My Top 5 Unexpected Favorite Halloween Movies

Darkness sets in earlier every night.  Leaves are falling from the trees and blanketing the ground.  The air is getting crisper. The days are getting colder.  Halloween is just around the corner!


One of my favorite activities to do on cold blustery evenings is cuddle in a blanket and watch movies. Of course, during October it makes sense to watch Halloween movies. Halloween movies can be funny, cute, scary, or downright gory. 

I compiled a list of my top five favorite PG-13 or below rated movies that might actually be a little unexpected.

#5 Gremlins (1984) PG

Quick Overview: A lesson in what happens if you don’t follow the rules and be responsible, especially if you have a strange little pet that turns into frightening menaces that multiply rapidly and take over the town!

Memorable Quote: Gizmo says, “Bright light. Bright light. Bright Light. Bright Light.” 

#4 Coraline (2009) PG

Quick Overview: A little girl discovers the grass isn’t always greener on the other side when she finds another world that seems like a much happier place than her own home. Unfortunately, the new world has sinister secrets.

Memorable Quote: Coraline says, “I can see you don’t have button eyes, but…if you’re the same cat, how can you talk?” Cat responds, “I just can.”

#3 Beetlejuice (1988) PG 

(has “F#@*” word in it though)

Quick Overview: A lovely recently diseased couple wants to remove the obnoxious new owners of their house, so they hire a “bio exorcist” to help.


Memorable Quote: Lydia says, “Well, I've read through that handbook for the recently deceased. It says: 'live people ignore the strange and unusual. I, myself, am strange and unusual.”

#2 The Sixth Sense (1999) PG-13

Quick Overview:  A young boy lives in terror, because spirits who often don’t know they are dead keep visiting him.  A disheartened child psychologist helps the young boy realize the spirits just want his help.

Memorable quote: Cole says “I see dead people.”

#1 Practical Magic (1998) PG 13

Quick Overview:  Two sisters, with a gift for magic, struggle to overcome obstacles, including a horrible family curse, in discovering true love and the importance of family.

Memorable quote:  Aunt Frances Owens says “My darling girl, when are you going to realize that being normal is not necessarily a virtue? It rather denotes a lack of courage!”