A promotional poster for Freeform's "31 Nights of Halloween" features a spooky green background with spiderwebs and showcases four movie panels, including scenes from Maleficent, Edward Scissorhands, Haunted Mansion, and Casper.

Fall Under The Spell Of Freeform’s 31 Nights of Halloween

by Explore Disney+ Contributor

Revised: October 1, 2026

Plan your October movie marathon with our top six picks. Find out how to watch the full lineup with Hulu + Live TV, and see which movies are streaming on Disney+

You’ve waited all year for this. October has finally arrived, so bring on the haunting decor and curate the ultimate, month-long Halloween Watchlist.

Freeform’s 31 Nights of Halloween returns from October 1 to 31, 2026, and the Sanderson sisters have plenty of appearances booked. This year also brings new show Coven Academy, premiering on Freeform October 1 before the full season arrives on Disney+ and Hulu October 2.

How To Watch Freeform’s 31 Nights of Halloween

Tune in through a TV provider that carries Freeform, starting Thursday, October 1.

You can also watch the scheduled broadcasts with Hulu + Live TV. Sign in on a supported device and find Freeform in the Live Guide. A Live TV plan is required to watch the channel on Hulu.

Freeform’s 31 Nights of Halloween Start Time

Edward Scissorhands gets things snipping at 11:30am EDT / PDT on October 1. This means that if you’re on the west coast, the event begins at 11:30am, and if you’re on the east coast, the event begins at 11:30am for you, too!

Visit the official Freeform schedule for broadcast times, or scroll down for the complete title-by-title airing dates.

For a little extra magic, catch the Freeform premiere of Coven Academy October 1 at 8pm EDT / PDT.

6 Picks From Freeform’s 31 Nights of Halloween 2026 Schedule

Your next movie night could bring supernatural laughs, friendly ghosts, or a mysterious carnival. Use the air dates below to help find something to sink your teeth into.

The Monsters Are Scared Of Us: Disney and Pixar’s Monsters, Inc.

A promotional still from Pixar's Monsters, Inc. shows Sulley, a large, furry blue monster with purple spots, peering through an open closet door station while Mike Wazowski, a small, one-eyed green monster wearing a blue hard hat, stands in front holding a clipboard, both smiling and giving a thumbs-up. — Disney and Pixar’s Monsters, Inc., Disney+

Air Dates: October 3, 7, 25, 29

Sulley and Mike Wazowski are Monstropolis’s top scare team. Then a little girl named Boo wanders into their world, and suddenly the monsters are the ones running scared. Keeping her hidden while finding a way to get her home turns an ordinary shift at the scream factory into a surprisingly sweet adventure.

Add Disney and Pixar’s Monsters, Inc. to Watchlist

Suburbia Meets A Gentle Outsider: Edward Scissorhands

A close-up movie still from Edward Scissorhands shows Johnny Depp's pale, scarred face peering through a dense, crisscrossed web of sharp scissor blades as white snow falls around him in a cool blue-toned light. — Edward Scissorhands, Disney+

Air Dates: October 1, 4, 12, 16, 18, 21, 24

When his inventor dies before finishing him, Edward is left alone with shears where his hands should be. A kind Avon representative invites him into her suburban home, and the neighbors quickly take notice. Their curiosity puts Edward at the center of attention, but finding a place where he belongs proves harder than making a first impression.

Add Edward Scissorhands to Watchlist

A Little Ghost With A Big Heart: Casper, Hulu

Promotional artwork for the 1995 movie Casper features Bill Pullman and Christina Ricci standing in the foreground with a flashlight, while Whipstaff Manor and three mischievous, glowing blue ghosts, Stretch, Stinkie, and Fatso, hover in the background under a dark night sky. — Casper, Hulu

Air Dates: October 3, 4, 7, 8, 10, 11, 18, 19, 22, 23, 24, 25, 29, 31

Christina Ricci swaps the Addams household for Whipstaff Manor as Kat, whose ghost-therapist dad has been hired to clear out its spirits. There, she befriends Casper, a lonely ghost who’s much more interested in making a friend than frightening the visitors. His uncles, however, are considerably less welcoming. Meanwhile, the mansion’s owner has her eye on a hidden treasure, making Kat’s unusual new friendship even more complicated. (Hulu)*

Add Casper to Watchlist (login required) or learn more on Hulu.com

A Theme Park Favorite Comes Alive: Haunted Mansion (2023)

A promotional poster for the 2023 movie Haunted Mansion shows six main characters gathering around a large, glowing crystal ball that reveals a mansion inside, all set against a dark blue background draped in cobwebs. — Haunted Mansion (2023), Disney+

Air Dates: October 4, 12, 17, 21, 25, 26

Gabbie and her son Travis move into a New Orleans mansion hoping for a fresh start. Their welcome committee is already dead. With ghosts occupying their new home, they recruit an unconventional team to help clear it, including skeptical paranormal expert Ben and psychic Harriet. Getting this household under control will take more than a stern request to keep the haunting down.

Add Haunted Mansion (2023) to Watchlist

Proton Packs At The Ready: Ghostbusters, Hulu

An iconic promotional image from Ghostbusters (1984) shows the four main characters, Egon Spengler, Ray Stantz, Peter Venkman, and Winston Zeddemore, walking forward side-by-side in their flight suits and proton packs through a misty, blue-lit atmosphere. — Ghostbusters, Hulu

Air Dates: October 5, 6, 14, 15, 26, 27

New York has a pest problem, and an ordinary exterminator won’t cut it. After losing their university funding, a team of paranormal researchers opens a ghost-removal business. Strange activity at Dana Barrett’s apartment draws them into a supernatural crisis threatening Manhattan, leaving the fledgling Ghostbusters with a city to save and some extremely difficult customers. (Hulu)*

A Carnival With A Dark Secret: Something Wicked This Way Comes

The original theatrical poster artwork for Disney's Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983) features the dark silhouette of the sinister Mr. Dark in a top hat against a lightning-lit blue sky, while his large outstretched hands encircle a glowing carnival Ferris wheel and the small figures of two young boys standing below. — Something Wicked This Way Comes, Disney+

Air Dates: October 17, 22

When Dark’s Pandemonium Carnival arrives in Green Town, friends Will and Jim are drawn to its attractions. But the visitors bring more than a night of entertainment as townspeople begin to change, and the boys suspect the carnival is responsible. Their search for answers puts the boys and Will’s father in the path of its sinister owner.

Add Something Wicked This Way Comes to Watchlist

Freeform’s 31 Nights of Halloween 2026 Full Schedule

Explore Freeform’s full 31 Nights of Halloween 2026 schedule below to see what’s airing each day in October.

Thursday, October 1

11:30am EDT / PDT – Edward Scissorhands (Available on Disney+)

1:55pm EDT / PDT – The Addams Family (1991)

3:55pm EDT / PDT – Addams Family Values

5:55pm EDT / PDT – Hocus Pocus (Available on Disney+)

8pm EDT / PDT – Coven Academy (Episodes 1–4, Full season available next day on Disney+ and Hulu)

Friday, October 2

10:30am EDT / PDT – The Addams Family (1991)

12:35pm EDT / PDT – Addams Family Values

2:40pm EDT / PDT – Dark Shadows (2012)

5:15pm EDT / PDT – The Haunted Mansion (2003) (Available on Disney+)

7:15pm EDT / PDT – Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas (Available on Disney+)

8:55pm EDT / PDT – Beetlejuice

Saturday, October 3

7:30am EDT / PDT – Beetlejuice

9:35am EDT / PDT – Coven Academy (Available on Disney+ and Hulu)

12:35pm EDT / PDT – Casper (1995) (Available on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+)*

3:05pm EDT / PDT – Hocus Pocus (Available on Disney+)

5:15pm EDT / PDT – Disney and Pixar’s Monsters, Inc. (Available on Disney+)

7:20pm EDT / PDT – Disney and Pixar’s Monsters University (Available on Disney+)

9:50pm EDT / PDT – The Addams Family (1991)

11:55pm EDT / PDT – Addams Family Values

Sunday, October 4

7:30am EDT / PDT – Spooky Buddies (Available on Disney+)

9:35am EDT / PDT – Casper (1995) (Available on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+)*

12:05pm EDT / PDT – Edward Scissorhands (Available on Disney+)

2:35pm EDT / PDT – The Addams Family (1991)

4:40pm EDT / PDT – Addams Family Values

6:45pm EDT / PDT – Hocus Pocus (Available on Disney+)

8:55pm EDT / PDT – Hocus Pocus 2 (Available on Disney+)

11:25pm EDT / PDT – Haunted Mansion (2023) (Available on Disney+)

Monday, October 5

12pm EDT / PDT – Spider-Man™: Homecoming (Available on Disney+)

3pm EDT / PDT – Ghostbusters

5:30pm EDT / PDT – Ghostbusters II

8pm EDT / PDT – Ghostbusters: Answer the Call

Tuesday, October 6

10:30am EDT / PDT – Arachnophobia

1pm EDT / PDT – Ghostbusters

3:25pm EDT / PDT – Ghostbusters II

5:55pm EDT / PDT – Ghostbusters: Answer the Call

8:55pm EDT / PDT – Hocus Pocus (Available on Disney+)

Wednesday, October 7

11am EDT / PDT – Spider-Man™ 2 (2004) (Available on Disney+)

2pm EDT / PDT – The Haunted Mansion (2003) (Available on Disney+)

4pm EDT / PDT – Casper (1995) (Available on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+)*

6:25pm EDT / PDT – Disney and Pixar’s Monsters, Inc. (Available on Disney+)

8:30pm EDT / PDT – Disney and Pixar’s Monsters University (Available on Disney+)

Thursday, October 8

11am EDT / PDT – Casper (1995) (Available on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+)*

1:25pm EDT / PDT – Hocus Pocus (Available on Disney+)

3:30pm EDT / PDT – Ghostbusters: Afterlife (Available on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+)*

6:25pm EDT / PDT – Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (Freeform Premiere)

9pm EDT / PDT – Coven Academy (Episodes 5–7, Available on Disney+ and Hulu)

Friday, October 9

10:30am EDT / PDT – Spider-Man™ (2002) (Available on Disney+)

1pm EDT / PDT – Ghostbusters: Afterlife (Available on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+)*

3:55pm EDT / PDT – Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

6:25pm EDT / PDT – Hocus Pocus (Available on Disney+)

8:35pm EDT / PDT – Hocus Pocus 2 (Available on Disney+)

12am EDT / PDT – Coven Academy (Available on Disney+ and Hulu)

Saturday, October 10

7am EDT / PDT – Frankenweenie (2012) (Available on Disney+)

9am EDT / PDT – Disney and Pixar’s Toy Story of Terror! (Available on Disney+)

9:30am EDT / PDT – Spooky Buddies (Available on Disney+)

11:35am EDT / PDT – Scooby-Doo (2002)

1:35pm EDT / PDT – Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed

3:40pm EDT / PDT – Maleficent (Available on Disney+)

5:45pm EDT / PDT – Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas (Available on Disney+)

7:25pm EDT / PDT – Casper (1995) (Available on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+)*

9:55pm EDT / PDT – Beetlejuice

12am EDT / PDT – Little Shop of Horrors (1986)

Sunday, October 11

8am EDT / PDT – Disney and Pixar’s Toy Story of Terror! (Available on Disney+)

8:30am EDT / PDT – Scooby-Doo (2002)

10:30am EDT / PDT – Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed

12:35pm EDT / PDT – Little Shop of Horrors (1986)

2:40pm EDT / PDT – Beetlejuice

4:45pm EDT / PDT – Casper (1995) (Available on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+)*

7:15pm EDT / PDT – The Haunted Mansion (2003) (Available on Disney+)

9:15pm EDT / PDT – Hocus Pocus (Available on Disney+)

11:25pm EDT / PDT – Dark Shadows (2012)

Monday, October 12

10:30am EDT / PDT – Disturbia

12:55pm EDT / PDT – Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (Available on Disney+)

3:30pm EDT / PDT – Edward Scissorhands (Available on Disney+)

5:55pm EDT / PDT – Haunted Mansion (2023) (Available on Disney+)

8:30pm EDT / PDT – Dark Shadows (2012)

Tuesday, October 13

10:30am EDT / PDT – Sleepy Hollow (1999)

1pm EDT / PDT – Little Shop of Horrors (1986)

3:05pm EDT / PDT – Cruella (Available on Disney+)

6:20pm EDT / PDT – Hocus Pocus (Available on Disney+)

8:30pm EDT / PDT – Hocus Pocus 2 (Available on Disney+)

Wednesday, October 14

11am EDT / PDT – Spider-Man™ 3 (2007) (Available on Disney+)

2:10pm EDT / PDT – Hocus Pocus (Available on Disney+)

4:20pm EDT / PDT – Ghostbusters

6:50pm EDT / PDT – The Addams Family (1991)

8:55pm EDT / PDT – Addams Family Values

Thursday, October 15

10:30am EDT / PDT – Ghostbusters

12:55pm EDT / PDT – Hocus Pocus (Available on Disney+)

3pm EDT / PDT – The Haunted Mansion (2003) (Available on Disney+)

5pm EDT / PDT – The Addams Family (1991)

7pm EDT / PDT – Addams Family Values

9pm EDT / PDT – Coven Academy (Episodes 8–10, Available on Disney+ and Hulu)

Friday, October 16

11am EDT / PDT – Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

1:40pm EDT / PDT – Edward Scissorhands (Available on Disney+)

4:10pm EDT / PDT – Dark Shadows (2012)

6:50pm EDT / PDT – Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas (Available on Disney+)

8:30pm EDT / PDT – Sleepy Hollow (1999)

12am EDT / PDT – Coven Academy (Available on Disney+ and Hulu)

Saturday, October 17

7am EDT / PDT – Something Wicked This Way Comes (Available on Disney+)

9:10am EDT / PDT – Dark Shadows (2012)

11:50am EDT / PDT – Sleepy Hollow (1999)

2:20pm EDT / PDT – Haunted Mansion (2023) (Available on Disney+)

5pm EDT / PDT – Hocus Pocus (Available on Disney+)

7:10pm EDT / PDT – The Addams Family (1991)

9:15pm EDT / PDT – Addams Family Values

11:20pm EDT / PDT – Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (Available on Disney+)

Sunday, October 18

8am EDT / PDT – Frankenweenie (2012) (Available on Disney+)

10am EDT / PDT – Edward Scissorhands (Available on Disney+)

12:30pm EDT / PDT – Maleficent (Available on Disney+)

2:35pm EDT / PDT – The Addams Family (1991)

4:40pm EDT / PDT – Addams Family Values

6:45pm EDT / PDT – Casper (1995) (Available on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+)*

9:15pm EDT / PDT – Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas (Available on Disney+)

10:55pm EDT / PDT – Ghostbusters: Answer the Call

Monday, October 19

11am EDT / PDT – Ghostbusters: Answer the Call

2pm EDT / PDT – Disney and Pixar’s Toy Story of Terror! (Available on Disney+)

2:30pm EDT / PDT – Scooby-Doo (2002)

4:30pm EDT / PDT – Casper (1995) (Available on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+)*

6:50pm EDT / PDT – Beetlejuice

8:55pm EDT / PDT – Hocus Pocus (Available on Disney+)

Tuesday, October 20

11am EDT / PDT – Disney and Pixar’s Toy Story of Terror! (Available on Disney+)

11:30am EDT / PDT – Scooby-Doo (2002)

1:30pm EDT / PDT – Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed

3:30pm EDT / PDT – Beetlejuice

5:30pm EDT / PDT – Ghostbusters: Afterlife (Available on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+)*

8:25pm EDT / PDT – Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

Wednesday, October 21

10:30am EDT / PDT – Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed

12:30pm EDT / PDT – Edward Scissorhands (Available on Disney+)

2:55pm EDT / PDT – Ghostbusters: Afterlife (Available on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+)*

5:45pm EDT / PDT – Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

8:20pm EDT / PDT – Haunted Mansion (2023) (Available on Disney+)

Thursday, October 22

10:30am EDT / PDT – Something Wicked This Way Comes (Available on Disney+)

12:35pm EDT / PDT – Little Shop of Horrors (1986)

2:35pm EDT / PDT – Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas (Available on Disney+)

4:10pm EDT / PDT – Casper (1995) (Available on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+)*

6:30pm EDT / PDT – Hocus Pocus (Available on Disney+)

8:35pm EDT / PDT – Hocus Pocus 2 (Available on Disney+)

Friday, October 23

10:30am EDT / PDT – Hocus Pocus (Available on Disney+)

12:35pm EDT / PDT – Casper (1995) (Available on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+)*

2:55pm EDT / PDT – Maleficent (Available on Disney+)

5pm EDT / PDT – Cruella (Available on Disney+)

8pm EDT / PDT – Ghostbusters: Answer the Call

Saturday, October 24

7am EDT / PDT – The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (Available on Disney+)

8:35am EDT / PDT – Edward Scissorhands (Available on Disney+)

11:05am EDT / PDT – Ghostbusters II

1:40pm EDT / PDT – The Haunted Mansion (2003) (Available on Disney+)

3:45pm EDT / PDT – Ghostbusters: Answer the Call

6:55pm EDT / PDT – Hocus Pocus (Available on Disney+)

9:05pm EDT / PDT – Hocus Pocus 2 (Available on Disney+)

11:35pm EDT / PDT – Casper (1995) (Available on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+)*

Sunday, October 25

7am EDT / PDT – Spooky Buddies (Available on Disney+)

9am EDT / PDT – Ghostbusters II

11:30am EDT / PDT – Hocus Pocus (Available on Disney+)

1:40pm EDT / PDT – Haunted Mansion (2023) (Available on Disney+)

4:20pm EDT / PDT – Casper (1995) (Available on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+)*

6:50pm EDT / PDT – Disney and Pixar’s Monsters, Inc. (Available on Disney+)

8:55pm EDT / PDT – Disney and Pixar’s Monsters University (Available on Disney+)

11:25pm EDT / PDT – Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (Available on Disney+)

Monday, October 26

11:30am EDT / PDT – Haunted Mansion (2023) (Available on Disney+)

2:10pm EDT / PDT – Hocus Pocus (Available on Disney+)

4:20pm EDT / PDT – Ghostbusters

6:50pm EDT / PDT – The Addams Family (1991)

8:55pm EDT / PDT – Addams Family Values

Tuesday, October 27

12pm EDT / PDT – Ghostbusters

2:30pm EDT / PDT – Ghostbusters II

5pm EDT / PDT – The Addams Family (1991)

7pm EDT / PDT – Addams Family Values

9pm EDT / PDT – Beetlejuice

Wednesday, October 28

10:30am EDT / PDT – Ghostbusters II

1pm EDT / PDT – Scooby-Doo (2002)

3pm EDT / PDT – Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed

5:05pm EDT / PDT – Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas (Available on Disney+)

6:45pm EDT / PDT – Beetlejuice

8:50pm EDT / PDT – Hocus Pocus (Available on Disney+)

Thursday, October 29

11:30am EDT / PDT – Scooby-Doo (2002)

1:30pm EDT / PDT – Casper (1995) (Available on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+)*

4pm EDT / PDT – Disney and Pixar’s Monsters, Inc. (Available on Disney+)

6:05pm EDT / PDT – Disney and Pixar’s Monsters University (Available on Disney+)

8:35pm EDT / PDT – Casper (1995) (Available on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+)*

Friday, October 30

12pm EDT / PDT – Ghostbusters: Afterlife (Available on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+)*

2:55pm EDT / PDT – Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

5:30pm EDT / PDT – Ghostbusters: Afterlife (Available on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+)*

8:25pm EDT / PDT – Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

Saturday, October 31 (Halloween)

8:30am EDT / PDT – Casper (1995) (Available on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+)*

11am EDT / PDT – The Haunted Mansion (2003) (Available on Disney+)

1pm EDT / PDT – Hocus Pocus (Available on Disney+)

3:10pm EDT / PDT – Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas (Available on Disney+)

4:50pm EDT / PDT – Casper (1995) (Available on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+)*

7:20pm EDT / PDT – Hocus Pocus (Available on Disney+)

9:30pm EDT / PDT – Hocus Pocus 2 (Available on Disney+)

12am EDT / PDT – Frankenweenie (2012) (Available on Disney+)

Dates follow Freeform’s published broadcast schedule, including late-night showings. All programming is subject to change.

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