# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2013, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-movies-or-tv-shows-you-like-to-watch-at-least-once-for-halloween/671753/41 "2013-10-23T14:30:34Z")
The original Halloween and the original The Thing. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-movies-or-tv-shows-you-like-to-watch-at-least-once-for-halloween/671753/42 "2013-10-25T22:34:21Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > We always watch the Halloween episodes of _Buffy_. Ghost Willow and life-size demons. And Dawn and her rarely seen friend sneaking out to meet up with some older boys they’re vampires! ---
**Author:** ![randwill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-movies-or-tv-shows-you-like-to-watch-at-least-once-for-halloween/671753/43 "2013-10-25T22:39:41Z")
**Arsenic and Old Lace** , is a must! ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2013, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-movies-or-tv-shows-you-like-to-watch-at-least-once-for-halloween/671753/44 "2013-10-26T18:05:44Z")
Our daughter MilliCal and my wife Pepper mill are working on MilliCal’s Halloween costume today. I was facing away from the TV when I heard the Walt Disney opening fanfare. “You’re watching **Hocus Pocus** , aren’t you?” I asked immediately. “Yes,” said MilliCal “How did you know?” asked Pepper Mill It’s Halloween. [MilliCal] alwayd watches Hocus Pocus at Halloween. And it’s the only Disney Halloween feature she likes with a Disney opening. She doesn’t watch The Legend of Sleepy Hollow or the Disney Halloween cartoons." So there’s her entry. Right now she has **Monster House** on. I’ve been watching bits of various Draculas and related films (Dracula’s Daughter), myself. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2013, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-movies-or-tv-shows-you-like-to-watch-at-least-once-for-halloween/671753/45 "2013-10-26T18:57:26Z")
NOW they’re watching **The Corpse Bride**. The flapper costume is almost finished. I got roped into helping with it. ---
**Author:** ![expectopatronum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/expectopatronum/32/173_2.png) [@expectopatronum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/expectopatronum)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2013, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-movies-or-tv-shows-you-like-to-watch-at-least-once-for-halloween/671753/46 "2013-10-27T00:11:35Z")
i don’t know what’s going on with me and the nightmare before christmas this year. i’ve watched it twice already, and i listen to the soundtrack every day on my drive to work. “this is halloween” has been in my head for about 3 weeks now with no sign of quitting. ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2013, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-movies-or-tv-shows-you-like-to-watch-at-least-once-for-halloween/671753/47 "2013-10-27T21:44:54Z")
I make the 2007 Trick R Treat film a yearly ritual. That movie IS Halloween! ---
**Author:** ![edwards\_beard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@edwards\_beard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwards_beard)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2017, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-movies-or-tv-shows-you-like-to-watch-at-least-once-for-halloween/671753/48 "2017-10-10T13:59:56Z")
Sorry for resurrecting a zombie…but in this season it is appropriate. Started my yearly Halloween/horror fest this past weekend with Young Frankenstein, The Fly (original) and a couple Simpson’s Treehouse of Horror Episodes. I always remember liking the Roseanne Halloween episodes, although I didn’t care for the show itself. Strangely, I don’t ever think about the Walking Dead as something to be watched for Halloween… But now I can’t decide what to do for this weekend…with a Friday the 13th in October, do I do a Friday the 13th marathon for Friday the 13th, or a Halloween Marathon? Perhaps a marathon of the Halloween series on Friday the 13th and a Friday the 13th marathon on Halloween? ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2017, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-movies-or-tv-shows-you-like-to-watch-at-least-once-for-halloween/671753/49 "2017-10-10T14:08:57Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Our daughter MilliCal and my wife Pepper mill are working on MilliCal’s Halloween costume today. I was facing away from the TV when I heard the Walt Disney opening fanfare. > > “You’re watching **Hocus Pocus** , aren’t you?” I asked immediately. > > “Yes,” said MilliCal > > “How did you know?” asked Pepper Mill > > It’s Halloween. [MilliCal] alwayd watches Hocus Pocus at Halloween. And it’s the only Disney Halloween feature she likes with a Disney opening. She doesn’t watch The Legend of Sleepy Hollow or the Disney Halloween cartoons." > So there’s her entry. Right now she has **Monster House** on. > > I’ve been watching bits of various Draculas and related films (Dracula’s Daughter), myself. Bette Midlers I Put a Spell on You is one of my favorite movie songs. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2017, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-movies-or-tv-shows-you-like-to-watch-at-least-once-for-halloween/671753/50 "2017-10-10T14:14:27Z")
Our Halloween tradition was _Plan Nine from Outer Space._ ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2017, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-movies-or-tv-shows-you-like-to-watch-at-least-once-for-halloween/671753/51 "2017-10-10T14:48:56Z")
Most years I try to watch _ **Arsenic and Old Lace** _. I’m happily surprised others list this also. With my daughter off at college now, it is not as likely. One of the funniest movies ever made. The only other tradition is I use to look forward to the _ **Simpson’s Treehouse of Horrors** _. ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2017, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-movies-or-tv-shows-you-like-to-watch-at-least-once-for-halloween/671753/52 "2017-10-10T15:01:36Z")
I love all the Vincent Price horror movies. I also like watching the funny ones like: The Ghost & Mr. Chicken - Don Knotts Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein Murder He Says - Fred MacMurray Arsenic & Old Lace - Cary Grant Scared Stiff - Lewis & Martin ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2017, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-movies-or-tv-shows-you-like-to-watch-at-least-once-for-halloween/671753/53 "2017-10-10T15:31:23Z")
“Last Man on Earth” w/Vincent Price. “The Night Stalker” w/Darren McGavin. The Thing is a good choice, too. “Incredible Shrinking Man”. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2017, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-movies-or-tv-shows-you-like-to-watch-at-least-once-for-halloween/671753/54 "2017-10-10T16:59:13Z")
_The Devil’s Rejects_ Because who is and who isn’t a monster is just a matter of perspective. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2017, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-movies-or-tv-shows-you-like-to-watch-at-least-once-for-halloween/671753/55 "2017-10-10T19:17:35Z")
_Community_ season 2 episode 6–Epidemiology. ---
**Author:** ![Gordon\_Urquhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@Gordon\_Urquhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gordon_Urquhart)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2017, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-movies-or-tv-shows-you-like-to-watch-at-least-once-for-halloween/671753/56 "2017-10-10T19:29:23Z")
We hang this [movie poster](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTU0MTkzMDI0MV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwODI5NTAxNzE@._V1_UY1200_CR81,0,630,1200_AL_.jpg) of _The Haunting_ (1963) up on Oct. 1 each year (taking the place of the poster for _All About Eve_ for a month) next to our television and watch the movie in the days (or rather, _nights_) leading to Halloween. _“… and whatever walked there, walked alone.”_ ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2017, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-movies-or-tv-shows-you-like-to-watch-at-least-once-for-halloween/671753/57 "2017-10-10T19:29:52Z")
If you have Half Life 2, its always fun to take a trip through Ravenhome. ---
**Author:** ![JJOHNSON](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/858c86/32.png) [@JJOHNSON](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JJOHNSON)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2017, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-movies-or-tv-shows-you-like-to-watch-at-least-once-for-halloween/671753/58 "2017-10-11T20:19:38Z")
I have always made sure to watch “The Howling” the 1st one and the “Evil Dead” also the 1st one. If anyone is interested there is a TV show that you can watch on Steam called “Ash vs. The Evil Dead”. It is a modern story about Ash and his encounters with the evil dead and it is actually is pretty good if your into that kind of thing. ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_s\_Son](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19adc/32.png) [@Jim\_s\_Son](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_s_Son)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-movies-or-tv-shows-you-like-to-watch-at-least-once-for-halloween/671753/59 "2017-10-12T01:02:14Z")
A 1960 film with Christopher Lee (of course) that is listed as “City of the Dead” but in my youth was called “Horror Hotel”. Switching between present day and 17th century New England. ---
**Author:** ![mo50](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@mo50](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mo50)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2017, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-movies-or-tv-shows-you-like-to-watch-at-least-once-for-halloween/671753/60 "2017-10-16T21:58:12Z")
Used ro.love to watch Mad Monster Party on tv this time of year back in the early 70s, but haven’t seen it on in a long time. Seem to recall reading there was some licensing issue preventing it. Too bad! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-movies-or-tv-shows-you-like-to-watch-at-least-once-for-halloween/671753.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-movies-or-tv-shows-you-like-to-watch-at-least-once-for-halloween/671753.md?page=4)