Fun
Frisky
Nostalgic
Intense
Adventurous
Choked Up
Curious
Romantic
Weird
Are you someone who loves Halloween but hates horror? Do you live for the costumes and candy but gag at all the gore? Are you trying to catch those October feels without suffering through a frightening flick?
If you answered “yes” to any of the above, you’re in luck. There are tons of great Halloween movies out there, and many of them aren’t scary at all. Films like Hocus Pocus, Casper, and The Addams Family may contain the same themes and tropes as classic horror films–supernatural elements, haunted houses, and creepy alternate realities, just to name a few–but they have totally different goals. While true horror films serve to scare viewers senseless, Halloweenie-oriented movies are much more likely to revel in the supernatural rather than spurn it. In the world of the un-scary movie, witches, ghosts, and zombies often have the potential to do good, and even when these forces are evil or scary, their presence provides an opportunity for humans to better themselves rather than just run around with their limbs cut off, as often happens in slasher films.
Don’t deny yourself the pleasure of a late-October movie just because you feel left out in a world of Friday the 13ths and Saws. Any of these non-frightening films will satisfy your Halloween craving, so sit back, relax, and get to streaming.
