Nathan Gamble, Teri Polo

Votes: 24,266

58. Igor (2008)

PG | 87 min | Animation, Comedy, Family

40 Metascore

Animated fable about a cliché hunchbacked evil scientist's assistant who aspires to become a scientist himself, much to the displeasure of the rest of the evil science community.

Director: Tony Leondis | Stars: John Cusack, Molly Shannon, Steve Buscemi, Myleene Klass

Votes: 24,343 | Gross: $19.53M

59. The Little Vampire (2000)

PG | 95 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

45 Metascore

A lonely American boy living in Scotland makes a new best friend, a fellow nine year-old who happens to be a vampire.

Director: Uli Edel | Stars: Jonathan Lipnicki, Rollo Weeks, Richard E. Grant, Jim Carter

Votes: 11,517 | Gross: $13.57M

60. The Sandman (1991)

10 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy

Upstairs, in the moonlit and empty room, a little boy scared of the dancing shadows, encounters a figment of his vivid imagination: the horrible Sandman.

Director: Paul Berry

Votes: 1,536

61. Teen Wolf (1985)

PG | 91 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

25 Metascore

An ordinary high school student discovers that his family has an unusual pedigree.

Director: Rod Daniel | Stars: Michael J. Fox, James Hampton, Susan Ursitti, Jerry Levine

Votes: 59,728 | Gross: $33.09M

62. 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: 3,467

63. The Gate (1987)

PG-13 | 85 min | Fantasy, Horror

55 Metascore

Kids left home alone accidentally unleash a horde of malevolent demons from a mysterious hole in their suburban backyard.

Director: Tibor Takács | Stars: Stephen Dorff, Christa Denton, Louis Tripp, Kelly Rowan

Votes: 19,625 | Gross: $13.54M

64. Jumanji (1995)

PG | 104 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

39 Metascore

When two kids find and play a magical board game, they release a man trapped in it for decades - and a host of dangers that can only be stopped by finishing the game.

Director: Joe Johnston | Stars: Robin Williams, Kirsten Dunst, Bonnie Hunt, Jonathan Hyde

Votes: 377,233 | Gross: $100.48M

65. 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: 6,146

66. Thriller Night (2011)

TV-Y7 | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Shrek is bored on Halloween, and wants to have something scary. The power of Thriller gives him more than he bargained for.

Directors: Sean Bishop, Gary Trousdale | Stars: Michael Gough, Dean Edwards, Holly Fields, André Sogliuzzo

Votes: 1,049

67. The Pig Who Cried Werewolf (2011 Video)

TV-PG | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

The Three Pigs live in a house together, but Heimlich gets scared when he sees Wolf move in next door and acting strange.

Director: Gary Trousdale | Stars: Sean Bishop, Cody Cameron, Aron Warner

Votes: 1,053

68. Shrek 4-D (2003 Video)

TV-PG | 13 min | Animation, Short, Adventure

Join Donkey and Shrek as they rescue Fiona from the evil ghost of Lord Farquaad and embark on a bone-chilling adventure.

Director: Simon J. Smith | Stars: Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, John Lithgow

Votes: 6,030

69. 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: 3,297

70. Night of the Living Carrots (2011 Video)

TV-PG | 13 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

After a mutant alien pumpkin explodes on the Murphy's carrot garden, zombie carrots start attacking the immediate area, and it's up to the Monsters to save the night again.

Director: Robert Porter | Stars: Seth Rogen, Kiefer Sutherland, James Horan, David Kaye

Votes: 1,324

71. Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie (2005 Video)

G | 67 min | Animation, Comedy, Family

Lumpy teams with tiny Roo for a Halloween adventure in the Hundred Acre Wood, in this animated tale about friendship, bravery, and teamwork.

Directors: Saul Blinkoff, Elliot M. Bour | Stars: Jimmy Bennett, Peter Cullen, Jim Cummings, John Fiedler

Votes: 1,407

72. Boo to You Too! Winnie the Pooh (1996 TV Short)

TV-G | 21 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

On Halloween night, Pooh and the gang are ready for Halloween, but Piglet is too scared to join in.

Director: Rob LaDuca | Stars: Peter Cullen, Jim Cummings, John Fiedler, Michael Gough

Votes: 1,026

73. Daddy, I'm a Zombie (2010)

PG | 80 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

The misadventures of a teenager girl in her new life as zombie.

Directors: Joan Espinach, Ricardo Ramón, MJ Lallo | Stars: Rigoberta Bandini, Núria Trifol, Ivan Labanda, Elisabet Bargalló

Votes: 550

74. R.L. Stine's the Haunting Hour (2010–2014)

TV-PG | 23 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

R.L. Stine leads young viewers on a creepy tour of tales featuring life-sized dolls, werewolves, and carnival clowns that are stalking children.

Stars: Jeny Cassady, Dan Payne, Emma Grabinsky, Geoff Redknap

Votes: 2,836

75. 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: 1,130

76. Toy Story of Terror (2013 TV Movie)

TV-G | 22 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Woody and the gang are held up at a roadside motel and members of the group start to disappear. Woody sets about getting to the bottom of the mystery.

Director: Angus MacLane | Stars: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Carl Weathers

Votes: 17,737

77. One Dark Night (1982)

PG | 89 min | Horror

As part of an initiation into a club called the Sisters, a young girl must spend the night in a mausoleum.

Directors: Tom McLoughlin, Michael Schroeder | Stars: Meg Tilly, Melissa Newman, Robin Evans, Leslie Speights

Votes: 3,755

78. The Abominable Snow Rabbit (1961)

TV-G | 7 min | Animation, Short, Adventure

Bugs and Daffy run into the abominable snowman in the Himalayas.

Directors: Chuck Jones, Maurice Noble | Star: Mel Blanc

Votes: 1,060

79. Transylvania 6-5000 (1963)

Not Rated | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Bugs is given a room for the night at the castle of Count Bloodcount in Transylvania.

Directors: Chuck Jones, Maurice Noble | Stars: Mel Blanc, Ben Frommer, Julie Bennett

Votes: 1,258

80. Spooky Buddies (2011 Video)

G | 88 min | Family, Fantasy

The puppies go on a spooky adventure through a haunted mansion.

Director: Robert Vince | Stars: Tucker Albrizzi, Diedrich Bader, Ameko Eks Mass Carroll, Max Charles

Votes: 2,407

81. Teen Witch (1989)

PG-13 | 93 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

46 Metascore

High school misfit Louise, at a loss for romance, discovers magical abilities, but the teenage witch finds that she cannot conjure herself true love, so what?

Director: Dorian Walker | Stars: Robyn Lively, Dan Gauthier, Joshua John Miller, Caren Kaye

Votes: 10,493 | Gross: $0.03M

82. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)

Not Rated | 83 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

69 Metascore

The Wolf Man tries to warn a dimwitted porter that Dracula wants his brain for Frankenstein monster's body.

Directors: Charles Barton, Walter Lantz | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Lon Chaney Jr., Bela Lugosi

Votes: 19,581 | Gross: $4.80M

83. 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: 22,004

84. The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow (2013 TV Movie)

G | 22 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

When Brainy Smurf is favored to win the annual Smurfberry Hunt, Gutsy Smurf sets out to discover how Brainy wins every year. Gutsy’s investigation takes him into spooky Smurfy Hollow.

Director: Stephan Franck | Stars: Jack Angel, Fred Armisen, Hank Azaria, Gary Basaraba

Votes: 981

85. Lady in White (1988)

PG-13 | 113 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery

70 Metascore

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: 8,060 | Gross: $1.71M

86. The Monster Squad (1987)

PG-13 | 82 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy

61 Metascore

A group of young monster fanatics attempts to save their hometown from Count Dracula and his monsters.

Director: Fred Dekker | Stars: Andre Gower, Robby Kiger, Stephen Macht, Duncan Regehr

Votes: 35,329 | Gross: $3.77M

87. The Garbage Pail Kids Movie (1987)

PG | 100 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

1 Metascore

Dodger must confront the struggles of life as he is visited by the Garbage Pail Kids and intimidated by some older bullies.

Director: Rod Amateau | Stars: Anthony Newley, Mackenzie Astin, Phil Fondacaro, Katie Barberi

Votes: 8,724 | Gross: $1.58M

88. The Willies (1990 Video)

PG-13 | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

A harmless backyard camp out becomes an unforgettable night of chills and thrills for three young boys as they share their favorite scary stories.

Director: Brian Peck | Stars: Sean Astin, Jason Horst, Joshua John Miller, James Karen

Votes: 2,007

89. Goosebumps (2015)

PG | 103 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

60 Metascore

A teenager teams up with the daughter of young-adult horror author R.L. Stine after the writer's imaginary demons are set free on the town of Madison, Delaware.

Director: Rob Letterman | Stars: Jack Black, Dylan Minnette, Odeya Rush, Ryan Lee

Votes: 95,425 | Gross: $80.08M

90. Monster High: The Movie (2022 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 92 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Follows a half human and half werewolf, as she finally finds a place where she fits, but, when a devious plan to destroy Monster High threatens to reveal her identity, she must learn to embrace her true monster heart and save the day.

Director: Todd Holland | Stars: Miia Harris, Ceci Balagot, Nayah Damasen, Case Walker

Votes: 3,226

91. The Graveyard Book

Fantasy, Horror, Mystery | Announced

The story of a boy whose parents are killed is adopted by the occupants of a graveyard and raised by them.

Director: Marc Forster

92. Mirrormask (2005)

PG | 101 min | Drama, Fantasy

55 Metascore

In a fantasy world of opposing kingdoms, a fifteen-year-old girl must find the fabled MirrorMask in order to save the kingdom and get home.

Director: Dave McKean | Stars: Stephanie Leonidas, Jason Barry, Rob Brydon, Gina McKee

Votes: 23,674 | Gross: $0.86M

93. Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape (2010)

Not Rated | 72 min | Documentary

A documentary analyzing the furore which so-called "video nasties" caused in Britain during the 1980s.

Director: Jake West | Stars: Julian Petley, Marc Morris, Andy Nyman, Xavier Mendik

Votes: 1,326

94. The Magical World of Disney (1954–1997)
Episode: Mr. Boogedy (1986)

Unrated | 46 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

A novelty salesman moves his family into a new house. Initially dismissing incidents as more of their father's practical jokes, the family soon learns that the house is haunted by people who lived in the house 300 years previously.

Director: Oz Scott | Stars: Richard Masur, Mimi Kennedy, Benji Gregory, David Faustino

Votes: 1,873

95. The Munsters (1964–1966)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

A family of friendly monsters have misadventures, never quite understanding why people react to them so strangely.

Stars: Fred Gwynne, Al Lewis, Yvonne De Carlo, Butch Patrick

Votes: 16,915

96. The Addams Family (1964–1966)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family, Horror

The misadventures of a blissfully macabre but extremely loving family.

Stars: John Astin, Carolyn Jones, Jackie Coogan, Ted Cassidy

Votes: 21,823

97. Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1990–2000)

TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A group of teenagers meet in the woods, and tell scary stories.

Stars: Ross Hull, Daniel DeSanto, Raine Pare-Coull, Jodie Resther

Votes: 16,205

98. Girl Vs. Monster (2012 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 89 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A teen girl goes on a mission to recapture a dangerous monster that she accidentally released before it can do harm to her parents.

Director: Stuart Gillard | Stars: Olivia Holt, Kerris Dorsey, Brendan Meyer, Katherine McNamara

Votes: 3,717

99. The Munsters Today (1987–1991)

30 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

America's First Family of Fright awaken after an accidental 22-year nap and must adjust to life in the 1980s.

Stars: John Schuck, Lee Meriwether, Howard Morton, Jason Marsden

Votes: 665

100. Halloweentown High (2004 TV Movie)

TV-G | 82 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

A girl in a magical world bets her family's magic that nothing bad will happen when kids from Halloweentown attend high school in the mortal realm.

Director: Mark A.Z. Dippé | Stars: Kimberly J. Brown, Debbie Reynolds, Judith Hoag, Joey Zimmerman

Votes: 8,561



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