Halloween is quickly approaching, so it’s time to get ready for the spooky season.

The season when we conceptualize on what costumes and attires to wear, the Halloween decorations and pumpkins to buy for our home, and having enough candies for trick-or-treaters.

A fascinating playlists of scary movies to binge-watch on Halloween is also one of the activities that makes the spooky season very delightful.

One interesting facts about scary movies in general is they tend to play with our conscious mind because of the thoughts and feelings we are aware of at that moment, but subconsciously, our minds know it’s just a movie.

A survey conducted by the American Psychological Association on the psychology of scary media proves that, the horrified feelings felt during the consumption of scary media helps people increase their threat simulation.

The scary feelings experienced while watching horror movies can also help to boost the immune system.

Watching scary movies on Halloween with family will most likely involve watching with kids and their parents, but indulging kids to watch horrific scary movies is probably not what any parent wants for their kids.

But their are some good family Halloween movies that are kid-friendly, and our editors at Loaf’s Magazine have compiled a list of these movies.

These movies doesn’t feature any gore or violence scenes that are usually present in horror movies for adult. Majority of them are animated movies made to celebrate the autumn and spooky seasons.

Below are 48 good family Halloween movies that are kid-friendly:

Hotel Transylvania

Hotel Transylvania is a luxurious resort owned by Dracula, where monsters are allowed to be themselves without any bothering from humans.

Dracula invites the Mummy, the Invisible Man, and other creatures to a special weekend celebration of his daughter Mavis’s 118th birthday which led to an unexpected circumstance.

Johnny, a ordinary human, by chance, discovers Hotel Transylvania during Mavis’s birthday celebration and unintentionally crashes it.

Johnny immediately falls in love with Mavis, and soon starts dating her, despite Dracula’s efforts to prevent Johnny from seeing his daughter.

Toy Story of Terror

Bonnie is traveling by car with her mum to visit her grandmother. She carries her toys– Woody, Buzz, Jessie, Rex, Mr. Pricklepants, Mr. Potato Head, and Trixie along with her.

Bonnie and her mother are forced to spend the night at the Sleep Well roadside motel when their car develops a flat tire and a tow truck cannot be dispatched until the following morning.

Woody and the gang were delayed at a roadside motel, then members of the group starts to vanish away from the group. Woody begins his investigation to discover the truth.

Bonnie’s toys decide to explore the motel room after Bonnie and her mother have fallen asleep, but Mr. Potato Head disappears.

The short (20 minute) movie has a combination of horror, adventure, fantasy, and comedy in it.

Hubie Halloween

In Salem, Massachusetts, lived a quirky community volunteer named Hubie Dubois has been the target of cruel pranks and scorn from his fellow citizens.

It’s October 31st, Hubie finds himself in the middle of a legitimate inquiry into a real murder case that he must intervene in order to rescue Halloween.

The Amazing Maurice

A streetwise cat named Maurice comes up with the perfect money making scheme. This money making scheme involves him getting along with a group of self-trained talking rats.

Their clever scheme quickly fails when Malicia, a bookworm, meets Maurice and his gang of rats.

There are definitely some spooky components in this movie that makes it regarded as a family Halloween movie, even though it doesn’t have horror scenes in it.

Bigfoot Family

Father Bigfoot goes missing, the kid, mother, a raccoon, and a bear travels north to find him.

He had been fighting an Alaskan oil firm with his newly found fame and wants to use it to change the world.

The attention that the family has received as a result of Father Bigfoot’s sudden popularity overwhelms Adam, his son.

As much as it has a roller-coaster of emotions in it scenes, the film is also about family and a bit of comedy.

We Have a Ghost (2023)

Kevin’s family becomes overnight internet celebrities after discovering a ghost named Ernest haunting their new home.

But the CIA targets Kevin and Ernest when they look into the mysteries surrounding Ernest’s history.

It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (1966)

Based on Charles M. Schulz’s Peanuts comic strip, this 1966 American animated television special surely brings back nostalgic feelings for the Baby Boomers and Gen X kids.

It will be a fantastic idea to share this memories with our Gen Z kids while recollecting the memories too.

The movie is 25 minutes long and currently available for streaming on Apple TV+.

E.T. the Extra Terrestrial (1982)

A little boy named Elliott discovers a friendly alien who has become stuck on Earth. Elliott becomes friends with the alien and dubs him as E.T. after he brought him home to meet his siblings.

The kids decide to keep the alien’s existence a secret. But soon after, E.T. becomes ill, forcing government intervention and placing Elliott and the alien in a dangerous scenario.

In order to aid a friendly alien in leaving Earth and returning to his home planet, a distressed Elliott muster up the courage to helps his friend achieve the goal.

Home (2015)

Dreamwork’s Home is another movie on the list that features extraterrestrial characters.

The movie is about Oh, a misfit alien, who meets Tip, an adventurous girl, and they quickly develop an unexpected friendship.

They become an unusual couple in friendship and travel the world together while evading Oh’s own extraterrestrial species.

The movie is a combination of science-fiction, adventure, and a bit of horror and can be classified as a family movie for Halloween.

Coco (2017)

Miguel, an aspiring musician, travels to the Land of the Dead in search of his great-great-grandfather, a renowned singer, after learning of his family’s historical ban on music.

Miguel, who is eager to demonstrate his talent, finds himself in the stunning and vibrant Land of the Dead.

After becoming friends with a fascinating trickster named Héctor, Miguel and his new friend set off on an astonishing trip to discover the truth about his ancestry.

This film is chock-full of skeletons, but in a fun way that won’t necessarily scare kids.

The Secret of NIMH (1982)

The children of Mrs. Brisby, a widowed mouse, must leave their home in a field before the nearby farmer begins to plow.

Due to her son’s illness, Mrs. Brisby is unable to leave and turns to some colony of rats for assistance. These rats have increased intelligence as a result of having been used as test subjects in scientific studies.

Mrs. Brisby soon discovers that she is more connected to them than she thought. Soon after, she became involved in a dispute with the rats, endangering her attempt to save her family.

We Can Be Heroes (2020)

A group of Earth’s superheroes known as the Heroics defends are captured by aliens, and their children must learn how to cooperate in order to save both their parents and the planet.

Along the way, the kids learn that the American President and the government department in charge of the Heroics are actually disguised aliens.

The youngsters prevail in the final battle. Thanks to their cooperation and friendship.

This movie is classified as one of the good scary movies for Halloween family can watch, because it portrays the importance of good legacy from parents to their kids.

ParaNorman (2012)

In order to free his community from a centuries-old curse, a misunderstood youngster named Norman, had to develop the courage to fight ghosts, zombies, and adults.

He has the ability to communicate with the dead and frequently chooses their company over that of the living.

An ancient witch’s curse on their village is ready to come true, and only Norman can save it. In order to save his fellow citizens, Norman must utilize all of his strength, empathy, and paranormal prowess.

Monster House (2006)

Three kids finds out that their neighbor’s home actually houses a terrifying, breathing creature but no one believes them.

As October 31st is approaching, the kids soon realizes that they have a huge task to accomplish before Halloween day.

The kids must figure out how to eliminate the frightening creature before Halloween, in order to avoid trick-and-treaters from experiencing any negative circumstance.

Spooky Stories 1 & 2 (2009-2012)

Your beloved DreamWorks actors from the blockbuster movies Shrek and Monsters vs Aliens make a comeback in these spooky tales for the whole family.

In all the four Halloween-themed adventures episodes, Shrek and his friends fought battles, tell spooky tales all night long in Lord Farquaad’s eerie castle, and also embark on several terrifying journey.

Netflix classifies the series as a “Family Watch Together TV” and “goofy”, meaning the series can be considered as one of the good non-scary Halloween movies kids can watch.