Share on Facebook Share on X Share to Flipboard Send an Email Show additional share options Share on Reddit Post a Comment Share on Whats App Share on Pinterest Share on LinkedIn Print the Article Share on Tumblr If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, The Hollywood Reporter may receive an affiliate commission. For some people, Halloween is all about aesthetics and Pumpkin Spice Lattes. For others, the holiday's purpose comes down to the spooky aspects of Oct. 31. For those who have kids, sometimes leaning into the horror of Halloween is a little tougher, at least while they're young. But that doesn't have to be the case. The Hollywood Reporter rounded up some kid-friendly scary movies that are perfect for family movie nights throughout the month of October. From Hocus Pocus to Don't Look Under the Bed and Beetlejuice, here's a list of spooky Halloween movies that work for all ages. 'Hocus Pocus' Image Credit: Buena Vista Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection Taking place on Oct. 31, this Halloween-themed fantasy-comedy stars Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy as the Sanderson sisters - the malevolent spirits of three 17th-century Salem witches (complete with pointy hats, brooms, warts and all) that were burned at the stake and accidentally resurrected by a group of kids, who in turn attempt to kill the children as a show of gratitude. Eating children? Rather dark for a Disney-produced children's flick, wouldn't you say? The cult classic is followed up by 2022 sequel that features a few new faces and a return of the Sanderson Sisters to Salem. Stream on Disney+ 'Beetlejuice' Image Credit: Everett Collection Say his name three times. Go ahead, do it. Well, at least you won't have Candyman breathing down your neck. This kooky farce about the afterlife and all its pitfalls has a stellar cast (Alec Baldwin, Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Catherine O'Hara and Geena Davis - to name a few) and represents a time in director Tim Burton's career (1988 to be exact) when he was young, unfocused and having the time of his life. The film's sequel, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, sees Ryder, Keaton and O'Hara reprise their roles and join new castmembers Jenna Ortega, Willem Dafoe and Justin Theroux. It hits theaters Sept. 6. Stream on Max 'Don't Look Under the Bed' Image Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection Don't Look Under the Bed is a 1999 Disney Channel original movie from Kenneth Johnson that served as one of the channel's scariest options for children. When strange things start to happen in town, at the hands of the Boogeyman, the people look to teenager Frances as the culprit. As she works to clear her name, she reluctantly enlists the help of Larry, her brother's imaginary friend, who has a budding secret of his own that could ruin her chances of defeating the Boogeyman and saving her town. Stream on Disney+ 'The Addams Family' Image Credit: Everett Collection Based on the sitcom from the 1960s that was itself based on the New Yorker cartoons by Charles Addams, this quirky gem comes from the mind of director Barry Sonnenfeld. It stars the late Raul Julia and very-much-alive Anjelica Huston as Gomez and Morticia Addams, whose family finds life in the suburbs rather difficult - especially when estranged Uncle Fester (Christopher Lloyd) finds his way home. Having had some mild success at the box office during the fall of 1991, it spawned multiple sequels and remakes - Addams Family Values, Addams Family Reunion and The Addams Family (2019), as well as the Netflix spinoff series, Wednesday, which focuses on Gomez and Morticia's daughter Wednesday and her years as a high school student at Nevermore Academy. Stream 'The Addams Family' on Paramount+ 'Halloweentown' Image Credit: Disney Channel/Courtesy Everett Collection Another Disney Channel original movie, Halloweentown follows Marnie (Kimberly J. Brown) and her family of witches and warlocks who, together, defeat not one, not two, not three but four evil forces that threaten the magical world and the human world. The 1998 movie spawned three sequels Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge, Halloweentown High and Return to Halloweentown, which featured Sara Paxton in the role of Marnie. Stream on Disney+ 'Ghostbusters' Image Credit: Columbia Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection Who you gonna call? Apparently, four paunchy, middle-aged scientists, as Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis and Ernie Hudson teamed up with late director Ivan Reitman to fight ghosts and hold off the apocalypse in this 1984 comedy classic. It also spawned three more movies, a Saturday morning cartoon and a series of video games, not to mention that infectiously catchy theme song by Ray Parker Jr. Buy or rent Ghostbusters (1984) online: Apple TV, Prime Video Stream 'Ghostbusters' (1984) on Starz 'Twitches' Image Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection Disney Channel stuck with witch-centered films throughout the early 2000s. In 2005, the chan