Family-friendly Halloween Favorites

If you're looking for a non-gory, family-friendly, Halloween movie, take a look at the following list of some of our favorites:

• The Ghost and Mr. Chicken - A goofy Don Knott's film, a definite classic.
• It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown! - Short and sweet, network classic.
• The Corpse Bride - Not as good as Nightmare, but still fun.
• The Nightmare Before Christmas - Not many Halloween musicals out there, and this is top-notch.
• Ernest Scared Stupid - Haven't actually seen this one, but my kids seemed to enjoy it - watch at your own risk.
• Garfield's Halloween - Another short and sweet network classic.
• Arsenic and Old Lace (on Netflix) - A great family comedy, one of our favorites.
• Scared Stiff - a fun Martin and Lewis comedy.
• Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (on Netflix)- There are a number of A&C halloweeny movies, and this is the best (followed closely by Whodunnit)
• To Kill a Mockingbird - Not really a Halloween movie, but the climax and ending scene happen on Halloween, plus it's a great movie to watch anytime.

Netflix Instant Picks - 2/2/12

My main sources of movie watching are Netflix Instant, the library, and my own movie collection - in that order.  If you're looking for something worthwhile to watch on Netflix Instant, I'll start posting these short lists weekly with a variety of movies I'd recommend checking out.

• True Grit (2010) - Remake of the classic western. Nice update and more faithful to the book.
• Shaolin Soccer (2001) - A great Stephen Chow film. I loved the comedic action.
• That Thing You Do! (1996) - Great song, though you are a bit tired of it by the end.  Fun story.
• Forever Strong (2008) - Great inspirational sports story.  Breaks mold of other formulaic sports films.
• Calamity Jane (1953) - Fun musical/comedy/romance.  Get a little culture by watching this.
• Mao's Last Dancer (2009) - Great movie.  Mostly in English, but good anyways.  Amazing dance routines, moving story, and good history lesson (though not sure of accuracy).