31 Days of the Best Halloween Movies for Kids

Here’s the ultimate list of Halloween Movies for Kids to have some spooky fun this October with witches, ghosts, vampires, monsters and MORE! Snuggle up with your family this fall with some of your favorite Halloween Movies and a few new ones that are sure to cast a spell!

31 Days of Halloween featuring the Best Halloween Movies! 

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Halloween Movies for Kids

I put together this list of what I think are the best halloween family movies. These are Halloween movies that I’ve watched with my children who are under the age of 13. Many of these Halloween movies will be featured on Disney’s Freefrom channel this season.

I divided it into appropriate ages including preschoolers to elementary school ages. It can work as a great movie list of Halloween movies for tweens too!

Create your own special Disney Halloween experience with these Mom Approved Halloween Movies!

Halloween Movies for Preschoolers 3-5

• Pooh’s Heffalump Halloween Movie
• Spookley the Square Pumpkin
• It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown
• Room on the Broom
• Curious George: A Halloween Boo Fest 
• Sesame Street: A Magical Halloween Adventure

Halloween Movies for Elementary School Ages 5-10

• Toy Story of TERROR!
• Monsters, Inc.
• Monsters University
• Hotel Transylvania
• Hotel Transylvania 2
• Disney’s Coco
• The Nightmare Before Christmas
• James and the Giant Peach
• Caroline 

• Dear Dracula
• Charlotte’s Web
• Stellaluna
• Maleficent
• Casper
• Hocus Pocus
• The Little Vampire
• Twitches
• Halloween Town
• The Witches 

Halloween Movies for Tweens Ages 10-12

• Monster House
• Ghost Busters (1984)
• Ghostbusters (2016)
• The Addams Family
• Addams Family Values
• The Haunted Mansion (2003)
• Harry Potter (Check out Age by Age Guide )
• Disney’s Zombies 

Halloween Movies for 13 and up

• Beetlejuice
• Edward Scissorhands
• MORE LISTED BELOW on the Freeform Channel this Halloween

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There you go!  The Ultimate list of 31 Halloween movies for families!

To keep track all month long of what to watch I made a printable Halloween Movie Checklist for your family.

CLICK NOW TO PRINT YOUR HALLOWEEN MOVIE CHECKLIST 

What Halloween movies did I miss in your child’s age group?  Leave a comment below.

Best Halloween family movies

I was excited to see that the channel Freeform jumped from 13 nights to 31 nights of Halloween movies this year.  Are you kids excited about watching their Halloween movies in October? The list was just published! Here’s the featured scheduled below. 

As you read through the Halloween movie schedule, keep in mind that the target age group for this television channel is ages 14-34 so there will be quite a few movies available that will not be age appropriate for your little ones. A few are even rated R, which are usually the last night showings for the older crowd. Quite frankly several of the upcoming movies aren’t directly related to Halloween either.

I do see a few of our family’s favorites like Hotel Transylvania, Hocus Pocus and Monsters, Inc. and more. We’re going to put together our own 31 Days of Halloween Fun.  Will you join us?

Set those DVRs! Get your Tivos ready. And find your age appropriate Halloween movie as we kick of this fun season of imagination with your child. Keep in mind you can also just find many of the Best Halloween movies on netflix or on Amazon prime video.

Join along starting on October 1 and all the way through to October 31 for movie nights filled with Kids Halloween Movies!

**For alternative Halloween Movies and Age Ranking check out the Common Sense Media Guide to Scary (But Not Too Scary) Halloween Movies **

31 NIGHTS OF HALLOWEEN MOVIES ON TV ON FREEFORM SCHEDULE

Monday, October 1

• 5pm/4c ParaNorman
• 7:10pm/6:10c The Nightmare Before Christmas
• 8:50pm/7:50c Hocus Pocus
• 12am/11c ParaNorman

Tuesday, October 2

• 5pm/4c The Nightmare Before Christmas
• 6:30pm/5:30c Hocus Pocus
• 8:30pm/7:30c Disney•Pixar’s Monsters University
• 12am/11c Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)

Wednesday, October 3

• 4pm/3c Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
• 6:30pm/5:30c Disney•Pixar’s Monsters University
• 9pm/8c Monster House
• 12am/11c The Final Girls

Thursday, October 4

• 5pm/4c ParaNorman
• 7pm/6c Monster House
• 9pm/8c The Addams Family (1991)
• 12am/11c Teen Spirit

Friday, October 5

• 12:30pm/11:30c The Parent Trap (1998)
• 3:30pm/2:30c Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
• 6:10pm/5:10c The Addams Family (1991)
• 8:20pm/7:20c The Goonies
• 12am/11c The Breakfast Club

Saturday, October 6

• 7am/6c The Parent Trap (1998)
• 10:10am/9:10c Monster House
• 12:20pm/11:20c Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
• 2:50pm/1:50c The Haunted Mansion (2003)
• 4:55pm/3:55c The Goonies
• 7:35pm/6:35c Hocus Pocus
• 9:45pm/8:45c Maleficent
• 11:50pm/10:50c Warm Bodies

Sunday, October 7

• 7am/6c Monster House
• 9:10am/8:10c Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
• 11:40am/10:40c The Haunted Mansion (2003)
• 1:50pm/12:50c Alice in Wonderland (2010)
• 4:25pm/3:25c Hocus Pocus
• 6:35pm/5:35c Maleficent
• 8:40pm/7:40c Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
• 11:20pm/10:20c Dark Shadows (2012)