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AMC’s Shudder: Is This Spooky Streaming Service Worth It?

Are you a fright-fest fanatic in the mood for haunting tales and scary flicks? With Halloween on the horizon, there’s no better time of year to amp up the terror by indulging in some spooktacular programming. Whether you’re a fan of pure horror, slasher films, psychological thrillers, monster movies, or cult classics that are as nostalgic as they are nauseating, plenty of streaming services offer Halloween-themed marathons to satisfy your needs.

But what’s a true horror fan to do when all the ghoulish gross-outs are spread out across multiple platforms? Put down the hockey mask and machete — AMC’s Shudder  is here to administer your necessary dose of screams. With hundreds of films and TV show episodes on its roster, this horror-only streaming service might be just what you need to quench your thirst for terror. Ready to conjure up Candyman or mingle with Michael Myers? Find out what Shudder offers and whether it’s worth the subscription price.

Shudder: A Platform for Horror Fanatics, by Horror Fanatics

Shudder is a streaming platform designed to meet the niche needs of a key group of film buffs: horror fans. By all accounts, the streaming service has successfully pulled off this mission. Shudder is a premiere service that offers scary programming — and only scary programming — in the form of old and new films, television shows, and documentaries that fall into the genres of horror, supernatural, and thriller themes. It caters to movies and episodic horror fans and provides an impressive library of options to explore.

What makes Shudder such a fantastic platform is its variety. Shudder’s collection of films and shows spans hundreds of movies, dozens of TV shows, and even a handful of horror-themed podcasts. The platform features a large number of classics that have defined the horror genre — think iconic flicks like John Carpenter’s Halloween , George Romero’s Night of the Living Dead , The Texas Chainsaw Massacre,  and Train to Busan . But it also offers up plenty of indie films, comedies, and old-school titles that paved the way for today’s horror. Ever watched Chopping Mall , Hell Night, or Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker ? With Shudder, you can dive into films that might not have crossed your radar before.

Shudder also organizes content by collections so you can spend less time reading endless summaries to hunt down the films or series that fit your taste. Curated collections like “Love Sick,” “Horror Noire,” “Anthologies” and “Queer Horror” make it easier to tap into the topics you’re dying to watch. And, what’s even better is that these super-specific lists aren’t left to the whims of AI software; instead, actual people — vetted horror fans — create the lineups, so you know they’re good. With over a million users subscribed to the streaming service, Shudder may have cracked the code for successfully spooky programming.

Shudder’s Perks Include Original Flicks and Spooky Shows

While Shudder features many classic horror flicks and shows, these aren’t the platform’s only claim to fame. It also provides exclusive and original content designed to appeal to Shudder subscribers One of the most popular original series available is Creepshow , which is inspired by the 1982 film of the same name (directed by George Romero and written by Stephen King) and the E.C. horror comic books of the 1950s. Creepshow  is structured like an anthology, bringing horrifying comic panels to life and exploring everything from the supernatural to the super-strange. The platform is also releasing new episodes of the original series Slasher , which features a storyline about a family on a secluded island who’s forced to fight against one another for survival.

Shudder’s original films are also some of its highlights. The movie Host  was one of the top films of 2020 on Shudder’s platform. Recorded utilizing Zoom only (giving it that pandemic-anxiety vibe), the movie features a group of friends gathering online for a socially distant hangout…and succumbing to dark forces on each end of the camera. Another Shudder original is 2021’s Prisoners of the Ghostland which stars Nicolas Cage as a bank robber who has five days to find a wealthy man’s daughter otherwise, the bomb collar secured around his neck will detonate. These titles represent only a handful of the unsettling nailbiters within Shudder’s library. But what’s the verdict?

Is the Subscription Worth the Horrific Hype?

If you love all terror all the time, Shudder is the perfect platform for you. Even if you subscribe to Netflix, Hulu, or another popular streaming platform , Shudder has the widest variety of curated horror on the streaming market centralized in one place. With over 400 movies and hundreds of television episodes already on its docket, this collective of frightening tales is slated to only grow in size, with new films and episodes appearing weekly. Like most streaming platforms, you may not love all the content that you view on Shudder — but there’s a handy rating system (with skulls instead of stars!) so you know what fellow horror fans think.

The platform is easy to access through most devices and browsers, so you can queue things up on your Roku or fireTV device or take the streaming service with you on your laptop or phone. A standalone Shudder app is available via Google Play, Apple’s App Store, and Xbox One, and it works similarly to other streaming apps.

If you’re not sure you want to make the subscription leap, Shudder has you covered. It offers a seven-day, no-strings free trial so you can take your time browsing titles and collections to see if the variety is enough to capture your interest. Just keep in mind that you’d be hard-pressed to engage with all that Shudder has to offer within a week. As an added bonus, the platform is entirely ad-free.

Membership plans start at only $5.99 a month, making this an affordable option. To save a bit on this month-to-month price, you can opt to purchase a yearlong subscription for $56.99 — which comes out to $4.75 per month . If you’re more interested in getting your scare on for the Halloween season without committing to the entire year, subscribing to Shudder at least through October can help you scratch the itch.

Ultimately, if horror is your top streaming genre, signing up for Shudder is a no-brainer (sorry, zombies). With an influx of new flicks and shows frequently hitting its library and an affordable monthly fee, you won’t run out of terrifying titles anytime soon.

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67 Short Halloween Quotes to Get You in the Spooky Spirit

From scary to cute to laugh-out-loud funny, we found all the best quotes for your Halloween greetings and posts.

Whether you’re looking for some spooky song lyrics or the best lines from classic Halloween movies (think Hocus Pocus , Halloweentown , A Nightmare on Elm Street , and more), you’ll find all the best Halloween quotes here. And, of course, we’ve included lots of memorable lines from famous authors too, from Stephen King to Shakespeare (after all, the three witches of MacBeth gave us some of the creepiest sayings of all time).

Some of these quotes are scary, some are cute, and some are funny. They're all inspirational and sure to put you in the mood for a spooky good time as the end of October nears. So read on—you’ll be in a Halloween kind of mood before you know it.

"Hocus Pocus"

“I smell a child.”—Mary Sanderson

Ray Bradbury, "The Halloween Tree"

“The wind outside nested in each tree, prowled the sidewalks in invisible treads like unseen cats.”

"Thriller"

“Darkness falls across the land. The midnight hour is close at hand.”

Glen Nesbitt

“My Halloween costume was so bad that people opened their doors and took candy from me.”

Anthony T. Hincks

“Don't have a cup of coffee this Halloween. Have a cauldron of coffee instead.”

Tony Johnston, "Very Scary"

“‘I’ll take you and bake you,’ she said. And she gave it a pat. The pumpkin tried to look very scary. But it just looked big and FAT.”

Oscar Wilde

"A mask tells us more than a face."

Rita Rudner

"Halloween was confusing. All my life my parents said, 'Never take candy from strangers.' And then they dressed me up and said, 'Go beg for it.' "

"It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown"

“I got a rock.”—Charlie Brown

Sylvester Stallone

“Halloween is the only time people can become what they want to be without getting fired.”

"The Fly"

"Be afraid... be very afraid."

“Sisters! All Hallows’ Eve has become a night of frolic, where children wear costumes and run amok.”—Winifred Sanderson

“Grisly ghouls from every tomb are closing in to seal your doom.”

Stephen King

"We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones."

"A Nightmare on Elm Street"

"Whatever you do, don't fall asleep."

J.K. Rowling

"Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can't see where it keeps its brain."

"Dracula," 1992

"Do you believe in destiny? That even the powers of time can be altered for a single purpose?"

Mary Shelley, "Frankenstein"

"There is something at work in my soul, which I do not understand."

"The Addams Family," 1991

"This is my costume. I'm a homicidal maniac. They look just like everyone else."—Wednesday

Douglas Coupland

"If human beings had genuine courage, they'd wear their costumes every day of the year, not just on Halloween."

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Some of these phrases and words can double as short Instagram captions.

Now that we’ve set the scene for the spookiest night of the year, it is only right that you round out your holiday celebration with a ghost story or two, and some good Halloween quotes . We’ve created a list of the best and creepiest phrases , including fall quotes that summarize the beauty of autumn, pumpkin puns , enchanting witch sayings , famous lines from horror films and even a few classic Halloween wishes to really put you in a spooky mood.

When the night starts to come to an end, after you’ve filled up on sweet treats and taken all of the selfies your heart desires, of course, you may even want to use some of these scary sentiments as inspiration for your festive Instagram captions .

Jack Skellington, “The Nightmare Before Christmas”

Just because I cannot see it, doesn't mean I can't believe it!

Alice Hoffman, “Practical Magic”

“There’s a little witch in all of us.”

I am the pumpkin king.

Charles M. Schulz, "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown"

Each year, the Great Pumpkin rises out of the pumpkin patch that he thinks is the most sincere.

Sheriff Leigh Brackett, “Halloween”

It’s Halloween. Everyone’s entitled to one good scare.

Madame Leota, "The Haunted Mansion"

Find the thing that must be read, lest your heart be filled with dread.

Mason Cooley

Clothes make a statement. Costumes tell a story.

William Motherwell

Men say that in this midnight hour, the disembodied have power.

Joy Fielding

October was always the least dependable of months … full of ghosts and shadows.

William Shakespeare

Hell is empty and all the devils are here.

Eden Phillpots

The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for out wits to grow sharper.

Solange Nicole

Oh, how the candles will be lit and the wood of worm burn in a fiery dust. For on all Hallows Eve will the spirits come to play, and only the fruit of thy womb will satisfy their endless roaming.

Vincent Price

It's as much fun to scare as to be scared.

Rodney Lynn Temperton

Darkness falls across the land, The Midnight Hour is close at hand.

Edgar Allan Poe

Believe nothing you hear, and only one half that you see.

Colleen Houck

For a witch, you certainly don't know much about how hauntings work.

Ray Bradbury

Anyone could see that the wind was a special wind this night, and the darkness took on a special feel because it was All Hallows' Eve.

Ichabod Crane, "Sleepy Hollow"

Villainy wears many masks, none so dangerous as the mask of virtue.

Karen Fortunati

The world turned upside down — in a good way — for one black velvet night.

Mary Shelley, "Frankenstein"

There is something at work in my soul, which I do not understand.

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60 Halloween Quotes To Celebrate The Spooky Season

Get inspiration for your Halloween playlists and Instagram captions with these spooky quotes.

When the full moon is shining and the wolves are howling, it's time for Halloween's spooky spectacle. The snickering grins of jack-o'-lanterns glow from lit porches. Kids skip down the block in creative costumes, touting bags full of candy and shouting "Trick or Treat!" at the top of their lungs. Watchful parents follow behind, walking the costume-clad dog, and reveling in Halloween's laughter and joy. Halloween is funny, spooky, cheerful, and nostalgic all at once, so we've rounded up our favorite quotes for all the different spirits that Halloween stirs.

Classic Halloween Movie Quotes

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• "It's Halloween; everyone's entitled to one good scare." –Brackett, Halloween
• "A person should always choose a costume which is in direct contrast to her own personality." –Lucy Van Pelt , It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
• "It's all just a bunch of hocus pocus!" –Max, Hocus Pocus
• "Have you come to sing pumpkin carols?" –Linus, It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
• "By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes." –William Shakespeare , Macbeth
• "Magic is really very simple, all you've got to do is want something and then let yourself have it." –Aggie Cromwell, Halloweentown
• "Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble." –William Shakespeare, Macbeth
• "Just because I cannot see it, doesn't mean I can't believe it!" –Jack Skellington, The Nightmare Before Christmas
• “There’s a little witch in all of us.” — Alice Hoffman, Practical Magic

Spooky Halloween Quotes

• "There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls." –George Carlin
• "'Tis the night—the night of the grave's delight, and the warlocks are at their play; Ye think that without the wild winds shout, but no, it is they—it is they." –Cleveland Coxe
• "Halloween wraps fear in innocence, as though it were a slightly sour sweet. Let terror, then, be turned into a treat…" –Nicholas Gordon
• "On Halloween, witches come true; wild ghosts escape from dreams. Each monster dances in the park." –Nick Gordon
• "The farther we've gotten from the magic and mystery of our past, the more we've come to need Halloween." –Paula Guran
• "If human beings had genuine courage, they'd wear their costumes every day of the year, not just on Halloween." –Douglas Coupland
• "Shadows of a thousand years rise again unseen. Voices whisper in the trees, 'Tonight is Halloween!'" –Dexter Kozen
• "The world turned upside down—in a good way—for one black velvet night." –Karen Fortunati
• “Tis now the very witching time of night, when churchyards yawn and hell itself breathes out contagion to this world.” — William Shakespeare, “Hamlet”
• "Candle, spoon and carving knife: / nearing the vigil of the dead, / let’s impose a little life / upon a ripening, faceless head.” -Robert B. Shaw, “Jack O’ Lantern”
• "When witches go riding, and black cats are seen. / The moon laughs and whispers, ‘tis near Halloween." - Unknown
• "I am the who when you call, 'Who's there?' / I am the wind blowing through your hair / I am the shadow on the moon at night / Filling your dreams to the brim with fright" -"This is Halloween," The Nightmare Before Christmas
• "Listen to them, the children of the night. What music they make!" -Count Dracula, Dracula

Happy Halloween Quotes for Instagram

• "I love Halloween, and I love that feeling: the cold air, the spooky dangers lurking around the corner." –Evan Peters
• "When black cats prowl and pumpkins gleam, may luck be yours on Halloween." –Unknown
• "We have had our summer evenings, now for October eves!" –Humbert Wolfe
• "Nothing on earth is so beautiful as the final haul on Halloween night." –Steve Almond
• "There is a child in every one of us who is still a trick-or-treater looking for a brightly-lit front porch." –Robert Brault
• "Clothes make a statement. Costumes tell a story." –Mason Cooley
• "Ghosts and goblins come to play on October's final day!" –Rusty Fischer
• "Halloween is not only about putting on a costume, but it's about finding the imagination and costume within ourselves." –Elvis Duran
• "On Halloween night, the Great Pumpkin rises from his pumpkin patch and flies through the air with his bag of toys to all the children." - It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
• "Life's no fun without a good scare." - Lock, Shock, and Barrel, The Nightmare Before Christmas

Funny Halloween Quotes And Sayings

• "Witch parking only. All others will be Toad!" –Unknown
• "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself…and spiders." –Unknown
• "Reese's in Peace." –Unknown
• "This witch can be bribed with chocolate." –Unknown
• "During the day, I don't believe in ghosts. At night, I'm a little more open-minded." –Unknown
• "Don't make me get my flying monkeys." –Unknown
• "Hope all the candies don't go to WAIST." –Unknown
• "Say boo and scary on." –Unknown
• "There are three things I've learned never to discuss with people: religion, politics, and the Great Pumpkin." -Lucy, It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
• “If I’d known you were coming, I could’ve made up the dungeon.” — Morticia Addams, The Addams Family
• "I've seen enough horror movies to know that any weirdo wearing a mask is never friendly." - Elizabeth, Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
• "You seem a man of good...taste." -Count Dracula, Dracula

Famous Halloween Quotes

• "Every day is Halloween, isn't it? For some of us." – Tim Burton
• "Werewolves howl. Phantoms prowl. Halloween's upon us now." – Richelle E. Goodrich
• "Where there is no imagination there is no horror." – Arthur Conan Doyle
• "There is something haunting in the light of the moon." – Joseph Conrad
• "Everyone is a moon and has a dark side, which he never shows to anybody." – Mark Twain
• "I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers." – L. M. Montgomery
• "There is nothing that gives more assurance than a mask." – Colette
• "We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones.” -Stephen King
• “It's as much fun to scare as to be scared.” -Vincent Price

Halloween Quotes For Kids

• "He did the mash/He did the monster mash/The monster mash/It was a graveyard smash." –Bobby "Boris" Pickett, Monster Mash
• "A candy a day keeps the monsters away." –Unknown
• "Trick or treat, bag of sweets, ghosts are walking down the street." –Unknown
• "Sticky fingers, tired feet; one last house, trick or treat!" –Rusty Fischer
• "On Halloween you get to become anything that you want to be." –Ava Dellaria
• "If the broom fits, ride it!" –Unknown
• "Chew that toffee, munch those treats / Get that caramel in your teeth. / Then come see me, I'll be here- / I'm your friendly dentist, dear." -Shel Silverstein, "The One Who Invented Trick or Treat"

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71 Halloween quotes to get into the spirit of the spooky season

"There's a little witch in all of us," Aunt Jet is memorably quoted as saying in the Alice Hoffman classic, " Practical Magic. "

Even if you aren't sure that witches are real (spoiler: they are), there's no denying that Halloween brings out the spirit of magic in just about everyone and there's no better time to celebrate it then the spooky season .

With Halloween quickly creeping up, you might be in need of a Halloween quote or two to share, whether it's for Instagram , to use as a Halloween greeting or accompany your award-winning costume photos.

And, good news, we've got 'em all right here, including lines from iconic scary horror movies like "The Sixth Sense," where Cole Sear (Haley Joel Osment) eerily admits, "I see dead people."

In fact, we’ve got all the short sayings you’ll ever need from not only your favorite Halloween movies , books and spooky songs , but also a bunch of witty quotes from comedians like Jim Gaffigan and Stephen Colbert.

Along with those, we've got plenty of other fang-tabulous Halloween sayings from films like "The Nightmare Before Christmas," "Hocus Pocus," and the original serial-killer movie that started them all: "Halloween."

After all, you never know when having an amusing or scary Halloween message on deck might just come in handy. Whichever you choose, one thing is for certain, these short Halloween quotes are guaranteed to l eave you spellbound .

Halloween quotes from movies

• “I am the pumpkin king.” — Jack Skellington, “The Nightmare Before Christmas”
• “Last night you were unhinged. You were like some desperate, howling demon. You frightened me. Do it again.” — Morticia, “The Addams Family”
• “This is my costume. I’m a homicidal maniac, they look just like everyone else.” — Wednesday Addams, “The Addams Family”

• “You ever feel prickly things on the back of your neck?”— Cole Sear, “The Sixth Sense”
• “There’s a little witch in all of us.” — Alice Hoffman, “Practical Magic”
• “When I sleep my spirit slips away from my body and dances naked with the devil.” — Thomasin, “The Witch”
• “It’s Halloween. Everyone’s entitled to one good scare.” — Sheriff Leigh Brackett, “Halloween”

• What’s the good of being a ghost if you can’t frighten people away?” — Barbara, “Beetlejuice”
• “One thing about living in Santa Carla I never could stomach; all the damn vampires.” — Grandpa, “The Lost Boys”
• “Sisters, All Hallows’ Eve has become a night of frolic, where children wear costumes and run amok!” — Winifred Sanderson, “Hocus Pocus”
• “Yeah, some of our clothes are from victims. You might bite someone and then, you think, ‘Oooh, those are some nice pants!’ — Viago, “What We Do in the Shadows”
• “It’s pronounced ‘Fronkensteen.’” — Dr. Frederick Frankenstein, “Young Frankenstein”

• “Wench! Trollop! You buck-toothed, mop-riding firefly from hell!” — Billy Butcherson, “Hocus Pocus”
• “If you were the only suspect in a senseless bloodbath — would you be standing in the horror section?” — Randy Meeks, “Scream”
• “I’ll stop wearing black when they make a darker color.” —Wednesday Addams, “The Addams family”
• “Oh, look. Another glorious morning. Makes me sick!” — Winifred Sanderson, “Hocus Pocus”
• “Some people have swimming pools, others have private cemeteries. It can happen.” — Sara Evers, “The Haunted Mansion”
• “If I’d known you were coming, I could’ve made up the dungeon.” — Morticia Addams, “The Addams Family”

Funny Halloween quotes

• “Isn’t the view beautiful? It takes my breath away. Well, it would if I had any.” — The Corpse Bride, “The Corpse Bride”
• “Pardon me, boy, is this the Transylvania station?” — Dr. Frederick Frankenstein, “Young Frankenstein”
• “There are three things that I’ve learned never to discuss with people: religion, politics and the Great Pumpkin.” — Linus, “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown”

• “That’s what you dream about? Being a monster?” — Edward Cullen, “Twilight”
• “Candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker.” ― Ogden Nash, “Reflections on Ice Breaking”
•  “Was deciding if I should dress as Batman or Spiderman for Halloween, when I realized I’m a grown man. So, Batman.” — Stephen Colbert
• “For Halloween, I’m going as that feeling you get at a store when you try to refold a sweater property and put it back on the shelf.” — Rob Delaney
• “Tonight the Great Pumpkin will rise out of the pumpkin patch. He flies through the air and brings toys to all the children of the world.” — Linus, “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown”
• “I ain’t ‘fraid of no ghost.” — Ray Parker Jr., “Ghostbusters”

• “On Halloween, the parents sent their kids out looking like me.” — Rodney Dangerfield
• “Halloween is just finals week for parents.” — Jim Gaffigan
• “Halloween: the night that fathers get their hearts broken when they see their daughters costume.” — Whitney Cummings

Short Halloween quotes

• “Evil has only the power that we give it.” — Ray Bradbury, “Something Wicked This Way Comes”
• “Every day is Halloween, isn’t it? For some of us.” — Tim Burton
• “Flip the switch and let the cauldron bubble!” — Aunt Frances Owens, “Practical Magic”

• “They cannot be seen because they creep only in the dark.” — H.P. Lovecraft, “The H.P. Lovecraft Collection”
• “On Hallowe’en they all jump off the roof and fly!” — Ice Cream Boy, “Practical Magic”
• “In masks and gowns we haunt the street and knock on doors for trick or treat.” — Jack Prelutsky, “It’s Halloween”
• “Searchers after horror haunt strange, far places.” — H.P. Lovecraft, “The Short Stories of H.P. Lovecraft”  
• “I knew nothing but shadows and I thought them to be real.” -Oscar Wilde, “The Picture of Dorian Gray”

• “Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and caldron bubble.” — William Shakespeare, “Macbeth”
• “There is something haunting in the light of the moon.” — Joseph Conrad
• “At night the fog was thick and full of light, and sometimes voices.” — Erin Bow, “Plain Kate”
• “Life itself is but the shadow of death, and souls departed but the shadows of the living.” — Thomas Browne, “Garden of Cyrus”

• “Vampires, werewolves, fallen angels and fairies lurk in the shadows, their intentions far from honorable.” — Jeaniene Frost
• “Imagination be a witch tonight.” — Robert Bagg, “Hallowe’en”
• “Such are the autumn people. Beware of them.” — Ray Bradbury, “Something Wicked This Way Comes”
•  “We are the things that others fear.” — Anne Rice, “The Vampire Lestat”

•  “By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes.” — William Shakespeare, “Macbeth”
• “He thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts.” — Stephen King, “It”

Halloween quotes

• "She’d always loved Halloween. A magic night. A night when anything could happen. Monsters could be real. Magic could whisper in the air." — Cynthia Eden
• “Anyone could see that the wind was a special wind this night, and the darkness took on a special feel because it was All Hallows’ Eve.” — Ray Bradbury, “The Halloween Tree”

• “It’s Halloween! It’s Halloween! The moon is full and bright and we shall see that can’t be seen on any other night.” — Jack Prelutsky, “It’s Halloween”
• “If I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear!” — Mary Shelley, “Frankenstein”
• “Oh how the candles will be lit and the wood of worm burn in a fiery dust. For on all Hallows’ Eve will the spirits come to play.” — Solange nicole
• “They thought of All Hallows’ Night and the billion ghosts awandering the lonely lanes in cold winds and strange smokes.” — Ray Bradbury, “The Halloween Tree”

• “A witch never gets caught. Don’t forget that she has magic in her fingers and devilry dancing in her blood.” — Roald Dahl, “The Witches”
• “I know of witches who whistle at different pitches, calling things that don’t have names.” — Helen Oyeyemi, “White is for Witching”

• “We shall see that at which dogs howl in the dark, and that at which cats prick up their ears after midnight.” — H.P. Lovecraft, “The Collected Works of H.P. Lovecraft”
• “Tis now the very witching time of night, when churchyards yawn and hell itself breathes out contagion to this world.” — William Shakespeare, “Hamlet”
• “Shadows of a thousand years rise again unseen, voices whisper in the trees, 'Tonight is Halloween!'” — Dexter Kozen
• “The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.” — H.P. Lovecraft, "Supernatural Horror in Literature"
• “Suddenly the day was gone, night came out from under each tree and spread.” — Ray Bradbury, “The Halloween Tree”

• “Be careful in the company of monsters that you don’t become one.” — Cindy Gerard, “Take No Prisoners”
• “Fear has many eyes, and can see things underground.” — Miguel de Cervantes, “The Adventures of Don Quixote”
• “Darkness falls across the land, the midnight hour is close at hand.” — Vincent Price, “Thriller”
•  “Whoever is not in his coffin and the dark grave, let him know he has enough.” — Walt Whitman

• “You are about to enter another dimension. A dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land of imagination. Next stop: The Twilight Zone.” — Rod Serling, “The Twilight Zone”
•  “So the darkness shall be the light, and the stillness the dancing.” — T.S. Eliot
•  “I be the witch of the wood.” — Thomasin, “The Witch”
• “The jack-o'-lantern follows me with tapered, glowing eyes. His yellow teeth grin evily. His cackle I despise.” — Richelle Goodrich, “Slaying Dragons”
• "Candle, spoon and carving knife: nearing the vigil of the dead, let’s impose a little life upon a ripening, faceless head.” — Robert B. Shaw, “Jack O’ Lantern”
•  “The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.” — Eden Phillpotts, "A Shadow Passes"

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The 50 Spookiest Quotes About Halloween

Some festive words to get you in the scary spirit.

“I love Halloween, and I love that feeling: the cold air, the spooky dangers lurking around the corner.”

— Evan Peters

“It's all just a bunch of hocus pocus!”

— Max, Hocus Pocus

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"Halloween was the best holiday, in my opinion, because it was all about friends, monsters, and candy, rather than family and responsibility."

– Margee Kerr

“Nothing on Earth so beautiful as the final haul on Halloween night.”

— Steve Almond

"The farther we've gotten from the magic and mystery of our past, the more we've come to need Halloween."

— Paula Curan

“I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.”

— L.M. Montgomery

“When witches go riding, and black cats are seen, the moon laughs and whispers, ‘tis near Halloween.”

"Halloween was confusing. All my life my parents said, 'Never take candy from strangers.' And then they dressed me up and said, 'Go beg for it.'"

– Rita Rudner

“Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble.”

—William Shakespeare, Macbeth

“Some people are born for Halloween, and some are just counting the days until Christmas.”

— Stephen Graham Jones

"She'd always loved Halloween. A magic night. A night when anything could happen. Monsters could be real. Magic could whisper in the air."

– Cynthia Eden

“Magic is really very simple, all you've got to do is want something and then let yourself have it.”

— Aggie Cromwell, Halloweentown

“It's Halloween; everyone's entitled to one good scare.”

— Brackett, Halloween

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"The world turned upside down–in a good way–for one black velvet night."

– Karen Fortunati

“There is a child in every one of us who is still a trick-or-treater looking for a brightly-lit front porch.”

— Robert Brault

"The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper."

– Eden Phillpots

“There is magic in the night when pumpkins glow by moonlight.”

"She used to tell me that a full moon was when mysterious things happen and wishes come true."

– Shannon A. Thompson

"Halloween shadows played upon the walls of the houses. In the sky, the Halloween moon raced in and out of the clouds... It was a lovely and exciting night, exactly the kind of night Halloween should be."

– Eleanor Estes

“Clothes make a statement. Costumes tell a story.”

— Mason Cooley

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43 Famous Halloween Quotes and Sayings to Get You in the Holiday Spirit

Let the good (and scary) times roll with these funny and spooky quotes from famous Halloween-themed movies, songs, and books.

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Halloween only rolls around once each year, but it can be celebrated for an entire month through store-bought or last-minute Halloween costumes, must-watch Halloween movies on Netflix, Halloween quotes or sayings, and more. As soon as October arrives, it's time to break out the pumpkin spice everything and lean into spooky, funny, Halloween-ready movies and books. (You may even toss some Halloween puns around.)

You may have a few Halloween quotes or Halloween sayings memorized, but you also might be struggling for a spooky greeting or searching for a cute Halloween quote to use as a caption on your seasonal Instagram post. If you're in the latter category, we've got you covered with this roundup of some of the best Halloween quotes, sayings, and phrases around, culled from classic literature, spooky movies and TV shows, and other Halloween-perfect sources.

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—Ghostface, Scream

“We all go a little mad sometimes.”

— Norman Bates, Psycho

“I see dead people.”

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—Cole Sear, The Sixth Sense

“That old black magic has me in its spell. That old black magic that you weave so well. Those icy fingers up and down my spine, The same old witchcraft when your eyes meet mine.”

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—Frank Sinatra, “That Old Black Magic”

“They’re coming to get you, Barbara.”

—Johnny, Night of the Living Dead

“I’m a master of fright, and a demon of light, and I’ll scare you right out of your pants.”

—Jack Skellington, The Nightmare Before Christmas

"There are three things I've learned never to discuss with people: religion, politics, and the Great Pumpkin.”

—Linus, It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown

“In girl world, Halloween is the one day a year when a girl can dress up like a total slut and no other girls can say anything else about it.”

—Cady Heron, Mean Girls

"We came, we saw, we kicked its ass."

– Dr. Peter Venkman, Ghostbusters (1984)

"I'm scared to close my eyes, I'm scared to open them. We're going to die out here!"

 –Heather, The Blair Witch Project

"By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes.

—William Shakespeare, Macbeth

"A person should always choose a costume which is in direct contrast to her own personality.”

—Lucy, It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown

“When the sun goes down and the moon comes up, I turn into a teenage goo goo muck. Yeah, I cruise through the city and I roam the streets, looking for something that is nice to eat.”

—The Cramps, “Goo Goo Muck”

"It's Halloween, everyone's entitled to one good scare."

– Brackett, Halloween (1978)

"We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones.”

—Stephen King

"Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and caldron bubble."

– From Shakespeare's Macbeth

"I would like, if I may, to take you on a strange journey."

– The Criminologist, The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)

“The real world is where the monsters are.”

—Rick Riordan

"Be afraid ... Be very afraid."

– Ronnie, The Fly (1986)

“Welcome to my nightmare. I think you're gonna like it.

—Alice Cooper, “Welcome to My Nightmare”

"Oh look, another glorious morning. Makes me sick!"

– Winifred Sanderson, Hocus Pocus (1993)

"When the spooks have a midnight jamboree/They break it up with fiendish glee/The ghosts are bad but the one that's cursed/Is the headless horseman; he's the worst/That's right, he's a fright on Halloween night!When he goes a joggin' 'cross the land/Holding his noggin in his hand/Demons take one look and groan/And they hit the road to parts unknown/Beware, take care he rides alone!"

- From "The Headless Horseman," The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1949)

"I've seen enough horror movies to know that any weirdo wearing a mask is never friendly."

– Elizabeth, Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986)

"Magic is really very simple, all you've got to do is want something and then let yourself have it."

– Aggie Cromwell, Halloweentown (1998)

"I'm a homicidal maniac, they look just like everyone else."

– Wednesday, The Addams Family (1991)

"Villainy wears many masks, none so dangerous as the mask of virtue."

– Ichabod Crane, Sleepy Hollow (1999)

"I was working in the lab late one night/When my eyes beheld an eerie sight/For my monster from his slab began to rise/And suddenly to my surprise.He did the mash/He did the monster mash/The monster mash/It was a graveyard smash. He did the mash/It caught on in a flash/He did the mash/He did the monster mash."

– Bobby "Boris" Pickett, "Monster Mash"

"I'm wild again, beguiled again, a simpering, whimpering child again. Bewitched, bothered, and bewildered am I..."

—Ella Fitzgerald, “Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered”

“Here, here! It is the beating of his hideous heart!"

—Edgar Allan Poe, The Tell-Tale Heart

“Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.”

― Stephen King

"So how come Halloween is such a big yawner? I mean, do the demons just hate how commercial it's become?”

—Buffy Summers, Buffy the Vampire Slayer

“She's a black magic woman. She's trying to make a devil outta me.”

—Santana, “Black Magic Woman”

“Listen to them—the children of the night. What music they make!”

—Bram Stroker, Dracula

“Life's no fun without a good scare.”

—Lock, Shock and Barrel, The Nightmare Before Christmas

“My heart is like a haunted house. There's things in there that scream and shout. They make their music in the night. Wish I could find a way to let them out.”

—Florence and the Machine, “Haunted House”

“This is thriller, thriller night, 'Cause I can thrill you more than any ghoul would ever dare try. Thriller, thriller night, So let me hold you tight and share a killer, thriller, chiller, thriller here tonight.”

—Michael Jackson, “Thriller”

"I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti.”

—Hannibal Lechter, Silence of the Lambs

“I was just thinking about the life of a pumpkin. Grow up in the sun, happily entwined with others, and then someone comes along, cuts you open, and rips your guts out.”

"very superstitious, writing's on the wall. very superstitious, ladders bout' to fall...".

—Stevie Wonder, “Superstition”

“There’s a little witch in all of us.”

— Aunt Jet Owens, Practical Magic

“It's as much fun to scare as to be scared."

— Vincent Price

“You’re missing the point of Halloween…it’s come as you aren’t night."

"do you believe in destiny that even the powers of time can be altered for a single purpose that the luckiest man who walks on this earth is the one who finds ... true love".

– Dracula (1992)

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70 Best Halloween Quotes to Embrace the Spookiest Day of the Year

"Something wicked this way comes..." 🧙‍♀️

These Halloween quotes all capture the spirit of this bewitching holiday. We have some iconic quotes from classic Halloween movies , like this one from Halloweentown : "Magic is really very simple, all you've got to do is want something and then let yourself have it." There are others on this list from our favorite Halloween songs , too! Take this set of lyrics from music legend, Stevie Wonder: "Very superstitious, writing's on the wall. Very superstitious, ladders 'bout to fall." These quotes remind us of the enchanting and mischievous nature of Halloween, making it a time when imagination and the supernatural take center stage. Plus, this list would not be made complete without some fall quotes and Halloween captions for sharing on Instagram—so you can expect those in there, too. Read on for the best Halloween quotes, and try not to be spooked.

Aggie Cromwell, 'Halloweentown'

"Magic is really very simple. All you've got to do is want something and then let yourself have it."

Brackett, 'Halloween'

"It's Halloween; everyone's entitled to one good scare."

Veronica Quaife, 'The Fly'

"Be afraid... be very afraid."

Betelgeuse, 'Beetlejuice'

"I'm the ghost with the most, babe."

Oscar Wilde

"A mask tells us more than a face."

William Shakespeare, 'Macbeth'

"By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes."

Rusty Fischer

"Ghosts and goblins come to play on October's final day!"

Jack Skellington, 'The Nightmare Before Christmas'

"I'm a master of fright, and a demon of light, and I'll scare you right out of your pants."

Dani, 'Hocus Pocus'

"It's a full moon tonight. That's when all the weirdos are out."

Michael Scott, 'The Office'

"I'm not superstitious, but I am a little stitious."

Ray Bradbury, 'The Halloween Tree'

"The wind outside nested in each tree, prowled the sidewalks in invisible treads like unseen cats."

Mason Cooley

"Clothes make a statement. Costumes tell a story."

Robert Brault

“There is a child in every one of us who is still a trick-or-treater looking for a brightly lit front porch.”

Max, 'Hocus Pocus'

“It's just a bunch of hocus pocus!”

Jay Hawkins, "I Put a Spell on You"

“I put a spell on you because you're mine.”

"Just because I cannot see it, doesn't mean I can't believe it!"

Steve Almond

"Nothing on earth is so beautiful as the final haul on Halloween night."

Lucy, 'It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown'

"A person should always choose a costume which is in direct contrast to her own personality."

Nicholas Gordon

"Halloween wraps fear in innocence, as though it were a slightly sour sweet. Let terror, then, be turned into a treat…"

L.M. Montgomery

“I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.”

Josiah Soto is the assistant editor of news and social for The Pioneer Woman. He helps manage the website’s social channels, in addition to writing high-performing news and entertainment content daily. 

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