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Written by Allie Mathews   
Saturday, 06 October 2007

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For nine years now, ABC Family has brought us 13 Nights of Halloween. Spook-tacular nights await, starting on October 19 through October 31. ABC Family has a new original movie premiering during the line-up, and classics sure to please anyone looking for frights on the nights leading up to Halloween.

What's the line-up for this year's 13 Nights of Halloween?

Night One (Friday):

  • Immerse yourself in darkness while watching ABC Family as 13 Nights of Halloween begins at 7:30 PM et/pt.

Night Two (Saturday-all day):

  • ABC Family's all day line-up starts with the friendly ghost Casper in Casper Meets Wendy at 11 AM et/pt.
  • Get ready for an unpopular high school student who uses her new powers to get revenge in Teen Witch at 1 PM et/pt.
  • One can never have too much Hocus Pocus, which airs 3 PM et/pt. This film stars Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy—together, they make up the Sanderson sisters, and they are on a quest for immortal life.
  • Tim Burton's animated film Corpse Bride depicts true love that is doomed as Victor (voice of Johnny Depp) is mistakenly married to a corpse bride (voice of Helena Bonham Carter) at 5 PM et/pt.
  • ABC Family ends out the evening with the world's most lovable extraterrestrial E.T., airing at 7 and 9:30 PM et/pt.

Night Three (Sunday-all day):

  • This isn't a fairy tale of clicking heels three times and going home—this is a tale of speaking a man's name three times and him wreaking havoc for a married couple. Beetlejuice airs at noon et/pt.
  • Miss Hocus Pocus on night two? S'alright! Watch it on night three at 2 PM et/pt.
  • Corpse Bride repeats at 4 PM et/pt.
  • An encore airing of Beetlejuice commences after Corpse Bride at 6 PM et/pt.
  • Make sure you check out the ABC Family original movie Nature of the Beast! It's a dark tale of a happy couple, Julia and Rich, planning their perfect wedding before a secret is revealed—Rich is...a werewolf! This doesn't seem to phase Julia in the slightest—ON WITH THE WEDDING!!! The movie starts at 8 PM and airs again at 10 PM et/pt.

Night Four (Monday):

  • The classic horror movie Poltergeist airs at 7:30 PM et/pt, which has a family fighting supernatural spirits that won't leave their home.

Night Five (Tuesday):

  • Don't let the Boogeyman invade your dreams, take up residence in your closet or sneak under your bed. Instead, watch the film at 9 PM et/pt.

Night Six (Wednesday):

  • At 8 PM et/pt, there will be another chance to check out ABC Family's original film Nature of the Beast.

Night Seven (Thursday):

  • See if you can figure out the mystery behind the isolated town that believes the mythical creatures lurking behind the forest's edges are out to get them in M. Night Shyamalan's The Village at 8 PM et/pt.

Night Eight (Friday):

  • Follow a couple from Tennessee who deal with some type of entity that is residing in their house in the basic cable premiere of An American Haunting at 8 PM et/pt.

Night Nine (Saturday-all day):

  • Like watching people scream in terror and fright when challenged to spend the night in some of the world's scariest places? Check out the twelve-hour marathon from 8 AM to 8 PM et/pt of Scariest Places on Earth.
  • Once the marathon ends, Stephen King's horror movie It will air at 8 PM et/pt. It is a demonic creature that looks like a clown and decides to scare the ever-loving crap out of a quiet town.

Night Ten (Sunday-all day):

  • For those wanting something a little lighter filling their plates, Sunday is the day for it. Starting at noon et/pt, the film Matilda is a story of a young girl using her telekinetic powers to get rid of her evil principal and completely dysfunctional family.
  • At 2 PM et/pt, a boy befriends a vampire in The Little Vampire.
  • Watch the original Casper at 4 PM et/pt.
  • There's another viewing of Matilda at 6 PM et/pt.
  • No one is ever too old to watch Scooby-Doo, which airs at 8 PM et/pt.
  • Check out the sequel Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed at 10PM et/pt.

Night Eleven (Monday):

  • Watch the ever-friendly ghost Casper at 8 PM et/pt once more.

Night Twelve (Tuesday):

  • The Haunted Mansion has "grim grinning ghosts [coming] out to socialize" at 9 PM et/pt.

Night Thirteen (Wednesday) HALLOWEEN!!!:

  • There's one more chance to watch the film Poltergeist from 7:30 PM et/pt.

Go to ABC Family's Official site for more information on the haunting line-up of 13 Nights of Halloween.

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CarolinaBlue   |2007-10-15 10:22:11
I love Halloween moves and watch this every year! The movies look really scary this year..I'm especially liking M. Nights Shyamalans showing...I love sixth sense but have never seen the village so ill definitely be watching that. Yay for Halloween!
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