There are several options for watching Halloween movies near Ann Arbor this fall. I love a good Halloween themed movie – but not a horror movie. Fortunately, that lines up with what my daughter has been able to watch. There is nothing like seeing even the non-scary Halloween movies on the big screen.
Check out our roundup of family-friendly Halloween movies near Ann Arbor – including Halloween movies on streaming services.
New Halloween Movies in Theaters
I haven’t found any big Halloween releases for families this year.
I see Black Phone 2 (R, horror movie) listed as releasing on October 17, but as of September 8 found no local showings. I don’t know if iti s a limited release or too early for showtimes.
Emagine Halloween Movies 2025
They offered Wicked Weekends in 2023. We never saw a 2024 announcement and are looking out for a 2025 announcement.
They do offer Young Frankenstein as part of their Flashback Cinema Series. It shows on September 27, 28 & October 1. As of September 8, the Flashback Cinema schedule does not go past October 1.
Their Coming Soon movies also lists several anniversary releases of good Halloween movies:
- September 27 – Young Frankenstein (1974)
- October 4 – Casper: 30th Anniversary
- October 11 – Corpse Bride – 20th Anniversary
- October 26 – Halloween (1978)
Michigan & State Theater Halloween Movies
Michigan & State Theater have a number of Halloween movies in October. Many of the movies are horror films part of their Late Night Classics series and rated R. We have included them here, but only recommend for older teens and adults.
🎥 Thursday October 2 at 8:00pm – Army of Darkness at Michigan Theater
🎥 Friday October 3 at 9:30pm – Saw at Michigan Theater
🎥 Tuesday October 7 at 7:30pm – Vampyr at Michigan Theater
🎥 Thursday October 9 at 8:00pm – The Omen at Michigan Theater
🎥 Friday October 10 at 9:30pm – A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night at Michigan Theater
🎥 Sunday October 12 at 11:00am – Family-Friendly Film Series - Coco at Michigan Theater
🎥 Tuesday October 14 at 7:30pm – Diabolique at Michigan Theater
🎥 Thursday October 16 at 8:00pm – The Exorcist at Michigan Theater
🎥 Friday October 24 at 9:30pm – The Rocky Horror Picture Show at Michigan Theater
🎥 Saturday October 25 at 9:30pm – The Rocky Horror Picture Show at Michigan Theater
🎥 Sunday October 26 at 6:00pm – Nosferatu at Michigan Theater
🎥 Thursday October 30 at 8:00pm – Carnival of Souls at Michigan Theater
🎥 Friday October 31 at 9:30pm – Night of the Living Dead at Michigan Theater
Cinemark Halloween Movies
Cinemark has several Halloween themed movies listed in their Coming Soon.
- October 3 – Casper: 30th Anniversary
- October 25 – ParaNorman (remastered)
Outdoor Movies
As of September 8, we have not found any outdoor Halloween movies. If we find any, they will get added below:
| Date/Time | Event | |
|---|---|---|
| 💙🆓 | September 26 7:30pm-11:00pm | Frog Island Movie Night - TBA at Frog Island Park, Ypsilanti Michigan |
Halloween Movie Events from our Calendar
| Date/Time | Event | |
|---|---|---|
| 💙 | October 3 4:00pm-9:30pm | Nightmare on Cross St
at Depot Town, Ypsilanti Michigan October in Depot Town: Where the Strange & Wonderful Come Out to Play! Step into a whirl of delight every Weekend night this October in historic Depot Town! We’ve conjured up a month-long celebration packed with chills, thrills, and one-of-a-kind fun for all ages: Mini-Haunted Caboose & Selfie Booth: The...Read More |
| 💙 | October 4 4:00pm-9:30pm | Nightmare on Cross St
at Depot Town, Ypsilanti Michigan October in Depot Town: Where the Strange & Wonderful Come Out to Play! Step into a whirl of delight every Weekend night this October in historic Depot Town! We’ve conjured up a month-long celebration packed with chills, thrills, and one-of-a-kind fun for all ages: Mini-Haunted Caboose & Selfie Booth: The...Read More |
| 💙 | October 5 4:00pm-9:30pm | Nightmare on Cross St
at Depot Town, Ypsilanti Michigan October in Depot Town: Where the Strange & Wonderful Come Out to Play! Step into a whirl of delight every Weekend night this October in historic Depot Town! We’ve conjured up a month-long celebration packed with chills, thrills, and one-of-a-kind fun for all ages: Mini-Haunted Caboose & Selfie Booth: The...Read More |
| 💙 | October 10 4:00pm-9:30pm | Nightmare on Cross St
at Depot Town, Ypsilanti Michigan October in Depot Town: Where the Strange & Wonderful Come Out to Play! Step into a whirl of delight every Weekend night this October in historic Depot Town! We’ve conjured up a month-long celebration packed with chills, thrills, and one-of-a-kind fun for all ages: Mini-Haunted Caboose & Selfie Booth: The...Read More |
| 💙 | October 11 4:00pm-9:30pm | Nightmare on Cross St
at Depot Town, Ypsilanti Michigan October in Depot Town: Where the Strange & Wonderful Come Out to Play! Step into a whirl of delight every Weekend night this October in historic Depot Town! We’ve conjured up a month-long celebration packed with chills, thrills, and one-of-a-kind fun for all ages: Mini-Haunted Caboose & Selfie Booth: The...Read More |
| 💙🆓🎟 | October 12 11:00am | Family-Friendly Film Series - Coco at Michigan Theater, Ann Arbor MI |
| 💙 | October 12 4:00pm-9:30pm | Nightmare on Cross St
at Depot Town, Ypsilanti Michigan October in Depot Town: Where the Strange & Wonderful Come Out to Play! Step into a whirl of delight every Weekend night this October in historic Depot Town! We’ve conjured up a month-long celebration packed with chills, thrills, and one-of-a-kind fun for all ages: Mini-Haunted Caboose & Selfie Booth: The...Read More |
| 💙 | October 17 4:00pm-9:30pm | Nightmare on Cross St
at Depot Town, Ypsilanti Michigan October in Depot Town: Where the Strange & Wonderful Come Out to Play! Step into a whirl of delight every Weekend night this October in historic Depot Town! We’ve conjured up a month-long celebration packed with chills, thrills, and one-of-a-kind fun for all ages: Mini-Haunted Caboose & Selfie Booth: The...Read More |
| 💙🆓 | October 18 12:00pm-1:45pm | CraftFLIX for Kids at Northfield Township Area Library, Whitmore Lake Michigan |
| 💙 | October 18 4:00pm-9:30pm | Nightmare on Cross St
at Depot Town, Ypsilanti Michigan October in Depot Town: Where the Strange & Wonderful Come Out to Play! Step into a whirl of delight every Weekend night this October in historic Depot Town! We’ve conjured up a month-long celebration packed with chills, thrills, and one-of-a-kind fun for all ages: Mini-Haunted Caboose & Selfie Booth: The...Read More |
| 💙 | October 19 4:00pm-9:30pm | Nightmare on Cross St
at Depot Town, Ypsilanti Michigan October in Depot Town: Where the Strange & Wonderful Come Out to Play! Step into a whirl of delight every Weekend night this October in historic Depot Town! We’ve conjured up a month-long celebration packed with chills, thrills, and one-of-a-kind fun for all ages: Mini-Haunted Caboose & Selfie Booth: The...Read More |
| 💙 | October 24 3:00pm-7:00pm | Costume Party at Holmes Rd Network Center, Ypsilanti Michigan |
| 💙 | October 24 4:00pm-9:30pm | Nightmare on Cross St
at Depot Town, Ypsilanti Michigan October in Depot Town: Where the Strange & Wonderful Come Out to Play! Step into a whirl of delight every Weekend night this October in historic Depot Town! We’ve conjured up a month-long celebration packed with chills, thrills, and one-of-a-kind fun for all ages: Mini-Haunted Caboose & Selfie Booth: The...Read More |
| 💙 | October 25 4:00pm-9:30pm | Nightmare on Cross St
at Depot Town, Ypsilanti Michigan October in Depot Town: Where the Strange & Wonderful Come Out to Play! Step into a whirl of delight every Weekend night this October in historic Depot Town! We’ve conjured up a month-long celebration packed with chills, thrills, and one-of-a-kind fun for all ages: Mini-Haunted Caboose & Selfie Booth: The...Read More |
| 💙 | October 26 4:00pm-9:30pm | Nightmare on Cross St
at Depot Town, Ypsilanti Michigan October in Depot Town: Where the Strange & Wonderful Come Out to Play! Step into a whirl of delight every Weekend night this October in historic Depot Town! We’ve conjured up a month-long celebration packed with chills, thrills, and one-of-a-kind fun for all ages: Mini-Haunted Caboose & Selfie Booth: The...Read More |
| 💙🆓🎟 | October 26 6:00pm | Nosferatu at Michigan Theater, Ann Arbor MI |
| 🎟 | October 30 8:00pm | Carnival of Souls at Michigan Theater, Ann Arbor MI |
| 💙 | October 31 4:00pm-9:30pm | Nightmare on Cross St
at Depot Town, Ypsilanti Michigan October in Depot Town: Where the Strange & Wonderful Come Out to Play! Step into a whirl of delight every Weekend night this October in historic Depot Town! We’ve conjured up a month-long celebration packed with chills, thrills, and one-of-a-kind fun for all ages: Mini-Haunted Caboose & Selfie Booth: The...Read More |
Watch Movies at Home
Our outdoor movie projector is perfect for watching a Halloween movie outdoors. Movies are much easier this time of year with the earlier sunset than in summer – as long as the rain stays away. We can bundle up with blankets and maybe light the fire pit as we sit outside for a movie. With a Roku connected to the projector, we have access to all of our streaming services.
Streaming Services
I think Disney+ might win for Halloween shows. Although AppleTV+ has my favorite – It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
A few Halloween movie highlights on streaming services are:
- Disney+ – Haunted Mansion, Goosebumps (2023 anthology & 2025’s The Vanishing), Hocus Pocus, Hocus Pocus 2, Nightmare Before Christmas, Simpsons Treehouse of Horror episodes, Werewolf by Night, Frankenweenie, Spooky Buddies, Muppets Haunted Mansion, Disney Channel movies like Zombies seiries, Under Wraps, Halloweentown, and more
- Netflix – Spookley the Square Pumpkin, Wednesday, Goosebumps (1998), A Series of Unfortunate Events (Series), The Curse of Bridge Hollow, Hotel Transylvania 3, Stranger Things,
- Paramount+ – The Addams Family (1991) & The Addams Family Values (1993), A Quiet Place, Monster High, Sabrina the Teenage Witch
- Amazon Prime – The Addams Family (original TV show , select seasons & animated movies), Monster High, Warm Bodies
- AppleTV+ – It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
Freeform Halloween
Freeform runs 31 Nights of Halloween every October with themed programming every night. The schedule is embedded below from their Facebook post.
Other Halloween Movies
What are you watching this Halloween? In addition to the movie events, streaming, and those shows airing on TV, we also have a collection of Halloween themed movies and episodes we have collected over the years.
Find all the Ann Arbor Halloween Happenings
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