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    Freeform Introduced Its Halloween Lineup For October, However I am Actually Confused By One Film’s Inclusion

    David GroveBy David GroveSeptember 3, 20254 Mins Read
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    Freeform Introduced Its Halloween Lineup For October, However I am Actually Confused By One Film’s Inclusion
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    Freeform’s 31 Nights of Halloween has develop into as a lot a seasonal staple as pumpkin spice lattes and Spirit Halloween pop-ups. Each October, the community rolls out its TV schedule of spooky and family-friendly traditional Halloween must-watches like everybody’s favourite Hocus Pocus, Beetlejuice, and The Nightmare Earlier than Christmas, blended with fashionable entries like Lodge Transylvania and Maleficent: Mistress of Evil. This 12 months is not any completely different, however one title on the listing has me scratching my head.

    The complete schedule was revealed on Freeform’s official X (previously Twitter) account, the place they promised “all of the scares, all month lengthy” with a graphic itemizing each movie. The standard suspects are there, like a few of Tim Burton’s greatest motion pictures, some creepy comedies, and Disney-approved frights. However as you may see within the listing posted under, nestled among the many witches, ghosts, and monsters is 1996’s Matilda. Sure, the Danny DeVito-directed Roald Dahl page-to-screen adaptation a few sensible little lady with telekinetic powers made the minimize.

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    Now, don’t get me fallacious — I like Matilda. It’s simply one in all Roald Dahl’s greatest film variations, with Mara Wilson’s iconic efficiency, Pam Ferris’ terrifying Miss Trunchbull (who nonetheless haunts my childhood goals), Miss Honey studying as a quiet trauma survivor, and the cake scene standing out as some of the unforgettable moments in one of many greatest ’90s motion pictures of all time. However is it actually a Halloween film? Once I consider October programming, I image supernatural hijinks, undead creatures, and Jack Skellington crooning from a spiral hill. Matilda, as charmingly oddball as it’s — generally even taking part in like “My First Carrie Adaptation” — feels higher suited to spring or back-to-school season than a fright-night lineup.

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    Mara Wilson as Matilda using her powers in Matilda

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    The remainder of the lineup is sensible. Hocus Pocus and Beetlejuice seem a number of occasions, as a result of what’s October with out them? Tim Burton is closely represented, with Edward Scissorhands, Sleepy Hole, and The Nightmare Earlier than Christmas all taking over slots. Disney Channel staples like Halloweentown and Twitches are sprinkled in for nostalgia. Even offbeat picks like Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Road and The Incredibles double characteristic (paired with Haunted Halloween) could be defined. However Matilda? That’s the place Freeform misplaced me.

    To be honest, Matilda does have its moments of real creepiness. Miss Trunchbull is basically one of many scariest modern-day horror villains launched right into a youngsters’s story, and her chokey punishment chamber might simply transition from a PG-rated to R-rated nightmare sequence. As I discussed earlier, the telekinesis subplot bears shades of Carrie, significantly for the college setting. Perhaps Freeform is leaning into that?

    Pam Ferris in Matilda

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    Nonetheless, labeling Matilda as a Halloween film looks like a stretch — particularly when some obvious omissions would have made way more sense within the lineup. Listed here are a couple of movies I feel would have been a greater match for Freeform’s 31 Nights of Halloween:

    • The Halloween Tree — I’m a die-hard Halloween vacation fanatic, and my household watches this traditional yearly. Satirically, I first caught it on Fox Household’s (Freeform’s predecessor) 13 Nights of Halloween.
    • One thing Depraved This Means Comes — A Disney-produced Ray Bradbury adaptation that’s creepy, melancholic, and tailored for October nights.
    • The Frighteners — Peter Jackson’s ghost-filled darkish comedy delivers scares and laughs, plus it’s an underrated gem that deserves extra love.
    • The ’Burbs — Tom Hanks and suburban paranoia at its most interesting; it’s the right mix of horror and comedy for a neighborhood-themed fright fest.
    • Ernest Scared Silly — Pure nostalgic Halloween vitality, slime and all, and one of many few youngsters’ comedies that basically embraces the vacation vibe.
    • Arachnophobia — Creepy crawlies galore; it’s humorous, terrifying, and assured to make you side-eye each nook of your lounge.
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    Confusion apart, I’ll nonetheless tune in as a result of Matilda is a comfort-watch traditional, and a bit of tonal whiplash in a horror-heavy month isn’t the worst factor. Nonetheless, Freeform clearly had extra seasonally applicable choices they might’ve tossed into the cauldron.

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    On the finish of the day, 31 Nights of Halloween is much less about strict style guidelines and extra a few month-long nostalgia binge. If meaning serving up chocolate cake alongside broomsticks and black cats, effectively, that’s simply a part of the trick-or-treat deal.





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