Halloween quotes to get into the spooky season spirit

As the weather starts to turn, leaves start to fall, and the days become darker earlier on, that can only mean one thing – Halloween isn’t far away! In anticipation of October 31st, we thought it would be to help you get into the spirit for spooky season by rounding up all sorts of Halloween quotes.

From iconic Halloween movie quotes to those which are more on the funny side, we reckon these will be perfect for a quick text on the day to wish someone a Happy Halloween, an Instagram caption, or a message inside a Halloween card to friends and family. 

And if you do happen to be planning on doing the latter, be sure to trick o’ treat yourself to a sneak peek at the boo-tiful Halloween cards that our creators have put into the universe:

Iconic Halloween movie quotes

During the month of October, it’s practically a must to be spending the majority of your evenings sitting down watching a spooky movie of some sort (whether that’s full-blown horror or something more whimsical). 

Given there are some absolute cult classics out there, we’ve rounded up some of our favourite iconic Halloween movie quotes:

  1. “What’s your favourite scary movie?” – Ghostface, Scream (1996)
  2. “Whatever you do, don’t fall asleep.” – Nancy Thompson, A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
  3. “I see dead people.” – Cole Sear, The Sixth Sense (1999)
  4. “We all go a little mad sometimes.” – Norman Bates, Psycho (1960)
  5. “They’re here…” – Carol Anne, Poltergeist (1982)
  6. “It’s Halloween; everyone’s entitled to one good scare.” – Brackett, Halloween

Funny Halloween quotes

Maybe you want to try keep things light (or at least as light as you can get for a spooky celebration like Halloween)? Well, it sounds like these funny Halloween quotes might be more what you’re after: 

  1. “Oh, look. Another glorious morning. Makes me sick!” – Winifred Sanderson, Hocus Pocus
  2. “Some people are born for Halloween, and some are just counting the days until Christmas.” – Stephen Graham Jones
  3. “Last night you were unhinged. You were like some desperate, howling demon. You frightened me. Do it again.” – Morticia Addams, The Addams Family
  4. “Have you come to sing pumpkin carols?” – Linus, It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
  5. “Eat, drink, and be scary.” – Rosie O’Donnell
  6. “It’s that special time of year where we voluntarily imbibe pumpkin-spiced lattes: the coffee that tastes like a candle.” – John Oliver

Alternatively, if you’re more of a pun person, you might be best checking out our other blog full of Halloween card greetings and messages.

Halloween quotes from songs

If you’ve not got a spooky song playlist ready to blast in October, you’re missing out! Here is just a short selection of some of our favourite Halloween song lyrics that really fit with the Halloween vibe:

  1. “I put a spell on you because you’re mine.” – Jay Hawkins, I Put a Spell on You
  2. “And no one’s gonna save you from the beast about to strike.” – Michael Jackson, Thriller
  3. “Off with your head, dance til you’re dead.” – Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Heads Will Roll
  4. “This is Halloween, everybody make a scene. Trick of treat ‘til the neighbours gonna die of fright.” – A Nightmare Before Christmas, This Is Halloween
  5. “Who ya gonna call? Ghostbusters!” – Ray Parker Jr., Ghostbusters
  6. “Bleedin’ me dry, like a goddamn vampire” – Olivia Rodrigo, Vampire

Halloween quotes from literature

Yes, there are the films and songs as we’ve discussed but there’s also lots of classic scary stories that really set the scene for Halloween – below we’ve rounded-up just a few Halloween quotes from literature that you might enjoy:

  1. “We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones.” – Stephen King, Danse Macabre
  2. “There is love in me the likes of which you’ve never seen. There is rage in me the likes of which should never escape.” – Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
  3. “There are bad dreams for those who sleep unwisely.” – Bram Stoker, Dracula
  4. “Where there is no imagination, there is no horror.” – Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet
  5. “A witch never gets caught. Don’t forget that she has magic in her fingers and devilry dancing in her blood.” – Roald Dahl, The Witches
  6. “I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.” – L. M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables

That’s it from us – hopefully you should now have plenty of Halloween quotes to help ring in the spookiest day of the year! And if you enjoyed this, we’re certain you’ll find our other guides on Halloween party ideas for adults and the best Halloween costumes for kids absolutely eerie-sistible.

Here at thortful, we love celebrating every possible moment, and over on the thortful blog you can find loads more special occasion inspiration, what to write guides, and more!