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The Best Vintage Halloween Movies
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items Our favorite Vintage Halloween Movies from the Golden Age of Hollywood to watch during spooky season.
A classic witchy film for Halloween starring Veronica Lake in all that gorgeous spooky glamour, as she tries to woo a rather dull man, whose ancestors once cursed her family.
I Married a Witch (1942) - Criterion Collection
One of the best Classic Hollywood Halloween films, with tons fo humor, bodies in the basement, and two well meaning aunts that keep bumping off men who have lost their lost their lust for life. Starring Cary Grant.
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) -Criterion Collection
A funny horror film starring Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard. Add in a spooky haunted castle in Cuba, a surprise inheritance, hands reaching out from the curtains, and lots of dark corners.
The Ghost Breakers ( 1940)
A hidden gem in the realm of old Hollywood movies for Halloween, this one follows three storylines, with themes of superstition, zombies and cuba, and fortune telling. Starring Barbara Stanwyck, Charles Boyer, and more.
Flesh and Fantasy (1943)
The essential spooky series, The Twilight Zone. These hollywood gems feature huge star power in creepy alternate universe storylines, perfect for any season.
The Twilight Zone (1959 -1964) The Complete Series
A modern-day witch likes her neighbor but despises his fiancée, so she enchants him to love her instead. Jimmy Stewart and Kim Novak. Classic.
Bell Book and Candle ( 1958)
A round up of all the best Universal Monster Movies. Dracula / Frankenstein / The Bride of Frankenstein / The Wolf Man / The Invisible Man / The Mummy. Must see spooky old movies for the film buff.
Universal Classic Monsters Collection (6 Films)
When an eccentric family meets in their uncle's remote, decaying mansion on the tenth anniversary of his death for the reading of his will, murder and madness follow. Starring Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard. Love this one.
The Cat & The Canary (1939)
Nothing says hairy like a Hitchcock movie. Add Psycho and Rear Window to your list for the ultimate Halloween scare.
Alfred Hitchcock: Essentials Collection (5 Films)
Yes, this is a Disney cartoon… but Bing Crosby sings the story of the haunted Ichabod, and the Headless Horseman. Use this one as a palate cleanser in between the scarier films.
The Adventures Ichabod Crane and Mr. Toad ( 1949)
A classic, this Halloween film is done in Black and White, and is canon for so many modern films, it's a must see. Gene Wilder at his best.
Young Frankenstein ( 1974)
A list of my favorite Classic Hollywood Halloween Movies.
Classic Hollywood Films for Halloween
One brave act and the spell is broken! The specter of Sir Simon de Canterville has haunted Canterville Castle for 300 years, ever since he was walled up alive for cowardice. An amazing cast, fun, funny and just ghostly enough to watch at Halloween.
The Canterville Ghost ( 1944)
Things go decidedly not as planned when a medium summons the spirit of our novelist's dead first wife, proving a severe inconvenience for his current one. Rex Harrison.
Blithe Spirit (1945)