1950s-1990's Retro Channel Surfing Halloween Special

Channel surfing on Halloween, a 31 minute mix of Halloween cartoons, shows, commercials, music videos, wrestling and movie clips spanning from 1950s up to 1990s. Video by Mickey Yarber on Vimeo.

You'll see Elvira, Arsenio Hall, Leatherface VS Freddy Krueger, Monster Cereals, Count Duckula, Michael Jackson, Bob Newhart, Larry, Darryl, & Darryl, Pumpkin Happy Meals, Alice Cooper, Michael Myers, Matt Foley, Great Pumkin, Mad Scientist, Suzanne Somers, Beavis & Butthead, Woolworth and Woolco, Dr. Frankenstein and his Monster, Bela Lugosi, Wolfman, Dracula, Gil Man, Vincent Price, The Fly, 50 Foot Woman, Monster Mash.

1998 VHS of Halloween Cartoons

Almost 2 hours of animated Halloween specials ripped from a old VHS cassette recorded in 1998. Uploaded by GothTV.

1940's-1950's Halloween Classic TV Shows

Another compilation of Halloween Classics of yesteryear. Featuring Halloween episodes of The Beverly Hillbillies (1962–1971) TV Series called "Trick or Treat", The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1952–1966) "Halloween Party" episode! A very RARE segment from The Adventures of Uncle Mistletoe (1948–1952), Vincent Price in the Climax! (1954–1958) episode "Night of the Execution", and Suspense (1949–1954) featuring Bela Lugosi in "A Cask of Amontillado". Gather up the family and get ready for a good old scary, funny Halloween!

Halloween Classic TV Shows Beverly Hillbillies Ozzie from MotuRoais on Vimeo.

1995 Attack of the Killer B-Movies with Elvira

Attack of the Killer B-Movies is an NBC prime time special that aired on Saturday, September 2, 1995 at 8pm. The special was hosted by Elvira, Mistress of the Dark and featured several stars from NBC's teen-centric comedy series, including Dustin Diamond and Natalia Cigliuti (Saved by the Bell: The New Class), William James Jones and Kelly Packard (California Dreams) and Megan Parlen (Hang Time). It was written by Frank Conniff, with "Special Material" written by Elvira performer Cassandra Peterson.

In the tradition of Mystery Science Theatre, the special consisted of Elvira and the teens making jokes, gags and one-liners about 4 films that have been colorized and heavily edited to fit half hour segments. The films are The Wasp Woman (1959) starring Susan Cabot, Killers from Space (1954) starring Peter Graves, Monster from Green Hell (1957) featuring music by Albert Glasser, and The Navy vs. the Night Monsters (1966) starring Mamie Van Doren.

The hosts comes across as an awkward combination with Elvira seated alone on the opposite side of the room, all but removed from interaction with the teens, who are seated together on a couch. You can watch the somewhat entertaining and campy 2 hour special with commercials below. Video was uploaded by YouTube user ekim bazray.

1980s-1990s Classic Disney Channel Halloween Cartoons and Shows

This is a recreation of a block of programming that contains cartoons, shows, specials, bumpers and commercials as they originally aired on the classic Disney Channel during Halloween in the 1980's and early 1990's. Videos created by YouTube user TheJCEngland.

TheJCEngland's Description: After A Few Months, I Finally Finished My Halloween Compilation Of The Old Disney Channel. Attempted To Make The Video Look Like The Old Classic Disney Channel Back When The Disney Channel Was Perfect. It Was Gonna Be 1 Whole 4 Hour Video, But Had To Edit It A Few Times & Cut Into 4 Parts. Hope You Enjoy It. Happy Halloween!

Part 1, Countdown Begins, A Haunted Halloween short, Coming Up Next bumper, A Disney Moment: The Skeleton Dance short, Kids Inc.: Halloween Safety Tips, Disney Channel Halloween Promo and Good Morning, Mickey! (had more on this to make 1 full episode, but had to edit it due to copyright):


Part 2 contains, Coming Up Next bumper, Disney Channel Halloween Line-Up promo, Donald Duck Presents promo, Happy Halloween promo, Welcome To Pooh Corner (borrowed from Pooh Rarities), Coming Up Next bumper, Drawings & Artwork, Donald Duck Presents, Coming Up Next bumper, A Disney Halloween promo, Happy Halloween promo, and partial episode of Dumbo's Circus:


Part 3, Coming Up Next bumper, The Halloween That Almost Wasn't promo, Read, Write And Draw w/ Vincent Price, Happy Halloween promo, The Disney Channel Tonight, and A Disney Halloween (edited shorter due to copyright):


Part 4 Finale, Coming Up Next bumper, The Halloween That Almost Wasn't, Coming Up Next bumper, Halloween Is Grinch Night, and Disney Night Time:

1930-1960 Spook Show Theater Trailers

Between the 1930s-1960s movie theaters would have live shows that featured magicians performing magic tricks, séances, special effects and scary skits. This was at a time when people were unaware of how these seemingly incredible tricks were pulled off and it was a relatively new form of entertainment before the invention of the haunted attraction. Many of these spook shows doubled with horror movies and played at smaller movie theaters during the Halloween season or different parts of the year. This video of trailers were shown in theaters before the horror movie. Some of this stuff is genuinely scary, especially in a dark theater. Eventually these shows would incorporate bloody special effects and sometimes be referred to as Midnight Horror Shows. The shows were daring for their time, but would phase out by the end of the 1960s. This video was put together by Something Weird Video, some of the trailers featured are:

Dr. Rome The Ghostmaster in person
Halloween Convention of Spooks
Black Magic African Doctors
Chamber of Horrors

1958 Tales of Frankenstein - Dr. Gangrene Presents:

Dr. Gangrene is an award winning Nashville based tv horror host portrayed by writer/artist Larry Underwood. In this special Halloween episode of Dr. Gangrene Presents the Dr. hosts the 1958 failed pilot TALES OF FRANKENSTEIN from the Ghouls at Grassmere event at the Nashville zoo. You can view more episodes of Dr. Gangrene Presents plus other videos at his Youtube page by clicking here.

TALES OF FRANKENSTEIN SYNOPSIS: Dr. Frankenstein has recreated his creature, but wishes to correct his previous mistake. He wishes to prevent his creation from any further murderous rampages by placing the brain of a good man inside the skull of the monster. The arrival of a woman and her terminally ill husband offer the doctor an opportunity to try his new theory.

1959 Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow

A fun corny 1959 American International Pictures comedy/horror film with teenage hot-rodders, a malt shop, a talking parrot, twangy guitar rock n roll music and a Halloween dance party in a haunted house. During the Halloween party, look out for two monsters from other 1950's drive-in films, the She-Creature wearing gym shoes and someone with a Saucer Men mask on:

1986 Horrible Horror

Zacherley, the Cool Ghoul, hosts a collection of mostly public domain trailers and clips from over 50 cult films, camp horror films, sci-fi films as well as TV serials from the '30s through to the '60s. The whole video is tremendously entertaining but some of the best parts include Zacherley's segments, fun rare bloopers and outtakes from Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein and a section dedicated to Bela Lugosi including rare interviews, a Betty Boop clip with Dracula and clips of Lugosi's movies including The Ape Man, Bride of the Monster, Glen or Glenda, The Phantom Creeps and Spooks Run Wild. Officially released on VHS in 1986 by Good Times Video but no DVD release.

1995 Creepy Clips from Over 40 Classic Horror Films

Creepy Clips is a VHS video released in 1995 that contains a collection of clips from horror movies made in the 1950's all strung together by cheesy keyboard music and spooky effects. Contains clips of haunted houses, vampires, werewolves, skeletons, giant monsters, freaks of science, experiments gone wrong, zombies and mad ghouls. A great video to play in the background to liven up a Halloween party.

2012 Halloween Party and Safety Videos

Happy Halloween 2012! Here is vintage short film from 1953 about how a small suburban family celebrates Halloween in America. Covers decorations, pumpkins, balloons, and activities. Meant for children of all ages:



Here are 2 vintage videos with safety tips to follow this Halloween:

Halloween Safety Educational Film (1977, Centron)


Halloween Safety Educational Film (1985, Centron)

1992 & 1995 The Three Stooges Fright Night

This is a recreation of two Halloween TV specials that originally aired on TBS in 1992 and again in 1995. Starring The Three Stooges: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, and Curly Howard or Shemp Howard, a comedy act best known for their numerous short subject films that were made for Columbia Pictures between 1934 and 1959. The 1992 version of the Halloween special features the following four frightening Stooges shorts, "If a Body Meets a Body," "We Want Our Mummy," "Dopey Dicks," and "Three Pests in a Mess".

If a Body Meets a Body (1945) - look out for the funny Halloween related scene, the bird in the flying skull:


We Want Our Mummy (1939) - look out for the Curly dressed up as a mummy scene:


Dopey Dicks (1950) - look out for the mad scientist in need of human brains for his ghastly experiment:


Three Pests in a Mess (1945) - look out for the spooky cemetery scenes:

1995 The Three Stooges Fright Night

The 1995 version includes the first 2 shorts above: "If a Body Meets a Body," "We Want Our Mummy," plus the 3 following shorts: "Spooks!," "The Hot Scots" and "Malice in the Palace."

Spooks! (1953) This version is in Red Cyan 3D - look out for the mad scientist Dr. Jeckyl and his assistant, Mr. Hyde, who keep a gorilla for experimental purposes:


The Hot Scots (1948) - this short takes place in a spooky haunted castle:


Malice in the Palace (1949) - look out for Larry's cooking skills:


6 hour Halloween Special Marathon from the Official @threestooges YouTube channel:


I love these guys so much. I don't remember seeing these specials air on Halloween but growing up in the 80's channel 38 in Boston would have a 6 hour Three Stooges marathon every New Years Eve.

1988 Grampa Munster's Silly Scaries - 1989 More Silly Scaries

Here we have two videos starring Al "Grampa Munster" Lewis hosting a collection of classic animated shorts from 1930s, 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. The first 60 minute video is called Grampa's Silly Scaries and contains the following eight shorts:

1. "A Haunting We Will Go" (1949) staring Casper the Friendly Ghost.
2. "The Cobweb Hotel" (1936) about a spider catching flies.
3. "The Mad Doctor" (1933) starring Mickey Mouse.
4. "The Impatient Patient" (1942) starring Daffy Duck.
5. "Hollywood Capers" (1935) staring Beans, with a caricature of Frankenstein's monster.
6. "Mummies Boys" (1965) starring The 3 Stooges animated.
7. "Fright To The Finish" (1954) staring Popeye, Bluto and Olive on Halloween.
8. "The PincushionMan" (1935) about balloons terrorized by pins.

1988 Grampa Munster's Silly Scaries:

The second video, which is a sequel to the first, is called More Silly Scaries. It contains the following six shorts:

1. "I Don't Scare" (1956) starring Popeye, Bluto and Olive on Friday the 13th.
2. "The Friendly Ghost" (1935) starring Casper.
3. "Magic Mummy" (1933) starring Tom and Jerry (not the cat and mouse).
4. "The Raven" (1942) based on Edgar Allan Poe's famous poem.
5. "Gypped In Egypt" (1930) starring Waffles the Cat and Don the Dog.
6. "Is My Palm Read?" (1933) starring Betty Boop.

1989 More Silly Scaries with Grampa Munster:

The Munsters was one of my favorite shows and even though he appears in poor white face powder, cheap costumes and a blue screen set with horridly made backgrounds and effects, it was a real treat to see Al Lewis as Grampa Munster once again.

1987 Tom & Jerry Halloween Special

Tom & Jerry Halloween Special was a primetime special that originally aired on TBS in October 1987. The live action segments were hosted by Josh Jarboe and Audra Lee who appear in various costumes and are filmed in a haunted house as they tell spooky jokes, share safety tips, and detail the history of Halloween, all in between introducing the following six classic animated shorts:

1. "The Flying Sorceress" (1955) starring Tom & Jerry.
2. "Ghost Wanted" (1940) starring a spirit resembling Casper the Friendly Ghost.
3. "Haunted Mouse" (1965) starring Tom & Jerry.
4. "Hair-Raising Hare" (1946) starring Bugs Bunny and Gossamer.
5. "Ghosks is the Bunk" (1939) starring Popeye, Olive Oyl and Bluto.
6. "Fraidy Cat" (1942) starring Tom & Jerry.

UPDATE #2: Watch the full special with original commercials as it aired:


UPDATE #1: Here are the wraparound segments only featuring Josh and Audra (as well as the accompanying commercials):


The whole special was on Youtube but due to a copyright claim, parts 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 have been removed. Part 5 is still up, it contains "Ghosks is the Bunk" and you can watch below:


Here are videos of just the animated shorts that were shown during the special:

The Flying Sorceress (1955):


Ghost Wanted (1940) (Incomplete)


Haunted Mouse (1965):


Hair-Raising Hare (1946):


Ghosks is the Bunk (1939)


Fraidy Cat (1942)

1955 Disney's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow with Intro

This version of Disney's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow was an episode of the "Disneyland" TV series that originally aired on October 26th, 1955 but this video was recorded from the Disney Channel in the early 90's. The cool things about this video is it begins with an animated history of the life of author Washington Irving and is hosted by Walt Disney himself. I remember this airing on the Disney Channel on Halloween night. I so wish this version was available on DVD. Part 1 below contains the history of Washington Irving and Parts 2 and 3 contain the first and second half of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow animated Disney special.



Update here is just the intro and animated history of Washington Irving:

1951 To Boo or Not to Boo - Casper, the Friendly Ghost

Here is a 6 minute Halloween cartoon I really enjoyed watching when I was younger: it stars Casper the Friendly Ghost.

In the short, Casper wants to have fun on Halloween by making friends rather then scaring people like other ghosts on Halloween. He trys to go trick-or-treating with the other kids; but his ghostly transparency gives him away and everyone runs away from him in fear. Upon coming to a Halloween costume party at a barn, Casper coats himself in white wash to hide his transparency, and proceeds to enter the party incognito. Inside, he meets a little girl named Lou, who instantly took a shine to him; but will it last? Watch it and see.

So, I love this cartoon! It's a classic! A real heart warmer around Halloween time.

1955 The Red Skelton Show - Halloween Special

Those of you who love classic films and the days of classic TV should already know who Red Skelton is, but if you don't then watch this great Halloween episode from his variety show named after the former circus clown himself, The Red Skelton Show. I'm sure you'll laugh out loud.