125 Creative Halloween Captions to Give ‘Em Pumpkin to Talk About
After spending all of your precious time—and money—putting together the perfect Halloween costume, of course you’ll want to post it on social media to show the world just how much you nailed it. And following a year when most of us couldn’t spend the holiday with our loved ones, who wouldn’t want to show off their 2021 plans on Instagram? But you’ll need the perfect Halloween caption to accompany your killer post.
Figuring out the caption can be the most difficult part of getting that perfect ‘gram. The good news is that All Hallows Eve allows for endless puns—seriously, go wild with “witch” and “boo”—whether you’re going for cute, funny, or basic, plus tons of captions inspired by your favorite spooky songs and films. And don’t worry: There are plenty of options for friends and couples, too.
Whether your costume is super-specific (witches and ghosts, we got you) or you need a one-liner that’s both silly and spooky, don’t waste your precious time coming up with your own Instagram caption—there’s too much else to do on the big night.
Just in time for October 31, we’ve done the hard work for you and put together the best Halloween caption ideas on the internet, meaning you can focus on trick-or-treating, snacking on candy, binging scary movies, and enjoying the holiday with friends and family instead. Here are 125 of the spookiest, funniest Halloween captions for your social media posts.
Funny Halloween Captions
Pick your poison.
Drop dead gorgeous.
Hot ghoul Halloween.
Witch better have my candy.
A killer costume.
You say witch like it’s a bad thing.
Just witchful thinking.
Every angel has a dark side.
Creepin’ it real!
Squad ghouls.
Haunt messes.
Witch, please.
Resting witch face.
This isn’t a costume.
Ghouls just wanna have fun!
Fangs for the memories.
Having a bloody good time.
He’s a handsome little devil.
Basic witch.
Wow, you’re jacked!
Who run the world? Ghouls!
Get in, loser. We’re going haunting.
I’m a haunt mess.
Don’t ghost me!
Witchful thinking.
Too ghoul for school.
Scarier than 2020.
Trick or treat yo’ self.
Felt spooky, might delete.
Bow down, witches.
Too gourd to be true.
I’m the ghostest with the mostest.
If you got it, haunt it.
Queen of the damned.
Not today, Satan.
Best fiends.
Cute Halloween Captions
Trick or treat?
Happy Howl-oween!
Too cute to spook.
Having a boo-tiful night.
Ready, set, ghoul!
You make me batty.
Stay creepy!
Hello, bootiful.
Scream queen.
Sweeter than candy.
Have a fa-boo-lous Halloween!
Cutest pumpkins in the patch.
No tricks, just lots of treats!
Keep calm and scare on.
Had a fang-tastic night.
Purr.
I’m just here for the boos.
Eat, drink, and be scary.
Hanging with my ghoulfriends.
With the boo crew.
Let’s get spooky.
Double, double toil and trouble!
Let’s give ‘em pumpkin to talk about.
Pumpkin spice and everything nice.
With the boo crew.
Be witched.
Bugs and hisses.
Stay spooky.
If the broom fits, fly it.
Happy Halloween, witches!
Spooky Halloween Captions
“I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.” — L.M. Montgomery
“Hell is empty and all the devils are here.” — William Shakespeare
“This is Halloween, everybody make a scene.” — “This Is Halloween”
“There is magic in the night when pumpkins glow by moonlight.” — Unknown
“Some people are born for Halloween.” — Stephan Graham Jones
“Every day is Halloween, isn’t it? For some of us.” — Tim Burton
“Werewolves howl. Phantoms prowl. Halloween’s upon us now.” — Richelle E. Goodrich
“Quoth the raven, ‘Nevermore!’” — Edgar Allan Poe
“Something wicked this way comes.” — William Shakespeare
“Shadows of a thousand years rise again unseen. Voices whisper in the trees, ‘Tonight is Halloween!’” — Dexter Kozen
Halloween Movie and TV Captions
“It’s just a bunch of hocus pocus!” — Hocus Pocus
“What’s your favorite scary movie?” — Scream
“Viewer beware, you’re in for a scare.” — Goosebumps
“Magic is really very simple. All you’ve got to do is want something and then let yourself have it.” — Halloweentown
“I’ll stop wearing black when they make a darker color.” — The Addams Family
“We’re all mad here.” — Alice in Wonderland
“Wanna play?” — Child’s Play
“What fresh hell is this?” — Scream Queens
“Just remember, if you look in the face of evil, evil’s gonna look right back at you.” — American Horror Story
“They’re coming to get you.” — Night of the Living Dead
“Have you come to sing pumpkin carols?” — It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
“We came, we saw, we kicked its ass.” — Ghostbusters
“I’m a mouse. Duh.” — Mean Girls
“Are you a good witch or a bad witch?” — The Wizard of Oz
“I’m the ghost with the most, babe.” — Beetlejuice
“Whatever you do, don’t fall asleep.” — A Nightmare On Elm Street
“There’s only 365 days left until next Halloween!” — The Nightmare Before Christmas
“It’s a full moon tonight. That’s when all the weirdos are out.” — Hocus Pocus
“You’re a little scary sometimes, you know that? Brilliant ... but scary.” — Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
“Be afraid. Be very afraid.” — The Fly
“I see dead people.” — The Sixth Sense
“Mischief managed.” — Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
“Never trust the living.” — Beetlejuice
“It’s alive!” — Frankenstein
“I would like, if I may, to take you on a strange journey.” — The Rocky Horror Picture Show
“We all go a little mad sometimes.” — Psycho
“It’s Halloween! Everyone’s entitled to one good scare.” — Halloween
"Sometimes, dead is better.” — Pet Sematary
“Being normal is vastly overrated.” — Halloweentown
“I’m a homicidal maniac. They look just like everyone else.” — The Addams Family
Halloween Song Captions
“You will always be my boo.” — Usher and Alicia Keys, “My Boo”
“Who you gonna call?” — Ray Parker Jr., “Ghostbusters”
“I’m sweet but I’m psycho.” — Ava Max, “Sweet But Psycho”
“Okay, first things first, I’ll eat your brains, then I’ma start rocking gold teeth and fangs.” — Nicki Minaj, “Monster”
“I just took a DNA test, turns out I’m 100% that witch.” — Lizzo, “Truth Hurts”
“Cause this is thriller!” — Michael Jackson, “Thriller”
“I’m on the highway to hell. Highway to hell.” — AC/DC, “Highway to Hell”
“It was a graveyard smash!” — Bobby “Boris” Pickett, “Monster Mash”
“The bats have left the bell tower.” — Bauhaus, “Bela Lugosi’s Dead”
“They’re creepy and they’re kooky, mysterious, and spooky.” —Andrew Gold, “The Addams Family”
“There’s a she-wolf in the closet. Open up and set it free, awooh!” —Shakira, “She Wolf”
“I put a spell on you.” — John Debney, “I Put A Spell On You”
“If your game is on, give me a call, boo.” — Ghost Town DJs, “My Boo”
“Bad to the bone” — George Thorogood & The Destroyers, "Bad to the Bone”
“Every little thing she does is magic.” —The Police, “Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic”
“I always feel like somebody’s watching me.” —Rockwell, “Somebody’s Watching Me”
“Run, run, run, run, run, run, run away!” — Talking Heads, “Psycho Killer”
“Find me where the wild things are.” — Alessia Cara, “Wild Things”
“Cause baby now we got bad blood.” —Taylor Swift, “Bad Blood”
Additional Instagramming by Jake Smith and Sanah Faroke
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