What To Watch: Halloween, Halloweentown, Hocus Pocus And More Spooky Faves
On TV this Halloween: It's fright night on Dancing With the Stars, The Swarm wraps its Stateside run and Disney Channel returns to Halloweentown. Here are 11 programs to keep on your radar. (Also check out our weekly TVLine-Up of premieres and finales, holiday movie rundown and monthly streaming guide.)
Showtimes for October 31, 2023
A Haunting in Venice
Streaming premiere: Kenneth Branagh's Poirot reluctantly attends a seance where one of the guests winds up — you guessed it! — murdered; Michelle Yeoh, Tina Fey, Jamie Dornan and Kelly Reilly co-star.
A Quiet Place
John Krasinski's 2018 horror flick takes place in a post-apocalyptic world inhabited by blind extraterrestrial creatures with an acute sense of hearing.
Halloweentown Marathon
The beloved DCOM starring Kimberly J. Brown and Debbie Reynolds is followed by Halloweentown II: Kalabar’s Revenge (12:35 pm), Halloweentown High (at 2:05 pm) and Return to Halloweentown (at 3:40 pm).
Hocus Pocus
It isn't #SpookySeason without the Sanderson sisters! Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy headline the 1993 cult classic. (An encore presentation airs at 8:50 pm.)
Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas
It's been 30 years since we first met Jack Skellington, Halloweentown's beloved pumpkin king.
Get Out
Jordan Peele's 2017 directorial debut boasts an ensemble including Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Lil Rel Howery, LaKeith Stanfield, Bradley Whitford and Catherine Keener.
MLB World Series
The Arizona Diamondbacks face the Texas Rangers in Game 4 of the Fall Classic.
Halloween
Jamie Lee Curtis' Laurie Strode faces a showdown with killer Michael Myers in the original 1978 film.
Dancing With the Stars
The remaining nine couples get in the Halloween spirit. (Watch Len Goodman tribute.)
The Swarm
Season 1 finale: Mifune is flown in to see the research results on board the Thorvaldson; faced with a hopeless situation, Charlie makes a lonely decision.
Found
When the team traces the last steps of an undocumented twentysomething, their search uncovers a deadly threat. (Watch a sneak peek.)
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