Is it raining, cold and you prefer to spend the evening October 31st on your sofa? Don't worry, spending your Halloween on Disney Plus is the best choice. With the beginning of the so-called spooky season, the aforementioned platform has a varied catalog, offering films to satisfy everyone's tastes. Whether it's a dark comedy or a creepy horror, it will be easy to find what is right for you. Buy Fire TV Stick Max 4k with Alexa remote to watch Disney Plus on your TV
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Halloween on Disney Plus: 7 essential titles
Hocus Pocus Hocus Pocus 2 The Nightmare Before Christmas Toy Story of Terror Edward Scissorhands Frankenweenie The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Hocus Pocus
Kenny Ortega directs the 1993 film. Hocus Pocus is a cult that tells the story of three bizarre witches: the Sanderson sisters, played by Sarah Jessica Parker, Bette Midler and Kathy Najimi. We are in Salem: in 1653 the protagonists, after having taken the lifeblood of a girl and transformed her brother into a cat, are captured and hanged. They swear to return and, in fact, never be wary of a witch's promise, not even after three hundred years.
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Hocus Pocus 2
As you well know, September 30 is the date of release of Hocus Pocus 2, the highly anticipated sequel to the 1993 film. It sees the return of the original cast, an aspect that has been the trump card of this new fantasy comedy since the first teaser.
The time elapsed between one film and the next can be seen. While the 90s comedy prefers an ironic style, Hocus Pocus 2 is his own child of his time. Somehow it betrays the primary work to take a new direction, characterized by a fresher, more modern comedy. Nevertheless, the atmosphere recalls the original one even if under a different light, creating a sort of "nostalgia effect". Find our review of Hocus Pocus 2 here.
Nightmare Before Christmas
Nightmare Before Christmas Often mistakenly attributed to directing by Tim Burton (of which he is the author and producer), the animated film directed by Henry Selick for Walt Disney Pictures throws us into the fantastic world of holidays. Jack Skellington, the king of the pumpkins, while organizing the next Halloween comes across a mysterious place full of snow and Christmas lights. This hiccup will change his life forever.
This grotesque fairy tale is now a Halloween classic. The music of Danny Elfman is able to transport the public, young and old, into the disturbing and characteristic universe of Tim Burton, dominated by stop-motion.
Toy Story of Terror! Not everyone knows that the Toy Story saga, a product of Disney Pixar, includes numerous special short films, made known just since the frachise is on the streaming platform. For a perfect Halloween on Disney Plus you can't do without Toy Story of Terror! (2013), a 22-minute thrilling adventure.
Toy Story of Terror! The journey of Woody, Buzz Lightyear, Jessie and their toy friends takes an unexpected turn when they stumble upon a creepy motel. Following the disappearance of one of them, a series of mysterious events engulf the protagonists.
With a small homage to the Bates Motel (Psycho), this Halloween special on Disney Plus is a light-hearted adventure. thrill and mystery, whose spirit never betrays the Toy Story the audience grew up with.
Edward Scissorhands
Tim Burton, now the king of Halloween, is back, this time at directed by Edward Scissorhands, another great cult whose rewatch is more than recommended. The 1990 film sees two very young Johnny Depp and Winona Ryder protagonists of an unsurpassed story, exciting thanks to the music of Danny Elfman, and with a grotesque and disturbing aspect, with a pinch of gothic style very dear to the director.
Edward scissorhands A creature with sharp blades instead of fingers, Edward, finds himself grappling with the typical American bourgeois society, the most rotten and devious one hidden behind colorful houses and well-tended lawns. Young Kim will be the only pure soul able to truly accept it and trust the stranger who comes from the castle on top of the mountain.
Frankenweenie
To fully immerse yourself in the atmosphere of the spooky season. , Frankenweenie, another masterpiece by Tim Burton from 2012. The stop-motion animated film is freely inspired by the filmography of Frankenstein, the legendary creature from Mary Shelley's 1818 gothic novel of the same name. also the short film of the same name from 1984, Burton's original project.
Frankenweenie After the death of his little dog, little Victor carries out an experiment to bring him back to life, ignoring the possible side effects . Strictly in black and white precisely to recall the old films on Frankenstein, the story set in the 1930s is incredibly similar to Burton's previous works, in particular The Corpse Bride (2005), whose homonymous protagonist is very reminiscent of Frankenweenie's.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Last but not least, a cult to please not only horror fans but also those of musicals. The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) is that Jim Sharman film that, even today, is talked about with its irreverence, shocking at the time. This horror comedy, in fact, proves to be incredibly avant-garde compared to the year of its release, and for this reason it is still appreciated today.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show Taken from the play by Richard O'Brien, the bizarre tale sees a criminologist tell the story of Brad Majors and Janet Weiss, played by a very young Susan Sarandon. In 1974, after a marriage proposal, the two engaged couples decide to visit one of their university teachers, but they get lost in the woods and find a castle nearby. Once inside to make a phone call, the restart is more complex than expected. Bizarre figures populate the gruesome mansion, including Dr. Frank-N-Furter, a sensational and iconic character played by Tim Curry.
The sets, costumes by Sue Blane and the music by Richard O'Brien himself make this one-of-a-kind musical, an inimitable work not to be missed on Disney Plus.
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