Welcome to the Spook Theater – Halloween Themed Movie Night with Kids

Another glorious morning… Makes Me SICK!

Did you watch the new Hocus Pocus this weekend? I am hearing a lot of mixed reviews. I know the cult following runs hard with that movie so in my opinion expectations were high. Either way, love it or hate it, October is the perfect season for a spooky movie night.

Full transparency I didn’t watch the first Hocus Pocus until last week. I know… It is almost blasphemous with how much I love Halloween, but it is true. I thought it was really cute and have no idea why we have not watched it sooner.

We don’t do family movie nights as much as I would like but now that the nights are getting cooler, and the sun is setting earlier it feels like the perfect weekend treat. I came up with a fun list of movies that I think should make your list this Halloween season.

With the Kids

• Hocus Pocus
• Gremlins
• ET
• The Addams Family
• COCO
• Hotel Transylvania
• Corpse Bride
• Beetle Juice
• Casper
• Ghostbusters
• Harry Potter
• Coraline
• Practical Magic
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• Rocky Horror Picture Show
• The Haunted Mansion

After the Kids Go to Bed

• Interview with a Vampire
• Psycho
• Bram Stroker’s Dracula
• US
• Sleepy Hollow
• Death Becomes Her
• NOPE
• Paranormal Activity
• The Craft
• The Blair Witch Project
• The Exorcist
• Nightmare on Elm Street
• Halloween
• Carrie
• The Shining
• Scream
• I Know What You Did Last Summer
• The Bone Collector
• Valentine

Photo shoot details

This was my Halloween dream in real life. I have always wanted to have a styled Halloween shoot like this. Last year I had big plans for a shoot, and it was messed up with Ida. This year I was able to shoot 4 over the top costumes by myself and also did one shoot with the kids. It was amazing and I just love how creative shoots like this allow me to be. Also, getting to spend half a day with other creatives working on this shoot was fantastic.

I started talking to Stephanie at Fluff Gourmet in the summer about this shoot. I saw her do fairy floss (cotton candy) wigs for Bastille Day in New Orleans and it looked like so much fun. She was a wizard. It took about 20 minutes for her to construct the wig. Follow them on Instagram.

Sara Sinclair was my second call to book The Inn at La Provance for the shoot. We shot all of my 2022 Halloween content at their beautiful location in Lacombe. Follow them on Instagram.

Rachel is my girl for all things photo and helped with the Reels too. She is amazing and has a great list of options for mini sessions this year. Follow her on Instagram.

Stay Spooky,

Tiffany