Frightening Fun: Exploring Ann Arbor’s Halloween Movies

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.

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New Halloween Movies in Theaters

This year there are a couple of wide release Halloween movies. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice makes an early debut – September 6.

Emagine Halloween Movies 2024

They offered Wicked Weekends in 2023. As of September 26, they have not announced Wicked Weekend Summer Kids Series on their website. Hopefully there will be a Wicket Weekends announcement soon.

Michigan & State Theater Halloween Movies

Last year Michigan & State Theater had a number of Halloween movies in October. As of September 2, they don’t have any listed in October.

In September they do have Sixth Sense, but we are still waiting for their full October schedule

Cinemark Halloween Movies

Cinemark has several Halloween themed movies:

• October 11-16 – The Nightmare Before Christmas
• October 18-23 – Hocus Pocus

Outdoor Movies

As of September 26, we have not found any outdoor Halloween movies. If we find any, they will get added below:

Halloween Movie Events from our Calendar

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 TV series), Hocus Pocus, Hocus Pocus 2, Nightmare Before Christmas, Simpsons Treehouse of Horror episodes, Werewolf by Night, Frankenweenie, Spooky Buddies, Muppets Haunted Mansion, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, Disney Channel movies like Zombies seiries, Under Wraps, Halloweentown, and more
• Netflix – Spookley the Square Pumpkin, Wednesday, Goosebumps, A Series of Unfortunate Events (Series), The Curse of Bridge Hllowo
• Paramount+ – The Addams Family (1991) & The Addams Family Values (1993), A Quiet Place, Monster High
• Amazon Prime – Lisa Frankenstein, Spirit Halloween: The Movie, Hotel Transylvania 4, Casper (1995), The Addams Family (original TV show , select seasons), Monster High
• 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.

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