31 Days of Halloween: Day 5: Movie Ideas

We've noted a few Halloween movie ideas to help you get into the spooky season vibe. Most of these are not-so-scary options to watch this Halloween season.

Goosebumps (2015) & Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (2018)

The Goosebumps movies are fun for the family to enjoy over some popcorn and punch. Both movies are a fun way to get into the Halloween spirit. They should be fine for even the most faint of heart. 

Goosebumps: A teenager new to the neighborhood, teams up with the daughter of young adult horror author R. L. Stine after the writer's imaginary demons are set free on the town of Madison, Delaware.

Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween: When collecting scrap in R.L. Stine's abandoned house, two teenage friends find a book. When opened they release Slappy, a ventriloquist dummy, from the book. The two must team up with Sonny's older teenage sisteron Halloween to return to Slappy and all of the other monsters he has freed from the book.

The Witches (2020)

Tis the season for witches... This imagining of ROALD DAHL's work is delightfully spooky.  

In late 1967, a young orphaned boy goes to live with his loving grandma in the rural Alabama town of Demopolis. As the boy and his grandmother encounter some deceptively glamorous but thoroughly diabolical witches, she wisely whisks him away to a seaside resort. Regrettably, they arrive at precisely the same time that the world's Grand High Witch has gathered her fellow cronies from around the globe -- under cover -- to carry out her nefarious plans.

Knives Out (2019)

While not a Halloween-themed movie, who doesn't like a murder mystery this time of year. If you've not seen Knives Out, this is one you'll want to watch. Even if you've seen it, you'll find that it's worth a second watch.

The circumstances surrounding the death of crime novelist Harlan Thrombey are mysterious, but there's one thing that renowned Detective Benoit Blanc knows for sure -- everyone in the wildly dysfunctional Thrombey family is a suspect. Now, Blanc must sift through a web of lies and red herrings to uncover the truth.

The sequel: Knives Out: The Glass Onion is set to be released in late December on Netflix. 

The Haunted Mansion (2003)

Based off Disney's attraction: The Haunted Mansion, this movie is one for the whole family. Even at almost 20 years since its release, this movie is still perfect for the Halloween season. 

Workaholic real estate agent Jim Evers is accused by his wife, of neglecting his son and daughter, so he takes the family on a vacation. Along the way, the family stops off at a sinister mansion that Jim has been asked to sell, only to discover it's haunted by Master Gracey; his stern butler, Ramsley; and two other servants who need some help breaking a curse.

Sleepy Hollow (1999)

This oldie but goodie stands the test of time more than 20 years since its release. Heads roll in this story of the headless horseman. The spooky lighting and filming of this movie make it an excellent choice for this time of year.

The curse of The Headless Horseman (Christopher Walken) is the legacy of the small town of Sleepy Hollow. Spearheaded by the eager Constable Ichabod Crane (Johnny Depp) and his new world ways into the quagmire of secrets and murder, secrets once laid to rest, best forgotten and now reawakened, and he too, holding a dark secret of a past once gone.