Freeform has revealed the full schedule for 31 Nights of Halloween 2026, running October 1 through 31 with a lineup built around Beetlejuice, Hocus Pocus, The Addams Family, Casper, and a full night of Tim Burton spread across the month.
Freeform confirmed the schedule in an exclusive reveal with People. It’s the latest entry in a run of Freeform programming we’ve tracked all year, including 30 Days of Disney back in June, last year’s 31 Nights of Halloween lineup, and the return of 25 Days of Christmas heading into the holidays.
All times are ET/PT. Here’s the full schedule:
- October 1: 6:50 PM Beetlejuice, 8:55 PM Hocus Pocus
- October 2: 6:55 PM Hotel Transylvania (Double Feature)
- October 3: 6:30 PM Monsters, Inc. (Double Feature)
- October 4: 6:45 PM Casper (1995)
- October 5: 7:20 PM Hocus Pocus (Double Feature)
- October 6: 7 PM The Addams Family (1991) (Double Feature)
- October 7: 12 PM Edward Scissorhands
- October 8: 4:30 PM Hotel Transylvania (Double Feature), 8:30 PM Casper (1995)
- October 9: 8:55 PM Beetlejuice
- October 10: 6 PM Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, 8:35 PM Sleepy Hollow (1999)
- October 11: 2:45 PM Toy Story of TERROR!
- October 12: 3:40 PM The Haunted Mansion (2003), 5:40 PM The Addams Family (1991) (Double Feature)
- October 13: 9:25 PM Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas
- October 14: 6:45 PM Beetlejuice (Pop’N Knowledge)
- October 15: 3 PM Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween
- October 16: 5:40 PM The Incredibles (Double Feature)
- October 17: 1 PM 101 Dalmatians (1996), 3:25 PM Cruella
- October 18: 12:10 PM Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, 4:50 PM Monsters, Inc. (Double Feature)
- October 19: 7 AM Halloweentown (Double Feature), 5:10 PM Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas, 6:50 PM Haunted Mansion (2023)
- October 20: 6:20 PM Casper (1995)
- October 21: 5:10 PM Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas (Pop’N Knowledge), 6:50 PM The Addams Family (1991) (Double Feature)
- October 22: 6:30 PM Hocus Pocus (Double Feature)
- October 23: 11 AM Disturbia, 1:30 PM Frankenweenie (2012)
- October 24: 9 PM Hocus Pocus (Pop’N Knowledge), 12 AM Twitches
- October 25: 5:15 PM Casper (1995), 11:55 PM The Witches (1990)
- October 26: 3:15 PM Monsters, Inc. (Double Feature), 7:50 PM The Addams Family (1991) (Double Feature)
- October 27: 7 PM Hotel Transylvania (Double Feature)
- October 28: 7 PM The Haunted Mansion (2003), 9 PM Hocus Pocus
- October 29: 1 PM Edward Scissorhands, 6:30 PM Monsters, Inc. (Double Feature)
- October 30: 1 PM Matilda, 3 PM Cruella, 6 PM Haunted Mansion (2023)
- October 31: 2:35 PM Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas, 4:10 PM Casper (1995), 6:30 PM Hocus Pocus (Double Feature)
A few things stand out once you look at the whole month together. Tim Burton’s presence isn’t confined to one marathon day the way past years have handled it. His films show up across at least five different nights this time, from Sweeney Todd and Sleepy Hollow on October 10 to Frankenweenie on October 23. Three nights also carry a “Pop’N Knowledge” tag alongside the film, Freeform’s interactive trivia overlay that’s become a regular part of the lineup on marquee nights like Beetlejuice and Hocus Pocus.
The bigger story is what’s missing. Recent years leaned into newer, harder-edged horror alongside the family classics, Get Out, A Quiet Place, and the Happy Death Day films all made appearances in past lineups. This year pulls back from that entirely and leans almost exclusively on Disney-adjacent, family-friendly favorites. Hocus Pocus, Casper, and The Addams Family alone account for a huge share of the month’s real estate. Whether that’s a one-year shift or the new direction for this franchise going forward is worth watching once next year’s schedule drops.
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