Freeform’s 31 Nights of Halloween Makes a Chilling Return: How to Watch Online Without Cable
Written by djfrosty on September 30, 2024
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October marks the official start of spooky season and while Summerween may have had you stocking up on Halloween decorations, the first day of October means you can finally tune into Freeform’s 31 Nights of Halloween.
Finding the perfect costume is only part of the fun that comes with spooky season — for an entire month, you can watch marathons of spine-chilling movies from horror flicks to feel good films for the whole family. Freeform is making it easy for you to instantly tune into scary good movies all through October with their annual 31 Nights of Halloween. Starting Oct. 1 until Halloween, classic and new movies with a ghoulish twist will be aired throughout the day on the channel.
You can expect everything from Beetlejuice to Hocus Pocus 2 to air as well as first-time premieres for the channel like the 1990 movie Arachnophobia.
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The easiest way for you to watch Freeform’s 31 Nights of Halloween for free is through a cable channel. Recently cut the cord? You don’t need a cable package in order to stream Freeform, live TV streamers are another affordable streaming option that’ll let you watch 31 Nights of Halloween — and for a low cost thanks to ongoing free trials and promos.
Keep reading to learn more.
How to Watch Freeform’s 31 Nights of Halloween Online Without Cable
To help you find the best streaming deals available, ShopBillboard put together a list of cheap live TV streamers below that’ll let you stream Freeform’s 31 Nights of Halloween without cable.
DirecTV Stream
You can watch Freeform’s 31 Nights of Halloween on DirecTV Stream when you sign up for one of the four packages offered. New users who sign up will receive a five-day free trial, which will let you watch Freeform and more for no cost. Freeform is included in all of the streaming packages, but for a limited-time you can get $20 off your first three months when you sign up for the Choice package, giving you a total of $60 in savings ($89, reg. $109). Once the free trial and three months are over, you’ll be charged the regular subscription price.
Included in the Choice plan is more than 125 live channels (including local options), unlimited DVR storage, Regional Sports Network and three months of Max, Paramount+ with Showtime, Starz, MGM+ and Cinemax for free.
Sling TV
Another cheap option is Freeform on Sling TV, which is a live TV streaming platform that comes with three plans to choose from: Orange, Blue and Orange + Blue. Bonus savings: Sling TV is offering a limited-time promo that gets you 50% off you first month. Freeform is only available on the Orange and Orange + Blue packages, which you can score for as low as $20 (reg. $40).
The Orange package includes 32 channels that you can stream on one device at once. Want more channel options? Orange + Blue lets you combine both plans giving you access to all 68 channels including local options for just $27.50 (reg. $45).
Fubo
Fubo offers a seven day free trial that’ll let you watch Freeform’s 31 Nights of Halloween for free. Plus, they’re offering $30 off your first month taking the price from $80 to a wallet-friendly $50. Once your free trial and promo are up, you’ll be charged the regular package price.
In addition to access to Freeform, Fubo’s Pro plan comes with 195 channels unlimited Cloud DVR storage and the ability to watch on 10 devices simultaneously.
Hulu + Live TV
Take advantage of Hulu + Live TV’s rare three-day free trial and get access to the entire Hulu library and more than 95 channels (including Freeform) for no cost. After the free trial ends, you’ll be charged the regular package price of $77 a month.
Unlike the other options, you’ll be able to expand your content library by bundling Hulu + Live TV with Disney+ and ESPN+, which gives you exclusive and original programming available only on Disney+ and ESPN+.
Freeform’s 31 Nights of Halloween 2024 Schedule
The schedule is subject to change, according to Freeform, but below we dropped the entire schedule to help you plan out your month of streaming. All times are for ET/PT.
Tuesday (Oct. 1):
- Halloweentown (1998) at 1 p.m.
- The Haunted Mansion (2003) at 3 p.m.
- Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) at 5:05 p.m.
- Beetlejuice (1988) at 6:45 p.m.
- Hocus Pocus (1993) at 8:50 p.m.
Wednesday (Oct. 2):
- Arachnophobia (1990) at 1 p.m.
- Beetlejuice (1988) at 3:30 p.m.
- Casper (1995) at 5:35 p.m.
- Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) at 8 p.m.
Thursday (Oct. 3):
- Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) at 11 a.m.
- Casper (1995) at 1:55 p.m.
- Hocus Pocus (1993) 4:20 p.m.
- Monsters, Inc (2001) at 6:25 p.m.
- Monsters University (2013) at 8:30 p.m.
Friday (Oct. 4):
- Halloweentown (1998) at 10:30 a.m.
- Halloweentown II: Kalabar’s Revenge (2001) at 12:30 p.m.
- The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949) at 2:30 p.m.
- Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (2018) at 4 p.m.
- Cruella (2021) at 6 p.m.
- Beetlejuice (1988) at 9 p.m.
- Little Shop of Horrors (1986) at 12 a.m.
Saturday (Oct. 5):
- Spooky Buddies (2011) at 7 a.m.
- Toy Story of TERROR! (2013) at 9:00 a.m.
- Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (2018) at 9:30 a.m.
- Edward Scissorhands (1990) at 11:35 a.m.
- The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018) at 2:05 p.m.
- Hocus Pocus (1993) at 4:35 p.m.
- Beetlejuice (1988) at 6:45 p.m.
- Haunted Mansion (2023) at 8:50 p.m.
- Casper (1995) at 11:30 p.m
Sunday (Oct. 6):
- Mrs. Doubtfire (1993) at 7 a.m.
- The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018) at 10:05 a.m.
- The Haunted Mansion (2003) at 12:35 p.m.
- Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) at 2:40 p.m.
- Casper (1995) at 4:20 p.m.
- Hocus Pocus (1993) at 6:50 p.m.
- Hocus Pocus 2 (2022) at 9:00 p.m.
- Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019) at 11:30 p.m.
Monday (Oct. 7):
- Mrs. Doubtfire (1993) at 1 p.m.
- Edward Scissorhands (1990) at 4 p.m.
- Casper (1995) at 6:30 p.m.
- Beetlejuice (1988) at 8:55 p.m.
Tuesday (Oct. 8):
- The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (2010) at 12 p.m.
- Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (2018) at 2:30 p.m.
- Casper (1995) at 4:30 p.m.
- Beetlejuice (1988) at 6:50 p.m.
- Hocus Pocus (1993) at 8:55 p.m.
Wednesday (Oct. 9):
- Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (2018) at 1:30 p.m.
- Frankenweenie (2012) at 3:35 p.m.
- The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949) at 5:35 p.m.
- Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) at 7:10 p.m.
- Encanto (2021) at 8:50 p.m.
Thursday (Oct. 10):
- Halloweentown (1998) at 10:30 a.m.
- Halloweentown II: Kalabar’s Revenge (2001) at 12:30 p.m.
- The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018) at 2:30 p.m.
- The Haunted Mansion (2003) at 5 p.m.
- Hocus Pocus (1993) at 7 p.m.
- Beetlejuice (1988) at 9 p.m.
- Twitches (2005) at 12 a.m.
Friday (Oct. 11):
- The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018) at 10:30 a.m.
- Spooky Buddies (2011) at 1 p.m.
- Toy Story of TERROR! (2013) at 3 p.m.
- Casper (1995) at 3:30
- Beetlejuice (1988) at 5:55 p.m.
- Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) at 8 p.m.
- Twitches Too (2007) at 12 a.m.
Saturday (Oct. 12):
- Toy Story of TERROR! (2013) at 7 a.m.
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) at 7:30 a.m.
- The Haunted Mansion (2003) at 9:35 a.m.
- Casper (1995) at 11:40 a.m.
- Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) at 2:10 p.m.
- Monsters, Inc (2001) at 5:10 p.m.
- Monsters University (2013) at 7:15 p.m.
- Hocus Pocus (1993) at 9:45 p.m.
- Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983) at 11:55 p.m.
Sunday (Oct. 13):
- The Black Cauldron (1985) at 8 a.m.
- Dumbo (2019) at 10 a.m.
- Frankenweenie (2012) at 12:30 p.m.
- Dark Shadows (2012) at 2:30 p.m.
- Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) at 5:10 p.m.
- Beetlejuice (1988) at 6:50 p.m.
- Edward Scissorhands (1990) at 8:55 p.m.
- Arachnophobia (1990) at 11:25 p.m.
Monday (Oct. 14):
- Dark Shadows (2012) at 11:30 a.m.
- Edward Scissorhands (1990) at 2 p.m.
- Beetlejuice (1988) at 4:25 p.m.
- Hocus Pocus (1993) at 6:30 p.m.
- Casper (1995) at 8:35 p.m.
Tuesday (Oct. 15):
- Twitches (2005) at 11:30 a.m.
- Frankenweenie (2012) at 1:30 p.m.
- Casper (1995) at 3:30 p.m.
- The Incredibles (2004) at 5:50 p.m.
- The Incredibles 2 (2018) at 8:25 p.m.
Wednesday (Oct. 16):
- Spooky Buddies (2011) at 1 p.m.
- Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (2018) at 3:05 p.m.
- Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) at 5:10 p.m.
- The Haunted Mansion (2003) at 6:50 p.m.
- Hocus Pocus (1993) at 8:50 p.m.
Thursday (Oct. 17):
- Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (2018) at 11 a.m.
- Halloweentown (1998) at 1 p.m.
- Halloweentown II: Kalabar’s Revenge (2001) at 3 p.m.
- Despicable Me (2010) at 5 p.m.
- Despicable Me 2 (2013) at 7 p.m.
- Despicable Me 3 (2017) at 9 p.m.
- Muppets From Space (1999) at 12 a.m.
Friday (Oct. 18):
- Despicable Me (2010) at 12 p.m.
- Monsters, Inc (2001) at 2 p.m.
- Monsters University (2013) at 4 p.m.
- Hocus Pocus (1993) at 6:25 p.m.
- Hocus Pocus 2 (2022) at 8:30 p.m.
- Little Shop of Horrors (1986) at 12 a.m.
Saturday (Oct. 19):
- Edward Scissorhands (1990) at 7:30 a.m.
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) at 10 a.m.
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (2006) at 1:15 p.m.
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (2007) at 4:30 p.m.
- Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011) at 8:15 p.m.
- Dark Shadows (2012) at 11:30 p.m.
Sunday (Oct. 20):
- Mrs. Doubtfire (1993) at 7 a.m.
- Hocus Pocus (1993) at 9:40 a.m.
- Arachnophobia (1990) at 11:50 a.m.
- Dark Shadows (2012) at 2:25 p.m.
- Haunted Mansion (2023) at 5:05 p.m.
- Cruella (2021) at 7: 45 p.m.
- Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) at 11 p.m.
Monday (Oct. 21):
- Alice in Wonderland (2010) at 11 a.m.
- Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016) at 1:30 p.m.
- Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (2018) at 4 p.m.
- Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) at 6 p.m.
- Hocus Pocus (1993) at 8:55 p.m.
Tuesday (Oct. 22):
- Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (2018) at 10:30 a.m.
- Arachnophobia (1990) at 12:30 p.m.
- Hocus Pocus (1993) at 3 p.m.
- Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019) at 5 p.m.
- Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) 7:55 p.m.
Wednesday (Oct. 23):
- Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019) at 12 p.m.
- Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) 3:05 p.m.
- The Haunted Mansion (2003) at 6:20 p.m.
- Dark Shadows (2012) at 8:20 p.m.
Thursday (Oct. 24):
- Edward Scissorhands (1990) at 1 p.m.
- Dark Shadows (2012) at 3:25 p.m.
- Aladdin (2019) at 5:55 p.m.
- Hocus Pocus (1993) at 8:55 p.m.
- Halloweentown (1998) at 12 a.m.
Friday (Oct. 25):
- Goosebumps (2023, Season 1) from 1:30 p.m.–11 p.m.
- Halloweentown II: Kalabar’s Revenge (2001) at 12 a.m.
Saturday (Oct. 26):
- Halloweentown (1998) at 8:30 a.m.
- Halloweentown II: Kalabar’s Revenge (2001) at 10:30 a.m.
- Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (2018) at 12:30 p.m.
- Casper (1995) at 2:35 p.m.
- Hocus Pocus (1993) at 5:05 p.m.
- Hocus Pocus 2 (2022) at 7:15 p.m.
- Haunted Mansion (2023) at 9:45 p.m.
- The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949) at 12:25 a.m.
Sunday (Oct. 27):
- Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (2018) at 7 a.m.
- Spooky Buddies (2011) at 9 a.m.
- Casper (1995) at 11 a.m.
- Frankenweenie (2012) at 1:30 p.m.
- Hocus Pocus (1993) at 3:30 p.m.
- Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) at 5:40 p.m.
- Monsters, Inc (2001) at 7:20 p.m.
- Monsters University (2013) at 9:25 p.m.
- The Haunted Mansion (2003) at 11:55 p.m.
Monday (Oct. 28):
- Frankenweenie (2012) at 11 a.m.
- The Haunted Mansion (2003) at 1 p.m.
- The Incredibles (2004) at 3 p.m.
- The Incredibles 2 (2018) at 5:30 p.m.
- Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) at 8:05 p.m.
Tuesday (Oct. 29):
- The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949) at 11 a.m.
- Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (2018) at 12:35 p.m.
- Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) at 2:35 p.m.
- Cruella (2021) at 5:35 p.m.
- Hocus Pocus (1993) at 8:50 p.m.
Wednesday (Oct. 30):
- Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (2018) at 11:30 a.m.
- Arachnophobia (1990) at 1:30 p.m.
- Hocus Pocus (1993) at 4 p.m.
- Casper (1995) at 6 p.m.
- Haunted Mansion (2023) at 8:25 p.m.
Thursday (Oct. 31):
- Hocus Pocus (1993) at 12 p.m.
- Casper (1995) at 2:10 p.m.
- Hocus Pocus (1993) at 6:20 p.m.
- Hocus Pocus 2 (2022) at 8:30 p.m.
- Little Shop of Horrors (1986) at 12 a.m.
Check below to watch the official teaser trailer for Freeform’s 31 Nights of Halloween.