Family frights - halloween 2021
Stuck inside because of lockdowns or bad weather and not sure what to watch this Halloween with the family?
We've got your list of family frights right here!
corpse bride
When Victor is practising his wedding vows in the woods, he accidentally gets married to a skeleton-like creature called Emily who whisks him off to the land of the dead.
Available to rent or buy on Apple TV or GooglePlay.
Check out the trailer here.
edward scissorhands
Edward, a synthetic man with scissor hands, is taken in by Peg, a kindly Avon lady, after the passing of his inventor. Things take a turn for the worse when he is blamed for a crime he did not commit.
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Available to stream on Disney Plus.
Check out the trailer here.
frankenweenie
Victor invites trouble when he revives his dead pet dog Sparky after it is hit by a car. Now, Sparky looks like a monster and terrifies Victor's neighbours.
Available to stream on Disney Plus.
Check out the trailer here.
ghostbusters
When Peter Venkman, Raymond Stantz and Egon Spengler lose their jobs as scientists, they start an establishment called Ghostbusters to fight the evil ghosts lurking in New York City.
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Available to stream on Netflix.
Check out the trailer here.
goosebumps
R L Stine, the author of 'Goosebumps', is shocked when demons from his books come to life and create havoc in Delaware. Later, he, his daughter, Hannah, and her friend Zach strive to put things right.
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Available to stream on Amazon Prime Video.
Check out the trailer here.
hocus pocus
Three witches resurrect after 300 years to exact revenge and begin a reign of terror after Max, a young boy who moves to Salem with his family, lights a cursed Candle of Black Flame.
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Available to stream on Disney Plus.
Check out the trailer here.
hotel transylvania
Count Dracula runs a high-end resort for monsters and is overprotective of his daughter, Mavis. When a human named Johnny enters the hotel, Dracula tries to prevent Mavis from falling for him.
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Available to stream on Netflix.
Check out the trailer here.
house with a clock in its walls
Ten-year-old Lewis goes to live with his oddball uncle in a creaky old house that contains a mysterious `tick tock' noise. He soon learns that Uncle Jonathan and his feisty neighbour, Mrs Zimmerman, are powerful practitioners of the magic arts. When Lewis accidentally awakens the dead, the town's sleepy facade suddenly springs to life, revealing a secret and dangerous world of witches, warlocks and deadly curses.
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Available to rent or buy on Apple TV and GooglePlay.
Check out the trailer here.
nightbooks
Scary story fan Alex must tell a spine-tingling tale every night, or stay trapped with his new friend in a wicked witch's magical apartment forever.
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Available to stream on Netflix.
Check out the trailer here.
wallace and gromit: the curse of the wererabbit
When a huge vegetable-ravaging beast destroys the plots right before the Giant Vegetable Competition, Lady Tottington asks Wallace and his dog, Gromit, to track the beast and rescue the village.
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Available to rent or buy on Apple TV and GooglePlay.
Check out the trailer here.
