Halloween movies, music and free entertainment streaming guide (2017)

If you’re a lover of jump-out-of-your-seat horror or just looking for a reason to eat candy, great entertainment can give the Halloween season a spooky boost. We hand-picked a variety of free movies, classic Halloween films, selections for the kiddos (see movie ratings next to each title), Halloween party music, ghost stories and more. Plus, don’t miss the timely return of Netflix Original, Stranger Things, on October 27!

HALLOWEEN MOVIE FAVORITES

• Hocus Pocus (PG), It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (NR), Ghostbusters (1984) (PG), Hotel Transylvania (PG), Beetlejuice (PG), The Rocky Horror Picture Show (R), Scream (R)
  • Rent and/or purchase on Amazon Video, FandangoNOW, Google Play and VUDU.

FREE HALLOWEEN MOVIES AND SPECIALS

• Shutter Island (R), Jacob’s Ladder (R), Exorcist: The Beginning (R), The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (R), Boogeyman, Boogeyman 2 & 3 (R), Little Monsters (PG), When A Stranger Calls (PG-13), The Return of the Living Dead (R)
  • Free on The Roku Channel
• Halloween (R)
  • Free on OVGuide, Thriller Theater
• Alfred Hitchcock’s Dial M for Murder (1954) (R), Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones (R), The Ruins (R)
  • Free on Popcornflix
• See No Evil 2 (R), The Town That Dreaded Sundown (2014) (R), Stigmata (R), House of 1,000 Corpses (R)
  • Free on Tubi
• Stigmata (R), Night of the Living Dead (NR), Hostel (R) (plus, a Horror 24/7 channel!)
  • Free on Pluto TV
• Amityville: The Awakening (PG-13)
  • Free on Google Play from October 12 – November 8
• SuperMansion: Drag Me to Halloween (featuring Bryan Cranston and Keegan-Michael Key)
  • Free on Crackle
• Episode 1 of Neil Gaiman’s Likely Stories – A Shudder Exclusive
  • Free on Shudder

AND MORE MOVIES! INCLUDED WITH A SUBSCRIPTION* TO:

*Note: check the channels for more details on their free trials!

• Netflix (starts at $7.99/month) – The Nightmare Before Christmas (PG), Coraline (PG), Corpse Bride (PG), Mummy, I’m a Zombie (PG), Spooky Buddies (G), The Addams Family (PG-13), The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (R), Sleepy Hollow (R), The Craft (R), Hellraiser (R), Children of the Corn (R) Tales of Halloween (R), The Babadook (NR)
• Amazon Video (included with an Amazon Prime subscription) – Addams Family Values (PG-13), An American Werewolf in London (R), 10 Cloverfield Lane (PG-13)
• Hulu (starts at $7.99/month) – Curious George: A Halloween Boo Fest (NR), Signs (PG-13), 10 Cloverfield Lane (PG-13), Addams Family Values (PG-13), An American Werewolf in London (R), Sleepy Hollow (R), Halloween: H20 (R), The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (R)
• HBO NOW ($14.99/month) – The Ring (PG-13), The Blair Witch Project (R), The Amityville Horror (R), The Children (R), The Conjuring (R), The Conjuring 2 (R), Halloween: Resurrection (R)
• SHOWTIME ($10.99/month) – Shaun of the Dead (R), The Hills Have Eyes (R), The Boy (PG-13), The Descent (R), The Babadook (NR)
• Freeform (participating cable or satellite subscription required) – 13 Nights of Halloween featuring spooky favorites including Hocus Pocus (PG), The Addams Family (PG-13), Monster’s Inc. (G), Sleepy Hollow (R) and more (runs October 19-31)
• EPIX (participating cable or satellite subscription required) – Saw (R), Carrie (R), An American Werewolf in London (R), 10 Cloverfield Lane (PG-13), Rosemary’s Baby (R), Sleepy Hollow (R)
• STARZ ($8.99/month)- Ghostbusters (2016) (PG-13), Friday the 13th (R), Friday the 13th Part 2, 3 & The Final Chapter (R), Rosemary’s Baby (R), I Know What You Did Last Summer (R), The Hills Have Eyes (R), Halloween 2 (R)
• Screambox ($4.99/month) – His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th (be sure to check out their channel for a free Halloween title every day in October!)

HALLOWEEN MUSIC

• iHeartRadio: Halloween Radio and Real Ghost Stories (podcast)
• Pandora: stations like Halloween Party, Spooky Symphonies, Ghostly Grooves and more
• TuneIn: Halloween Radio, Spooked (13-part series featuring tales of the supernatural) and more

Happy spooky streaming!

*All content is available as of 10/16/17 and is subject to change.