Four Halloween Movies We Watched in the '90s and Early 2000s

 Hey everyone, how's it going? I'm doing okay. It's the week of Halloween and I thought I'd come on here and talk about four Halloween movies that '90s kids watched in the '90s and early 2000s. I've personally seen all four of these movies, but I only saw two of them when I was growing up in the '90s. As you know I'm not a fan of horror movies, so this is the closest thing you're going to get from me during spooky season. Also, these movies aren't in any particular order, they're just random. Let's get into it.

First up is Hocus Pocus. I only saw this movie when I did my review of it two or three years ago. Oddly enough this movie wasn't very popular when it first came out in 1993. As I stated in my review, there could've been any number of reasons for that. I think part of it is because it came out in July, and despite kids being off school for the summer, the movie had some very stiff competition as Jurassic Park would've still been in theaters, and Free Willy came out the same day, and kids weren't interested in a Halloween movie in the middle of summer. While it has a cult following now, it didn't happen until the movie came out on DVD in 2002, despite being on home video starting in 1994. It's a fun movie though and I quite enjoyed it.

Next up is Casper from 1995. This movie stars Christina Ricci as Kat and Devon Sawa as the titular character in his human form at the end of the movie. It was successful at the box office, but critics were mixed on it. It used '90s CGI to portray Casper and the Ghostly Trio. We all remember the dance scene between Casper and Kat. Of course for some people Devon Sawa and Christina Ricci were their first celebrity crushes, so seeing them in a movie together was probably the most amazing thing ever. I own it on VHS, because, why not watch this '90s gem on VHS, even after 30 years?

Then we have Ernest Scared Stupid. Ernest P. Worell is a stupid, but beloved character, who had a series of barely successful films in the late '80s and early '90s. This one came out in 1991, in October. It didn't do well at the box office, nor was it popular with critics. But I suppose it could be considered a cult classic, but I think it's just popular for those of us who don't like super scary/full on horror films because Ernest is so innocent and, well, earnest. I never saw this growing up, but I did watch it for the first time last year when Katie from the VHS Club Podcast, sent me a 3-film DVD set of Ernest Goes to Camp, Ernest Scared Stupid, and Ernest Goes to Jail. I really enjoyed it and I'm definitely going to be watching it again this week.

Finally, we have The Addams Family, also from 1991, and also starring Christina Ricci. I remember watching this one on VHS at my grandparents's place when I was pretty young. Also, I feel that this movie is the reason we are still in love with Gomez, Morticia, Fester, Wednesday, Pugsley, Thing, Grandmama, Lurch, and Cousin Itt to this very day. Mainly because the comic strip was long over by the time the movie came out, and the original TV show had been over for over 20 years, leaving only a cartoon series in the '70s, which also wasn't airing in reruns by 1991, so I feel that audiences might not have been aware of the original 1964 television series, or the 1973 cartoon or even the comic strip had this movie not come out. And we certainly wouldn't've had Wednesday or any of the other shows and movies that have come out thanks to the success of this movie.

Alright my friends, that's it for me for tonight. I'll be back soon with more blog posts. I just thought I'd get this post up since it's Halloween on Friday, because, again, I don't do horror movies. Until next time, have a great night and I will talk to you all again very soon. Take care.