Here's my spooky Halloween movies list for 2016 -- one for each night of October.
- Pirates Of The Caribbean, Curse Of The Black Pearl -- A great ghost story inspired by Disney's classic theme park ride.
- PBS Masterpiece Classic: Great Expectations, Episodes 1 through 3 (2012) -- While not a ghost story and there's nothing supernatural in the film, the creepy, specter-like Miss Havisham and her rotting, haunted-looking house will definitely set the proper spooky mood. The scary criminal Magwitch is an added fright.
- The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) -- Tim Curry in his element as Dr. Frank-N-Furter.
- Clue (1985) -- Tim Curry as the butler.
- Murder By Death (1976) -- Truman Capote Entertains.
- House On Haunted Hill (1959) - Vincent Price stars in this thriller featuring a famouse Frank Lloyd Wright house -- with a vat of acid in the basement. Don't bother with the lame 1999 remake.
- Beetlejuice (1988) -- Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Winona Ryder and Michael Keaton in a classic Tim Burton production.
- Halloweentown (2004) -- Very light Disney channel fare but entertaining nonetheless. Debbie Reynolds.
- Casper (1995) -- Bill Pullman being threatened by ghosts instead of aliens.
- Hotel Transylvania (2012) -- More light fare, but completely watchable.
- Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988) -- Camp fun with a macabre theme.
- Young Frankenstein (1974) -- A true Mel Brooks classic in beautiful black and white with an incredibly talented cast.
- House of Dark Shadows (1970) -- For those who are fans of the original Dark Shadows TV series.
- Night of Dark Shadows (1971) -- More 70’s creepy camp with the Collins family from producer Dan Curtis, but no Barnabas.
- Dark Shadows (2012) -- Fun remake by Tim Burton with a great 70’s soundtrack.
- Sleepy Hollow (1999) -- Another Tim Burton production full of classic creepiness.
- Corpse Bride (2005) -- While we’re on Tim Burton, might as well watch this one. Lots of famous voices: Joanna Lumley, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Emily Watson, Tracey Ullman, Christopher Lee, Jane Horrocks.
- Ghostbusters (1984) -- The classic.
- Ghostbusters II (1989) -- The classic, revisited.
- It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (1966) -- Another autumn classic.
- The Witches (1990) -- Anjelica Huston as the grand high witch.
- The Addams Family (1991) -- More Anjelica Huston as Morticia.
- Addams Family Values (1993) -- Even more Anjelica Huston.
- Halloweentown II (2001) -- Because you already watched the first one on October 8.
- Pufnstuf, The Movie (1970) -- Attend the annual witch convention at Witchiepoo’s castle. Groovy Mama Cass, and Martha Raye as Boss Witch.
- Mad Monster Party (1967) -- Classic Rankin Bass stop motion animation. So bad, so tacky, so good. Voices by Boris Karloff and Phyllis Diller.
- The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) -- Back to Tim Burton again.
- Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992) -- Winona Ryder and Keanu Reeves.
- [The Fall of the] House of Usher (1960) -- A Roger Corman/Vincent Price classic based on the tale by Edgar Allen Poe. Spooooky.
- The Pit and the Pendulum (1961) -- Another Roger Corman/Vincent Price classic, also based on the writing of Edgar Allen Poe.
- Hocus Pocus (1993) -- Enough said.