Leaves are changing, the days are getting shorter and nearly everything on TV is getting spookier. Halloween is fast approaching, and with it, a slew of scary movies and other frightful diversions for fans of the macabre. But what about the little ones? Where can parents find entertainment that’ll get their kids into the Halloween spirit without inducing nightmares?Halloween is generally considered a children’s holiday. So, despite the plethora of horror films that come to the fore every October, there are always other options to get the trick-or-treaters excited about the 31st. Television networks have been making Halloween specials for kids since the 1960s, and that means there are plenty of great options to choose from.Originally conceived by sci-fi author Ray Bradbury and animator Chuck Jones in 1967, The Halloween Tree was intended as a rebuttal to lighter fare produced the previous year. When he and Jones failed to get anyone to produce the screenplay, however, Bradbury turned it into a novel that was published in 1972. It would be another two decades before The Halloween Tree would debut as an animated special.RELATED: The 10 Best TV Witches
Leaves are changing, the days are getting shorter and nearly everything on TV is getting spookier. Halloween is fast approaching, and with it, a slew of scary movies and other frightful diversions for fans of the macabre. But what about the little ones? Where can parents find entertainment that’ll get their kids into the Halloween spirit without inducing nightmares?
Halloween is generally considered a children’s holiday. So, despite the plethora of horror films that come to the fore every October, there are always other options to get the trick-or-treaters excited about the 31st. Television networks have been making Halloween specials for kids since the 1960s, and that means there are plenty of great options to choose from.
Originally conceived by sci-fi author Ray Bradbury and animator Chuck Jones in 1967, The Halloween Tree was intended as a rebuttal to lighter fare produced the previous year. When he and Jones failed to get anyone to produce the screenplay, however, Bradbury turned it into a novel that was published in 1972. It would be another two decades before The Halloween Tree would debut as an animated special.
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