Arisha Iman
Happy October y’all! It’s finally the best time of year (in my opinion). From the fact that Halloween is near or the fact that it's fall at last, there is so much to look forward to. Halloween is a little far away but that doesn’t mean you can’t get festive. What better way to get ready for spooky season than watching movies that match the current vibe around you?Here are some fantastic fall/Halloween movies to enjoy!
1. Coraline (2009)
Running time: 1h40m
Rating: PG
Director: Henry Selick
Cast: Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher, Robert Bailey Jr, and more
Where to watch: Netflix
Coraline finds a secret door in her new house which takes her to an improved version of her current world. She must escape before her alternate family keeps her there forever.
2. Edward Scissorhands (1990)
Running time: 1h45m
Rating: PG
Director: Tim Burton
Cast: Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder,Vincent Prince and more
Where to watch: Disney+
Edward was made by a scientist who died in the process of his creation, leaving him looking abnormal. After a sales women takes him in, he starts to fall in love with her teenage daughter and tries to live a normal life.
3. Corpse Bride (2005)
Running time: 1h41m
Rating: PG
Director: Tim Burton
Cast: Johnny Depp,Helena Bonham Carter,Emily Watson, and more
Where to watch: Crave, STARZ
Victor was practising his wedding vows for his arranged marriage with a girl he likes in the woods. A hand belonging to Emily (the corpse bride herself) kidnaps and brings him to the land of the dead and decides she wants to marry him. Victor must escape.
4. The Witches (1990+2020)
1990
Running time: 1h31m
Rating: PG
Director: Nicolas Roeg
Cast: Anjelica Huston, Mai Zetterling,Jasen Fisher ,Rowan Atkinson, and more
Where to watch: Netflix, STARZ
2020
Running time: 1h46m
Rating: PG
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Cast: Anjelica Huston, Mai Zetterling,Jasen Fisher ,Rowan Atkinson, and more
Where to watch: Netflix
Roahld Dahl's iconic novel has been made into two movies which follow a little boy learning all about witches who ends up at the yearly conference for them.
5. The Addams Family (1991)
Running time: 1h39m
Rating: PG
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Cast: Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia, Christopher Lloyd, and more
Where to watch: Netflix, Paramount+, Tubi
The Addams family is overjoyed when a guy claiming to be Fester, Gomez Addams's lost brother, shows up at their residence. Morticia starts to believe the man is a fraud because he seems unable to recall anything about Fester's life. Fester succeeds in having the Addams family removed from their home with the assistance of lawyer Tully Alford. The two men work together to steal the Addams' riches and must be stopped.
6. Ghostbusters (1984)
Running time: 1h45m
Rating: PG
Director: Ivan Reitman
Cast: Bill Murray,Dan Aykroyd,Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis and more
*Any of the Ghostbuster movies are great!
Where to watch: CTV
Ghosts are in New York City and who's gonna stop them... the Ghostbusters of course. A group consisting of three former parapsychology professors and a retired Marine to remove ghosts for their clients.
7. Hocus Pocus (1993) and Hocus Pocus 2 (2022)
Running time: 1h36m
Rating: PG
Director: Kenny Ortaga
Cast: Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker,Kathy Najimy, Omri Katz and more
Where to watch: Disney+
*A new sequel is also available on Disney+
In the 1993 classic, a boy named Max and his sister Dani move to the town of Salem and end up exploring an abandoned house with Max's crush, Allison. She tells them an old legend about three witches, that Max didn’t believe, so, somehow he accidentally frees a coven of evil witches that used to live in the house. With nothing but a talking cat by their side, they must stop them from becoming immortal.
8. The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
Running time: 1h16m
Rating: PG
Director: Tim Burton
Cast: Danny Elfman,Chris Sarandon ,Catherine O'Hara,William Hickey, and more
Where to watch: Disney+
Halloween town’s beloved pumpkin king, Jack Skellington, becomes bored with the idea of scarring people each year for Halloween. He accidentally comes across Christmas Town and decides that he wants that for himself. In order to do so, he plans to kidnap Santa.
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