40 Halloween Movies And Shows To Stream On Your Next Night In
Listen, we're always down to watch a Halloween movie. We love how fun, colorful, and sometimes confusing they can be... and the fact that watching a flick is the perfect amount of time to make a dent in all our Halloween candy. We totally understand that not everyone enjoys only watching horror movies (we're talking about ourselves here) so we've got a good mix of streaming options that range from spooky fun to downright scary.
Gather all your ghouls together, prep some Halloween cocktails and Halloween treats, and curl up in front of these picks for a binge session that'll last you all night long.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
During their third year at Hogwarts, Harry, Ron, and Hermione must tackle werewolves, haunted houses, and a new mystery surrounding an escaped prisoner. Oh, and time travel.
Muppets Haunted Mansion
The Great Gonzo decides to spend the night inside the Haunted Mansion, and along with Pepé the King Prawn, the ghosts inside the mansion are swapped for the entire Muppets gang!
Heathers
Veronica is tired of her clique (girls who are all named Heather) abusing their popularity. She decides to team up with bad boy J.D. to teach them a lesson, unintentionally leading to their deaths instead.
Halloweentown
When Marnie and her siblings arrive in Halloweentown, where spooky creatures are able to live normal lives, Marnie discovers something about herself: not only is she a witch like her grandma, but she has to learn to use her broomstick before evil takes over the town.
The Haunting of Hill House
A family must band together to confront the terrifying memories from their childhood home, and figure out what forced them to leave.
Sleepy Hollow
When an investigator in colonial New York works to figure out who's behind a series of murders, he learns that the culprit may be a vengeful — and headless — ghost.
Nightmare Before Christmas
Jack Skellington is king of Halloween Town, but when he discovers Christmas Town, he attempts to bring Christmas home. We're honestly not sure what time of year is best for watching this movie, but that just gives us an excuse to watch it twice.
Fear Street
This slasher trilogy starts off in the year 1994, where a teen and her friends must conquer a force that's been plaguing their town for 300 years.
Edward Scissorhands
Edward, a humanoid, is incompletely constructed and also has scissors for hands. He lives a solitary life until a woman knocks on his door and decides to introduce him to the rest of the world.
Halloween
15 years after he killed his older sister, Michael Meyers returns to his hometown and stalks babysitter Laurie on Halloween night.
Hocus Pocus
The only thing that makes Max's new life in Salem a little bit easier is sharing a class with Allison. On Halloween, Max, Allison, and Max's sister Dani accidentally awaken three witches intent on stealing the souls of all the town's children.
Hocus Pocus 2
As soon as the credits roll on the original, press play on this sequel, which finds the Sanderson sisters back in Salem looking for revenge. Now it's up to three new teens to stop them before it's too late.
The Haunted Mansion
Realtors Jim and Sara travel to a mansion with their kids, eager to make a deal. During their time there, they realize that the people they've met are actually ghosts haunting the place.
Only Murders In The Building
Three people who live in the same New York apartment building share a love for true crime podcasts. When someone in their building ends up dead, they're convinced he was murdered and set out to solve the crime.
Fresh
Noa is ready to give up on online dating, and decides to give her number to the handsome man she meets in the grocery store. After a promising first date and romantic weekend getaway, Noa learns that her new boyfriend has some...unusual appetites.
Scream
Sidney and her friends must outsmart a killer when they become his next target, and as more bodies show up, the friends go through the rules of horror films to help them survive.
Ghostbusters
A trio of spirit exterminators must save New York City when it's invaded by ghosts in this iconic Halloween movie.
Locke & Key
After their father's murder, Tyler, Kinsey, and Bode move to his family home in small-town Massachusetts. They find a collection of magical keys that open all kinds of doors, but soon learn that an evil entity is also looking for the keys.
The Woman In The Window
Amy Adams plays a psychologist who can't leave her home because of her agoraphobia. She becomes obsessed with her new neighbors when she watches one of them murder the other.
The Woman In The House Across The Street From The Girl In The Window
Anna mixes wine, pills, and her overactive imagination when she obsesses over her neighbor...and then sees a murder.
Midsommar
After her family's death, Dani travels with a group of friends to Sweden for a festival that only happens once every 90 years. Once they arrive, they realize that it's actually a pagan cult.
The Munsters
Lily is a Transylvania vampire who falls in love with Herman, a loveable monster that her father does not approve of.
It
A group of outcasts living in Maine come together to form the "Losers Club" and fight against a shape-shifting monster preying on the greatest fears of people in town.
Spooky Buddies
Get your little ones in on the Halloween fun with this film that follows a group of talking puppies who must band together to stop Warwick the Warlock.
A Quiet Place
Living in a world overrun by monsters with super hearing, Lee and Evelyn have focused on survival, making a home for their family in the process. Things get complicated the closer they get to Evelyn's due date.
Nightmare on Elm Street
Teenagers on Elm Street start having nightmares with real world consequences after a spirit named Freddy Krueger starts invading their dreams.
Supernatural
Brothers Dean and Sam aren't your normal hunters — instead of animals, they're looking for evil supernatural beings, encountering all kinds of monsters, demons, gods, and angels along the way.
Boo! A Madea Halloween
Madea and her friends decide to stay home on Halloween to keep an eye on Brian's teen daughter. But it doesn't take long for things to turn spooky.
Rebecca
A new bride moves into her husband's estate, where she has to live with his intimidating housekeeper and figure out what happened to his late wife.
Carrie
Carrie is a shy girl with no friends, and after she's humiliated at her senior prom, she unleashes her telekinetic powers on everyone and everything around her.
Goosebumps
Zach moves to Delaware and lives next door to author R.L. Stine and his teenage daughter Hannah. Zach, Hannah, and their new friend Champ must team up when Stine's fictional characters are relased.
Us
An American family's beach vacation takes a turn for the terrifying when unsuspecting guests arrive: their own doppelgängers.
Stranger Things
After Will disappears from his small town in Indiana, his friends and family refuse to believe he's dead. When they discover a mysterious girl and government experiments in their search for him, they realize not everything is what it seems.
It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
It's time for pumpkins, fall leaves, and Halloween parties! All Linus wants is to see the Great Pumpkin, but Charlie Brown is intent on trick or treating with their friends instead. Some fun times, hilarious misunderstandings, and even a lesson or two follow.
Crimson Peak
This period piece follows a young heiress, who moves into the ancestral home of her new husband. Not only is the creepy home crumbling, but it's also hiding plenty of secrets.
Secret Obsession
After Jennifer wakes up in the hospital with amnesia, her husband helps take care of her and get back to a normal life. It doesn't take long to realize that things aren't right, and she isn't as safe as she thought.
Ready Or Not
A new bride's wedding night does not go as planned when she has to join her husband in a family tradition. What starts out as a game turns into a fight for survival.
Labyrinth
Sarah must go on a quest to save her brother from a goblin kingdom in this musical starring David Bowie and Jennifer Connelly
Teen Wolf
Best friends Scott McCall and Stiles Stilinski learn that their small town is more than meets the eye when Scott gets bit by a werewolf, and all kinds of supernatural creatures come out of hiding.
Practical Magic
Sisters Sally and Gillian are witches who were raised by their aunt, learning practical magic as they got older. Now they're fighting to save their family and end the curse that brings the men they fall in love with to an untimely death.
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