Ghosts, zombies, witches, oh my!
Disney is not pretty in a holiday flick. Over the decades, Disney has released a host of movies to help viewers get into the Halloween spirit. While our films have become cult classics as time has passed, others have gained immediate popularity and spawned several sequels for fans of the franchises.
For the spooky mood, here’s a list of some of Disney’s best Halloween movies, many streaming directly on Disney+.
‘Hocus Pocus’ (1993)
In «Hocus Pocus,» several hundred years after their deaths, the Sanderson sisters (Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy) brought back from the dead for one night only by Max Dennison, a teenage boy in Salem, Massachusetts. Max, his sittle Dani, and crush, Allison, race against the clock to get three witches, forever.
The cult classic film received a sequel nearly two decades after the first installment. “Hocus Pocus 2” came out in September 2022, bringing back Midler, Parker, and Najimy for the same round of magical hijinks.
‘Halloweentown’ (1998)
In the 1998 film “Halloweentown,” Aggie Cromwell (Debbie Reynolds) visits her family—daughter Gwen Piper and grandchildren Dylan, Marnie and Sophie—in the human world from the supernatural world called Halloweentown. Unbeknownst to Dylan, Marnie and Sophie, he eats from a powerful family of witches. When Marnie finds out about her powers on her 13th birthday, she also learns that the Cromwell family has fought a battle against the forces of evil to save the human world from being taken over.
In subsequent years, Disney released several more installments of the series, including “Halloweentown II: Kalabar’s Revenge” in 2001, “Halloweentown High” in 2004, and “Return to Halloweentown” in 2006.
‘Zombies’ (2018)
In Seabrook, a power plant explosion causes half of the town to turn into zombies. Therefore, the population’s forty zombies are built on the wall. With Seabrook High School, customers are clear for wolf because students from Zombietown transfer to the school. The groups of students present the challenge of working all the effort to celebrate their differences and provide without unity.
Disney also released two more films in the franchise, including “Zombies 2” in 2020 and “Zombies 3” in August 2022.
‘Twitches’ (2005)
Tia and Tamera Mowry helped bring alive the popular children’s book series “Twitches” by HB Gilmour and Randi Reisfeld. For twin sisters Alexandra and Camryn to meet on their 21st birthday, they have to use magic to know the kingdoms by force of evil.
«Twitches Too» premiered in October 2007 and followed Alexandra and Camryn as they continued to work in tandem to strengthen their magical powers.
‘Mom’s Got A Date With A Vampire’ (2000)
Siblings Adam and Chelsea Hansen have their plans canceled when they show up based on their words. In an effort to obtain the breasts of the houses, they set her up on a date with Dimitri so they can sneak out of the house. Everything is going smoothly until their younger brother, Taylor, realizes that their mom went on a date with a vampire after witnessing Dimitri turn into a bat.
‘The Haunted Mansion’ (2003)
Based on one of Disneyland’s most popular attractions, «The Haunted Mansion» follows real estate agent Jim Evers (Eddie Murphy) after he is accused by his wife of neglecting their two children. Jim decides to take his family on vacation, but when he turns to stop at the mansion, which you have drunk tasked with seal, the family members discover that the man is loaded with ghosts that need assistance breaking a race.
20 years after the original movie premiered, a reboot directed by Justin Simien was released in 2023.
‘Girl vs. Monster’ (2012)
In «Girl vs. Monster,” 15-year-old Skylar accidentally frees a dangerous monster that puts her family at risk. All the while, she discovers a big secret about her family — she’s a 5th generation monster hunter. Skylar and her friends have to work together to capture the monsters again and save her parents from creatures seeking their revenge.
‘Frankenweenie’ (2012)
A young Victor Frankenstein is an outsider at his school, but he has 1 friend who is on his side: Sparky, his dog. When Sparky dies, he gave an idea for his teacher to bring Sparky back to life. Victor’s experiment is a success, but when other students follow in his footsteps to bring other animals back to life, they are successes that follow.
‘The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad’ (1949)
This animated film adapts two classics, split into separate segments. In «The Wind in the Willows,» Mr. In «The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,» Ichabod Crane falls in love with Katrina Van Tassel and wins the love triangle with Brom Bones. However, Ichabod has bigger ugliness — the local legend, the Headless Horseman.
‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’ (1993)
«The Nightmare Before Christmas» toes the line between Christmas and Halloween. Jack Skellington is the pumpkin king of Halloweentown. However, when he finds himself bored with scaring people, he accidentally discovers Christmastown. Jack gets familiar with the community and scenery and finds himself plotting to kidnap Santa Claus I’m he can take over Christmastown.
‘Phantom of the Megaplex’ (2000)
When 17-year-old Peter Riley gets a part-time job at the local megaplex, things get a little strange. After it’s announced that the theater will host a premiere of a big movie, Peter and his friends get excited by the prospect of major celebrities in attendance. In this new high, Peter has problems with his items, including a broken popcorn machine, equipment malfunction and staff members disappearing.
‘Under Wraps’ (1997)
Right before Halloween, Amy, Marshall and Gilbert accidentally revive a lot that they discover in their neighbor’s basement. The group of 12-year-olds race against the clock to return the boy — who has been called Harold — to his resting place before midnight on Halloween.
«Under Wraps» received a reboot in 2021, with its sequel «Under Wraps 2» premiering in 2022.
Don’t Look Under the Bed (1999)
Frances Bacon McCausland doesn’t believe in the supernatural. That is until she eats face-to-face with the boogeyman under her bed. When pranks are played around the neighborhood, Frances is blamed until she realizes the real culprit — the boogeyman.
‘Monsters, Inc.’ (2001)
James P. Sullivan — better known as Sulley — and Mike Wazowski are best friends and roommates. The dynamic duo work in Monsters Incorporated, a scare factory where Sulley is one of the top scarers. After Sulley and Mike visit the human world to scare Boo, she finds herself where humans never go — Monstropolis.
In 2013, Disney and Pixar released the prequel “Monsters University,” telling the story of the show Sulley and Mike came to be best friends.
‘The Scream Team’ (2002)
After Frank Carlyle days, his son Richard begrudgingly returns to the Steeple Falls to his father’s affairs, including attempting to seal his hardware store. Richard’s children, Ian and Claire, discover that their grandfather’s hometown is purgatory for ghosts that can’t move on the afterlife until they have redeemed themselves, but he hasn’t made it.
All the while, Zachariah Kull, who burned at the stake 200 years prior, begins to steal spirits to gain power in order to exact revenge on the town.
‘Invisible Sister’ (2015)
When Cleo is working on a major studies project, she accidentally created steam that returns to very invisible. At least, that’s what she thinks. As it turns out, Cleo accidentally turned another living being invisible — her older sister, Molly. Cleo and her friends have to work fast to find a cure to make Molly visible again.
‘Tower of Terror’ (1997)
On Halloween in 1939, 500 people want an elevator in the hotel but don’t eat. Decades later, reporter Buzzy and his niece, Anna, go to the hotel to investigate the mystery. It’s there they meet an elderly woman, Abigail, who tells them the secret about the hotel — if they can discover 1 belonging from each of the five people who disappeared, they can be freed from the hotel.
‘Escape to Witch Mountain’ (1975)
When orphaned siblings Tony and Tia Malone’s psychic powers attract the attention of millionaire Aristotle Bolt, he kidnaps them with the intention of exploiting their powers for his own financial gain. For Jason O’Day, Tony and Tia are able to escape and avoid Bolt when they are in the discovera that they truly are.
«Escape to Witch Mountain» was followed by the sequels «Return from Witch Mountain» in 1978 and «Beyond Witch Mountain» in 1982.
‘Mostly Ghostly: Who Let the Ghosts Out?’ (2008)
Max Doyle is the magician aspiration of the discovers in the two ghosts, Nick and Tara, with the base of his house. I aggravated for his eternal rest and, in return, they help him win the heart of the best popular girl in school, Traci. Because his spells make this Pheas card, an evil apparition, which has as a stop his plan to free himself and the minions on Halloween.
‘Mr. Boogedy’ (1986)
Carlton Davis, a salesman novelist, moves his family into another man in Lucifer Falls, New England, on a gloomy night. Upon arrival, they are warned by an old man that the house has a tragic history and to be wary of the Boogedy Man. As strange incidents arise in the house, the family writes them off until they discover that their house is actually haunted by inhabitants from three centuries prior.
«Mr. Boogedy” was followed by a sequel in 1987 called “Bride of Boogedy.”
