Here's what to watch on TV this Halloween

This is Halloween! This is Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween!

Sorry. Can you tell I love the holiday?

Halloween was one of my favorite holidays as a kid…not so much through my high school/college years, when I was too old for trick-or-treating and not exactly into beer-fueled parties. But in the last few years, I've loved decorating my condos with spooky comic book artwork and crazy action figures, and of course plenty of movies and Halloween specials!

In celebration of the holiday, I've looked up some classic Halloween specials through Halloweenspecials.net. Everyone knows It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown and Garfield's Halloween Adventure, not to mention the "Treehouse of Horror" episodes of The Simpsons — but here's some lesser-known ones you might remember — with plenty of spooky fun!

First up is Witch's Night Out, a 1978 Canadian animation featuring characters from the 1974 special The Gift of Winter. It features Gilda Radner voicing a witch who encounters some monochromatic townsfolk who are throwing a party in her haunted house.

It has plenty of witty jokes and a unique look with the monochromatic townsfolk set against more detailed, realistic backgrounds. Also, a synthesizer-tastic theme song! You can watch it online starting here.

Then there's 1979's The Halloween that Almost Wasn't, which my parents wouldn't let me watch as a kid. It stars a group of monsters worried that Halloween might come to an end. Four words: Judd Hirsch as Dracula. Also: More disco!

A favorite of many of my friends is 1986's The Worst Witch, based on the series of children's books by Jill Murphy. It stars a young Fairuza Balk as a klutzy student at a witch's academy, along with Diana Rigg, Charlotte Rae, and Tim Curry.

The first Halloween special I remember is 1986's Mr. Boogedy, a Wonderful World of Disney TV-movie about a family that moves into a house with an evil spirit. It scared the bojangles out of me at age 6, but I'm not sure if it holds up! It spawned a sequel, entitled Bride of Boogedy.

For some very old-school Halloween spookiness, there's A Claymation Comedy of Horrors, from the California Raisins creator Will Vinton. It's in a few parts from different posters on YouTube, but it still has plenty of charm in its tale of a quest for Dr. Frankenswine's monster.

And finally, what's scarier than Paul Lynde? How about … Paul Lynde and Kiss? Yes, it's 1976's The Paul Lynde Halloween Special, which features the makeup-and-platform-shoe-loving rockers in their first TV appearance, thus proving Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park does not in fact represent the nadir of their TV work.

And for pure Pop Candy resonance, it also has Betty White, Donny and Marie Osmond, Florence Henderson, Margaret Hamilton reprising her role as The Wicked Witch of the West, Witchiepoo from H.R. Pufnstuf and Tim Conway! Also: Still more disco!

Whoo, that's pretty scary stuff! I hope you can handle all that disco!

What are your favorite Halloween specials, or films you watch every Halloween? Sound off in the comments below!

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