American films about Halloween

The Nightmare Before Christmas is a 1993 American stop-motion musical fantasy film directed by Henry Selick and written by Caroline Thompson. It tells the tale of Jack Skellington, King of Halloween Town, who stumbles upon Christmas Town and becomes obsessed with celebrating the holiday himself. Danny Elfman wrote the songs and score and provided the singing voice of Jack. The principal voice cast includes Chris Sarandon, Ken Page, Catherine O'Hara, Glenn Shadix, William Hickey, Paul Reubens and Ed Ivory.

1949 American animated package film

2022 superhero film by Matt Reeves

Halloween is a 1978 American independent slasher film directed and scored by John Carpenter, who co-wrote it with producer Debra Hill. It stars Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, P. J. Soles, and Nancy Loomis. The film follows escaped mental patient Michael Myers, who was committed to a mental institution for murdering his teenage sister on Halloween in the fictional Illinois town of Haddonfield; 15 years later, he returns to Haddonfield, where he stalks teenage babysitter Laurie Strode and her friends while his psychiatrist Dr. Samuel Loomis pursues him.

2009 animation film directed by Henry Selick

2005 stop-motion-animated dark fantasy film by Tim Burton and Mike Johnson

1995 film directed by Joel Schumacher

Scary Movie is a 2000 American parody film. It was directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans and written by Marlon and Shawn Wayans, alongside Buddy Johnson, Phil Beauman, Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer. The film stars Jon Abrahams, Carmen Electra, Shannon Elizabeth, Anna Faris, Kurt Fuller, Regina Hall, Lochlyn Munro, Cheri Oteri, and Dave Sheridan. The film, a parody of the slasher film genre, most notably the I Know What You Did Last Summer and Scream franchises, follows a group of teenagers who accidentally hit a man with their car, dump his body in a lake, and swear to secrecy. A year later, someone, wearing a Ghostface mask and robe, begins hunting them one by one.

1994 superhero film directed by Alex Proyas

1999 film by Tim Burton

Beetlejuice is a 1988 American gothic horror comedy film directed by Tim Burton from a screenplay by Michael McDowell and Warren Skaaren based on a story by McDowell and Larry Wilson. The film stars Michael Keaton as Betelgeuse, along with Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Jeffrey Jones, Catherine O'Hara and Winona Ryder.

2007 film by David Fincher

1991 film by Barry Sonnenfeld

2006 Animated film directed by Gil Kenan

2012 American animated film directed by Tim Burton

1995 American fantasy film directed by Brad Silberling

2024 film directed by Tim Burton

1993 film directed by Barry Sonnenfeld

Hocus Pocus is a 1993 American fantasy comedy film directed by Kenny Ortega from a screenplay by Mick Garris and Neil Cuthbert, and a story by David Kirschner and Garris. It follows a villainous comedic trio of witches who are inadvertently resurrected by a teenage boy in Salem, Massachusetts, on Halloween night.

2016 film directed by Edward Zwick

2007 film by Oliver Hirschbiegel, James McTeigue

1944 film by Vincente Minnelli

1982 film directed by Tommy Lee Wallace

2018 film directed by Eli Roth

2023 film directed by Kenneth Branagh

2008 film directed by Paul Weiland

2019 film directed by André Øvredal

2018 film directed by Ari Sandel

2003 film by Rob Zombie

1993 film by Steve Barron

1963 film by Robert Wise

Terrifier is a 2016 American independent slasher film written, edited, co-produced, and directed by Damien Leone. The film stars Jenna Kanell, Samantha Scaffidi, Catherine Corcoran, and David Howard Thornton. The plot centers on partygoer Tara Heyes (Kanell) and her sister Victoria (Scaffidi), who become targets of the enigmatic serial killer known only as Art the Clown (Thornton) on Halloween night.

Holidate is a 2020 American romantic comedy film directed by John Whitesell and written by Tiffany Paulsen. It stars Emma Roberts, Luke Bracey, Jake Manley, Jessica Capshaw, Andrew Bachelor, Frances Fisher, Manish Dayal and Kristin Chenoweth.

2007 film by Michael Dougherty

2022 film directed by Anne Fletcher

2023 film directed by Justin Simien

2022 film directed by Damien Leone

1962 horror film directed by Herk Harvey

1985 film by Howard Storm

1998 film directed by Sean McNamara

2020 film directed by Steven Brill

2014 film directed by Adam Wingard

2023 film directed by Cameron and Colin Cairnes

Scary Movie is an upcoming American parody film directed by Michael Tiddes and written by Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Craig Wayans, and Rick Alvarez. It is the sixth installment in the Scary Movie film series, following Scary Movie 5 (2013). It stars Marlon, Shawn, and other returning actors including Anna Faris, Regina Hall, Cheri Oteri, Chris Elliott, Dave Sheridan, Lochlyn Munro, Jon Abrahams, and Anthony Anderson. The plot follows Cindy Campbell and her friends Ray Wilkins and siblings Shorty and Brenda Meeks reunited when the same masked killer from the first film resurfaces.

2012 American comedy film by Josh Schwartz

2012 film directed by Stuart Gillard

2002 film by Tony Craig, Rick Schneider

1994 film directed by Peter MacDonald

2015 film directed by Uli Edel

2008 television film

2002 film directed by Lucky McKee

2005 film by Stuart Gillard

2016 film by Rob Zombie

2007 film by Alex Zamm

1981 film by Abel Ferrara

1998 film directed by Duwayne Dunham

1988 film

2011 film directed by Gus Van Sant

1994 film by Bruce Beresford

2001 film directed by Mary Lambert