10 Campy Halloween Films To Enjoy This Season

10. The Halloween Tree

What most consider to be the "animated Christmas special" of the Halloween season, The Halloween tree is like a childhood memory most kids didn't think was real when they grew up, but with one google search will realise that—yes! There was indeed a Hannah-Barbera film that was both enjoyable and existentially troubling, showing on TV when they were young.

Based on a novel by Ray Bradbury, the film follows children trick-or-treating on Halloween night, finding out their friend Pip was hospitalised and seeing his ghost on their way to visit him, eventually realising they have to catch him, or else lose him forever.

The children are then taken on a journey to learn about celebrations of death all over the world, from Ancient Egypt to Stonehenge to France's Catacombs to Dia de los Muertos in Mexico.

Disturbingly, Pip is meant to die, his soul taken by a being named Moundshroud, but the children give up a year of their lives each to get him back. It's one of those films that was both meant for children, but would probably scar both them and adults watching it.

Still, it's largely a fantastical adventure, and worth watching for the ride.