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Freeform Announces ’31 Nights of Halloween’ Programming

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Freeform has announced its annual 31 Nights of Halloween programming, airing a variety of family-friendly spooky movies daily from October 1 through Halloween.

Many seasonal staples are represented, including Hocus Pocus, The Addams Family, Casper, The Witches, Sleepy Hollow, Sweeney Todd, Edward Scissorhands, and The Nightmare Before Christmas.

There’s even a few deeper cuts to traumatize the youth, like Arachnophobia, Something Wicked This Way Comes, The Black Cauldron, and Disturbia, the latter making its Freeform debut.

Last year’s event reached 22 million viewers, proving that even in the age of streaming, there’s something special about catching a horror movie on TV in October.

Here is the full 31 Nights of Halloween 2025 line-up:

Wednesday, Oct. 1

  • 12:00 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Edward Scissorhands”
  • 2:25 p.m. EDT/PDT – “The Haunted Mansion” (2003)
  • 4:25 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Casper” (1995)
  • 6:50 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Beetlejuice”
  • 8:55 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Hocus Pocus”

Thursday, Oct. 2

  • 10:30 a.m. EDT/PDT – “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil”
  • 1:00 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Casper” (1995)
  • 3:20 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Beetlejuice”
  • 5:20 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas”
  • 6:55 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Hotel Transylvania”
  • 9:00 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Hotel Transylvania 2”

Friday, Oct. 3

  • 10:30 a.m. EDT/PDT – “The Witches” (1990)
  • 12:30 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Hocus Pocus”
  • 2:30 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Hotel Transylvania”
  • 4:30 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Hotel Transylvania 2”
  • 6:30 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Monsters, Inc.”
  • 8:35 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Monsters University”
  • 12:00 a.m. EDT/PDT – “Beastly”

Saturday, Oct. 4

  • 7:00 a.m. EDT/PDT – “The Witches” (1990)
  • 9:00 a.m. EDT/PDT – “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides”
  • 12:05 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween”
  • 2:05 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Edward Scissorhands”
  • 4:35 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Hocus Pocus”
  • 6:45 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Casper” (1995)
  • 9:15 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Beetlejuice”
  • 11:20 p.m EDT/PDT – “Haunted Mansion” (2023)

Sunday, Oct. 5

  • 7:00 a.m. EDT/PDT – “Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween”
  • 9:00 a.m. EDT/PDT – “Twitches”
  • 11:05 a.m. EDT/PDT – “Twitches Too”
  • 1:05 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas”
  • 2:45 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Casper” (1995)
  • 5:15 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Beetlejuice”
  • 7:20 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Hocus Pocus”
  • 9:30 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Hocus Pocus 2”
  • 12:00 a.m. EDT/PDT – “Matilda”

Monday, Oct. 6

  • 12:00 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Alice in Wonderland” (2010)
  • 2:30 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Alice Through the Looking Glass”
  • 5:00 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Matilda”
  • 7:00 p.m. EDT/PDT – “The Addams Family” (1991)
  • 9:00 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Addams Family Values”

Tuesday, Oct. 7

  • 12:00 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Edward Scissorhands”
  • 2:25 p.m. EDT/PDT – “The Addams Family” (1991)
  • 4:25 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Addams Family Values”
  • 6:30 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Hocus Pocus”
  • 8:35 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Hocus Pocus 2”

Wednesday, Oct. 8

  • 10:30 a.m. EDT/PDT – “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl”
  • 1:30 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest”
  • 4:30 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Hotel Transylvania”
  • 6:30 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Hotel Transylvania 2”
  • 8:30 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Casper” (1995)

Thursday, Oct. 9

  • 10:30 a.m. EDT/PDT – “Spooky Buddies”
  • 12:30 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Hotel Transylvania”
  • 2:30 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Hotel Transylvania 2”
  • 4:30 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Hocus Pocus”
  • 6:30 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Casper” (1995)
  • 8:55 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Beetlejuice”

Friday, Oct. 10

  • 11:00 a.m. EDT/PDT – “Arachnophobia”
  • 1:30 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Disturbia” (Freeform Premiere)
  • 4:00 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Beetlejuice”
  • 6:00 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”
  • 8:35 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Sleepy Hollow” (1999)
  • 12:00 a.m. EDT/PDT – “Matilda”

Saturday, Oct. 11

  • 7:00 a.m. EDT/PDT – “Mrs. Doubtfire”
  • 10:00 a.m. EDT/PDT – “Hocus Pocus”
  • 12:05 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Haunted Mansion” (2023)
  • 2:45 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Toy Story of Terror!”
  • 3:15 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Hotel Transylvania”
  • 5:20 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Hotel Transylvania 2”
  • 7:25 p.m. EDT/PDT – “The Addams Family” (1991)
  • 9:30 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Addams Family Values”
  • 11:35 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Edward Scissorhands”

Sunday, Oct. 12

  • 7:00 a.m. EDT/PDT – “The Black Cauldron”
  • 9:00 a.m. EDT/PDT – “Spooky Buddies”
  • 11:05 a.m. EDT – “Toy Story of Terror!”
  • 11:35 a.m. EDT/PDT – “Hotel Transylvania”
  • 1:40 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Hotel Transylvania 2”
  • 3:40 p.m. EDT/PDT – “The Haunted Mansion” (2003)
  • 5:40 p.m. EDT / PDT – “The Addams Family” (1991)
  • 7:45 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Addams Family Values”
  • 9:50 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Hocus Pocus”
  • 12:00 a.m. EDT/PDT – “Beetlejuice”

Monday, Oct. 13 – Tim Burton Day

  • 12:00 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”
  • 2:35 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Sleepy Hollow” (1999)
  • 5:00 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Beetlejuice”
  • 7:00 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Edward Scissorhands”
  • 9:25 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas”

Tuesday, Oct. 14

  • 12:00 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Aladdin” (1992)
  • 2:00 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Encanto”
  • 4:05 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Haunted Mansion” (2023)
  • 6:45 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Beetlejuice” – Pop N’ Knowledge
  • 8:50 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Hocus Pocus” – Pop N’ Knowledge

Wednesday, Oct. 15

  • 10:30 a.m. EDT/PDT – “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil”
  • 1:00 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Hocus Pocus”
  • 3:00 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween”
  • 5:00 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Beetlejuice”
  • 7:00 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Hotel Transylvania”
  • 9:00 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Hotel Transylvania 2”

Thursday, Oct. 16

  • 11:00 a.m. EDT/PDT – “Toy Story of Terror!”
  • 11:30 a.m. EDT/PDT – “Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween”
  • 1:30 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Hotel Transylvania”
  • 3:35 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Hotel Transylvania 2”
  • 5:40 p.m. EDT/PDT – “The Incredibles”
  • 8:20 p.m. EDT / PDT – “Incredibles 2”

Friday, Oct. 17

  • 10:30 am. EDT/PDT – “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” (2010)
  • 1:00 p.m. EDT/PDT – “101 Dalmations” (1996)
  • 3:25 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Cruella”
  • 6:30 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Hocus Pocus”
  • 8:35 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Hocus Pocus 2”
  • 12:00 a.m. EDT/PDT – “Something Wicked This Way Comes” (1983)

Saturday, Oct. 18

  • 7:00 a.m. EDT/PDT – “Alice in Wonderland” (2010)
  • 9:35 a.m. EDT/PDT – “Alice Through the Looking Glass”
  • 12:10 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil”
  • 2:50 p.m. EDT/PDT – “The Haunted Mansion” (2003)
  • 4:50 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Monsters, Inc.”
  • 6:55 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Monsters University”
  • 9:25 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Hocus Pocus”
  • 11:35 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Casper” (1995)

Sunday, Oct. 19

  • 7:00 a.m. EDT / PDT – “Halloweentown”
  • 9:00 a.m. EDT/PDT – “Halloweentown II: Kalabar’s Revenge”
  • 11:00 a.m. EDT/PDT – “Beauty and the Beast” (1991)
  • 1:00 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Aladdin” (1992)
  • 3:05 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Matilda”
  • 5:10 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas”
  • 6:50 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Haunted Mansion” (2023)
  • 9:30 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Casper” (1995)
  • 12:00 a.m. EDT/PDT – “Frankenweenie” (2012)

Monday, Oct. 20

  • 10:30 a.m. EDT/PDT – “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End”
  • 2:10 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Hotel Transylvania”
  • 4:15 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Hotel Transylvania 2”
  • 6:20 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Casper” (1995)
  • 8:50 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Hocus Pocus”

Tuesday, Oct. 21

  • 10:30 a.m. EDT/PDT – “Hotel Transylvania”
  • 12:35 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Hotel Transylvania 2”
  • 2:40 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Casper” (1995)
  • 5:10 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas” – Pop N’ Knowledge
  • 6:50 p.m. EDT/PDT – “The Addams Family” (1991)
  • 8:55 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Addams Family Values”

Wednesday, Oct. 22

  • 10:30 a.m. EDT/PDT – “The Black Cauldron”
  • 12:30 p.m. EDT/PDT – “The Addams Family” (1991)
  • 2:30 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Addams Family Values”
  • 4:30 p.m. EDT/PDT – “The Haunted Mansion” (2003)
  • 6:30 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Hocus Pocus”
  • 8:35 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Hocus Pocus 2”

Thursday, Oct. 23

  • 11:00 a.m. EDT/PDT – “Disturbia”
  • 1:30 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Frankenweenie” (2012)
  • 3:30 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Edward Scissorhands”
  • 6:00 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Sleepy Hollow” (1999)
  • 8:25 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”

Friday, Oct. 24

  • 12:00 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Sleepy Hollow” (1999)
  • 2:25 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Haunted Mansion” (2023)
  • 5:00 p.m. EDT/PDT – “The Addams Family” (1991)
  • 7:00 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Addams Family Values”
  • 9:00 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Hocus Pocus” – Pop N’ Knowledge
  • 12:00 a.m. EDT/PDT – “Twitches”

Saturday, Oct. 25

  • 7:00 a.m. EDT/PDT – “Spooky Buddies”
  • 9:05 a.m. EDT/PDT – “Casper” (1995)
  • 11:30 a.m. EDT/PDT – “Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas”
  • 1:05 p.m. EDT/PDT – “The Addams Family” (1991)
  • 3:10 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Addams Family Values”
  • 5:15 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Casper” (1995)
  • 7:45 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Hotel Translyvania”
  • 9:50 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Hotel Translyvania”
  • 11:55 p.m. EDT/PDT – “The Witches” (1990)

Sunday, Oct. 26

  • 7:00 a.m. EDT/PDT – “The Addams Family” (1991)
  • 9:05 a.m. EDT/PDT – “Addams Family Values”
  • 11:10 a.m. EDT/PDT – “Hotel Transylvania”
  • 1:15 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Hotel Transylvania 2”
  • 3:15 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Monsters, Inc.”
  • 5:20 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Monsters University”
  • 7:50 p.m. EDT/PDT – “The Addams Family” (1991)
  • 9:55 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Addams Family Values”
  • 12:00 a.m. EDT/PDT – “The Haunted Mansion” (2003)

Monday, Oct. 27

  • 12:00 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Men Tell No Tales”
  • 3:00 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Frankenweenie” (2012)
  • 5:00 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Hocus Pocus”
  • 7:00 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Hotel Transylvania”
  • 9:00 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Hotel Transylvania 2”

Tuesday, Oct. 28

  • 10:30 a.m. EDT/PDT – “Spooky Buddies”
  • 12:30 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Casper” (1995)
  • 3:00 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Hotel Transylvania”
  • 5:00 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Hotel Transylvania 2”
  • 7:00 p.m. EDT/PDT – “The Haunted Mansion” (2003)
  • 9:00 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Hocus Pocus”

Wednesday, Oct. 29

  • 10:30 a.m. EDT/PDT – “Casper” (1995)
  • 1:00 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Edward Scissorhands”
  • 3:30 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Aladdin” (2019)
  • 6:30 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Monsters, Inc.”
  • 8:35 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Monsters University”

Thursday, Oct. 30

  • 10:30 a.m. EDT/PDT – “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” (2010)
  • 1:00 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Matilda”
  • 3:00 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Cruella”
  • 6:00 p.m. EDT / PDT – “Haunted Mansion” (2023)
  • 8:35 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Casper” (1995)

Friday Oct. 31 – Halloween

  • 10:30 a.m. EDT/PDT – “Matilda”
  • 12:30 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Hocus Pocus”
  • 2:35 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas”
  • 4:10 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Casper” (1995)
  • 6:30 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Hocus Pocus”
  • 8:35 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Hocus Pocus 2”
  • 12:00 a.m. EDT/PDT – “Hocus Pocus”

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Christopher Nolan Says He’s “Always Been Interested” in Directing a Horror Movie

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Two things that have proven to be pretty dependable at the box office in recent years are horror movies and Christopher Nolan movies. With Nolan’s The Odyssey absolutely dominating the box office this past weekend, many fans of Nolan’s work have been left hungry for a Nolan-directed horror movie. After all, The Odyssey does whet the appetite for Nolan nightmare fuel.

Christopher Nolan has brushed up against the horror genre in the past with 2002 thriller Insomnia, but does he have any interest in someday making a full-on horror movie?

Nolan tells the Empire Podcast in a new chat, “I’ve always been interested in doing a horror film.”

“But horror is most successful when the conceptual framework of whatever the story is is just so undeniable. I think there are very few really great horror movies,” Nolan continues.

So why hasn’t Christopher Nolan directed a horror movie yet?

He explains to Empire, “I’ve never clicked with a particular idea or concept that worked for me. I love the genre. Of all genres, it’s the most visceral. Where the direct response to the audience is the most important. That is to say, you’re trying to make people literally feel something in their bones about what’s going on on-screen.”

Nolan calls horror “a genre in which experimentation is demanded.” He explains, “I go to see a lot of horror films with my kids these days, and you’ll see things in the first half an hour, 45 minutes of any horror film that you’d never see in another genre. Risks that are taken. Dangerous approaches to things. Admittedly, a lot of movies can’t sustain that to the end. But in the horror genre, that kind of innovation is not just respected – it’s really demanded.”

Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey is now playing in theaters.

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