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Spooky, Not Scary™: Volume Threeeeeeek!

A list for spooky-enthusiasts everywhere who want a little less jump-scare, gore, body horror, and/or nightmareish visual effects in their tv show/movie rotation. These titles are avowedly SPOOKY, NOT SCARY, and are rated on a scale of 0-5 smashed pumpkins. The more smashed pumpkins (which I've metaphorically dropped out of terror), the closer the tv show/movie is to being truly frightening. Note: no gourds were harmed in the making of this list, though some may have been consumed. ((▼w▼))

Daniel Boone Regional Library

13 items

  • 0-1 smashed pumpkins for sweetly silly hijinks, Amazing Mumford's not-so-amazing sense of direction, the surprise monsters, and special guest star Caroline Rhea (of "Sabrina the Teenage Witch" fame!) as Gilda the Great. 0/5 noses for…
    DVDNew York, NY : Sony Wonder, c2004. — DVD E MAG
  • Barney

    Halloween Party

    0-1 smashed pumpkins for plenty of wholesome Halloween fun, including various spooktacular crafts and sing-a-alongs with some classic bangerz, such as "Pop Goes the Weasel," "Itsy Bitsy Spider," "Five Little Owls," and of course, "It's…
    DVDAllen, TX : Hit Entertainment, [2009], c1998. — DVD E BAR
  • 0-1 smashed pumpkins for this creepily cute compendium of Halloween episodes from various kids programs, including "Flour Power" from Thomas & Friends; "Guess Who?" from Barney; "Trix's Pumpkin Pie" from Bob the Builder; "Pirate Primrose"…
    DVDSanta Monica, Calif. : Distributed by Lionsgate, 2009. — DVD E TRI
  • 2-3 smashed pumpkins for richly rendered fairy tale horror. 5/5 iconic cackles for Maleficent's vengeful attendance at Aurora's christening. 5/5 CAWS for Diablo, my aspirational familiar. 𓄿
    DVD[Los Angeles, California]: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, [2014] — DVD FAMILY SLE
  • 2-3 smashed pumpkins for richly rendered fairy tale horror. The evil queen turned spiteful witch and poisoned apple are obvious terrors, but the early scene where Snow White escapes into the forest and is caught by the hands of menacingly…
    DVDBurbank, CA : Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 2017. — DVD FAMILY SNO
  • Wild Kratts

    Creepy Creatures!

    2.5-3 smashed pumpkins for the kinda creepy yet super fly "creature power suits" that transform the Kratt brothers into a bat, spider, Komodo dragon and -- finally -- a chimera of other "creepy cool" creatures! ᕦ⊙෴⊙ᕤ 5/5 heart-eyes for the…
    DVDArlington, VA : PBS Kids, [2019] — DVD J WIL
  • Wallace & Gromit

    the Curse of the Were-rabbit

    2.5-3 smashed pumpkins for a pun-filled, hair-raising horror parody that is ridiculous and creepy all at once. You found out here first: Wallace & Gromit walked so that future horror parodies like What We Do In the Shadows could run. 5/5…
    DVDUniversal City, CA : Dreamworks Home Entertainment, [2006] — DVD J WAL
  • 2.5-3.5 smashed pumpkins for this live-action adaptation of one of the meddling-est gang of not-kids around, who find their way back to each other after being called to investigate spring break gone totally wrong on Spooky Island.…
    DVDBurbank, CA : Warner Home Video, ©2002. — DVD FAMILY SCO
  • 3.5 smashed pumpkins for the spookiest installment in the franchise in my not-so-humble opinion, which introduces us to the downright despicable dementors. 𓍯𓂃 5/5 croaks for the Frog Choir's version of "Double Trouble (Something Wicked…
    DVD[Place of publication not identified] : [Publisher not identified], [2016] — DVD ACTION HAR
  • 4/5 smashed pumpkins for a reboot that absolutely SLAPS, with plenty of scares, gaffs, and tears to go around. ಥ‿ಥ 5/5 awkward winks for Phoebe Spengler's extremely adorkable jokes. 1/1 follower for Podcast's podcast, Mystical Tales of the…
    DVDCulver City, CA : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2022] — DVD COMEDY GHO
  • 4.5-5/5 smashed pumpkins for a (literal) hair-raising phantom god from centuries past, the most gruesomely glacial Garraka and his "Death Chill" of climate-calamity. 𖣘ᯓ 5/5 possessed pepperoni pizzas for one of the most…
    DVDCulver City, California : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2024] — DVD COMEDY GHO
  • 5/5 silently screaming pumpkins for the OG "Insufferable One," Vampire King and Founder of the Horror Movie Genre. Fun fact: this "unofficial" adaptation of Bram Stoker's novel DRACULA annoyed Stoker's descendants so much that they sued to…
    DVDNarberth, PA : Alpha Video Distributors, [2001] — DVD HORROR NOS