If you are anything like me, scary films give you the creeps! But it doesn’t need to be that way this Halloween, because Brig is here to suggest some funny spooky classics to watch this October 31st.
TITLE: Ghostbusters
DIRECTOR: Ivan Reitman
YEAR: 1984
SYNOPSIS: Three nutty scientists get fired from their jobs at a New York City university and set up shop in an old firehouse and become Ghostbusters, catching pesky ghosts, spirits, haunts, and poltergeists. But their antics lead them to accidently slip into another dimension, one which will release crazy spooks upon the city.
TITLE: Hocus Pocus
DIRECTOR: Kenny Ortega
YEAR: 1993
SYNOPSIS: After three centuries, three crafty witch sisters are resurrected in Salem, on Halloween, and it is up to two teenagers, a young girl and an immortal cat to put an end to the witches’ reign of terror once and for all.
TITLE: Casper
DIRECTOR: Brad Silberling
YEAR: 1995
SYNOPSIS: When her late father only willed her his rickety old mansion rather than his money, Carrigan is ready to destroy the place to the ground when she discovers a map to a treasure hidden in the house. But when she enters the creaky house to seek her fortune, she is frightened away by the resident ghosts, but not Casper, the very friendly ghost.
TITLE: Scary Movie
DIRECTOR: Keenen Ivory Wayans
YEAR: 2000
SYNOPSIS: A group of teenagers accidentally hit a man with their car and dispose of the body, but now they are being stalked by an oddly familiar secret figure.
TITLE: Shaun of the Dead
DIRECTOR: Edgar Wright
YEAR: 2004
SYNOPSIS: A man decides to turn his moribund life around by winning back his ex-girlfriend, making peace with his mother, and oh yeah-fighting with an entire neighbourhood that has returned from the dead as zombies.
TITLE: Bewitched
DIRECTOR: Nora Ephron
YEAR: 2005
SYNOPSIS: Thinking he can overshadow an unknown actress, an egocentric actor unknowingly gets a witch cast in an upcoming television remake of the classic show “Bewitched.” But her little tricks cause cheeky havoc and romance magically enchants the naive actor.
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