What would October be without scary movies and your favorite Halloween TV specials?
So ... what's on tonight?
Turn out the lights, grab the popcorn, and check out the full 2023 Halloween movie TV schedule (see below) as it becomes available with new updates added as they are announced.
As usual, back this year is Disney's an-favorited Halloween movies and popular TV show Halloween episodes for the little ones.
Freeform Network's traditonal 31 Nights of Halloween will also feature a whole month of thrills and chills beginning October 1. Don't miss the network's traditional showings of everyone's favorite Halloween treat, "Hocus Pocus", along with other popular favorites and brand new movie premieres this year including "Cruella" and Disney's "Encanto".
Also in October watch for Syfy Channel's
"31 Days of Halloween featuring sci-fi classics and original programming all month long. For the old time horror classics, TCM (Turner Classic Movies) has it covered.
For more Halloween classics, don't miss the 2023 installment of AMC Fearfest with showings of some of the scariest horror movies ever made.
Meanwhile, stay glued to your seats for a complete schedule of times, dates, and channels for a 2023 Halloween TV movie spooktacular!
ALL TIMES ET
Saturday, September 2, 2023
TCM - 8:00pm – The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966)
Tuesday, September 5, 2023
TCM - 3:15am – Soylent Green (1973)
Sunday, September 10, 2023
TCM - 6:00pm – Psycho (1960)
Sunday, September 10, 2023
SYFY - 1:03pm – Ghostbusters II
SYFY - 3:32pm – Ghostbusters (1984)
TCM - 6:00pm – Psycho (1960)
SYFY - 6:00pm – Amityville: The Awakening
SYFY - 8:00pm – Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation
Monday, September 11, 2023
SYFY - 2:02am – The Turning
SYFY - 4:02am – Bride of Chucky
SYFY - 10:00am – Bride of Chucky
SYFY - 12:00pm – Seed of Chucky
SYFY - 2:00pm – Amityville: The Awakening
SYFY - 4:00pm – Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation
SYFY - 6:01pm – Winchester
SYFY - 8:03pm – The Turning
SYFY - 10:05pm – Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Tuesday, September 12, 2023
SYFY - 7:01pm – Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
SYFY - 11:30pm – Dawn of the Dead (2004)
AMC - 12:30pm – Scream 3
AMC - 3:00pm – Scream
AMC - 5:30pm – Scream 2
DISNEY 8:00pm – The Haunted Mansion (2003)
AMC - 8:00pm – Trick ‘R Treat
AMC - 10:00pm – Happy Death Day 2U
Wednesday, September 27, 2023
AMC - 12:00am – Zombieland
AMC - 2:00am – The Last Witch Hunter
AMC - 10:00am – Army of Darkness
AMC - 12:00pm – Leprechaun 2
AMC - 2:00pm – Leprechaun
AMC - 4:00pm – Zombieland
AMC - 6:00pm – Trick ‘R Treat
DISNEY -
8:00pm – Halloweentown
AMC - 8:00pm – Thirteen Ghosts
AMC - 10:00pm – House of Wax
Thursday, September 28, 2023
AMC - 12:30am – Final Destination
TCM - 10:00am – House on Haunted Hill (1958)
AMC - 10:00am – The Rite
AMC - 12:30pm – Final Destination
AMC - 2:30pm – House of Wax
AMC - 5:00pm – Thirteen Ghosts
AMC - 7:00pm – The Shining
DISNEY - 8:00pm – Halloweentown II: Kalabar’s Revenge
AMC - 10:30pm – Poltergeist
Friday, September 29, 2023
AMC - 1:00am – Firestarter
DISNEY - 8:00am – Pupstruction “Happy Howl-o-ween / The House Of Howls”
DISNEY - 8:30am – Spidey and his Amazing Friends “Bootsie’s Haunted Adventure / Too Many Tricks, Not Enough Treats”
DISNEY - 9:00am – SuperKitties “Howloween Cat”
AMC - 9:15am – Fright Night
DISNEY - 10:00am – Mickey Mouse Funhouse “Cora the Pirate Crab / The Curious Case of the Kooky Scientist”
AMC - 11:45am – Firestarter
AMC - 2:15pm – The Shining
AMC - 5:45pm – Poltergeist
DISNEY - 8:00pm – Kiff “Trevor’s Rockin Halloween Bash”
AMC - 8:15pm – The Exorcist (1973)
DISNEY - 8:30pm – Hailey’s On It! “Beta’s Gonna Hate / The A-maize-ing Maze”
DISNEY - 9:00pm – The Villains of Valley View “The Haunted Jukebox”
DISNEY - 9:30pm – BUNK’D: Learning the Ropes “The Glitching Hour”
AMC - 11:00pm – The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time
Saturday, September 30, 2023
AMC - 12:15am – The Exorcist (1973)
AMC - 4:12am – Night of the Living Dead (1990)
AMC - 6:15am – House of the Dead
AMC - 8:15am – The Haunting in Connecticut
AMC - 10:30am – Scream
AMC - 1:00pm – Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
AMC - 3:00pm – Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
AMC - 5:00pm – Halloween III: Season of The Witch
AMC - 7:00pm – Halloween II
DISNEY - 8:00pm – Monsters, Inc.
AMC - 9:00pm – Halloween (1978)
AMC - 11:00pm – Halloween (2007)
Sunday, October 1, 2023
AMC - 1:30am – Halloween II
AMC - 4:00am – Halloween (1978)
AMC - 6:00am – Halloween III: Season of The Witch
FREEFORM - 7:00am – Mrs. Doubtfire
AMC - 8:00am – Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
AMC - 10:00am – Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
FREEFORM 10:10am – Scared Shrekless
FREEFORM 10:40am – Halloweentown
AMC - 12:00pm – Halloween (2007)
FREEFORM 12:45pm – Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween
AMC - 2:30pm – Halloween II
FREEFORM 2:50pm – The Haunted Mansion (2003)
FREEFORM 4:55pm – Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas
AMC - 5:00pm – Halloween: Resurrection
FREEFORM 6:35pm – Hocus Pocus
DISNEY - 7:00pm – Mickey and Friends Trick or Treats PREMIERE
DISNEY - 7:30pm – The Ghastly Ghoul
FREEFORM 8:45pm – Hotel Transylvania
FREEFORM 10:50pm – Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
FREEFORM 1:00am – Decorating Disney: Halloween Magic
Monday, October 2, 2023
FREEFORM - 10:30am – The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror
FREEFORM - 11:00am – Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween
FREEFORM - 1:00pm – Twitches
FREEFORM - 3:00pm – Twitches Too
FREEFORM - 5:00pm – Shrek Forever After
FREEFORM - 7:00pm – Hotel Transylvania
AMC - 8:00pm – Rosemary’s Baby
FREEFORM - 9:00pm – Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
FREEFORM - 12:00am – The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror episodes
Tuesday, October 3, 2023
FREEFORM - 10:30am – Decorating Disney: Halloween Magic
FREEFORM - 11:30am – Twilight: Special Edition
FREEFORM - 2:30pm – The Twilight Saga: New Moon
FREEFORM - 5:40pm – Hocus Pocus
FREEFORM - 7:50pm – Cruella
TCM - 8:00pm – Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
TCM - 10:00pm – Dressed to Kill (1980)
FREEFORM - 12:00am – The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror episodes
Wednesday, October 4, 2023
FREEFORM - 10:30am – The Twilight Saga: New Moon
FREEFORM - 1:30pm – The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
FREEFORM - 4:30pm – The Haunted Mansion (2003)
FREEFORM - 6:30pm – The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror marathon
SYFY - 9:00pm – Chucky SEASON 3 PREMIERE
FREEFORM - 12:00am – Halloweentown
Thursday, October 5, 2023
FREEFORM - 10:30am – The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
FREEFORM - 1:30pm – The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1
FREEFORM - 4:00pm – The House with a Clock in Its Walls
FREEFORM - 6:30pm – Monsters, Inc. (Disney-Pixar)
FREEFORM - 8:30pm – Monsters University (Disney-Pixar)
FREEFORM - 12:00am – Halloweentown II: Kalabar’s Revenge
Friday, October 6, 2023
DISNEY - 10:00am – Mickey Mouse Funhouse (Dia de los Muertos)
FREEFORM - 10:30am – The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1
FREEFORM - 1:00pm – The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2
FREEFORM - 3:30pm – Family Guy episodes
FREEFORM - 12:00am – Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
Saturday, October 7, 2023
FREEFORM - 7:00am – ZOMBIES (Freeform Premiere)
FREEFORM - 9:00am – ZOMBIES 2 (Freeform Premiere)
FREEFORM - 11:00am – Scared Shrekless
FREEFORM - 11:30am – Shrek Forever After
FREEFORM - 1:30pm – Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas
FREEFORM - 3:10pm – Hotel Transylvania
FREEFORM - 5:10pm – Hocus Pocus
FREEFORM - 7:20pm – The Addams Family (1991)
FREEFORM - 9:25pm – Addams Family Values
FREEFORM - 11:30pm – The House with a Clock in Its Walls
Sunday, October 8, 2023
FREEFORM - 7:00am – Scared Shrekless
FREEFORM - 7:30am – Shrek Forever After
FREEFORM - 9:30am – The House with a Clock in Its Walls
FREEFORM - 12:00pm – Hotel Transylvania
FREEFORM - 2:05pm – Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
FREEFORM - 5:10pm – The Addams Family (1991)
FREEFORM - 7:15pm – Addams Family Values
FREEFORM - 9:20pm – Hocus Pocus
FREEFORM - 11:30pm – The Craft (1996)
Monday, October 9, 2023
TCM - 8:00am – It! (1967)
TCM - 9:45am – The Mummy’s Shroud (1967)
FREEFORM - 10:30am – Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
TCM - 11:30am – Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)
TCM - 1:00pm – Crack-Up (1946)
FREEFORM - 1:35pm – Bewitched (2005)
FREEFORM - 3:40pm – The Craft (1996)
FREEFORM - 6:10pm – Hocus Pocus
FREEFORM - 8:20pm – Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
FREEFORM - 12:00am – The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror episodes
Tuesday, October 10, 2023
TCM - 6:00am – King Kong (1933)
TCM - 8:00am – Son of Kong (1933)
TCM - 9:15am – Kongo (1932)
FREEFORM - 10:30am – Family Guy episodes
TCM - 10:45am – The Death Kiss (1933)
TCM - 12:15pm – Doctor X (1932)
FREEFORM - 1:00pm – Twilight: Special Edition
TCM - 1:45pm – The Walking Dead (1936)
TCM - 3:00pm – The Vampire Bat (1933)
FREEFORM - 4:00pm – The Twilight Saga: New Moon
TCM - 4:15pm – I Walked with a Zombie (1943)
TCM - 5:30pm – Isle of the Dead (1945)
TCM - 6:45pm – The Leopard Man (1943)
FREEFORM - 7:00pm – Halloweentown
TCM - 8:00pm – Cape Fear (1962)
FREEFORM - 9:00pm – Halloweentown II: Kalabar’s Revenge
TCM - 10:00pm – The Night of the Hunter (1955)
AMC - 10:00pm – The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs: Halloween (1978) AMC Original Special
TCM - 11:45pm – From Beyond the Grave (1973)
FREEFORM - 12:00am – The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror episodes
Wednesday, October 11, 2023
FREEFORM - 10:30am – Family Guy episodes
FREEFORM - 1:00pm – The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1
FREEFORM - 3:30pm – The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2
FREEFORM - 6:00pm – The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror marathon
FREEFORM - 12:00am – Ready or Not
Thursday, October 12, 2023
NETFLIX - (Premiere) The Fall of the House of Usher
FREEFORM - 10:30am – The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1
FREEFORM - 1:00pm – The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2
FREEFORM - 3:30pm – Mrs. Doubtfire
FREEFORM - 6:30pm – Toy Story of TERROR! (Disney-Pixar)
FREEFORM - 7:00pm – Hotel Transylvania
FREEFORM - 9:00pm – Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
FREEFORM - 12:00am – Twitches
Friday, October 13, 2023
TCM - 6:00am – Hausu (1977)
TCM - 7:45am – Mark of the Vampire (1935)
TCM - 9:00am – Night of Dark Shadows (1971)
FREEFORM - 10:30am – Toy Story of TERROR! (Disney-Pixar)
TCM - 10:45am – Death Curse of Tartu (1966)
FREEFORM - 11:00am – Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas
TCM - 12:30pm – The Curse of the Cat People (1944)
FREEFORM - 12:35pm – The Haunted Mansion (2003)
TCM - 1:45pm – The Ghost Ship (1943)
FREEFORM - 2:35pm – Hotel Transylvania
TCM - 3:00pm – Two on a Guillotine (1965)
FREEFORM - 4:40pm – Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
TCM - 5:00pm – Tormented (1960)
TCM - 6:30pm – The Terror (1963)
FREEFORM - 6:50pm – Hocus Pocus
TCM - 8:00pm – Gaslight (1944)
FREEFORM - 9:00pm – TBA
AMC - 10:00pm – Creepshow SEASON 4 PREMIERE
FREEFORM - 10:00pm – TBA
FREEFORM - 12:00am – Twitches Too
Saturday, October 14, 2023
FREEFORM - 7:00am – Mrs. Doubtfire
FREEFORM - 10:10am – Monsters Vs. Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space
FREEFORM - 10:40am – Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
FREEFORM - 1:45pm – Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas: Pop ‘N Knowledge Edition
FREEFORM - 3:25pm – Hocus Pocus: Pop ‘N Knowledge Edition
FREEFORM - 5:35pm – The Incredibles (Disney-Pixar)
FREEFORM - 8:15pm – Incredibles 2 (Disney-Pixar)
FREEFORM - 10:55pm – Hotel Transylvania
FREEFORM - 1:00am – Family Guy episodes
Sunday, October 15, 2023
FREEFORM - 7:00am – Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
FREEFORM - 10:05am – Twitches
FREEFORM - 12:10pm – Twitches Too
FREEFORM - 2:15pm – The Haunted Mansion (2003)
FREEFORM - 4:20pm – Hotel Transylvania
FREEFORM - 6:25pm – Hocus Pocus
FREEFORM - 8:35pm – Cruella
FREEFORM - 11:50pm – Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween
FREEFORM - 10:30am – Spider-Man 2 (2004)
FREEFORM - 1:30pm – Spider-Man 3 (2007)
FREEFORM - 4:30pm – Shrek Forever After
FREEFORM - 6:30pm – Toy Story of TERROR! (Disney-Pixar)
FREEFORM - 7:00pm – Hotel Transylvania
FREEFORM - 9:00pm – Hocus Pocus
FREEFORM - 12:00am – The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror episodes
Wednesday, October 18, 2023
FREEFORM - 10:30am – Halloweentown
FREEFORM - 12:30pm – Halloweentown II: Kalabar’s Revenge
FREEFORM - 2:30pm – Halloweentown High
FREEFORM - 4:30pm – Toy Story of TERROR! (Disney-Pixar)
FREEFORM - 5:00pm – Hotel Transylvania
FREEFORM - 7:00pm – The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror marathon
FREEFORM - 12:00am – The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror episodes
Thursday, October 19, 2023
FREEFORM - 10:30am – Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
FREEFORM - 12:35pm – Mrs. Doubtfire
FREEFORM - 3:15pm – Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
TCM - 4:00pm – Freaks (1932)
TCM - 5:15pm – The Devil-Doll (1936)
TCM - 6:45pm – Mark of the Vampire (1935)
FREEFORM - 6:15pm – Hocus Pocus
FREEFORM - 8:25pm – The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (2010)
FREEFORM - 12:00am – Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
Friday, October 20, 2023
FREEFORM - 10:30am – Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
FREEFORM - 1:30pm – Bewitched (2005)
FREEFORM - 3:30pm – Family Guy episodes
FREEFORM - 8:00pm – Aladdin (2019)
FREEFORM - 12:00am – Bewitched (2005)
Saturday, October 21, 2023
FREEFORM - 7:00am – Twitches
FREEFORM - 9:00am – Twitches Too
FREEFORM - 11:00am – ZOMBIES
FREEFORM - 1:00pm – ZOMBIES 2
FREEFORM - 3:00pm – The Haunted Mansion (2003)
FREEFORM - 5:05pm – Hocus Pocus
FREEFORM - 7:15pm – Hotel Transylvania
FREEFORM - 9:20pm – Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
FREEFORM - 11:30pm – Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
FREEFORM - 1:30am – Family Guy
Sunday, October 22, 2023
FREEFORM - 7:00am – Halloweentown
FREEFORM - 9:10am – Halloweentown II: Kalabar’s Revenge
FREEFORM - 11:10am – Halloweentown High
FREEFORM - 1:10pm – Return to Halloweentown
FREEFORM - 3:20pm – Hotel Transylvania
TCM - 4:15pm – The Nanny (1965)
FREEFORM - 5:25pm – Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
FREEFORM - 7:35pm – Encanto (Freeform Premiere)
AMC - 9:00pm – Fear the Walking Dead (Mid-Season Premiere)
FREEFORM - 9:45pm – Hocus Pocus
FREEFORM - 11:55pm – Shrek Forever After
Monday, October 23, 2023
TMC - 6:30am – The Bat (1959)
FREEFORM - 10:30am – ZOMBIES
FREEFORM - 12:35pm – Twitches
FREEFORM - 2:40pm – Twitches Too
FREEFORM - 4:40pm – Shrek Forever After
FREEFORM - 6:45pm – Hotel Transylvania
TMC - 8:00pm – Soylent Green (1973)
FREEFORM - 8:50pm – Hocus Pocus
TMC - 10:00pm – The Omega Man (1971)
FREEFORM - 12:00am – The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror episodes
Tuesday, October 24, 2023
FREEFORM - 10:30am – Family Guy
FREEFORM - 11:00am – Frankenweenie (2012)
FREEFORM - 1:00pm – Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
FREEFORM - 4:00pm – Hotel Transylvania
FREEFORM - 6:05pm – Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas
FREEFORM - 7:45pm – Cruella
FREEFORM - 12:00am – The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror episodes
Wednesday, October 25, 2023
FREEFORM - 10:30am – Family Guy episodes
FREEFORM - 11:30am – Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
FREEFORM - 2:30pm – Bewitched (2005)
FREEFORM - 4:30pm – The Craft (1996)
FREEFORM - 7:00pm – Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween
FREEFORM - 9:00pm – The Haunted Mansion (2003)
FREEFORM - 12:00am – The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror episodes
Thursday, October 26, 2023
FREEFORM - 10:30am – Family Guy episodes
FREEFORM - 11:30am – Bewitched (2005)
FREEFORM - 1:35pm – The Craft (1996)
FREEFORM - 4:05pm – Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween
FREEFORM - 6:10pm – Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
FREEFORM - 8:50pm – Hocus Pocus
FREEFORM - 12:00am – The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror episodes
Friday, October 27, 2023
DISNEY - 10:00am – Mickey Mouse Funhouse (Mayor Franken-Pete’s Very Bad Day)
FREEFORM - 10:30am – The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
FREEFORM - 1:30pm – The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)
FREEFORM - 4:30pm – Family Guy episodes
TCM - 8:00pm – Frankenstein (1931)
TCM - 9:30pm – Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
FREEFORM - 12:00am – The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror episodes
What would October be without scary movies and your favorite Halloween TV specials? 