Halloween Movie Ideas for Kids

If you want to enjoy movies with your kids this Halloween, no need to purchase tickets and watch at the cinema. With a plethora of kid-friendly Halloween movies over the years, you will sure find some that you and your kids will enjoy. So ready your popcorn, plop comfortably on the couch, and get ready to have a fun-filled Halloween movie marathon.

The Wizard of Oz

Who does not want to watch this surreal tale of adventure for Halloween? Better yet, who does not know Dorothy, the Tin Man, and Cowardly Lion among others? Relive this fantastic story and get acquainted with the movies past. With this delightful film to entice you and your kids, no doubt you’ll finish up smiling and wishing to take the same adventure in your dreams when you sleep.

ET The Extra Terrestrial

Stories of aliens and flying saucers have amazed kids around the world. But none have been prepared for the story of this unlikely out of this world creature and its friendship with three young children. Directed by Steven Spielberg, ET has been a classic children’s movie and heralded the alien as a creature that’s harmless and equally loving as humans. In this film, you and your kids will enjoy the story of friendship, loyalty, kindness, and most of all, extra terrestrial magic. So be sure to pick this movie out of the bunch.

Casper

What better film suited for the spooky theme of Halloween than Casper the friendly ghost? In this film, the story revolves around the unlikely friendship of a bullied yet friendly ghost, Casper, and Kat Harvey, a new kid in school who just lost her mom. Be ready to laugh, cry, and be thrilled in the adventures of Casper and Kat in this movie. Here you’ll witness friendship, humor, and invention at its best (however it is fictional).

Monsters Inc.

Despite the title, this film is far from gruesome and scary. Instead, it is funny, light, heartwarming and animated! So don’t expect this film to bore you. Instead it will make you laugh and light-hearted especially between Boo’s and Sulley’s (the monster) adventures. In here you’ll discover that laughter is more effective than scared scream in lighting up a city. At least that’s how the story goes.

So don’t go anywhere else and buy tickets just for a fun movie night with your kids. Pick these movies and more, and just like Christmas, you’ll impart important lessons to them and to you as well.