With Halloween just around the corner, it’s time to get into a spooky mood! Watching any of these 10 movies is a great way to celebrate the holiday with friends and enjoy a night in with the girls. Crack open your candy corn and get watching!
1. Halloweentown series: Perfect for those who are not crazy about super scary horror movies, the Halloweentown series includes three classic films that are perfect for getting into the Halloween mood. A young girl discovers that she is a witch, and the series follows her on her adventures to save the creatures living in Halloweentown.
2. Hocus Pocus: Hocus Pocus is another great movie to snuggle up to on a cold October night. It’s a perfect combination of action, horror, and romance. This movie follows a brother, sister, and their friend as they discover a haunted house. After letting three witches escape by accident, the kids are forced to undo the chaos they have caused in their town.
3. The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Nightmare Before Christmas will draw in anyone who loves the idea of combining Halloween and Christmas into one plot. The movie focuses on Jack Skellington, the pumpkin king of Halloweentown who plots to take control over Christmas by kidnapping Santa Claus. The unlikely plot and fun animations of this film, makes it the perfect Halloween movie to watch with friends. It also serves as a reminder that Christmas is on its way!
4. The Amityville Horror: This movie is a classic and a must see if you want to be a cultured horror movie fan. Made in 1979 and based on a true story about a haunted house, Amityville Horror is old, but still quite scary, making it a great choice to watch when getting in the spooky mood and cuddling up with friends!
5. It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!: A classic film with a creative plot, It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown is equally as fun to watch each year. The combination of the original Peanuts characters, with a Halloween twist makes this film one of our absolute favorites.
6. The Addams Family: The Addams Family is a story about a very spooky family that basically lives Halloween like a lifestyle. This movie, based on the cartoon, came out in 1991 and is just one of the many stories about the shenanigans this family gets into.
7. Warm Bodies: Warm bodies is the perfect rom-com zombie movie to give you a break from everything scary about Halloween. Sit back and relax and enjoy the forbidden love between a zombie and a human.
8. Paranormal Activity: Paranormal activity is the perfect movie if you’re looking to be spooked this Halloween. This movie is about a seemingly average family discovering a paranormal presence in their home and documenting it on their own camera equipment.
9. Twitches: The movie Twitches is perfect to watch with your best friends around Halloween, because it follows two sisters who become best friends by the end of the movie. With the perfect balance of spookiness, romance, and girl power, this is the kind of movie that can be watched over and over without getting old.
10. The Haunted Mansion: The Haunted Mansion is an amazing movie starring Eddie Murphy about a workaholic neglecting his family who finally learns to appreciate them after the woes of a visit to a haunted mansion. Truly a heartwarming and spooky story, this Disney Channel original movie will bring you back to the good old days of your childhood.
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