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A Haunting in Venice

The latest Hercule Poirot movie, from director and star Kenneth Branagh, is low-key a ghost story. Not only that but it is actually set on Halloween. There's a party with masks, bobbing for apples, and everything.

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Ghostbusters: Answer The Call

This movie is genuinely funny. I don't care what certain loser fanboys on the internet say.

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I Married a Witch

This screwball comedy about a witch who curses a family for almost 300 years is as tame as a pilgrim. It's romantic, and the 1942 special effects with smoke and a broomstick are a hoot!

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What We Do in the Shadows

We're werewolves, not swear wolves! The mockumentary that inspired the series is hilarious. And, for Our Flag Means Death fans, it's an early Taika Waititi and Rhys Darby collab.

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Over The Garden Wall

This is a mini-series, not a movie. However, it will take you less than two hours to watch all ten episodes. So why not? The spooky animated adventure is an autumnal cottage-core classic.

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Vamps

Did you know there's a romantic comedy about vampires living and loving in New York City from the director of Clueless that's 100 percent ridiculous in the best way? Now you know. You are welcome.

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Freaks of Nature

This one's a raunchy high school comedy that's kind of like the DCOM ZOMBIES, but way more mature. It stars Mackenzie Davis, Vanessa Hudgens, and Cousin Greg Nicholas Braun and it's about what happens when aliens invade a town where vampires and zombies live more or less harmoniously amongst humans.

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Once Bitten

And speaking of high school comedies, how about this gem from the '80s starring Jim Carrey? Sign me up. I'll take laughs over gasps every day.

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Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed

Costumes that turn into monsters? What's more Halloween than that? Don't mind if I Doo.

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The Invitation

This gothic romance has some scary moments but is mostly a love story. It's romantic with a holiday-appropriate sense of foreboding and ultimately kind of feminist.

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It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown

Come on, it's a classic! Halloween stories without an ounce of scariness don't get much better than this one. The Great Pumpkin would never scare you.

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Clue

It's not set during Halloween, but this murder mystery set in a big spooky mansion is hilarious and not really scary. It's a good alternative to a haunted house story. Even though there are some deaths and a wee bit of violence, you'll be dreaming about how hard you laughed.

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Warm Bodies

Some people like watching zombie movies at Halloween. Me? I'm queuing up this zombie romantic comedy.

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The Phantom of the Opera at Royal Albert Hall

Did you think I was going to recommend the movie? If you really, really can't handle scary stuff... why not check out this anniversary live performance of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical instead? You can see the modern audience right there. You know it's not real and the Phantom can't get you.

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Teen Witch

Talk about a throwback! This movie is way too campy to be scary, and I mean that as an absolute compliment.

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Matilda

When you think about it, Matilda and Carrie are kind of the same story. They're both about girls in abusive situations who harness their emotions into supernatural power. They both get revenge on the people who wronged them. Carrie is just... a lot more brutal and scary about it. If you're all been there, and done that with the '90s movie, may I recommend the movie musical?

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Ghostbusters

There are some scary moments, but the old-school visual effects kind of make it easy to watch without getting nightmares. Plus, at the end of the day the story of four men who go into business busting ghosts around New York City is a comedy.

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The Lost Boys

What if the bad boys that your parents don't want you to hang out with are actually vampires? That's the premise of this '80s coming-of-age movie. If you can handle Stranger Things, you can handle this. Heck, Stranger Things might actually be scarier.

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