80 Scary Halloween Quotes for Spooky Season Inspiration and Fun
So many of these short phrases from movies and Halloween icons can double as cute Instagram captions.
You may already have your Halloween costume ready to go for next month and perhaps you're looking to get into the spirit early by turning on a scary movie, drinking a pumpkin spice latte and even going to a haunted house with some friends.
Regardless of your plans, you'll probably want to post on social media about your Halloween festivities. Pictures or it didn't happen, right? Well, for your photos, you'll need some spooky Halloween quotes for your caption to match the theme and we have just the treat for you.
Ahead, we've gathered some of the best Halloween quotes for the spooky season from literature and pop culture that you can browse and perhaps borrow for your own posts this year. Even if you're not on social media, these quotes even work well for text messages to family members and old-fashioned snail mail Halloween cards if that's more your speed.
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Whatever you do, don’t fall asleep.
Alex Warren
Here in the night, even the ordinary becomes ominous.
Ava Dellaria
On Halloween, you get to become anything that you want to be.
Barbara, "Beetlejuice"
What’s the good of being a ghost if you can’t frighten people away?
Emily Dickinson
One need not be a chamber to be haunted; One need not be a house; The brain has corridors surpassing Material place.
Henry David Thoreau
I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself than be crowded on a velvet cushion.
Mark Twain
Everyone is a moon and has a dark side, which he never shows to anybody.
Nicholas Gordon
Halloween wraps fear in innocence, As though it were a slightly sour sweet. Let terror, then, be turned into a treat.
Roald Dahl
A witch never gets caught. Don’t forget that she has magic in her fingers and devilry dancing in her blood.
Stephen Graham Jones
Some people are born for Halloween, and some are just counting the days until Christmas.
Robert Brault
I don't know that there are real ghosts and goblins, but there are always more trick-or-treaters than neighborhood kids.
Jack Skellington, “The Nightmare Before Christmas”
Just because I cannot see it, doesn't mean I can't believe it!
Melanie White
The only thing that really scares me about Halloween is running out of candy.
Alice Hoffman, “Practical Magic”
“There’s a little witch in all of us.”
Nicholas Gordon
Halloween wraps fear in innocence, as though it were a slightly sour sweet. Let terror, then, be turned into a treat...
Jack Skellington, “The Nightmare Before Christmas”
I am the pumpkin king.
Rosie O'Donnell
Eat, drink, and be scary.
Charles M. Schulz, "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown"
Each year, the Great Pumpkin rises out of the pumpkin patch that he thinks is the most sincere.
Sheriff Leigh Brackett, “Halloween”
It’s Halloween. Everyone’s entitled to one good scare.
Madame Leota, "The Haunted Mansion"
Find the thing that must be read, lest your heart be filled with dread.
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Cameron (she/her) is a staff writer for Good Housekeeping, where she covers everything from holidays to food. She is a graduate of Syracuse University, where she received a B.A. in magazine journalism. In her spare-time she can be found scrolling TikTok for the latest cleaning hacks and restaurant openings, binge-watching seasons of Project Runway or online shopping.
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