Halloween is just around the corner, and kids (along with some adults) are getting their costumes and trick-or-treat bags ready for the big event. Dressing up and eating candy have always been a big part of the festivities, but watching Halloween movies has also become a popular tradition over the years. It seems that every year Hollywood tries to outdo itself with another new horror movie in mid to late October. Then, of course, there are all those horror movies from Halloweens past on DVD.
Personally, I'm not into scaring the bejesus out of myself and apparently my co-workers aren't either. So we came up with our own list of 10 not-so-scary Halloween movies:
- The Addams Family
- Beetlejuice
- Casper
- Corpse Bride
- Ghostbusters
- Hocus Pocus
- It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
- The Nightmare Before Christmas
- Spookley the Square Pumpkin
- Young Frankenstein
All these movies have just the right amount of the spook factor in them--witches, ghosts, monsters, and whatnot--without being disturbing. For other lists of holiday movies sans horror, go to
15 Halloween Movies for Wimps or
15 Not-So-Scary Halloween Movies for Kids.
However, if this year you must find the perfect horror movie to get into spirit (no pun intended), check out the following websites:
Chicago Tribune,
boston.com,
The Reader's Digest, and
infoplease.
Whatever your taste in Halloween movies, scary or not-so-scary, enjoy!
On the perch awaiting the Great Pumpkin.
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