Halloween is a magical time for children! Costumes, crafts, candy, and best of all – scary movies! As a child of the 80’s, I grew up in the golden age of Halloween. It was an innocent time of pumpkin rides, homemade costumes, trick or treating, and some of the best halloween movies ever produced.
Fast forward 30 years and now I’m enjoying reliving all of my favorite scary and family friendly halloween movies with my kids. Take if from one of the most gothic mothers who blog, these are without a doubt the Best Halloween Movies for Kids!

Age Range 0-4
- Nightmare before Christmas
- Casper
- Coraline
- Monsters, Inc.
- Scooby Doo
- It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
- James and the Giant Peach
- Frankenweenie
- Hotel Transylvania
- Monster Family

Age Range 5-10
- Hocus Pocus
- Addams Family
- Ghostbusters
- E.T.
- The Haunted Mansion
- Beetlejuice
- The Gremlins
- The Witches
- The Goonies
- Corpse Bride

Age Range 11-14
- Death Becomes Her
- The Burbs
- The Craft
- Transylvania 5600
- Clue
- The Crow
- Edward Scissorhands
- Poltergeist
- Bram Stoker’s Dracula
- Pan’s Labyrinth

Age Range 15-18
- It
- The Witches of Eastwick
- Pet Sematary
- Interview with a Vampire
- The Exorcist
- Psycho
- Scream
- The Shining
- The Evil Dead
- The Lost Boys

Must Sees 18+
- Halloween
- Carrie
- Texas Chainsaw Massacre
- Friday the 13th
- Nightmare on Elm Street
- Children of the Corn
- Child’s Play
- The Silence of the Lambs
- Amityville Horror
- Hellraiser