The Best Movies Airing On Freeform’s 31 Nights Of Halloween In 2022

A Spooky Good Time! Walt Disney Pictures Get your witches brew ready. by Sydni Ellis Sep. 27, 2022

It’s spooky season! Freeform’s 31 Nights of Halloween premieres Oct. 1, with a month of classic scary movies, haunting thrillers, and family-friendly films that are sweeter than candy corn. Discover our favorites and check out the full line-up here.

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A Quiet Place

Silence is terrifying! The Freeform premiere of A Quiet Place follows a family who have to be dead quiet as they’re hunted by monsters with highly advanced hearing. It stars real-life couple John Krasinski and Emily Blunt. Paramount Pictures Channel/YouTube

Ghostbusters (1984)

Who you gonna call when you need evil spirits exterminated? Why, the ghostbusters of course! This 1984 classic film stars Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Rick Moranis, Ernie Hudson, and Sigoruney Weaver. Sony Pictures

Buffy The Vampire Slayer (1992)

Before there was Sarah Michelle Gellar, there was Kristy Swanson. She starred in the 1992 Buffy The Vampire Slayer movie alongside Donald Sutherland, Luke Perry, Hilary Swank, and David Arquette. YouTube Movies

Beetlejuice

What’s it really like to be a ghost? When Barbara and Adam die, they are trapped in their house doing everything they can to scare away the new family that moves in. It’s creepy fun with a star-studded cast that makes this a Halloween favorite. Warner Bros.

Halloween (2018)

Forty years after Laurie escaped the terrifying Michael Myers, she must face him once again when he escapes from an institution. But this time, the stronger, wiser Laurie (Jamie Lee Curtis) has been training for the madman. Universal Pictures Channel/YouTube

Hocus Pocus

Witch sisters Winifred, Sarah, and Mary Sanderson (played by the lovely Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy) awake after 300 years to hunt children in Salem, Massachusetts. This film is better than full-size candy bars on Halloween. YouTube Movies

Get Out

It’s the Freeform premiere of Get Out, the Jordan Peele psychological thriller following Chris meeting his girlfriend Rose’s parents — and making unsettling discoveries about who these seemingly nice people really are. Universal Pictures Channel/YouTube

The Witches (1990)

Based on the book by Roald Dahl, The Witches is about a little boy who discovers a convention of witches planning on turning kids into mice. Seeing the beautiful women lose their disguises to turn into witches is so unsettling. Movieclips Channel/YouTube

Halloweentown

When Marnie and her siblings follow their grandma to Halloweentown, her newly discovered witch powers are put to the test to help save everyone from an evil warlock. It's filled with potions, magic, and good old fashioned family bonding. Disney

Corpse Bride

This stop-motion musical is dark and twisted — just like the mind of Tim Burton. It follows the tale of a man accidentally marrying a corpse (yikes!) while his real bride-to-be must find a way to make peace with the undead so she can marry him instead. Warner Bros.

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

Maleficent (Angelina Jolie travels to a castle to celebrate Aurora (Elle Fanning)’s wedding in this 2019 sequel. But it’s far from a happily ever after moment when she discovers fear, jealousy, and an evil plot from Prince Phillip’s mom. Disney

Hotel Transylvania

Familiar voices abound in this cute monster movie. Dracula (Adam Sandler) invites his eerie friends to the hotel to celebrate Mavis (Selena Gomez)’s 118 birthday. But when a human guy accidentally shows up, chaos ensues. Sony Pictures Animation

Happy Death Day

It’s the Freeform premiere of Happy Death Day , a terrifying Groundhog Day -like thriller about Tree, who has to relive her last day over and over until she discovers who murdered her. Universal Pictures All-Access Channel/YouTube

The House With A Clock In Its Walls

Jack Black and Cate Blanchett star in this fantastical story about a ticking house, based on a book by John Bellairs. When 10-year-old Lewis goes to live with his uncle, he discovers a secret magical world. Universal Pictures

Ready Or Not

Unlike the children’s game of hide and seek, Grace’s in-laws play a more sinister game — they hunt her with weapons in the middle of the night as she desperately tries to hide until morning. It’s bloody fun...for them. 20th Century Studios Channel/YouTube

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