This 2006 motion-capture masterpiece marries the uncanny valley effect of The Polar Express with the cozy fall vibes of a Goosebumps story, making for one of the most simultaneously nostalgic and creepy Halloween films. Scary old man living in a scary old house yells “Get off my lawn” to a group of neighborhood kids; they get suspicious that the house is alive; they break in; and a spooky quest to save themselves and investigate the source of the house’s life force follows. Robert Zemeckis (Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, The Polar Express) and Steven Spielberg produced. – Lina Fisher
