70 Scary Halloween Quotes for Spooky Season Inspiration and Fun
So many of these short phrases from movies and Halloween icons can double as cute Instagram captions.
It’s the time for chills and thrills, filling up on candy and creating the scariest costume. In the famous words of Jack Skellington, “this is Halloween,” and what better way to ring in the season than with perfectly creepy and spooky Halloween quotes.
Not all of the phrases and musings on this list are created the same. While some eerie lines are straight from your favorite horror films, other musings focus on the lighter parts of the holiday, like the sweet treats and the fall season. That said, if you’re hoping to snag a few lines from the film Hocus Pocus and want to queue up some witchy sayings or pumpkin puns, we’ve included those here as well. Many of these could even translate into spooky Halloween wishes or cute Halloween captions for social media.
Robert Brault
I don't know that there are real ghosts and goblins, but there are always more trick-or-treater than neighborhood kids.
Jack Skellington, “The Nightmare Before Christmas”
Just because I cannot see it, doesn't mean I can't believe it!
Melanie White
The only thing that really scares me about Halloween is running out of candy.
Alice Hoffman, “Practical Magic”
“There’s a little witch in all of us.”
Nicholas Gordon
Halloween wraps fear in innocence, as though it were a slightly sour sweet. Let terror, then, be turned into a treat...
Jack Skellington, “The Nightmare Before Christmas”
I am the pumpkin king.
Rosie O'Donnell
Eat, drink, and be scary.
Charles M. Schulz, "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown"
Each year, the Great Pumpkin rises out of the pumpkin patch that he thinks is the most sincere.
Sheriff Leigh Brackett, “Halloween”
It’s Halloween. Everyone’s entitled to one good scare.
Madame Leota, "The Haunted Mansion"
Find the thing that must be read, lest your heart be filled with dread.
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Mason Cooley
Clothes make a statement. Costumes tell a story.
William Motherwell
Men say that in this midnight hour, the disembodied have power.
Joy Fielding
October was always the least dependable of months … full of ghosts and shadows.
Eden Phillpots
The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.
Solange Nicole
Oh, how the candles will be lit and the wood of worm burn in a fiery dust. For on all Hallows Eve will the spirits come to play, and only the fruit of thy womb will satisfy their endless roaming.
Vincent Price
It's as much fun to scare as to be scared.
Rodney Lynn Temperton
Darkness falls across the land, The Midnight Hour is close at hand.
Edgar Allan Poe
Believe nothing you hear, and only one half that you see.
Colleen Houck
For a witch, you certainly don't know much about how hauntings work.
Ray Bradbury
Anyone could see that the wind was a special wind this night, and the darkness took on a special feel because it was All Hallows' Eve.
As an Editorial Fellow for Good Housekeeping, Katie covers health, beauty, home, and pop culture. Outside of the office, you can find her killing it on the karaoke machine or listening to true crime podcasts.
Cameron (she/her) is a staff writer for Good Housekeeping, where she covers everything from holidays to food. She is a graduate of Syracuse University, where she received a B.A. in magazine journalism. In her spare-time she can be found scrolling TikTok for the latest cleaning hacks and restaurant openings, binge-watching seasons of Project Runway or online shopping.
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