Halloween Movies for Teens and Family: PG-Rated
Recommended Halloween family movies rated PG that growunps and teens will enjoy.
Our top picks for spooky and scary movies for teens and adults, rated PG.
 The Addams Family
directed by Barry Sonendfeld Rated PG-13 The Addams family started out a comic strip, then became a television show, and turned into a movie for its third incarnation. The plot gets a little muddled, but Anjelica Houston, Raul Julia, and Christina Ricci were born to play their parts. |
 Batman
directed by Tim Burton Rated PG-13 Millionaire philanthropist Bruce Wayne turns to crime-fighting after his parents are murdered before his very eyes. Gotham City is so dark every day looks like Halloween, and Jack Nicholson runs away with the movie as The Joker. |
 Beetlejuice
directed by Tim Burton Rated PG When a newlywed couple dies, they find their ghosts happily confined to the house they were lovingly restoring. Things change when an obnoxious couple buys their house and the maleveloent spirit they hired to scare the newcomers away turns out to have his own fiendish agenda. |
 Poltergeist
directed by Tobe Hooper Rated PG When strange things start happening in a suburban house, it seems funny at first. But things get creepier, and more dangerous, when the family's five-year-old daughter is kidnapped and held hostage in another dimension. A refreshing sense of humor sets Poltergeist apart from most horror movies. |
 Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas
directed by Henry Selick Rated PG Jack Skellington lives in Halloweentown, but he's sure something better must be out there. That's when he stumbles across Christmastown and tries to annex the holiday by kidnapping Santa Claus. The depiction of a completely new world and a lovely score make this a delightful film for adults and older children. |
 Young Frankenstein
directed by Mel Brooks Rated PG Who said Halloween had to be scary? Spoofing horror movies in general and Frankenstein movies in particular, this classic is a loving tribute to old Hollywood and one of the funniest movies ever made. |
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