Editor’s note: This post has been updated for 2020.
As Halloween draws near, our family loves to watch both classic and new family-friendly TV shows and Halloween movies on Netflix.
Looking for some new recommendations to add to your queue? Netflix doesn’t make it super easy to find Halloween-oriented shows, so I did the homework for you and unearthed some real gems.
Here are 33 spooky (but not too scary) Halloween favorites currently available to stream on Netflix. These suggestions are geared toward younger children, ages 3-12. If you’re looking for Halloween movies for teens, check out this post. Click on any of the images or titles for a direct link to watch instantly (if you have a subscription, of course).
KID-FRIENDLY HALLOWEEN MOVIES ON NETFLIX
All Hallows’ Eve
Instead of summoning the spirit of her dearly departed mother, a charming teen accidentally awakens a vengeful witch who wants to destroy her town.
The Boy Who Cried Werewolf
When high school girl-geek Jordan becomes a werewolf after moving to Romania, she must elude her own brother, who sets out to slay her.
Dear Dracula
When he gets a fan letter from a young monster movie buff, Dracula visits him and soon has a new friend helping him to get his confidence back.
Ghost Patrol
Two kids and their pet dog (aka the Ghost Patrol) get a call about an old manor and soon find they are investigating their first real haunted house.
Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween
Three teens spend their Halloween trying to stop a magical book, which brings characters from the Goosebumps novels to life. Common Sense Media calls this movie “that rare beast: a fun, scary movie for kids that won’t actually terrify them.”
The Little Vampire
An American kid obsessed with the undead befriends and offers to help a young vampire whose family is being targeted by a merciless vampire hunter.
Marvel’s Hulk: Where Monsters Dwell
On Halloween, the Hulk and Dr. Strange battle monsters wreaking havoc on New York and uncover an evil plot by Nightmare, ruler of the Dream Dimension.
Monster Family
A family’s festive Halloween plans take a spooky turn when an evil witch’s curse transforms the costumed clan into actual monsters.
My Babysitter’s a Vampire: The Movie
When their parents head out for the evening, Ethan and his little sister get the babysitter of their nightmares: a fledgling vampire named Sarah.
Room on the Broom
A gentle witch with a ginger braid offers rides to a variety of animals on her increasingly crowded broom, much to her grumpy cat’s chagrin.
Spookley the Square Pumpkin
A scarecrow and a spider trio help an odd-shaped pumpkin overcome his feelings of shame and inadequacy. This animated story is based upon a children’s book, The Legend of Spookley the Square Pumpkin, by Joe Troiano.
Super Monsters Save Halloween
The Super Monsters use their powers to get their neighbors in the Halloween spirit, then help a nervous friend see there’s nothing to be afraid of.
A Witches’ Ball
Beatrix can’t wait to be inducted as a witch, but an unfortunate incident threatens to take her pending title away if she doesn’t act fast.
The Witches
A boy and his grandma go on vacation, only to find their hotel is hosting an international witch convention, and the witches are brewing an evil plot!
HALLOWEEN SERIES FOR KIDS
Creeped Out
A masked figure known as “The Curious” collects tales of dark magic, otherworldly encounters and twisted technology in this kids anthology series.
Goosebumps
R.L. Stine’s tales take on a life of their own in a series that combines original stories with adaptations drawn from the popular books.
Hotel Transylvania: The Series
With her dad away, Mavis is so ready for adventure — if strict Aunt Lydia doesn’t stop her first. This series is set four years before the Hotel Transylvania film. She’s Dracula’s teen daughter, and she’s totally going to rule this awesome hotel. Things are about to get spooky fun!
Masha’s Spooky Stories
Little Masha shares tales of common childhood fears like ghosts and monsters. She playfully explains why these creatures are nothing to worry about.
Super Monsters
The kids of famous monsters come together at a special preschool. As a group, they must train the skills they inherited from their parents and have them good-to-go for kindergarten.
What’s New, Scooby Doo?
Scooby-Doo and the gang enter the 21st century with this updated edition of the original series with more ghoulish mysteries to solve. Stream three seasons of Scooby-filled shenanigans!
The Worst Witch
After stumbling into a school for witches, a bumbling heroine comes to realize that she just might belong there. Based on Jill Murphy’s beloved books. (Season 4 will be out on October 1!)
HALLOWEEN TV SPECIALS FOR KIDS
DreamWorks Spooky Stories
In three Halloween tales, Shrek and his friends tell scary stories, Ginormica and the Monsters fight mutant alien pumpkins, and Shrek battles a ghost.
DreamWorks Spooky Stories: Volume 2
The Shrek characters parody the music video “Thriller”; B.O.B. and pals battle zombie carrots; and Megamind faces the effects of the Button of Doom.
Ghostly Gala
In this “Sofia the First” Halloween special, a ghost is scaring everyone away from Sofia’s big Halloween bash, but she soon discovers that he just wants to host a party of his own.
Luna Eclipsed
In this “My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic” episode, the Nightmare Night macabre celebrations are in full swing when Luna herself shows up in Ponyville, determined to change her frightening public image.
The Magic School Bus In The Haunted House
The class is thrilled about its concert at the Sound Museum—until they discover the spooky mansion is more of a thrill than they bargained for.
Pac’s Scary Halloween
In this Halloween special from the “Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures” series, sinister Dr. Pacenstein schemes to swap bodies with Pac during a Halloween party. Spiral, Cyli and Count Pacula scramble to save their pal.
Pocoyo Halloween: Space Halloween
Pocoyo and his friends have a costume contest to celebrate Halloween and learn new things about planets and stars in space.
Pocoyo Halloween: Spooky Movies
Pocoyo finds a special toy and plays new games with his friends, then they’re spooked by a scary box and try to find out who’s inside.
Power Rangers Megaforce: Raising Spirits
On Halloween, the scariest night of the year, the Rangers have a strange encounter with a mysterious medium who conjures “visions” of monsters past.
Power Rangers Samurai: Party Monsters
On Halloween night, the creepiest creatures from the Netherworld trade war stories about their battles with the Samurai Power Rangers.
The Spooky Tale of Captain Underpants Hack-a-ween
When Melvin tries to cancel Halloween, clever best friends Harold and George create their own spooky holiday — and it’s a huge success. (This Captain Underpants special episode happens to one of my son James’ FAVE Halloween shows of all time.)
True: Tricky Treat Day
In this special Halloween episode of the “True and the Rainbow Kingdom” series, it’s up to True and her friends to save the day when a hungry Yeti sneaks a forbidden treat and fills the kingdom with Howling Greenies.
Did I miss anything? Leave a comment if there’s a kid’s Halloween (or just spooky-themed) TV special or movie on Netflix that you’d recommend.
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great list! Thanks for sharing!!
thanks for sharing. Netflix does not have a category for this, im so glad you posted a list
Many of those aren’t available!?
Monster Squad is now on Netflix 🙂
Monster Squad is NOT family friendly.
No more than Goosebumps or Escape to Witch Mountain
Thank you so much!
Netflix also has ‘Room on the Broom’ this year. Super cute and only about 30 min long. My kids love it.
Thanks for the suggestion, Jessica! I’ll have to add that one to the list.
Yep that’s a favorite for my family also!! Is there room on the broom for a frog like me? Lol
Love it!
I just tried searching paranorman and its not coming up on my Netflix. Just thought I’d let you know. =)
Thank you for the list! It will make our Halloween movie night for the kids so much easier.
Glad to hear it, Rebecca! You’re most welcome. TV is one of my specialties 🙂
Thank you so much! The searching on Netflix was not fruitful. I found you through a google search.
You’re welcome! Glad to hear it was helpful for you 🙂
Dear Dracula is a new cute movie on netflix. Also the Corpse Bride.
Any of the movies in this list worth a watch arent actually available on Netflix…Netflix sucks
Love this list thank you for doing my homework!
You’re welcome, Carrissa!
thank you for the list. some of those i did not find on my own.
This list has been helpful! I initially tried searching “Halloween” but little came up. Couldn’t find paranorman this year but maybe I’ll search on Hulu. However, searching for it showed some films similar too which lead us to watching the corpse bride, another great one for Halloween!
The nightmare before christmas has been gone for years… Disney just sucks so much they take the good movies off so they can charge people an arm and leg just to get them. As if they aren’t rich enough. Ugh.
$15 for the blu-ray (which is better quality than streaming, or $8 for the DVD is an arm and a leg? I mean, get real. And Disney is a publisher and company, yes, but there are real working folk behind those movies that still get royalties.
$18 (not $15) for one movie compared to $10-per-month is more like an arm and two legs! You get real! Disney does suck and they behave just like the predators they are.
I think that a movie should be added to this list: The Corpse bride. Me and my siblings all watched this when were little and we still do
Alvin and the chipmunks meet Frankenstein
These are not even in Netflix!
and its 2017
Not on netflix but on Amazon instead – The short films Pumpkin Moon and 13th Kitten. They’re great halloween animations, would definitely recommend.
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removed it, but may need to bring it back. You gave me inspiration!
Keep on writing!
I think this is an intriguing blog with unique ideas. Have you ever heard about PunchFlix? It’s this really awesome streaming service that has unique substance and it also demonstrates other tv channels anywhere in the world. It’s going to have some of the vintage TV programs along with movies that we all would undoubtedly enjoy. Not exclusively that, but it is also going to offer films on demand which suggests that we could enjoy whichever program or movie whenever we want. PunchFlix is also about to have movies and Series in different foreign languages. All we have to do is search for it on the web or download the app.
What about twitches?
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The Adams Family is one of my favorite movies ever! The love between the Morticia and Gomez is my relationship goal!
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What about “Hocus Pocus”?
It’s my favorite Halloween movie, hands down! ????☠️???
Did you hear about the new show. The Little Mermaid Live? From what I understand it’s an ABC show. Unfortunately, I heard it wasnt’ very good. Oh well better luck next time I guess…
hey some of these are just not that good you know😟(´・ω・`)
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Netflix doesn’t make it easy to search by holiday, so I did the homework for you. Here are 33 kid-friendly Halloween movies on Netflix (updated for 2020).
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Editor’s note: This post has been updated for 2020.
As Halloween draws near, our family loves to watch both classic and new family-friendly TV shows and Halloween movies on Netflix.
Looking for some new recommendations to add to your queue? Netflix doesn’t make it super easy to find Halloween-oriented shows, so I did the homework for you and unearthed some real gems.
Here are 33 spooky (but not too scary) Halloween favorites currently available to stream on Netflix. These suggestions are geared toward younger children, ages 3-12. If you’re looking for Halloween movies for teens, check out this post. Click on any of the images or titles for a direct link to watch instantly (if you have a subscription, of course).
KID-FRIENDLY HALLOWEEN MOVIES ON NETFLIX
All Hallows’ Eve
Instead of summoning the spirit of her dearly departed mother, a charming teen accidentally awakens a vengeful witch who wants to destroy her town.
The Boy Who Cried Werewolf
When high school girl-geek Jordan becomes a werewolf after moving to Romania, she must elude her own brother, who sets out to slay her.
dear-dracula
Dear Dracula
When he gets a fan letter from a young monster movie buff, Dracula visits him and soon has a new friend helping him to get his confidence back.
Ghost Patrol
Two kids and their pet dog (aka the Ghost Patrol) get a call about an old manor and soon find they are investigating their first real haunted house.
Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween
Three teens spend their Halloween trying to stop a magical book, which brings characters from the Goosebumps novels to life. Common Sense Media calls this movie “that rare beast: a fun, scary movie for kids that won’t actually terrify them.”
The Little Vampire
An American kid obsessed with the undead befriends and offers to help a young vampire whose family is being targeted by a merciless vampire hunter.
Marvel’s Hulk: Where Monsters Dwell
On Halloween, the Hulk and Dr. Strange battle monsters wreaking havoc on New York and uncover an evil plot by Nightmare, ruler of the Dream Dimension.
Monster Family
A family’s festive Halloween plans take a spooky turn when an evil witch’s curse transforms the costumed clan into actual monsters.
My Babysitter’s a Vampire: The Movie
When their parents head out for the evening, Ethan and his little sister get the babysitter of their nightmares: a fledgling vampire named Sarah.
room-on-the-broom_940x528
Room on the Broom
A gentle witch with a ginger braid offers rides to a variety of animals on her increasingly crowded broom, much to her grumpy cat’s chagrin.
Spookley the Square Pumpkin
A scarecrow and a spider trio help an odd-shaped pumpkin overcome his feelings of shame and inadequacy. This animated story is based upon a children’s book, The Legend of Spookley the Square Pumpkin, by Joe Troiano.
Super Monsters Save Halloween
The Super Monsters use their powers to get their neighbors in the Halloween spirit, then help a nervous friend see there’s nothing to be afraid of.
A Witches’ Ball
Beatrix can’t wait to be inducted as a witch, but an unfortunate incident threatens to take her pending title away if she doesn’t act fast.
The Witches
A boy and his grandma go on vacation, only to find their hotel is hosting an international witch convention, and the witches are brewing an evil plot!
HALLOWEEN SERIES FOR KIDS
goosebumps-netflix
Goosebumps
R.L. Stine’s tales take on a life of their own in a series that combines original stories with adaptations drawn from the popular books.
Hotel Transylvania: The Series
With her dad away, Mavis is so ready for adventure — if strict Aunt Lydia doesn’t stop her first. This series is set four years before the Hotel Transylvania film. She’s Dracula’s teen daughter, and she’s totally going to rule this awesome hotel. Things are about to get spooky fun!
masha’s-spooky-stories
Masha’s Spooky Stories
Little Masha shares tales of common childhood fears like ghosts and monsters. She playfully explains why these creatures are nothing to worry about.
Super Monsters
The kids of famous monsters come together at a special preschool. As a group, they must train the skills they inherited from their parents and have them good-to-go for kindergarten.
The Worst Witch
After stumbling into a school for witches, a bumbling heroine comes to realize that she just might belong there. Based on Jill Murphy’s beloved books. (Season 4 will be out on October 1!)
HALLOWEEN TV SPECIALS FOR KIDS
dreamworks-spooky-stories
DreamWorks Spooky Stories
In three Halloween tales, Shrek and his friends tell scary stories, Ginormica and the Monsters fight mutant alien pumpkins, and Shrek battles a ghost.
sofia-the-first-ghostly-gala
Ghostly Gala
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