It would have been great to have a Goosebumps or Are You Afraid of the Dark type of special too. Remember those shows? I was afraid...

you are absolutely right, Tan! Are You Afraid of the Dark would give the lineup an edge it is definitely missing and used to be a Nick staple. I wonder if they don't have rights anymore.

Eric,

This is a comprehensive guide. Thanks very much.

By the way, we've watched HALLOWEENTOWN and the two sequels this week. It's a kick seeing Debbie Reynolds in these things. My daughter is crazy about this stuff.

As a kid we didn't have this "soft" scary stuff. I remember we had weekly shows such as CHILLER and CREATURE FEATURE that provided truly scary old flicks. At Halloween time these shows had the best old horror around.

Anyway, thanks for the post.

great guide! thank you so much eric!

i'm too cheap to pay for cable here (thank you US for spoiling me rotten) but i've copied the guide for my sister who never seems to see these things in time for her kids...
i bought the halloweentown dvds and hocus pocus today...we should be ready for a ghoulish night-o'-G-rated-spookiness...
my comm-husband and the other marines in our apartment building have figured out a way to broadcast these dvds from our apartment to a screen to be set up with the lawnchair lineup in front of the building on halloween night...
your tax dollars at work!

i do wish for "are you afraid of the dark?" on dvd...and wings...and powers that be...and and and...sniffle, sigh, whine...

i don't own it on dvd as i've no wee ones around but i do like rather like "it's the great pumpkin, charlie brown" also...

That is so cool Diana, very glad it was helpful and your localized projection method is very clever! I love It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown as stated effusively here.

I'm not sure why there is no Are You Afraid of the Dark? on DVD yet, but there is on VHS.

Thanks Victor, I have come to count on you for reinforcement on these kinds of posts! I had never seen Halloweentown before last night but we will try to catch the first two for sure. It looks like they will recycle some of these throughout the month.

aww eric, your review of the great pumpkin was nothing less than precious and would be the perfect copy for the dvd jacket...your review reminds me of why i like these classics better than today's fare -- the slower groove that allows you to savor one moment before the next begins...well done...

thanks Diana!

I'll take Spongebob Squarepants for $1,000, Alex.

I would love to have a chance to program Nickelodeon for a day or two of Halloween fun. So many fun cartoons to share.

I agree - they really are missing out by not doing anything with Are You Afraid of the Dark, but as I said, there might be licensing issues

we watched Under Wraps last night by the way, and while Lily said the friendly mummy looked "fake," Dawn and I cracked up thinking it was quite clever. And if the mummy's grunting sounded familiar, it was the voice of Patrick on SpongeBob

The voice of Patrick! Damn, Eric, I knew I knew that voice but couldn't place it.

My daughter now thinks mummies are cute.

That's Disney for you.

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Nightmare

The Music Man

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yes Victor, "Patrick" was the mother's boyfriend also - here Dawn and I are cracking up and Lily says, turning up her nose, "That mummy is kind of, well, fake."

That's interesting AOL Red

"Under Wraps" may go down as one of the greatest hokey spook flicks ever. I haven't laughed that hard in a long time!

The Mom Dating a Vampire movie last night wasn't cozy or cutesy at all: the rich guy from The Nanny was a 100% evil vampire with his sights set on Carolyn Rhea, and with her three kids out to save her. A fair amount of actual peril and suspense - thumbs up from the Lily-meter. She doesn't go for that silly stuff.

When i was little i wanted to be in a move . Well all i ever been in was plays, and also they were long plays. But all of those things are going to change.

it's Witches Week on Disney Channel - Hocus Pocus was much scarier and more "adult" than their other films, so of course our 5 year-old loved it. Holloweentown was more in line with their usual "spooky but not really scary" fare, but entertaining nonetheless

have now seen the Halloweentown trilogy: i like the characters, relationships and ambiance quite a bit, but the plots are pretty creaky

hi whats up brb(be right back lover) daiquan

i like disneychannel more than nickelodeon. Who agrees with me?

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