5 of the Best Throwback Movies to Watch in October

Hocus Pocus

• Premiered in 1993
• Starring The Sanderson Sisters, 3 witches from Salem, Massachusetts
• Sarah Jessica Parker, Bette Midler & Kathy Najimy

The Bewitching Month has begun! pic.twitter.com/uHqmxLftLD

— Hocus Pocus Tweets (@HocusPocus1993) October 1, 2019

Beetlejuice

• Premiered in early 1988
• Directed by one of the all time most creative movie minds, Tim Burton
• This movie’s success led to a TV Series, Video Games and Stage Musical
• Rumours continue to swirl about a possible Beetlejuice sequel

Look at this #nycc Saturday #Beetlejuice cosplay!! @nerdsandbeyond pic.twitter.com/QhZrsQasK1

— Nicole – NYCC (@nicmanz15) October 5, 2019

Scream

• Premiered, Christmas of 1996
• Directed by horror movie guru, Wes Craven
• Bringing in over $174 million at the box office, Scream was the highest grossing slasher film until Halloween’s remake topped it in 2018
• The excitement and buzz that the publicity of this movie generated leading up to release was impossible to avoid
• I was in High School at the time and it was all anybody talked about
• The ‘Scream’ mask became an instant Halloween costume best seller

The Craft

• Released in 1996
• High School students discover the secret of witchcraft
• A young Neve Campbell starred alongside Robin Tunney, Rachel True and Fairuza Balk
• This is a teen 90’s movie that still holds up today and it’s set to receive the greatest form of flattery
• A remake for The Craft is happening

The Craft has its coven! The movie, written, directed and produced by @ZoeListerJones, has cast Cailee Spaeny, Gideon Adlon, Lovie Simone and Zoey Luna to join the witchy, wonderful reimagining of the iconic ‘90s film. pic.twitter.com/qa4JxYGtyL

— Blumhouse (@blumhouse) September 19, 2019

E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial

• Premiered in June of 1982
• Steven Spielberg’s classic is a fantastic hidden Halloween gem
• A Box Office smash generating over $792-million during a time when theatres weren’t as prominent as they have been the last 20 years