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[Kyleripman]

There are obviously tons of horror movies to watch on/around Halloween, but how about some lighter fare? I can't think of many movies off the top of my head and would welcome some suggestions. So far this year, I've watched:

The Halloween classic for me, I watch it every year.

I just watched this one for the first time this year. Light-hearted, fun characters, gets a little ridiculous at the end, but still the kind of movie I'm looking for.

I'm thinking that ParaNorman looks like it will fit the bill (haven't seen it yet...it stupidly came out before Halloween and comes out on DVD after Halloween...can't imagine who thought that was a good idea), and Nightmare Before Christmas sort of does as well. But I need more, GAF!

 

[Guevara]

Maybe not lighter but not really horror either: Donnie Darko takes place around halloween.

 

[lush]

Man, Hocus Pocus is the dopest fucking movie. When's it coming TV?

 

[Eaten By A Grue]

"Clue" is my favorite Halloween-esk movie to watch around this time of year. BEST ENDING EVAR in movie existance.

Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHEpuz_gUGM&sns=em

 

[Guevara]

Man Wikipedia has a list for everything: List of films set around Halloween.

 

[SmithnCo]

I saw Hotel Transylvania, it was cute. Cliche as hell but cute.

Coraline is a good one as well.

 

[DOBERMAN INC]

 

[Henchmen21]

Ernest Scared Stupid

 

[Data West]

Better than the Goonies

 

[fallagin]

I love earnest's halloween movie, that was alot of fun.

 

[Kyleripman]

That Wikipedia list sure looks like it has some stinkers on it, but it did remind me of Frankenweenie, which I forgot existed! Some other suggestions in here look good as well, thanks. I knew GAF would come through!

Ernest Scared Stupid

Oh man, that scared the hell out of me when I was a kid.

 

[Agent Cooper]

Halloweentown.

 

[ggnoobIGN]

Ernest Scared Stupid

Horror movie for the kids

 

[Platy]

This dude :

Or christmas or helloween ... there are no other date in the year for this dude =P

And his most classic is a mix of both

 

[Henchmen21]

Better than the Goonies

Nope

That Wikipedia list sure looks like it has some stinkers on it, but it did remind me of Frankenweenie, which I forgot existed! Some other suggestions in here look good as well, thanks. I knew GAF would come through!



Oh man, that scared the hell out of me when I was a kid.

Horror movie for the kids

How is Ernest Scared Stupid scary for kids? It's PG for christ sakes. If ABC can air it unedited, than it's safe for kids.

 

[Woody Invincible]

Better than the Goonies

Give me the amulet, you bitch!

 

[Fou-Lu]

This dude :

Or christmas or helloween ... there are no other date in the year for this dude =P

And his most classic is a mix of both

Yup, watch it every Halloween and every Christmas.

 

[Kenai]

Nope





How is Ernest Scared Stupid scary for kids? It's PG for christ sakes. If ABC can air it unedited, than it's safe for kids.

Is that the one with the troll who kidnapped children and turned them into statue things to create even more trolls? If so, then...yea.

I also recommend Hocus Pocus and Nightmare Before Christmas. I know a lot of folks are not fans of Corpse Bride, but I thought that movie was nice too.

 

[ChubbyHuggs]

The Witches

 

[Kitsunebaby]

This dude :

Or christmas or helloween ... there are no other date in the year for this dude =P

And his most classic is a mix of both

Probably my favorite movie since childhood and I watch it every Halloween and Christmas.

I'd also add the Addams Family and The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

 

[Kyleripman]

Nope

How is Ernest Scared Stupid scary for kids? It's PG for christ sakes. If ABC can air it unedited, than it's safe for kids.

Is that the one with the troll who kidnapped children and turned them into statue things to create even more trolls? If so, then...yea.

I haven't seen it in years, but pretty much this. Just a scary troll to a kid!

 

[Darkmakaimura]

 

[Galang]

Hocus Pocus is so good, reminds me I definitely have to watch it again before the end of the month.

 

[CREMSteve]

Saturday the 14th might fit the bill.

 

[Razgriz-Specter]

there was one movie I watched so much as a kid it was animated, one of the main kid's friend was dead, dying something, at one point they talked about the Mexican day of the dead.

really wish I could remember the name of it.



Edit: found it, The Halloween Tree

 

[Halcyon]

Who you gonna call?

 

[CREMSteve]

Once bitten with Jim Carrey

 

[ReBurn]

You could watch that Charlie Brown Great Pumpkin thing.

 

[SegaFanac]

I would have to say.....

Young Frankenstein - I watch this every year
Once Bitten
Clue
The Addams Family and Addams Family Values
Dracula Dead and Loving It
Translyvania 6-5000
Ghost Busters
Nightmare Before Christmas (more of a Late Nov. early Christmas film)

And just to re-live my childhood... The Halloween that Almost Wasn't

There are a few movies that I also watch... such as the various Vincent Price films among others.

But the one I watch each year is Young Frankenstein.

 

[Anticitizen One]

Ghostbusters is definitely Horror. Dat library scene!

 

[Halcyon]

Edward Scissorhands Beatlejuice


Little Monsters

 

[Xzeon]

Halloweentown.

i think they did a fourth one that had a different actress as the main girl and it was terribad and i hated it.

 

[Darkmakaimura]

Edward Scissorhands Beatlejuice


Little Monsters

Edward Scissorhands felt more like a Christmas movie to me than anything else.

 

[akira28]

 

[ihearthawthats]

addams family and beetlejuice?

 

[D6AMIA6N]

Better than the Goonies

Not even close.

Coraline was cool. Pretty Halloweenie

 

[crimzonflame]

Didnt they go trick or treating in E.T?

 

[DrForester]

The Witches

That's a horror movie.

 

[Femmeworth]

This dude :

Or christmas or helloween ... there are no other date in the year for this dude =P

And his most classic is a mix of both

Tim Burton didn't even-

 

[Razgriz-Specter]

Van Helsing

 

[Darkmakaimura]

Is that from The Worst Witch or something like that? I remember that movie when I was a kid. It was Harry Potter long before Harry Potter!

 

[- J - D -]

A classic:

Ernest Scared Stupid is actually the only Ernest movie I've ever seen to the end.

 

[Data West]

Nope

Yep

Also, Burton's best 'Halloween' movie isn't even Nightmare. It's Beetlejuice.

 

[JABEE]

Ray Bradbury's The Halloween Tree. It's available on DVD now. It was out of print for years. It is narrated by Ray Bradbury with voice acting from Leonard Nimoy. It is an awesome movie about Halloween in different cultures.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00936A12O/?tag=neogaf0e-20

 

[akira28]

Is that from The Worst Witch or something like that? I remember that movie when I was a kid. It was Harry Potter long before Harry Potter!

You got it. Worst Witch > Harry Potter

 

[Medalion]

Hocus Pocus, the only time you ever found Sarah Jessica Parker attractive

 

[alphaNoid]

A classic:

Ernest Scared Stupid is actually the only Ernest movie I've ever seen to the end.

nice!

 

[Agent Cooper]

i think they did a fourth one that had a different actress as the main girl and it was terribad and i hated it.

yes, they did.

the first is the only good one.

 

[akira28]

Hocus Pocus, the only time you ever found Sarah Jessica Parker attractive

(kathy najimy as a witch is my weird crush)

 

[Ellasman]

DONNIE DARKO