# Any movies or TV shows you like to watch at least once for Halloween **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 20, 2013, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-movies-or-tv-shows-you-like-to-watch-at-least-once-for-halloween/671753 "2013-10-20T21:41:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2013, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-movies-or-tv-shows-you-like-to-watch-at-least-once-for-halloween/671753/1 "2013-10-20T21:41:37Z")
Every year I try to watch the simpsons newest halloween episode, the original halloween (1978) and the great pumpkin charlie brown special at least once. Any shows other people try to watch during or around Halloween as a sort of ritual? ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2013, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-movies-or-tv-shows-you-like-to-watch-at-least-once-for-halloween/671753/2 "2013-10-20T22:08:22Z")
I try to catch at least one of the horror movie marathons. ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2013, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-movies-or-tv-shows-you-like-to-watch-at-least-once-for-halloween/671753/3 "2013-10-20T23:02:42Z")
The Thing, both Carpenter’s '82 version and the 2011 prequel. Also like to pop them in (esp. the '82) if there’s a good winter storm outside at night. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2013, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-movies-or-tv-shows-you-like-to-watch-at-least-once-for-halloween/671753/4 "2013-10-20T23:05:22Z")
My grandson (now 12) and I watch Halloweentown (Disney) and Scary Godmother each year. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2013, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-movies-or-tv-shows-you-like-to-watch-at-least-once-for-halloween/671753/5 "2013-10-20T23:19:58Z")
I try to watch a couple of the classic Universal horror movies. I have the Frankenstein and Dracula box sets. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2013, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-movies-or-tv-shows-you-like-to-watch-at-least-once-for-halloween/671753/6 "2013-10-20T23:25:10Z")
_The Nightmare Before Christmas_. Then it comes out again for Christmas gift wrapping night. For scary stuff, I know no movie that scares me so much as these two tv shows, so these are my “glass of wine and cuddle with the hubby and get scared” picks: \*Hush \*from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. \*Blink \* from Doctor Who. I’m tempted to add _Pan’s Labyrinth_ to the stack, but I’m not sure I’m ready to see it again. I’m not sure I’ll ever be ready to see it again. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2013, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-movies-or-tv-shows-you-like-to-watch-at-least-once-for-halloween/671753/7 "2013-10-21T00:36:25Z")
The Garfield Halloween special, although I haven’t seen it in years/decades. “Candy…candy…candycandycandycandy!” ---
**Author:** ![breezman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@breezman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/breezman)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2013, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-movies-or-tv-shows-you-like-to-watch-at-least-once-for-halloween/671753/8 "2013-10-21T00:53:29Z")
My wife watches _Hocus Pocus_ each year. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2013, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-movies-or-tv-shows-you-like-to-watch-at-least-once-for-halloween/671753/9 "2013-10-21T03:34:26Z")
This is a really great question. Everyone has his/her fav Christmas movies-- why not Halloween movies? I’m not into gory, scary movies that scare you just for the hell of it (what Joe Bob Briggs called “teenage pork chop movies”). And I really don’t like seriously scary movies like _The Exorcist_. I like something more subtle and atmosphere-y. Just saw [The Awakening](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1687901/?ref_=nv_sr_1), and liked it a lot. Also [The Others](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0230600/?ref_=nv_sr_1) (Nicole Kidman). And one of my all time favorites, Halloween or not, the 1944 [The Uninvited](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037415/?ref_=fn_al_tt_3). ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2013, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-movies-or-tv-shows-you-like-to-watch-at-least-once-for-halloween/671753/10 "2013-10-21T04:15:02Z")
> [@Ponch8](#): > > The Garfield Halloween special, although I haven’t seen it in years/decades. > “Candy…candy…candycandycandycandy!” I saw that as a kid! Loved it. To answer the OP: _The Great Pumpkin_. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2013, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-movies-or-tv-shows-you-like-to-watch-at-least-once-for-halloween/671753/11 "2013-10-21T06:37:58Z")
Scooby doo meets Kiss. Either I’m just a dirty old man or that particular cartoon has some double entendres that aren’t exactly kid appropriate. ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2013, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-movies-or-tv-shows-you-like-to-watch-at-least-once-for-halloween/671753/12 "2013-10-21T06:47:28Z")
I am not a big horror fan, so the only one i catch each year is “It’s the great pumpkin, Charlie Brown!” I really dislike the Simpsons Halloween specials, even though they are popular and i generally like the the Simpsons. Charlie Brown is a perfect special, and hasn’t become stale in over 40 years. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2013, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-movies-or-tv-shows-you-like-to-watch-at-least-once-for-halloween/671753/13 "2013-10-21T06:56:19Z")
_The Nightmare Before Christmas_ - always Other than that, in the weeks/days leading up to Halloween, I usually try to watch a few horror movies I haven’t seen before. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2013, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-movies-or-tv-shows-you-like-to-watch-at-least-once-for-halloween/671753/14 "2013-10-21T07:06:40Z")
I’ll totally watch The Great Pumpkin if I know when it’s on and it fits my schedule so I can. I make it point to watch Dawn of the Dead every Halloween, late at night, after the tricks have been treated and the pumpkins blown out. Romero version, not the “remake”. I was trying to watch Halloween (Carpenter’s, not the Rob Zombie garbage) each Halloween as well, but last year didn’t, instead went with Halloween 2 (again, not the Rob Zombie atrocity). I’d really like to catch some of the old Universal and Hammer flicks, but they rarely get played anymore, and when they do it’s usually in a timeslot that doesn’t work for me or my DVR. Doesn’t help that fall TV has started so I have less time to fit in Halloween stuff than I’d like (rarely have this problem with Christmas time since most shows are off then). Also love it when the Treehouse of Horrors start hitting the local Simpsons reruns. Last year they started really fucking late, so barely got to see any, but this year they started a bit earlier, so that’s good. Still not early enough that they can show all of them, though… ---
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I like all the old classic horror movies, if they don’t run the old Hammer and Universal stuff I will dig out my DVDs of them. Especially stuff like The Raven, The Mummy, Dracula - though I also really like catching Psycho, The Haunting of Hell House, stuff from the 60s and 70s. Occasionally we will get lucky and they will show the 80’s horror stuff, original Carpenter stuff, not the remakes. ---
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**30 Days of Night** ---
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> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > And one of my all time favorites, Halloween or not, the 1944 [The Uninvited](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037415/?ref_=fn_al_tt_3). I have the DVD of this pre-ordered from Amazon and hope it will arrive before Halloween. Not the same things every year, but around the end of October my thoughts turn to _Kolchak: The Night Stalker_ series or the goofy-bad non-Hammer horror movies starring Peter Cushing and/or Christopher Lee–_Horror Express_, _The Skull_, _Blood Beast Terror_. ---
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**Plan 9 from Outer Space** is a Halloween tradition in our house. ---
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[Night Of The Creeps](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091630/) > [@](#): > > \*Detective Cameron: I got good news and bad news, girls. The good news is your dates are here. > > Sorority Sister: What’s the bad news? > > Detective Cameron: They’re dead. \* ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2013, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-movies-or-tv-shows-you-like-to-watch-at-least-once-for-halloween/671753/20 "2013-10-21T17:02:35Z")
A friend/ex-roommate from undergrad made a tradition out of The Crow; I’m not quite so religious about it, but I do make something of an effort. Also fond of getting Arsenic and Old Lace in somewhere around there if I can. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-movies-or-tv-shows-you-like-to-watch-at-least-once-for-halloween/671753.md?page=2)