For the last day of 31 Days of Disney Halloween Darling and I watched the 2023 sequel Hocus Pocus 2.

When Darling and I were in elementary school, Disney produced a Halloween film that, in my opinion, was what all 90’s kids wanted: candy, scares, and a little romance. We watched Disney try something relatively new and refreshing, but sadly, audiences did not seem to enjoy it. However, Darling and I both agree, we enjoy this movie very much. For the 30th day of Disney Halloween we would like to introduce the 1993 cult classic, Hocus Pocus.

Today’s classic is the sleeper hit of the century, Tim Burton’s Nightmare Before Christmas.

“Duck Pimples” is today’s featured short for 31 Days of Disney Halloween. This entire series has seen movies from Disney’s earliest days to modern animation styles and social fears. “Duck Pimples” is a great example of perennial fears depicted through classic Disney animation that could not be done for modern audiences.

In 2017, Disney XD announced they would be rebooting the original Disney Afternoon show, Duck Tales. Amazing actors signed on for the reboot. Darling and I were really excited for the new show…and then life got in the way. We never watched any of the shows and the show ended in 2021. For today’s 31 Days of Disney Halloween we are looking at the 2021 Halloween Special of the Duck Tales, “The Trickening!”

When I was in Elementary School, the best part of any day was the Disney Afternoon. Sometime soon, we should dive into that delightful line of Nostalgia, but today, we are going to be looking at one small part, the 1992 tv sitcom called Goof Troop,” specifically the Halloween episode, “Hallow-weenies.”

Today’s feature comes from Disney: Launchpad, a very interesting program that helps diversify the Disney stable of story-tellers. Season One of this series/program brings us this delightful coming-of age/acceptance story, “Growing Fangs”.

Today was the 24th day od Disney Halloween and we watched something that I was dreading all month. I put it off to almost the last minute, but Darling and I cannot put it off any longer. Today we watched Return to Halloweentown and I must say, it’s not as bad as everyone described.

In 2004, Disney brought forth their 55 Disney Channel Original movie, Halloweentown High. Disney had now been making made-for-tv movies since 1997. Darling and I had never watched this movie when it came out, so we popped our popcorn, turned off the lights, and got ready for the feature.

Today we are continuing with the Halloweentown series with Halloweentown 2: Kalabar’s Revenge. I watched Halloweentown and Halloweentown 2 on that same day. Darling found out that I had never watched any of the Halloweentown movies and over a weekend we watched all four. As such, my memory blurs the first two Halloweentown movies into one, much longer, movie.

No 31 Days of Disney Halloween can be complete without the Halloweentown series, and today, for the 21st day of Halloween we will be starting the Halloweentown original, Halloweentown.

Trigger Warning: racism, classism, murder, and suicide.

Darling and I found a 1983 educational film called “Disney’s Haunted Halloween.” Neither of us had ever seen this or even knew about it until a few days ago. What follows is a 1980’s historical rendition of the beginnings and history of Halloween.

When I was little, I could do a Donald Duck impersonation that was pretty good. As such, I thought I enjoyed Donald Duck. I watched the shorts, I had a Donald plushie and when people I asked, I loved Donald Duck. So when Darling and I made the list of Halloween specials I was thrilled that there was more than one. Today’s 31 Days of Halloween review is of the 2000 Donald Duck short, “Donald’s Halloween Scare.”

As I was going through the lists of potential Disney Halloween shorts, specials, and feature length movies, I came across the 1996 Halloween Special, “Boo to You Too! Winnie-the-Pooh.” I remembered watching it after Trick-or-Treating and I asked Darling if we could watch it tonight. She said, “Yes.”

When it came out, Darling and I sat on our couch, got our popcorn, and I fell into a nostalgic bliss. Today, for the 16 day of Disney Halloween, we will be watching the Muppets Haunted Mansion.

For this 15th day of Disney Halloween let us look at the Halloween special released October 2013, “Toy Story of Terror!”

Today we are going to be looking at the 2012 3D stop-motion remake Frankenweenie. Tim Burton used the opportunity for this remake to throw in every classic horror movie cliche he could think of. The end result is an interesting, quirky, heartfelt story about a boy and his dog.

The 80’s was a wild time. I love Disney in the 80’s. Trying new things. Allowing young creative minds to do weird ideas. For the 13th day of Disney Halloween, I would like to bring back a show that I did not understand as a kid, but that has been the gateway for many a beloved project since, the 1984 short film, “Frankenweenie".”

This short is quick and witty and always fun to watch, but, similarly to “Legend of Mor’du,” I never considered this to be especially holiday related. I was wrong. “Mater and the Ghostlight” is a perfect, spoopy, Halloween-esque short for all ages.