For Day Five of ‘Theodora Hendrix’s Monstrous Halloween Bash’, author Jordan Kopy shares her favorite Halloween-themed books, movies, songs, and more to get your Halloween weekend started off right!
Books:
- The Witches by Roald Dhal
- The Worst Witch by Jill Murphy
- Theodora Hendrix and the Monstrous League of Monsters by Jordan Kopy (couldn’t resist!)
- The Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling
- The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe
- A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
Plays & Musicals:
- And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
- The Legend of Sleepy Hallow by Kathryn Schultze Miller (based on the short story by Washington Irving)
- Macbeth by Shakespeare
- Sweeny Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street by Stephen Sondheim & Hugh Wheeler (based on the play by Christopher Bond)
- Little Shop of Horrors by Alan Menken & Howard Ashman
Movies:
- Hocus Pocus directed by Kenny Ortega
- Practical Magic directed by Griffin Dune (based on the novel by Alice Hoffman)
- Beetlejuice directed by Tim Burton
- The Addams Family directed by Barry Sonnenfeld
- Double, Double, Toil and Trouble directed by Stuart Margolin
- Bedknobs and Broomsticks directed by Robert Stevenson
Television Shows & Specials:
- The Munsters created by Alan Burns & Chris Hayward
- The Scoobydoo Series created by Joe Ruby & Ken Spears
- Stranger Things created by the Duffer Brothers
- The Worst Witch created by Martin Riley & Garry Lyons
- The Halloween Tree created by Ray Bradbury (based on his novel by the same name)
- Halloweentown created by Paul Bernbaum
Music:
- I Put a Spell on You performed by Bette Midler
- Monster Mash performed by Bobby “Boris” Pickett
- Moondance by Van Morrison
- Time Warp performed by Little Nell, Patricia Quinn, & Richard O’Brien (Rocky Horror Picture Show)
- The Addams Family Theme Song by Vic Mezzy
- Calling All the Monsters performed by China Ann McClain
Bonus:
- Favorite Halloween Tradition: Watching Hocus Pocus in a candle-lit room while munching on some salty, buttery, melt-in-your-mouth popcorn
What are some of your favorites? Let us know in the comments!
For more year-round Halloween fun, you can purchase a copy of THEODORA HENDRIX AND THE MONSTROUS LEAGUE OF MONSTERS here (U.K.), here (U.S.), or here (Audio)
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