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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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00:00 Wanna get into the Halloween spirit, but still be able to go to sleep tonight?
00:03 Here are 5 kooky spooky movies that the whole family can watch together this Halloween season
00:08 and where to stream them.
00:10 1995's Casper tells the story of a young, friendly ghost who peacefully haunts a mansion,
00:15 just minding his own business.
00:16 That is until paranormal therapist James Harvey, played by Bill Pullman, stops by the main
00:20 mansion to communicate with Casper and his fellow ghosts, and brings along his young
00:24 daughter Kat, played by Christina Ricci.
00:27 Casper quickly falls in love with Kat, but there's nothing simple about falling for a
00:30 human when you're just a ghost.
00:32 The film is now streaming on Netflix.
00:38 Also available on Netflix, Hubie Halloween, released in 2020, stars Adam Sandler as Hubie
00:43 Dubois, a man who spends the night of October 31st monitoring the streets of Salem as the
00:47 town's official Halloween helper, making him a figure of mockery for kids and adults alike.
00:53 But when something actually goes bump in the night one Halloween, and nobody seems to believe
00:56 Hubie, it's up to him to save the holiday.
00:59 Who you gonna call?
01:03 The 1984 comedy classic Ghostbusters sees Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, and
01:16 Ernie Hudson team up to fight ghosts and hold off the apocalypse.
01:20 It's available to stream on Amazon Prime Video and Peacock.
01:31 Speaking of classics, It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown is available to watch on Apple
01:35 TV+.
01:36 The short film first aired in 1966 and follows Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Linus, and Lucy as
01:41 they celebrate Halloween.
01:43 While Charlie Brown prepares for a party, Linus famously decides to wait in a pumpkin
01:47 patch for the mythical Great Pumpkin.
01:56 And what's Halloween without a little hocus pocus?
01:58 The 1993 fantasy comedy takes place on October 31st and stars Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica
02:03 Parker, and Kathy Najimy as the Sanderson sisters, three 17th century Salem witches
02:08 that were accidentally brought back to life by a group of kids.
02:12 You can stream it on Disney+.
02:19 The cult classic was followed up by a 2022 sequel that you can also find on Disney+.
02:24 For more family-friendly Halloween films, head to THR.com.
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