With Halloween rapidly approaching, many families (including mine) look to movies and TV to get in the spirit of the season. While Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Hulu have plenty of blood-soaked screamers available for streaming for the horror fans, there’s also an abundance of family-friendly Halloween titles available. Please note that while these PG-13, PG, and G-rated Halloween movies lack the blood and nudity of stronger fare, some of them are still quite scary, so use your best judgment for what your kids can handle. For more information on any of these family-friendly Halloween movies available for streaming, a good reference site is IMBD.com.
NETFLIX FAMILY-FRIENDLY HALLOWEEN MOVIE STREAMING CHOICES
The Addams Family
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV series)
Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein
Batman
Batman Begins
The Boxtrolls
Corpse Bride
Devil
Dreamworks Animation Spooky Stores, Vols. 1 & 2
Escape to Witch Mountain
Fantasia (the “Sorcerer’s Apprentice” and “Night on Bald Mountain” sequences)
The Fly (1958)
Ghost
Hellboy
The Monster Squad
The Munsters (TV series)
The Nightmare Before Christmas
The Others
The Sixth Sense
The Village
Twilight Zone (TV series)
AMAZON PRIME FAMILY-FRIENDLY HALLOWEEN MOVIE STREAMING CHOICES
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
The Crucible
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Gremlins
House on Haunted Hill
I, Frankenstein
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Killer Klowns from Outer Space
Nosferatu
The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
Terror By Night
Troll Hunter
White Zombie
The Woman in Black
World War Z
HULU FAMILY-FRIENDLY HALLOWEEN MOVIE STREAMING CHOICES
The Blob (1958)
Halloween Dog
Little Shop of Horrors (1960)
Room on the Broom
Sabrina the Teenage Witch: A Witch and the Werewolf Movie
Sharknado (1&2)
World War Z
Vampire Dog
Which ones will you put in your queue for streaming? Whatever you choose, enjoy. And have a happy Halloween!
Jonathan Decker is a licensed marriage and family therapist with a private practice in Saint George. He moonlights as a film critic on The KJZZ Movie Show, Sundays at 10:00 pm on KJZZ-TV. For more of Jonathan’s writing, please visit yourfamilyexpert.com. To schedule a therapy session, please call (435) 215-6113 or email him at jdeckertherapy@gmail.com.
