5 Halloween Movies To Watch On Disney (& 5 To Skip)

5 Halloween Movies To Watch On Disney+ (& 5 To Skip)

Just in time for Halloween, Disney+ has added a whole lot of spooky fare to it’s service. Here’s what classics to watch and what duds to skip.

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It’s that spooky time of year again! That means that streaming services everywhere are bringing back nostalgic Halloween themed content. Disney+ users may have noticed that the platform added a Halloween Collection to its home page. The collection is filled to the brim with live both live action and animated movie and television favorites guaranteed to get fans in to the Halloween spirit.

There are so many fun Fall films to choose from, whether families are looking for ghostly frights or witchy spells! There is something for everyone, but some of the movies are must-watch, while others can be skipped.

10 Watch: Hocus Pocus (1993)

This classic Halloween comedy from 1993 stars Sarah Jessica Parker, Bette Midler, and Kathy Najimy as the Sanderson Sisters. Executed for using dark magic 300 years ago, the three witch sisters vowed to one day return.

Accidentally brought back to life by unknowing children on Halloween, the evil witches have only one night to ensure that they stay alive forever, and the kids have one night to make sure that they don’t!

9 Skip: Twitches (2005)

Tia and Tamera Mowry team up again in Twitches! A Disney Channel Original Movie, it follows an oddly familiar story to their popular 90’s sitcom, but with a fantasy twist.

Separated as babies, the magical twins were adopted to different families and grew up apart. When they finally reunite on their 21st birthdays, they must use their combined magical powers to save their kingdom. As far as Halloween classics go, this film is cute, but mediocre in quality.

8 Watch: Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

Based on a poem written by Tim Burton, A Nightmare Before Christmas is a mixed up holiday tale about Jack Skellington, the Pumpkin King of Halloween Town.

Determined to find out if there is more to the world than monsters, trick-or-treating, and Halloween spookiness, Jack Skellington discovers the new and fascinating world of Christmas, and decides that he just must bring it to all of his friends in Halloween Town!

7 Skip: The Haunted Mansion (2003)

With the success of the Pirates Of The Caribbean franchise, it’s difficult to see why Disney didn’t seem to put even an ounce of the budget and effort into their ghoulish adaptation of an equally popular Disney ride.

Starring Eddie Murphy, The Haunted Mansion revolves around a real estate agent and his family’s stay in a creepy mansion that he has been asked to sell.

6 Watch: Halloweentown (1998)

Welcome to Halloweentown! A town full of friendly ghosts, goblins, and anything else that goes bump in the night! Marnie has always felt different, but she doesn’t realize how different until she sneaks away with her grandmother’s house and discovers a whole new world that she had only imagined.

One of the most memorable Halloween-themed Disney Channel Originals, it features the late star and mother of Carrie Fisher, Debbie Reynolds.

5 Skip: Return To Halloweentown (2006)

Return To Halloweentown follows Marnie and Dylan Piper’s new life after high school, and attending the famed Halloweentown University, AKA “Witch U”.

Though the sequels keep many of the same characters (some played by different actors) as the first film, by the fourth installment of the series, the movies just start to lose steam.

4 Watch: Frankenweenie (2012)

Victor Frankenstein only has one true friend – a dog named Sparky. After Sparky’s tragic passing in a car accident, Victor seeks to harness the mighty power of electricity to bring his beloved pet back to life.

Inspired by Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and a live action short written and directed by Tim Burton in 1984, Frankenweenie was finally “brought to life” as a feature length film nearly thirty years after the original.

3 Skip: Phantom Of The Megaplex (2000)

Disney Channel Original Movies were a big part of many 90’s kids childhoods, but some of them have held up better than others.

Loosely based on Phantom Of The Opera, this playful mystery tells the story of 17-year-old Pete Riley, and his job as Assistant Manager at a supposedly haunted movie theater. While it’s a fun movie for the kids, there’s no need for an annual re-watch for this one.

2 Watch: The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949)

There’s hardly a Disney Halloween cartoon more classic than this! Originally made in 1949, The Adventures Of Ichabod and Mr. Toad still ranks a 94% on Rotten Tomatoes, and is sure to make a post trick-or-treating watch party so fun it’s scary!

An adaptation of both The Wind In The Willows and The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow, the film is divided into two stories, one being about the terrifying legend of the Headless Horseman.

1 Skip: Maleficent Mistress Of Evil (2019)

A live action reimagining of the sinister villainess from Disney’s Sleeping Beauty, Mistress of Evil is a sequel starring Angelina Jolie and Elle Fanning.

Despite its beautiful visuals and talented cast, the story was uninteresting and ultimately unnecessary. Unfortunately, this was a movie that just did not need to be made. The first film fares a bit better with the critics and may be a better choice for a family-friendly Halloween time watch.

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