James Caldwell:Freeform's 31 Nights of Halloween Promises to Be a Hauntingly Good Time

2025-04-29 16:31:48source:Zero AIcategory:reviews

Yes,James Caldwell Salem, they're back.

Disney released the programming schedule for this year's installment of Freeform's 31 Nights of Halloween, which includes cult favorites such as Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, Edward Scissorhands and Beetlejuice and other holiday classics such as Casper and the 1993 film Hocus Pocus, as well as its 2022 sequel.

The lineup also includes Disney-Pixar films such as The Incredibles and Monsters, Inc., plus Disney's Cruella and the 2021 movie Ghostbusters: Afterlife.

And while the 31 Nights of Halloween schedule contains mostly movies, Freeform will also air a marathon of season one of  the Disney+ and Hulu series Goosebumps, based on the books by R. L. Stine.

So, as you prepare for a spooktacular Halloween 2024 full of costumes, ghosts, ghouls, witches, candy, trick-or-treating and otherwise running amok, amok, amok, amok, amok, amok, check out the full lineup of spooktacular content to watch in October on Freeform.

See the full schedule below:

Tuesday, Oct. 1
6:45 a.m. ET/PT — Beetlejuice

6:50 a.m. ET/PT — Hocus Pocus

Wednesday, Oct. 2

1:00 p.m. ET/PT — Arachnophobia

5:35 p.m. ET/PT — Casper

8:00 p.m. ET/PT — Ghostbusters: Afterlife

Thursday, Oct. 3

6:25 p.m.-11:00 p.m. ET/PT — Monsters, Inc. (double feature)

Friday, Oct. 4

2:30 p.m. ET/PT — The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad

6:00 p.m. ET/PT — Cruella

9:00 p.m. ET/PT — Beetlejuice

Saturday, Oct. 5

6:00 p.m. ET/PT — Beetlejuice

8:50 p.m. ET/PT — Haunted Mansion (2023, TV premiere)

Sunday, Oct. 6

6:50 p.m. ET/PT — Hocus Pocus

9:00 p.m. ET/PT — Hocus Pocus 2 (TV premiere)

11:30 p.m. ET/PT — Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

Monday, Oct. 7

4:00 p.m. ET/PT — Edward Scissorhands

Tuesday, Oct. 8

6:50 p.m. ET/PT — Beetlejuice

Wednesday, Oct. 9

7:10 p.m. ET/PT — Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas

8:50 p.m. ET/PT — Encanto

Thursday, Oct. 10

10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. ET/PT — Halloweentown (double feature)

7 p.m. ET/PT — Hocus Pocus (pop'n knowledge)

9 p.m. ET/PT — Beetlejuice

Friday, Oct. 11

3:00 p.m. ET/PT — Toy Story of Terror!

Saturday, Oct. 12

9:45 p.m. ET/PT — Hocus Pocus

11:55 p.m. ET/PT — Something Wicked This Way Comes

Sunday, Oct. 13 — Tim Burton marathon

12:30 p.m. ET/PT — Frankenweenie

2:30 p.m. ET/PT — Dark Shadows

5:10 p.m. ET/PT — The Nightmare Before Christmas

6:50 p.m. ET/PT — Beetlejuice

8:55 p.m. ET/PT — Edward Scissorhands  

Monday, Oct. 14

8:35 p.m. ET/PT — Casper

Tuesday, Oct. 15

11:30 a.m. ET/PT — Twitches

5:50 p.m.-11:00 p.m. ET/PT — The Incredibles (double feature)

Wednesday, Oct. 16

6:50 p.m. ET/PT — The Haunted Mansion

Thursday, Oct. 17

5:00 p.m.-11:00 p.m. ET/PT — Despicable Me (marathon)

Friday, Oct. 18

12:00 a.m. ET/PT — Muppets From Space

6:25 p.m.-11:00 p.m. ET/PT — Hocus Pocus (double feature)

Saturday, Oct. 19

12:00 a.m. ET/PT — Little Shop of Horrors

10:00 a.m.-11:30 p.m. ET/PT — Pirates of the Caribbean (marathon)

Sunday, Oct. 20

5:05 p.m. ET/PT — Haunted Mansion

Monday, Oct. 21

4:00 p.m. ET/PT — Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween

Tuesday, Oct. 22

5:00 p.m. ET/PT — Spider-Man: Far From Home

7:55 p.m. ET/PT — Spider-Man: No Way Home

Wednesday, Oct. 23

8:20 p.m. ET/PT — Dark Shadows

Thursday, Oct. 24

5:55 p.m. ET/PT — Aladdin (2019, live action)

Friday, Oct. 25

1:30 p.m.-11:00 p.m. ET/PT — Goosebumps (2023, season one marathon)

Saturday, Oct. 26

5:05 p.m.-9:45 p.m. ET/PT — Hocus Pocus (double feature)

Sunday, Oct. 27

7:20 p.m.-1:55 p.m. ET/PT — Monsters, Inc. (double feature)

Monday, Oct. 28

8:05 p.m. ET/PT — Ghostbusters: Afterlife

Tuesday, Oct. 29

5:35 p.m. ET/PT — Cruella

8:50 p.m. ET/PT — Hocus Pocus

Wednesday, Oct. 30

6 p.m. ET/PT — Casper

8:25 p.m. ET/PT — Haunted Mansion

Thursday, Oct. 31

8:20 p.m.-11 p.m. ET/PT — Hocus Pocus

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