Pumpkin Cinema: The Best Movies For Halloween
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"People celebrate the magical holiday of Halloween in a wide variety of ways, but most will, at some point, turn off the lights and allow a movie to take the excitement to the next level. Pumpkin Cinema recommends over 100 titles that are guaranteed to make your Halloween fun and frightening! Halloween only comes once a year, so you can't afford to waste precious thrill time on a lousy movie! However, a great horror movie doesn't necessarily translate into a great Halloween flick, and Pumpkin Cinema uses a simple set of guidelines to help you avoid the "boo!" blues: the films included here are fast paced, have essences of autumn (if they aren't set on Halloween itself!), and have a trim run time (under two hours). Avoiding the mean-spirited and cruel movies more typical of horror offerings, Pumpkin Cinema also includes Halloween treats from multiple genres, in addition to horror: comedy, animation, science fiction, silent era, and foreign films, all ranging in popularity from blockbusters to the obscure. The films included are, above all, fun to watch and share with others! "
**Missing from IMDB:
-Follow That Goblin! (1993)
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Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
1948 — a.k.a. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, in 6 top lists Check -
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The Abominable Dr. Phibes
1971, in 3 top lists Check -
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Arachnophobia
1990, in 2 top lists Check -
10 new
Army of Darkness
1992, in 6 top lists Check -
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Arsenic and Old Lace
1944, in 9 top lists Check -
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Beetlejuice
1988, in 5 top lists Check -
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The 'Burbs
1989, in 1 top list Check -
22 new
Casper
1995, in 2 top lists Check -
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Cat's Eye
1985, in 1 top list Check -
25 new
Sien lui yau wan
1987 — a.k.a. A Chinese Ghost Story, in 6 top lists Check -
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Creepshow
1982, in 1 top list Check -
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Daffy Duck's Quackbusters
1988, in 0 top lists Check -
38 new
Braindead
1992 — a.k.a. Dead Alive, in 8 top lists Check -
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Double, Double, Toil and Trouble
1993, in 0 top lists Check -
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Ernest Scared Stupid
1991, in 0 top lists Check -
47 new
Evil Dead II
1987, in 9 top lists Check -
59 new
Ghostbusters
1984, in 13 top lists Check -
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The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
1966, in 0 top lists Check -
63 new
The Granny
1995, in 0 top lists Check -
71 new
Halloweentown
1998, in 0 top lists Check -
75 new
Hausu
1977 — a.k.a. House, in 8 top lists Check -
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Hocus Pocus
1993, in 1 top list Check -
79 new
Hold That Ghost
1941 — a.k.a. Oh, Charlie, in 1 top list Check -
80 new
House
1985, in 1 top list Check -
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Idle Hands
1999, in 1 top list Check -
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Kenny & Company
1976, in 0 top lists Check -
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Killer Klowns from Outer Space
1988, in 3 top lists Check -
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The Midnight Hour
1985, in 1 top list Check -
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Monster House
2006, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Monster Squad
1987, in 2 top lists Check -
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Night of the Comet
1984, in 2 top lists Check -
102 new
Night of the Creeps
1986, in 1 top list Check -
104 new
Night of the Demons 2
1994, in 1 top list Check -
107 new
The Old Dark House
1932, in 5 top lists Check -
109 new
The People Under the Stairs
1991, in 2 top lists Check -
116 new
The Raven
1963, in 1 top list Check -
119 new
The Return of the Living Dead
1985, in 3 top lists Check -
120 new
Return of the Living Dead: Part II
1988 — a.k.a. Return of the Living Dead II, in 0 top lists Check -
121 new
Satan's Little Helper
2004, in 1 top list Check -
124 new
Slither
2006, in 3 top lists Check -
126 new
Spaced Invaders
1990, in 1 top list Check -
131 new
Tales of Terror
1962, in 1 top list Check -
134 new
Trick or Treat
1986, in 1 top list Check -
138 new
Wacko
1982, in 0 top lists Check -
140 new
Waxwork II: Lost in Time
1992 — a.k.a. Space Shift: Waxwork II, in 0 top lists Check -
143 new
WNUF Halloween Special
2013, in 0 top lists Check -
144 new
The Worst Witch
1986, in 0 top lists Check -
153 new
Monsters vs Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins from Outer...
2009, in 0 top lists Check -
156 new
The Halloween That Almost Wasn't
1979, in 0 top lists Check -
158 new
It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
1966, in 0 top lists Check
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