Forget the crowed costume parties and expensive haunted houses. This year, the best halloween plans involve a full bowl of candy and popcorn, Halloween themed PJS and a epic movie marathon with a balance of fun, spooky, and nostalgic. Here we have picked the 3 absolute best halloween movies for a relaxing and enjoyable halloween night.
Hocus Pocus (1993)
Hocus Pocus is a beloved and fun-loving film about a halloween hating teenager named Max and little sister moving into a town called Salem where they accidentally resurrect the Sanderson sisters; a villainous trio of 300 year old witches who attempt immortality and youth by stealing the spirts of children and casting a spell on the town on halloween night.
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
The Nightmare before Christmas is a stop-motion musical animation about Jack Skellington as he takes his journey on finding his purpose after growing tired of his dull and yearly routine as the pumpkin king. He stumbles upon a portal that takes him to a Christmas town where he learns about Santa Claus and becomes obsessed with the concept of Christmas to which he attempts to take over Christmas convinced he could do it better with the help of his halloween town residents to deliver spooky gifts. However, his plans take a turn when meeting his secret admirer Sally who tries to save Christmas and Jack from his misguides ambition.
Beetlejuice (1988)
Beet-juice a fan favorite is about a family named the Deetz family with their gothic teenager Lydia and her bizarre artist stepmother moving into a house that was previously owned by a dead couple by the name of Adam and Barbarba Maitland. The Maitland’s interrupted by the Deetz family arrival find their afterlife being ruined by their aggressive renovating. Seeking to desperately scare the mortals away with they enlist the help of a dangerous and chaotic exorcist named Beetlejuice. Chaos and hilarious haunting erupt as the Maitland’s try to keep Beetlejuice’s mayhem in check and find an unlikely ally in the oddball teenager, Lydia.