Halloween Movies for the Family

Even though this is a holiday of the scary, it's not that difficult to find fun and laughter at Halloween.  Here are some movies that everyone in your family can enjoy.  There might still be some sort of scary scenes in a few of these.  It is Halloween afterall.

• Nightmare Before Christmas
• Corpse Bride
• Frankenweenie
• Hocus Pocus
• Halloween Town
• Scooby Doo on Zombie Island
• Any Scooby Doo cartoons
• Harry Potter
• Any of the movies from the 7 book franchise.
• A Series of Unfortunate Events
• Laurel and Hardy Meet Frankenstein, or the Mummy.
• Hotel Transylvania
• Monsters Inc.
• Monster House
• ParaNorman
• The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
• Gotta love Don Knotts
• The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
• Animated Disney version of course.
• Disney's Monster Mash
• It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown

A few for older kids.  Some of these have stronger language and scare factor.

• ET
• The Simpsons Tree House of Terror episodes.
• Monster Squad
• Gremlins or Gremlins 2
• Ghostbusters
• Ghosts on the Loose
• Vintage 50's Monster Movies
• These aren't so scary by today's standards.
• I Was a Teenage Werewolf
• Creature From the Black Lagoon
• LOTS of others.
• Twilight Zone episodes
• Young Frankenstein

If your children get scared this time of year, talk to them before watching any of these films.  A little reassuring from a trusted adult BEFORE they get scared is a lot more helpful then after!  If in doubt, watch the movie yourself first.

Happy Halloween!