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5 Family-Friendly Spooky Films for Halloween & Where to Stream Them | THR News Video
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10/13/2023
Want to get into the Halloween spirit, and still be able to go to sleep tonight? Here are 5 spooky and kooky movies that the whole family can watch together this Halloween season and where to stream them.
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Wanna get into the Halloween spirit, but still be able to go to sleep tonight?
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Here are 5 kooky spooky movies that the whole family can watch together this Halloween season
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and where to stream them.
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1995's Casper tells the story of a young, friendly ghost who peacefully haunts a mansion,
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just minding his own business.
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That is until paranormal therapist James Harvey, played by Bill Pullman, stops by the main
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mansion to communicate with Casper and his fellow ghosts, and brings along his young
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daughter Kat, played by Christina Ricci.
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Casper quickly falls in love with Kat, but there's nothing simple about falling for a
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human when you're just a ghost.
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The film is now streaming on Netflix.
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Also available on Netflix, Hubie Halloween, released in 2020, stars Adam Sandler as Hubie
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Dubois, a man who spends the night of October 31st monitoring the streets of Salem as the
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town's official Halloween helper, making him a figure of mockery for kids and adults alike.
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But when something actually goes bump in the night one Halloween, and nobody seems to believe
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Hubie, it's up to him to save the holiday.
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Who you gonna call?
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The 1984 comedy classic Ghostbusters sees Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, and
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Ernie Hudson team up to fight ghosts and hold off the apocalypse.
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It's available to stream on Amazon Prime Video and Peacock.
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Speaking of classics, It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown is available to watch on Apple
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TV+.
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The short film first aired in 1966 and follows Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Linus, and Lucy as
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they celebrate Halloween.
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While Charlie Brown prepares for a party, Linus famously decides to wait in a pumpkin
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patch for the mythical Great Pumpkin.
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And what's Halloween without a little hocus pocus?
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The 1993 fantasy comedy takes place on October 31st and stars Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica
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Parker, and Kathy Najimy as the Sanderson sisters, three 17th century Salem witches
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that were accidentally brought back to life by a group of kids.
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You can stream it on Disney+.
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The cult classic was followed up by a 2022 sequel that you can also find on Disney+.
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For more family-friendly Halloween films, head to THR.com.
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