# What is your favorite halloween movie or cartoon? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 29, 2017, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-halloween-movie-or-cartoon/800130 "2017-10-29T11:04:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![WildBlueYonder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ce7236/32.png) [@WildBlueYonder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildBlueYonder)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2017, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-halloween-movie-or-cartoon/800130/1 "2017-10-29T11:04:14Z")
My favorite is Charlie Brown, the great pumpkin. There are a lot of movies I like, Friday the 13th series to start with Hows about you? ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2017, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-halloween-movie-or-cartoon/800130/2 "2017-10-29T12:53:51Z")
_The Nightmare Before Christmas._ Also my favourite Christmas movie. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2017, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-halloween-movie-or-cartoon/800130/3 "2017-10-29T13:49:15Z")
You know how in practically every episode of Scooby-Doo, there’s some impossible monster that always turns out to be a mechanical creation of the villain, or something along those lines? There’s a Halloween Scooby-Doo where it doesn’t. I’ll have to dig it out of the Firebug’s DVD collection. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2017, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-halloween-movie-or-cartoon/800130/4 "2017-10-29T17:06:30Z")
Thread relocated from IMHO to Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2017, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-halloween-movie-or-cartoon/800130/5 "2017-10-29T17:44:24Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > You know how in practically every episode of Scooby-Doo, there’s some impossible monster that always turns out to be a mechanical creation of the villain, or something along those lines? > > There’s a Halloween Scooby-Doo where it doesn’t. I’ll have to dig it out of the Firebug’s DVD collection. Scooby doo on zombie island that’s the movie that brought Scooby back fom the dead it had the tag line "this time the monsters real " they had about 3 or 4 more direct to video/cartoon network movies where the monster was real and but when the “whats new Scooby doo” series and the live action movies started they went back to the same old formula … Although they did mix it up for the "mystery incorporated " series but the kids didn’t care for it and only lasted two seasons ---
**Author:** ![harmonicamoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/65b543/32.png) [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2017, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-halloween-movie-or-cartoon/800130/6 "2017-10-29T17:47:59Z")
Yes, “Somethings up with Jack”, rocks! ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2017, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-halloween-movie-or-cartoon/800130/7 "2017-10-29T17:49:21Z")
They named a holiday after the movie, “Halloween.” Ok, not really, but it is still one of the very best horror movies of all time. Yes, it is slow paced during the first 50 minutes or so, but I feel that only helps to build the suspense ---
**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 29, 2017, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-halloween-movie-or-cartoon/800130/8 "2017-10-29T18:51:26Z")
_Plan Nine from Outer Space_ ---
**Author:** ![RunSilent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e0b2c6/32.png) [@RunSilent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RunSilent)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2017, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-halloween-movie-or-cartoon/800130/9 "2017-10-29T19:52:49Z")
Here is my favorite Halloween cartoon: [Silly Symphonies - The Skeleton Dance - YouTube](https://youtu.be/vOGhAV-84iI) ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2017, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-halloween-movie-or-cartoon/800130/10 "2017-10-29T20:27:24Z")
The Nightmare Before Christmas. ---
**Author:** ![neofishboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/neofishboy/32/444_2.png) [@neofishboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neofishboy)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2017, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-halloween-movie-or-cartoon/800130/11 "2017-10-29T22:04:02Z")
I was ten years old in 1981, the year _Halloween_ was first shown on television. I was sitting on the floor carving a pumpkin (with a steak knife, because apparently my parents thought I had too many fingers), and something about John Carpenter’s score and the shots of the high school kids walking through the fall leaves in “Haddonfield, Il” … it just all came together to form a perfect moment. Halloween’s been my favorite holiday ever since. Also, _It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown_. The main theme “Linus and Lucy” puts a big dumb smile on my face every time I hear it. ---
**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 29, 2017, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-halloween-movie-or-cartoon/800130/12 "2017-10-29T23:26:09Z")
I have a fondness for the classic Universal Studios monster movies, particularly the first few Frankenstein and Dracula movies. Less so the Wolfman and Mummy ones. I haven’t watched it in years but I really liked the original Swedish “Let The Right One In” vampire movie but don’t watch the dubbed version, it’s terrible (the dubbing). Go with the Swedish with subtitles. There was an American remake but I didn’t like it as well. ---
**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 29, 2017, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-halloween-movie-or-cartoon/800130/13 "2017-10-29T23:33:41Z")
[Dagon](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0264508/?ref_=nv_sr_1) is pretty creepy. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2017, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-halloween-movie-or-cartoon/800130/14 "2017-10-30T00:06:08Z")
[Night Of The Creeps](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091630/). Great horror/sci-fi/comedy B-movie mash up. ---
**Author:** ![JpnDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/838e76/32.png) [@JpnDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JpnDude)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2017, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-halloween-movie-or-cartoon/800130/15 "2017-10-30T01:48:21Z")
Another vote for the original _Halloween_ film and its sequel. Campy and cheesy but awesomely fun. As for animated works, another vote for _It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown_. ---
**Author:** ![Enter\_the\_Flagon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Enter\_the\_Flagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enter_the_Flagon)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2017, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-halloween-movie-or-cartoon/800130/16 "2017-10-30T02:54:31Z")
And yes again to Great Pumpkin - the multi-strand plotlines and the music by Vince Guaraldi. The music’s so good that the soundtrack holds up without the video. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2017, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-halloween-movie-or-cartoon/800130/17 "2017-10-30T02:59:00Z")
Another vote for The Great Pumpkin (I got a rock.) I love the first dozen or so Simpson’s Hallowe’en Specials, particularly, “The Shinning;”\* (“Odd, usually the blood gets off at the second floor.”) \*("You wanna get sued?) ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2017, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-halloween-movie-or-cartoon/800130/18 "2017-10-31T20:13:13Z")
_The Day the World Got Really Screwed Up!_ (the _The Angry Beavers_ Halloween episode) - B-movies meet Nickelodeon. “Can-day!” ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2017, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-halloween-movie-or-cartoon/800130/19 "2017-10-31T20:19:11Z")
As a kid I loved “Halloween is Grinch Night.” ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2017, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-halloween-movie-or-cartoon/800130/20 "2017-10-31T20:57:45Z")
> [@That\_Don\_Guy](#): > > _The Day the World Got Really Screwed Up!_ (the _The Angry Beavers_ Halloween episode) - B-movies meet Nickelodeon. “Can-day!” “Ow my leg!” “Ow…my other leg” “Ow!..both my legs!” I loved that episode but honestly haven’t thought about it in forever. I’d love to watch that again… That being said, I came in here to mention Nightmare Before Christmas [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-halloween-movie-or-cartoon/800130.md?page=2)