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25 Not-So-Scary Halloween Movies For Kids

The perfect month to have a "spooky-but-not-scary" movie marathon with the family!

By Michael Aldrich

Published October, 2022

Updated July 25, 2023

31 Days of Halloween — Day 4: Hocus Pocus (1993) – 25 Years Later — by Kagan Breitenbach | Horror Movie Podcast

1. Hocus Pocus

Amazon.com: It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown: Melendez, Bill, Robbins, Peter, Shea, Chris, Dryer, Sally, Steinberg, Cathy: Movies & TV

2. Peanuts: It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) - IMDb

3. ET

Beetlejuice (1988) - Where to Watch It Streaming Online | Reelgood

4. Beetlejuice

The Addams Family (1991) - IMDb

5. The Addams Family

Casper movie review & film summary (1995) | Roger Ebert

6. Casper

Labyrinth (1986) - IMDb

7. Labyrinth

Goosebumps (2015) - IMDb

8. Goosebumps

Buy Scooby-Doo - Where Are You?: Complete 1st and 2nd Seasons - DVD

9. Scooby Doo

Ernest Scared Stupid - Alchetron, The Free Social Encyclopedia

10. Ernest Scared Stupid

Halloweentown (TV Movie 1998) - IMDb

11. Halloweentown Trilogy

Monster House: 8712609684797: Amazon.com: Books

12. Monster House

Watch Double Double Toil and Trouble | Prime Video

13. Double Double Toil and Trouble

Under Wraps : nostalgia

14. Under Wraps

Hotel Transylvania/Hotel Transylvania 2/Hotel Transylvania 3 [DVD] - Best Buy

15. Hotel Transylvania 1, 2 & 3

Corpse Bride (2005) - Soundtracks - IMDb

16. Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride

ParaNorman (2012) | Halloween movies for tweens, Scary movies for tweens, Halloween movies

17. Paranorman

Frankenweenie | Full Movie | Movies Anywhere

18. Frankenweenie

The Haunted Mansion | Full Movie | Movies Anywhere

19. The Haunted Mansion

Twitches Too | Disney Movies

20. Twitches 1 & Too

The Boy Who Cried Werewolf | The Boy Who Cried Werewolf Wiki | Fandom

21. The Boy Who Cried Werewolf

Watch The Little Vampire | Prime Video

22. The Little Vampire

Anne Hathaway Movie 'Roald Dahl's The Witches' Skips Theaters For HBO Max – Deadline

23. The Witches

Remember the three rules when you pick up the new “Gremlins” home release, now in 4K UHD. – Elements of Madness

24. Gremlins 1 & 2

Ghostbusters (1984) - IMDb

25. The Original Ghostbusters 1 & 2

About the Author

Michael Aldrich

Michael Aldrich is Nashville Parent's Managing Editor and a Middle Tennessee arts writer. He and his wife, Alison, are the proud parents of 4-year-old Ezra and baby Norah.

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