The Best Halloween Children & Family Films

Welcome to the best Halloween Children & Family Films list! Halloween is a time we often like to celebrate by trick or treating, dressing up as scary characters and partying; choosing a good film is also very important. It doesn't matter if you're choosing to wear a costume or not, you'll definitely find something you like on our list. Between classics and some newly released Halloween Children & Family films, you can enjoy the holiday to the fullest with your little ones. If you'd like to see more browse through our extensive catalogue of over 100,000 titles.

  • Hocus Pocus (1993)

    1h 32min
    1h 32min

    Bette Midler stars with Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy as three wild witches who return from seventeenth-century Salem for a night of zany fun and comic chaos. After they're conjured up by unsuspecting pranksters, the tricky trio sets out to cast a spell on the town and reclaim their youth. But first, they must outwit three feisty kids determined to foil their scheme! Filled with bewitching laughs and magic, this hilarious film is perfect for the whole family!

  • Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Mickey's Treat (2006)

    1h 9min
    1h 9min

    What is better for kids than to spend Halloween with already well known cartoon characters? That's why we have Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Mickey's Halloween Haunt on the best of Halloween Children & Family films list. So, what are Mickey and his friends up to this holiday season? They're all invited to Big Pete's Halloween party! But to get the party started Mickey and friends need to reach Trick-Or-Treat Tower before the moon is full or the gates will lock. Mickey's Halloween is fun for the whole family, come and join him on new "scary" adventures. 

  • Pooh's Heffalump Halloween (2005)

    1h 3min
    1h 3min

    100 Acre Wood welcomes you and your little ones to join them for spooktacular Halloween! And we welcomed Pooh and his friends to the best Halloween Children & Family films list. This holiday is even more special because it's Lumpy's first Halloween. Pooh's Heffalump Halloween is a perfect film and a treat for the whole family, it's packed with adventure, unconditional friendship, and lots of laughter. Rent it on DVD and get very special feature - Games and Activities: Trick or Re-Treat, Pooh's Boo! Bingo, Pass the Pumpkin, and Heffalump Halloween Party Planner!

  • Spongebob: Halloween (2002)

    1h 54min
    1h 54min

    Spongebob: Halloween brings you five spooky sea tales plus five bubblin' bonus episodes! That's enough holiday content for the best Halloween Children & Family films list, and you and your little ones can enjoy. Spongebob, Patrick, Squidward, Mr. Krabs and Sandy have a special way of celebrating Halloween, always accompanied with their over-the-top adventures. From SpongeBob becoming a ghost for Halloween to Plankton disguising himself as a robot version of Mr. Krabs, it’ll show you how fun this holiday can be. Let's follow them into the deep blue and have fun watching this DVD... Including an additional special treat, SpongeBob Scaredy Pants music video.

    Director:
    Sherm Cohen
    Cast:
    Not Available
    Genre:
    Children & Family
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  • Tom and Jerry: Halloween (1954)

    0h 45min
    0h 45min

    Tom and Jerry are truly iconic cartoon characters for all generations! Their Halloween special is a treat for the best Halloween Children & Family films list. You get the chance to watch seven fun-filled episodes of fast chases and thrilling escapes. Episodes are ranging from The Flying Cat, The Missing Mouse to The Haunted Mouse. And for an additional treat, there are special features Get the Picture: How to Draw Tom & Jerry and Jerry's Spooky Sprint Challenge. Rent it now on DVD and enjoy Halloween with the whole family.

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    Genre:
    Children & Family
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  • E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

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    1h 50min
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    1h 50min

    E.T. is one of the children's classic, and Halloween is a good occasion to see it. That's why it's on the best Halloween Children & Family films list. E.T. is special, friendly and he's an alien. Here's a chance to show your kids something different but also a lesson worth learning. E.T. is three million light years away from home, and he's a stranger in a strange world. Fortunately, E.T. stumbles upon a lonely ten-year-old boy who's willing to take him home... This is where their adventure begins. Even if you've seen the film before, there's no better time than now to revisit it.

  • Scooby Doo: The Mystery Begins (2009)

    1h 19min
    1h 19min

    Scooby Dooby Doo, where are you? He's right here on the best Halloween Children & Family films list! Daphne, Velma, Fred, Shaggy and Shaggy's pup Scooby-Doo bring us along on another one of their adventures. The live-action Scooby-Doo: The Mystery Begins film takes you back to when four teenage sleuths (plus one dog detective) first met. Solving the gang's first mystery together gives you a fun-filled time you can enjoy with your whole family. And DVD contains lots of additional special features: from Open Up the Scooby-Doo Coolsville High Video Yearbook for Some Revealing Video Messages to Take the Scooby-Doo Mystery Inc. Pe4rsonality Quiz to Decide Which Member of The Gang You’re Most Like.

  • Casper: The Friendly Ghost: Bumper Special (1996) aka: The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper

    0h 59min
    0h 59min

    Casper is everybody's favourite friendly ghost, so the best Halloween Children & Family list cannot be complete without it! So, what are this little ghost, his friends and brothers up to this time? Bumper Special contains seven spooky fun-packed animated episodes including Three Ghosts And A Baby, The Alphabet Song/Is So Too, and enough adventures for kids and also for adults to enjoy during Halloween. If you want to see more of the little friendly ghost, rent Casper live-action film and Casper's Scare School as well!

  • The Witches (1990)

    1h 27min
    1h 27min

    Witches are essential for a good Halloween, and even the best Halloween Children & Family films list needed at least one. Looking back at the classic fairy tales and stories, every great story has a great villain as well. The Witches starring Academy Awards winner Anjelica Huston combines the effects wizardry of Jim Henson and the imagination of Willy Wonka creator Roald Dahl. The adventure begins when a nine-year-old Luke is turned into a mouse, determined to foil the plans of a society of witches. Have a spooktacular Halloween with The Witches!

  • Mad Monster Party (1967)

    1h 31min
    1h 31min

    The Wolfman, Dracula, The Mummy, The Creature from The Black Lagoon, Dr Jekyll (and Mr Hyde), Frankenstein's Monster and the Hunchback of Notre Dame - they're all on the best Halloween Children & Family films list in Mad Monster Party. This stop-motion animated musical comedy film centres around a convention of monsters, called by Dracula because he's planning to retire from the monster-making business. Now, they need to choose his successor. Who's it going to be? Maybe Dracula's nephew, a neurotic, allergy riddled geek from Vermont - a decision which makes his raving ghouls get restless.

    Director:
    Jules Bass
    Cast:
    Boris Karloff, Allen Swift, Gale Garnett
    Genre:
    Comedy
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  • Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) aka: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

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    1h 21min
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    1h 21min

    If there are werewolves, there could be were-rabbits out there as well! And the best Halloween Children & Family films list deserves a bit of Wallace and Gromit's fun. On this adventure, they must use all their wildly imaginative inventions to try to capture a mysterious beast of epic and fluffy proportions! DVD comes with an abundance of special treats including Inside scoop on the world-famous characters and their legendary creators, Clayful activities, printables and more. You can also rent Interactive Wallace and Gromit, fun-packed two-team game, players travel around an animated Virtual Game Board, propelled by the Spin-a-tron.

  • The Haunted Mansion (2003)

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    1h 28min
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    1h 28min

    The best Halloween Children & Family Films list needs a bit more haunting, and The Haunted Mansion is a perfect fit. Eddie Murphy stars in this Walt Disney's comedy family-friendly horror as a realtor who is summoned to a mansion, alongside his wife and children. They soon discover the mansion is haunted and the adventure ensues. The film is based on the Disney theme park attraction of the same name, so you know the fun is guaranteed. Rent it on DVD or Blu-ray and get additional "scary" content, such as Disney's DVD virtual ride: The haunted mansion and History of the Haunted Mansion Attraction.

  • Monster House (2006)

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    1h 26min
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    1h 26min

    When two dimension are just not enough, here comes Monster House for the best Halloween Children & Family films list. You can watch this "frighteningly funny" animation on Blu-ray 3D and enjoy in the quality to the fullest. When young DJ realizes that strange house across the street became a living monster, he enlists his friends Chowder and Jenny to learn the secret that keeps the house alive. It's animated by a vengeful human soul looking to stir up trouble, but the teens just won't have it and are determined to foil this monster's plans.

  • Hit Favourites: Trick or Treat Tales (2007)

    1h 17min
    1h 17min

    Trick or treat, everyone! We're bringing you more spooktacular titles on the best Halloween Children & Family Films list. Thomas, Barney, Bob the Builder, Pingu, Angelina Ballerina and Fireman Sam have come together to show you and your little ones how much fun can Halloween be. Their Trick or Treat Tales include Barney's Guess Who, Pingu's Pingu and the Bedtime Shadows and Fireman Sam's Cat Magic among other episodes. Discover the fun of playing pirates with Fifi and a lot of other useful lessons with these loveable characters. Hit Favourites tales are perfect if you have kids too small to go trick or treating later in the night.

  • The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror (2001)

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    1h 25min
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    1h 25min

    The Simpsons' Halloween specials, otherwise known as Treehouse of Horror, have become classic episodes we all eagerly wait for every Halloween. So, here's a taste on the best Halloween Children & Family films list. It traditionally takes inspiration from the popular culture; in this edition, we collected four Treehouse of Horror episodes, totalling up to twelve Halloween stories. From Homer trying to fix a toaster (winding up altering the fabric of time itself) to Wiz Kids, where Bart and Lisa are students at a school for wizards, fun is guaranteed for the whole family.

    Director:
    Jim Reardon
    Cast:
    Not Available
    Genre:
    TV Animated Comedies
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