Yahoo Lifestyle33 Halloween Movies That Are So Not Scary, You Can Basically Fall Asleep to Them
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1) The Witches
This new adaptation of Ronald Dahl's book is wild. While it's always good to remember that Dahl's stuff is way freakier than we remember, and kids can handle darker material than we sometimes think, the movie is still not horror-movie-level scary.
Warner Bros. Pictures@Youtube - 2/32
2) Hotel Transylvania: Transformania
There's obviously a whole Hotel Transylvania franchise that you can marathon along with its latest entry, but I wanted to give it a shout-out in case you missed it.
Prime Video@Youtube - 3/32
3) Z-O-M-B-I-E-S
Now this movie is the first in a recent DCOM musical trilogy about monsters that are metaphors for oppression and not fitting in at school. Eventually, they get to werewolves and aliens, but for now, it's all about zombies.
DisneyMusicVEVO@Youtube - 4/32
4) Hubie Halloween
Adam Sandler's Halloween movie is as goofy as he is and spooky without being scary. If you missed it in 2020, check it out!
Netflix@Youtube - 5/32
5) The Nightmare Before Christmas
I know what half of you are gonna say. Don't even start with me.
DisneyMusicVEVO@Youtube - 6/32
6) Halloweentown
I have 1 million questions about the Halloweentown logistics, lore, and economy, but that's what makes revisiting this DCOM so dang fun! There's plenty to love and plenty to poke fun at over wine with your friends.
Disney Channel@Youtube - 7/32
7) Nightbooks
As a big Don't Trust The B, Veronica Mars, Gilmore Girls, and Jessica Jones, fan I am loving this witchy moment for Krysten Ritter (hmm, or maybe I'm just a Ritter fan... whatever!).
Netflix@Youtube - 8/32
8) Hocus Pocus
Let's be honest: You know that no matter how many suggestions I give you, you're just going to end up resorting to Hocus Pocus for the 50 millionth time, right? It's okay—everybody does! Might as well get it over with since there's the new sequel coming, too.
Rotten Tomatoes Classic Trailers@Youtube - 9/32
9) Crimson Peak
Okay, so. This is one of the movies that I said would be a little scary. This Gothic romance is spookier and more ~adult~ than the other movies on this list, but it's so, so good. Watch it before the sun sets if you must.
Rotten Tomatoes Trailers@Youtube - 10/32
10) The Haunted Mansion
Pirates of the Caribbean isn't the only movie based on a Disney Parks ride.
Rotten Tomatoes Classic Trailers@Youtube - 11/32
11) Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children
20th Century Studios@Youtube - 12/32
12) Monster House
It might be scary for kids, but not adults. The title makes it seem way more intense than it actually is.
Rotten Tomatoes Classic Trailers@Youtube - 13/32
13) Dark Shadows
Not my favorite Tim Burton movie, but completists should probably check it out. Plus, 70s nostalgia is very in right now and this movie is chock full of it.
Rotten Tomatoes Trailers@Youtube - 14/32
14) Edward Scissorhands
Speaking of Tim Burton, this film of his is spooky at times, heartbreaking at others, and satirical at sometimes, too. It's not just Halloween candy, it's a full meal.
Rotten Tomatoes Classic Trailers@Youtube - 15/32
15) The Boy Who Cried Werewolf
This is a Nickelodeon movie about a family that inherits a castle (like you do), which may or may not be protected by a werewolf.
ClevverTV@Youtube - 16/32
16) Spooky Buddies
Puppies are the opposite of scary. But please, nobody ever make a scary puppy movie now that I've said that, TYVM (do not say Cujo, he's big).
HowlloweenHound@Youtube - 17/32
17) The Scream Team
This is a DCOM about a haunted house that's not the Haunted Mansion. Spirits pass through to move on instead of staying forever, as a good spirit does. It also stars a young Kat Dennings!
Youtube World@Youtube - 18/32
18) Jennifer's Body
There are scary elements in this movie, but no super big jump scares. If you want something between a horror movie and something for literal children, this is it. The only people that should really be scared of this movie are bad boyfriends and shitty guys, and maybe they deserve to get spooked into acting right.
20th Century Studios@Youtube - 19/32
20) The Rocky Horror Picture Show
There are definitely some parts of this movie that are unsettling and some parts that are sexier and kinkier than the average Hollywood fare, but they aren't scary in the traditional or modern sense. Just a warning! I don't want you coming to me scandalized.
20th Century Studios@Youtube - 20/32
21) Twitches
Tia and Tamera Mowry's magical film is totally low stakes and a whole lot of fun.
Disney Channel@Youtube - 21/32
22) Girl Vs. Monster
There are a lot of spooky-themed DCOMs but this one is literally about a girl trying to throw a Halloween party.
Disney Channel@Youtube - 22/32
23) The Addams Family
You might be more of an Addams Family Values person, and that's totally fair, but wait a few weeks and save that one for the iconic Thanksgiving scene!
Paramount Movies@Youtube - 23/32
24) Coco
Technically, this is a November 1 movie—that's Dia De Los Muertos—but I'll allow it for you night owls out there.
Pixar@Youtube - 24/32
25) Casper
He's literally a *friendly* ghost. What more do you need to know?
Universal Pictures@Youtube - 25/32
26) Beetlejuice
The classic film, now a hit Broadway musical as well, is the perfect silly/throwback thing to put on for a nightmare-free Halloween. Your dreams will maybe just be...weird, instead.
Warner Bros. Entertainment@Youtube - 26/32
27) Fun Size
There should be more Halloween movies that are about trick or treating! Don't you agree? Please sign my petition on the way out.
Paramount Pictures@Youtube - 27/32
28) Coraline
Other Mother is lowkey terrifying, but, I believe you can handle her. Stay strong!
Universal Pictures All-Access@Youtube - 28/32
29) ParaNorman
There's something about stop-motion animation that just screams spooky season, don't you think? Also, this spooky animated movie about a boy who speaks to the dead stars Kodi Smit-McPhee, who went on to get an Oscar nomination for The Power Of The Dog. Good for him!
Rotten Tomatoes Trailers@Youtube - 29/32
30) The Worst Witch (1986)
The Worst Witch, the story of an incompetent but lovable witch in training named Mildred Hubble, has been an HBO series and a Netflix series—but our Gen X elders l-o-v-e to talk about the movie. Honor them this Halloween by streaming the cult classic.
Jonathan@Youtube - 30/32
31) Witches In Stitches
This just unlocked a memory for me. Anybody else remember this short film about two witches who turn their sister into a jack-o-lantern?
Janson Media@Youtube - 31/32
32) Corpse Bride
If you're one of *those* Nightmare Before Christmas people, watch this animated movie instead.
Warner Bros.@Youtube - 32/32
33) Little Shop of Horrors
If all else fails, watch a musical! Little Shop is a spoof of cult horror movies, but it's really not itself scary. Just, you know, don't feed the plants...
The Little Shop Archive@Youtube
