7 Best Halloween Movies For Kids To Watch In 2024
Are you looking for a spooky or scary movie to let your kids watch? Or a horror movie that will take up your breath and leave you scared? Then you are surely at the right place as we have brought a list of exciting suggestions for you about some of the best halloween movies for kids ever. You can check more breathtaking halloween movies for kids this year.
Goosebumps, nightmares, shivers, and chills are your unexpected guests in this journey.
Kidding.
Well, the list is made personalized for little kids and they will enjoy it as the movies are a subtle blend of comedy, thriller and adventure.
Are you ready?
7 Best Halloween Movies For Kids
- Hocus Pocus
Starting up in our list, we have Hocus Pocus. Sarah Jessica, Bette Midler, and Kathy Najimy are the three main characters in this movie. The story revolves around malevolent spirits known as Salem Witches who were born as they were burned at the stake. The plot is from the 17th century. This cult classic also has a sequel that features several new characters as well as the return of the Sanderson Sisters to Salem.
- Don’t Look Under the Bed
This is a movie that came into theaters in 1999. It is a Disney Channel original movie from Kenneth Johnson and is one of the scariest options among children. This movie deals with the strange things that start happening in town and the people look to teenager Frances as the culprit. She tries to clear her name but reluctantly enlists the help of Larry who is her brother’s imaginary friend.
- Harry Potter
How can you forget this OG movie? The Harry Potter series is arguably the best halloween movie you can make your kids watch. This movie is based on a boy and his friends who defeat the darkest wizard of all time. The best part of the movie is that these kids work for the whole family.
- The Addams Family
The Addams Family is based on the cartoon “Charles Adam” that was a popular sitcom in 1960s in New York. This movie has multiple sequels as well as remakes enlisting Addams Family Values, Addams Family Reunion and The Addams Family (2019) as well as a Netflix series named Wednesday.
- Halloweentown
Halloweentown is one of the halloween movies on Disney Channel where there is a family of witches who follows a man. The man then goes on to defeat the big four family of witches and other evil forces that threaten the human world. Halloweentown has three sequels and all of them were widely appreciated by the audience.
- Twitches
Disney surely is stuck with witch-centered films throughout the early 2000s. This movie starred Tia and Tamera Mowry as twin witches who got separated at birth. They both reunite on their 21st birthday! The movie also shows the power they use to save the world in which they were born.
- The Haunted Mansion
This 2003 creepy movie started the trend of Disney theme park attractions adapted into feature-length films. It is a spooky movie that tells us the tale of a family who moves into a house that already has 999 ghosts in it. The remake of this movie also came in the year 2023.
2 Not Scary Halloween Movies For Kids [Bonus]
As the above list was focused on movies that will tremble your soul if you’re soft hearted, here’s a little relief for soft hearted and cry babies. In this category, we’ve come up with some not scary halloween movies for kids that will be equally exciting and possess mild horrific events and jumpscares.
- The Nightmare Before Christmas
Have you ever wondered about Santa Claus on the cusp of kidnapping? The first movie in this list has a unique funny side molded into the horror. The movie was released in 1993 by Henry Selick. It features the Pumpkin King of Halloweentown, who unintentionally stumbles across the concept of Christmas. He becomes so obsessed that he kidnaps Santa Claus and attempts to take over the holiday of Christmas.
- Double, Double, Toil and Trouble
In this movie, Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen starred as children. It is a 1993 movie in which the girl twins try to save their parents from their greedy aunt and meet weird new friends along the way as the magic bursts.
Conclusion
Thus, here are some of the best halloween movies for kids. These are the ones that we would like to recommend to kids of all ages to watch because they are neither too spooky nor too scary. You must gather your family along with some snacks and create some halloween memories that will last long after the pumpkin gets carved!
The list could have been exhaustive if we would have tried giving more details about each halloween movie respectively.
NO SPOILERS for you! Grab that popcorn and blanket right next to your place as you may need some. Enjoy this halloween the best of all years. Do share your suggestions and recommendations regarding halloween movies for kids that we might’ve missed out on.