Light Horror/Spooky (not yet seen)
Probably mostly stuff that is suitable for kids or anyone else who wants to keep their spooky light. Most are likely good for Halloween.
Some movies now have a recommended age group in the notes.
Please keep in mind that I have not seen these and cannot guarantee anything. Please use your best judgement.
In progress.
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Light Horror/Spooky (seen)
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Halloween (not yet seen)
Some movies now have a recommended age group in the notes.
Please keep in mind that I have not seen these and cannot guarantee anything. Please use your best judgement.
In progress.
I also recommend checking out these lists:
Light Horror/Spooky (seen)
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- DirectorTim BurtonStarsWinona RyderCatherine O'HaraMartin ShortWhen a boy's beloved dog passes away suddenly, he attempts to bring the animal back to life through a powerful science experiment.Common Sense Media recommends this for ages 9+.
- DirectorStuart GillardStarsTia MowryTamera Mowry-HousleyKristen WilsonTwin witches who were separated at birth and were adopted by two different families meet on their 21st birthday and must use their powers to save the world in which they were born, where their birth mother still lives.
- DirectorAlan RafkinStarsDon KnottsJoan StaleyLiam RedmondA timid typesetter hasn't a ghost of a chance of becoming a reporter - until he decides to solve a murder mystery and ends up spending a fright-filled night in a haunted house.
- DirectorStan DragotiStarsGeorge HamiltonSusan Saint JamesRichard BenjaminAfter being evicted from his castle in Transylvania, Count Dracula and his assistant Renfield travel to New York to find a woman who the Count believes is the reincarnation of the woman he has loved for all eternity.
- DirectorDavid LeanStarsRex HarrisonConstance CummingsKay HammondA man and his second wife are haunted by the ghost of his first wife.
- CreatorEd HaasNorm LiebmannStarsFred GwynneAl LewisYvonne De CarloA family of friendly monsters have misadventures, never quite understanding why people react to them so strangely.
- DirectorRobert YoungStarsDiana RiggCharlotte RaeTim CurryMildred Hubble (Fairuza Balk) is one of the young girls at a prestigious witch academy. She can't seem to do anything right and is picked on by classmates and teachers. The headmistress of the school, Miss Cackle (Charlotte Rae), has an evil twin sister (Agatha) who plans to destroy the school. Can Mildred foil the plan before the Grand Wizard (Tim Curry) comes to the Academy for the Halloween celebration you'll never forget?
- StarsKate DuchêneGeorgina SherringtonEmma BrownThe adventures of Mildred Hubble, a witch attending Cackles Academy. She's called the "Worst Witch" because she's always caught getting into trouble.
- CreatorDanny RobinsDan TetsellStarsKeith-Lee CastleClare ThomasSimon LuddersA young vampire trying to fit in as a normal boy in a normal society.
- DirectorWilfred JacksonStarsRuth CliffordMarion DarlingtonWalt DisneyThe family cat, out for the night, stalks and catches a bird singing atop the weathervane, but it flies off, pulling the cat and weathervane down and knocking the cat out. The cat has a vision of giant birds, lacking the tailfeathers he pulled out, tormenting him, and soon, everything in the autumn landscape is animated and scary.
- DirectorWilfred JacksonStarsMarcellite GarnerA spider sneaks into the Sphinx and has several spooky encounters.
- DirectorWalter LantzStarsPinto ColvigWalter LantzThe Phantom of a cheap opera house helps an aspiring singer by putting a phonograph machine down her skirt. When she spurns him for Oswald the Rabbit, the Phantom takes his revenge.
- StarsSteve JohnsonFrancis WrightKim FrickletonAdventure game show in which two teams of children play games and answer questions in a haunted castle.
- CreatorMaxwell AtomsStarsGreg EaglesRichard Steven HorvitzGrey GriffinThe ill-tempered Grim Reaper gets into a wager that forces him to become the life-long companions of two scheming youngsters after he loses.
- CreatorTerry BrainCharlie MillsStarsWilliam RushtonNick Shipley3D plasticine animation, featuring Berk, a blue creature who lives as servant to the unseen 'Thing Upstairs' in an ancient castle. Every time the trap door opens a new adventure begins for Berk and his pals; Boni (a talking skull) and Drutt (a mischievous spider)!
- DirectorHenry SelickStarsPaul TerryJoanna LumleyPete PostlethwaiteAn orphan who lives with his two cruel aunts befriends anthropomorphic bugs who live inside a giant peach, and they embark on a journey to New York City.
- CreatorBeverly ArnoldStarsBob McFaddenBeverly ArnoldDayton AllenMilton the Monster, Fearless Fly, Flukey Luke, Muggy-Do Boy Fox, Penny Penguin and Stuffy Durma, the Millionaire Hobo, are the stars of their own cartoon shorts.
- StarsChris KattanSean AstinBrian KimmetA vampire rabbit likes to drink carrot juice instead of blood to strengthen up his super abilities in new paranormal adventures.
- DirectorArt DielhennStarsGeorge GaynesSoleil Moon FryeSusie GarrettPunky and the gang go on a camping trip. When the children get lost in a cave, Punky tells a ghost story about an evil spirit who threatens the lake.
- DirectorArt DielhennStarsGeorge GaynesSoleil Moon FryeSusie GarrettThe children do battle with an evil spirit, when the ghost of an Indian princess appears to tell Punky that it must be fought with love.
- DirectorJohn HoughVincent McEveetyStarsBette DavisLynn-Holly JohnsonKyle RichardsWhen a family moves to a country home, the young girls experience strange happenings that have a link to an occult event years past.
- DirectorBruce McDonaldStarsMatthew KnightVanessa MorganAtticus MitchellA teenager discovers the girl hired to look after his little sister is a vampire.
- CreatorJennifer PertschTom McGillisStarsMatthew KnightVanessa MorganAtticus MitchellEthan Morgan, his half-vampire babysitter and pals battle against creatures from their nightmares.
- DirectorJohn LasseterDan ScanlonStarsLarry the Cable GuyOwen WilsonMichael WallisIn this short featuring the characters of the movie Cars, Mater is told the story of a Ghostlight, which causes him to be scared.
- DirectorDustin MillsDave ParkerStarsJoni DurianHaley MadisonB.J. ColangeloThree family friendly tales to give you the shivers.
- Join Om Nom in the amazing journey around the world & try to guess the country in this episode! Om Nom spotted some pudding, but can he manage to get some?! Happy Halloween!
- CreatorMark SteinbergStarsBryn McAuleyEvany RosenGage MunroeA TV adaptation of the 2012 feature film 'Hotel Transylvania.'
- CreatorAvi AradStarsNicole AnthonyVincent TongAlessandro JulianiPreschool kids whose parents are the world's most famous monsters try to master their special powers while preparing for kindergarten.
- DirectorRudy De LucaStarsJeff GoldblumJoseph BolognaEd Begley Jr.Two tabloid reporters are sent to Transylvania to find the Frankenstein monster - or get fired. They are laughed at there, but something suspicious is going on.
- DirectorCharles NicholsRay PattersonStarsRemy AuberjonoisSusan BluHamilton CampWhile working as gym teachers at an all-girls finishing school, Scooby-Doo, Shaggy and Scrappy-Doo get tangled up in a monstrous mystery.
- DirectorEric BrossStarsVictoria JusticeChase EllisonAnna GalvinA Californian family inherits a castle in Romania. This is especially exciting to the son, who is obsessed with monsters. And he is not disappointed.Common Sense Media recommends this for ages 8+.
- DirectorArthur LubinStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloRichard CarlsonAfter inheriting a fortune from a gangster, two dim-witted service station attendants find themselves stranded in a haunted house.
- DirectorDon McBreartyStarsMichael OntkeanElliot PageLori HallierA young girl and her father move into an old house haunted by the presence of a dead former resident and her beloved cat.
- DirectorJules DassinNorman Z. McLeodStarsCharles LaughtonRobert YoungMargaret O'BrienThe descendent of a ghost imprisoned for cowardice hopes to free the spirit by displaying courage when under duress.
- DirectorJustin G. DyckStarsMorgan NeundorfKaren SlaterLoukia IoannouA Witches' Ball is about a young witch who is ready to jump in feet first into the witching world but not before leaping over some magical hurdles along the way.
- CreatorKent RedekerMia ResellaStarsEmma Taylor-IsherwoodCarrie FinlayAl GravelleAn animated TV series about a girl called Mona, a young girl with a vivid imagination. She believes her hometown is overrun with supernatural monsters, and she plans to stop them all and save the town on a daily basis.
- StarsNigel PlanerBjörn GranathIlkka HeiskanenAn anthology series that centres around horrible children getting their comeuppance, often in horribly gruesome ways.
- StarsCaroline O'NeillStephanie LaneAlice ConnorThe new worst witch carries on from the original series The Worst Witch based on books by Jill Murphy. This time at Cackles Academy, it's no longer Mildred 'Millie' Hubble but her cousin Henrietta 'Hettie' Hubble who is causing trouble.
- StarsJoel DacksGert FröbeMarsha Moreau13 part television series based on the books: "The Little Vampire" and "The Little Vampire Moves In" by Angela Sommer-Bodenburg.
- DirectorRené ClairStarsFredric MarchVeronica LakeRobert BenchleyA beautiful 17th-century witch returns to life to plague politician Wallace Wooley, descendant of her persecutor.
- CreatorBill KoppChris OtsukiStarsMatt FrewerCorey BurtonJess HarnellRandom stories that happen in the science lab of doom and other shorts
- DirectorEvgeny RumanStarsSeanna PereiraEd StoppardTwinnie Lee MooreRuby Strangelove Young Witch: When Ruby, a young witch discovers her long lost mother was abducted by evil forces she sets out to use all her magical powers to get her back.
- DirectorChuck JonesStarsMel BlancBea BenaderetDisguised as a truant officer, Bugs attempts to rescue Hansel and Gretel from Witch Hazel, who plans to cook him for her dinner.
- DirectorKen RussellStarsJames JohnstonElize Tribble RussellMarie FindleyRock star Roddy Usher's wife is murdered and Rod is sent to a lunatic asylum in this gothic-comedy-horror-musical.
- DirectorTracy WrenStarsHeaven Lee KramerAlyssa KennedySophia MillarFamily of witches turn a mean orphaned girl into a cat to teach her a lesson.
- DirectorBurt GillettStarsPinto ColvigMarcellite GarnerLucille La VerneTwo children wander the forest and get lured into a witch's house.
- DirectorUb IwerksShamus CulhaneAl EugsterIchabod Crane has been invited to Katrina Van Tassel's Party while reading about the Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow.
- DirectorChuck JonesStarsMel BlancPorky Pig doesn't realize that the old hotel where he and Sylvester are spending the night is really part of a ghost town. It's only Sylvester who sees the band of murderous mice trying to do them in, while Porky chalks his fears up to insanity.
- DirectorPaul J. SmithStarsColleen CollinsGrace StaffordWoody Woodpecker is working at a broom factory when a witch comes in for broom repairs. Rather than paying, she attempts to steal her completed broom.
- DirectorAbe LevitowStarsMel BlancJune ForayShakespeare is all ears as Bugs battles Witch Hazel in Macbeth's castle.
- DirectorRay PattersonStarsGay AuttersonMel BlancTed CassidyThe Flintstones and Rubbles win a trip on "Make a Deal or Don't" to Count Rockula's castle in Rocksylvania where they have an unpleasant meeting with the Count and his servant Frankenstone.
- CreatorJose C. Garcia de LetonaJames KriegStarsJohnny RoseAnnemarie BlancoOscar ChedaIn 19th Century America, 12 year old Leo and his ghost companions defend their world against supernatural threats.
- DirectorPaul FennellStarsJackson BeckJack MercerMae QuestelPopeye and Olive take shelter from a thunderstorm in Mad Mueller's castle. But Mueller's monster, Irving, takes a shine to Olive.
- DirectorChuck JonesMaurice NobleStarsMel BlancBen FrommerJulie BennettBugs is given a room for the night at the castle of Count Bloodcount in Transylvania.
- DirectorJules BassStarsBoris KarloffAllen SwiftGale GarnettOn the Isle of Evil, Baron Boris von Frankenstein reveals his imminent retirement and that he has refined the secret of total destruction, only to be upset when the other monsters try to steal the secret and kill his nephew, Felix Flanken.
- StarsJane WebbJohn ErwinDal McKennonSabrina's involved with a band of monsters, The Groovy Ghoulies; a rock band with Dracula, the Wolfman, and Frankenstein; who scare people for their own amusement.
- CreatorMarty KrofftSid KrofftSi RoseStarsJohnny WhitakerScott C. KoldenBilly BartyTwo boys try to maintain normal lives while secretly having adventures with families of sea monsters and genies.
- DirectorVic AtkinsonStarsKreskinPat ButtramGeorge LindseySleepy Hollow, a town plagued by the Headless Horseman, hires the most educated person they can find to fight him - Ichabod Crane. He, talking horse and dog, and Rip van Winkle go on the quest. But the Horseman has a secret.
- StarsHans ConriedJohn StephensonDon MessickThe nephew of Dracula leads a trio of monster superheroes against the forces of the evil Dr. Dred.
- DirectorHenning SchellerupStarsJeff GoldblumPaul SandMeg FosterAngered that Katrina has grown fond of schoolmaster Crane, Brom Bones determines to scare off the interloper by filling his head with spooky tales of a Headless Horseman. Crane disparages the legends, until one fateful ride home in the dark of night.
- DirectorJack SheaStarsRicky SchroderErin GrayFranklyn SealesIt's a dark and stormy night as Edward encourages Rick and his friends to tell a pass-the-ghost story.
- StarsBob ArbogastGay AuttersonSusan BluShaggy and Scooby and friends must return 13 ghosts to a magic chest which they inadvertently released.
- DirectorArna SelznickStarsRussi TaylorRobert RidgelyJeri CradenStrawberry Shortcake goes on a camping trip with her friends including her newest friend, Baby Needs A Name who finds a new friend in the forest.
- DirectorLee MaddenStarsSherman HemsleyLuis AvalosJennifer RhodesTwo policeman are sent on a routine assignment to serve an eviction notice. It becomes anything but run-of-the-mill when they become involved in the ghostly happenings.
- DirectorPaul SommerCarl UrbanoRay PattersonStarsDon MessickCasey KasemSorrell BookeAfter the death of Shaggy's Uncle Beaureguard, he, Scooby, and Scrappy arrive at his uncle's plantation to collect the inheritance. But as soon as they arrive, they find it is haunted by the ghost of a Confederate soldier. With this spook on their tails while they search for Shaggy's inheritance, they hired to help of the Boo Brothers, a trio of ghost-exterminators to help catch this nasty ghoul.
- DirectorGreg FordTerry LennonStarsMel BlancB.J. WardDaffy is a professional paranormal investigator come to help a possessed damsel in distress.
- StarsBarry ClaytonJack MayBrian TruemanThe misadventures of a vegetarian vampire duck and his servants.
- DirectorRay PattersonStarsDon MessickCasey KasemHamilton CampShaggy is turned into a werewolf, and it's up to Scooby, Scrappy and his girlfriend to help him win the contest.I watched about 10 minutes of this before I turned it off.
Velma, Daphne, and Fred are not in this, but Scrappy is. I hate Scrappy. The plot was stupid too. - StarsJohn AstinCarol ChanningDebi DerryberryThe further misadventures of the eccentrically macabre family.
- DirectorMarv NewlandStarsKathleen BarrDoug ParkerLee TockarA series of Gary Larsen's "Far Side" gags are turned into short animated gags, such as a Frankenstein cow; an insect airline's in-flight movie; deer, hunters, and UFOs; wolf home-movies; egg horror flicks; and cowboys & aliens.
- DirectorRobert TinnellStarsJamieson BoulangerRicky MabePolly ShannonTeenager Earl has a vivid imagination fueled by movies like Frankenstein and Night of the Living Dead (1968).
- CreatorDavid MolinaSue ShakespeareTerry ShakespeareStarsCourtland MeadBrad GarrettVictoria JacksonA Disney show about a timid and imaginative bespectacled eight-year-old boy who, when asleep, must face his daily worries and fears through his strange and often funny nightmares.
- DirectorStan WinstonStarsMichael JacksonPat DadeAmy SmallmanThe mayor of a nameless town gathers a mob to confront a hermit living in a "haunted house," but when the mob arrives, the man has a few tricks up his sleeve to convince them that he's not that bad.
- 1997–20231h 29mUnrated6.2 (4.1K)TV EpisodeDirectorD.J. MacHaleStarsSteve GuttenbergNia PeeplesMichael McShaneA disgraced reporter investigates an abandoned luxury hotel where five people mysteriously disappeared sixty years earlier.
- DirectorGary LarsonMarv NewlandStarsKathleen BarrPaul DobsonJulie FayeAn anthology of original animated shorts in the style and theme of Gary Larson's Far Side comics.
- 1995–200325mTV-Y8.2 (21)TV EpisodeDirectorCharles E. BastienStarsKristin FairlieAndrew SabistonLittle Bear dances under a Harvest Moon with a scarecrow, a family of pumpkins and a set of garden tools. When Little Bear and scarecrow get launched to the moon, he wakes up and discovers that it was only a dream...or was it?
- StarsAbby DonnellyAubrey K. MillerOlivia SanabiaKelly Quinn and her two best friends, Darbie and Hannah, find Kelly's grandmother's cookbook in the attic and discover some strange recipes. They soon begin to realize they have a book full of magic recipes.
- DirectorLynn ReistStarsSamantha BeeJason JonesBrooke ShieldsARTY'S BOO-TASTIC HALLOWEEN: Boo! It's Halloween time in the Galaxy and Arty and his friends are ready to trick-or-treat. Along the way, they help Seraphina finish her pumpkin sculptures, Chef Zesty make his banana ghost pops, and Gallaria make her haunted house spooky before it's time for the doors to open!
- CreatorAlex HirschStarsJason RitterAlex HirschKristen SchaalTwin siblings Dipper and Mabel Pines spend the summer at their great-uncle's tourist trap in the enigmatic Gravity Falls, Oregon.
- DirectorHenry SelickStarsDakota FanningTeri HatcherJohn HodgmanWandering her rambling old house in her boring new town, an 11-year-old Coraline discovers a hidden door to a strangely idealized version of her life. In order to stay in the fantasy, she must make a frighteningly real sacrifice.
- DirectorPeter DuffellStarsJohn BryansJohn BennettDenholm ElliottAn anthology of four horror stories revolving around a mysterious rental house in the U.K.Apparently there is no blood, despite the title.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsJames StewartGrace KellyWendell CoreyA wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his Greenwich Village courtyard apartment window and, despite the skepticism of his fashion-model girlfriend, becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.
- DirectorGenndy TartakovskyStarsAdam SandlerAndy SambergSelena GomezCount Dracula and company participate in a cruise for sea-loving monsters, unaware that their boat is being commandeered by the monster-hating Van Helsing family.
- DirectorMichael DoughertyStarsAdam ScottToni ColletteDavid KoechnerA boy who has a bad Christmas accidentally summons a festive demon to his family home.
- DirectorTi WestStarsSara PaxtonPat HealyKelly McGillisDuring the final days at the Yankee Pedlar Inn, two employees determined to reveal the hotel's haunted past begin to experience disturbing events as old guests check in for a stay.Common Sense Media recommends this for ages 17+.
- DirectorJacques TourneurStarsSimone SimonTom ConwayKent SmithAn American man marries a Serbian immigrant who fears that she will turn into the cat person of her homeland's fables if they are intimate together.
- DirectorJacques TourneurStarsFrances DeeTom ConwayJames EllisonA nurse is hired to care for the wife of a sugar plantation owner, who has been acting strangely, on a Caribbean island.
- DirectorTim BurtonMike JohnsonStarsJohnny DeppHelena Bonham CarterEmily WatsonWhen a shy groom practices his wedding vows in the inadvertent presence of a deceased young woman, she rises from the grave assuming he has married her.Common Sense Media recommends this for ages 10+.
- DirectorMark WatersStarsFreddie HighmoreSarah BolgerDavid StrathairnUpon moving into the run-down Spiderwick Estate with their mother, twin brothers Jared and Simon Grace, along with their sister Mallory, find themselves pulled into an alternate world full of faeries and other creatures.Common Sense Media recommends this for ages 8+.
- DirectorFrank LaLoggiaStarsLukas HaasLen CariouAlex RoccoAn author tells the story of how, as a young boy growing up in a 1960s small town, he was haunted after witnessing the murder of a little girl.
- DirectorGary TrousdaleRaman HuiStarsMike MyersCameron DiazAntonio BanderasShrek gets in the Halloween spirit by challenging his fairytale friends to come up with scary stories for a contest. But the gang learn that they'll have to spend the night in Lord Farquaad's haunted castle before the winner is named.Common Sense Media recommends this for ages 6+.
- DirectorGraham AnnableAnthony StacchiStarsBen KingsleyJared HarrisNick FrostA young orphaned boy raised by underground cave-dwelling trash collectors tries to save his friends from an evil exterminator.Common Sense Media recommends this for ages 9+.
- DirectorSpike JonzeStarsMax RecordsCatherine O'HaraForest WhitakerYearning for escape and adventure, a young boy runs away from home and sails to an island filled with creatures that take him in as their king.Common Sense Media recommends this for ages 9+.
- DirectorSyd MacartneyStarsPatrick StewartNeve CampbellJoan SimsWhen an American family moves into a haunted mansion in England, the family's teenage daughter could be the key in fulfilling a prophecy and finally set the house's ghost free.Common Sense Media recommends this for ages 10+.
- DirectorSteve SekelyFreddie FrancisStarsHoward KeelNicole MaureyJanette ScottAfter an unusual meteor shower leaves most of the human population blind, a merchant navy officer must find a way to conquer tall, aggressive plants which are feeding on people and animals.
- DirectorDavid F. SandbergStarsTeresa PalmerGabriel BatemanMaria BelloRebecca must unlock the terror behind her little brother's experiences that once tested her sanity, bringing her face to face with a supernatural spirit attached to their mother.Common Sense Media recommends this for ages 14+.
- DirectorChad Van De KeereStarsRay LiottaEmilio EstevezNathan GambleDracula has a great opportunity to try his brand new skills at the neighborhood Halloween party, where he realizes that self-confidence is enough to make him as scary as he ever was.Common Sense Media recommends this for ages 5+.
- DirectorJoe SichtaStarsFrank WelkerCasey KasemGrey GriffinScooby-Doo and Shaggy must go into the underworld ruled by the Goblin King in order to stop a mortal named The Amazing Krudsky who wants power and is a threat to their pals, Fred, Velma and Daphne.Common Sense Media recommends this for ages 6+.