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Halloween movies get all the hype this time of year, but there’s nothing quite like watching the Halloween episodes of your favorite TV shows to celebrate #SpookySZN throughout October. 

From iconic Halloween episodes of The Simpsons to hair-raising episodes of The X-Files, Hulu has the best Halloween episodes of all your favorite TV shows ready to stream now. 

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Best Halloween Episodes on Hulu

The Simpsons 

A screen grab from The Simpsons Tree House of Horror Halloween Episode

The Simpsons are known for many things—the first adult animated cartoon of its kind, an unprecedented 34 seasons (and counting), and their highly anticipated Halloween specials (AKA Treehouse of Horror). 

Check out the entire list of The Simpsons Halloween episodes below:

The Simpsons Halloween Episodes (Treehouse of Horror):

  • Season 2, Episode 3: Bad Dream House, Hungry are the Damned, The Raven
  • Season 3. Episode 7: The Monkey’s Paw spoof, The Twilight Zone spoof, It’s a Good Life spoof
  • Season 4, Episode 5: Clown Without Pity, King Homer, Dial “Z” for Zombies
  • Season 5, Episode 4: The Devil and Homer Simpson, Terror at 5 ½ Feet, Bart Simpson’s Dracula
  • Season 6, Episode 6: The Shining, Time and Punishment, Nightmare Cafeteria
  • Season 7, Episode 6: Attack of the 50-Foot Eyesores, Nightmare on Evergreen Terrace, Homer3
  • Season 8, Episode 1: The Thing and I, The Genesis Tub, Citizen Kang
  • Season 9, Episode 4: The Homega Man, Fly vs. Fly, Easy-Bake Coven
  • Season 10, Episode 4: Hell Toupee, The Terror of Tiny Toon, Starship Poopers
  • Season 11, Episode 4: I Know What You Diddly-Iddly-Did, Desperately Xeeking Xena, Life’s a Glitch, Then You Die
  • Season 12, Episode 1: G-g-ghost D-d-dad, Scary Tales Can Come True, Night of the Dolphin
  • Season 13, Episode 1: Hex and the City, House of Whacks, Wiz Kids
  • Season 14, Episode 1: Send in the Clones, The Fright to Creep and Scare Harms, The Island of Dr. Hibbert
  • Season 15, Episode 1: Reaper Madness, Frinkenstein, Stop the World, I Want to Goof Off
  • Season 16, Episode 1: The Ned Zone, Four Beheadings and a Funeral, In the Belly of the Boss
  • Season 17, Episode 4: B.I. Bartificial Intelligence, Survival of the Fattest, I’ve Grown a Costume on Your Face
  • Season 18, Episode 4: Married to the Blob, You Gotta Know When to Golem, The Day the Earth Looked Stupid
  • Season 19, Episode 5: E.T., Go Home, Mr. & Mrs. Simpson, Heck House
  • Season 20, Episode 4: Untitled Robot Parody, How to Get Ahead in Dead-vertising, It’s the Grand Pumpkin, Milhouse
  • Season 21, Episode 4: Dial “M” for Murder or Press “#” to Return to Main Menu, Don’t Have a Cow, Mankind, There’s No Business Like Moe Business
  • Season 22, Episode 4: War and Pieces, Master and Cadaver, Tweenlight
  • Season 23, Episode 3: The Diving Bell and the Butterball, Dial D for Diddly, In the Na’vi
  • Season 24, Episode 2: The Greatest Story Ever Holed, Un-normal Activity, Bart and Homer’s Excellent Adventure
  • Season 25, Episode 2: Oh, the Places You’ll D’oh!, Dead and Shoulders, Freaks No Geeks
  • Season 26, Episode 4: School is Hell, A Clockwork Yellow, The Others
  • Season 27, Episode 4: Halloween of Horror
  • Season 27, Episode 5: Wanted: Dead, Then Alive, Homerzilla, Telepaths of Glory
  • Season 28, Episode 4: Dry Hand, BFF R.I.P, MoeFinger
  • Season 29, Episode 4: The Exor-Sis, Coralisa, MMM…Homer
  • Season 30, Episode 4: Intrusion of the Pod-y Switchers, Multiplisa-ty, Geriatric Park
  • Season 31, Episode 4: Danger Things, Heaven Swipes Right, When Hairy Met Slimy
  • Season 32, Episode 4: Toy Gory, Into the Homer-verse, Be Nine Rewind
  • Season 33, Episode 3: Bong Joon Ho’s This Side of Parasite, Nightmare on Elm Tree, Dead Ringer

Watch: The Simpsons

Modern Family 

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No one does Halloween quite like Claire Dunphy and the Modern Family crew. If you like your horror on the lighter side, you’ll love Phil and Claire’s haphazard Halloween traditions. 

Modern Family Halloween Episodes:

  • Season 2, Episode 6: Halloween
  • Season 4, Episode 5: Open House of Horrors
  • Season 6, Episode 6: Halloween 3: AwesomeLand
  • Season 8, Episode 5: Halloween 4: The Revenge of Rod Skyhook
  • Season 9, Episode 5: It’s The Great Pumpkin, Phil Dunphy
  • Season 10, Episode 5: Good Grief
  • Season 11, Episode 5: The Last Halloween

Watch: Modern Family

Black-ish 

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Looking for some light Halloween laughs you can enjoy with the entire family? The Johnson family serves up just that in these hilariously spooky episodes of Black-ish.

Black-ish Halloween Episodes:

  • Season 2, Episode 13: Jacked O’Lantern
  • Season 3, Episode 5: The Purge
  • Season 5, Episode 3: Scarred for Life
  • Season 6, Episode 6: Everybody Blames Raymond

Watch: Black-ish

H3: Friends 

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Is there anything more iconic than a Friends holiday episode? No, we didn’t think so. Though there’s only one true Friends Halloween episode—it’s one of the most memorable of the franchise (it’s the episode that brought us Spudnick, after all). 

Friends Halloween Episodes:

  • Season 8, Episode 6: The One With the Halloween Party

Watch: Friends

Schitt’s Creek 

The cast of sitcom Schitt's Creek starring Dan Levy, Eugine Levy, and Catherine O'Hara

Boo, David! 

Though Murder Mystery isn’t about Halloween, per se, it is about Twyla’s annual murder mystery party. There are costumes and a “murder” to be solved, so it totally fits (*Alexis hair flip*). Want more hilariously spooky Schitt’s Creek episodes? Watch season 5 episode 1 for the best of Moira’s lead role in the horror movie, The Crowening. 

Schitt’s Creek Halloween Episodes:

  • Season 3, Episode 6: Murder Mystery
  • Season 5, Episode 1: The Crowening

Watch: Schitt’s Creek

Bob’s Burgers 

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Every new Bob’s Burgers Halloween episode means new memorable costumes from the Belcher family. From “Fiona Applesauce” to “Nun of Your Business,” you can relive all of the best Bob’s Burgers Halloween episodes and costumes now on Hulu. 

Bob’s Burgers Halloween Episodes:

  • Season 3, Episode 2: Full Bars
  • Season 4, Episode 2: Fort Night
  • Season 5, Episode 2: Tina and the Real Ghost
  • Season 6, Episode 3: The Hauntening
  • Season 7, Episode 3: Teen-a Witch
  • Season 8, Episode 3: The Wolf on Wharf Street
  • Season 9, Episode 5: Nightmare on Ocean Avenue Street
  • Season 10, Episode 4: Pig Trouble in Little Tina
  • Season 11, Episode 4: Heartbreak Hotel-oween
  • Season 12, Episode 3: The Pumpkinening

Watch: Bob’s Burgers

American Horror Story

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The American Horror Story series is a perfect show to binge watch around Halloween. Each episode is so hauntingly thrilling, you may want to keep the lights on.

For the best American Horror Story episodes to watch throughout October, check out the following:

American Horror Story Halloween Episodes:

  • Season 2, Episode 2: Tricks and Treats
  • Season 3, Episode 4: Fearful Pranks Ensue
  • Season 3, Episode 5: Burn, Witch. Burn!
  • Season 3, Episode 8: Forbidden Fruit
  • Season 4, Episodes 3 & 4: Edward Mordrake (Parts 1 & 2)
  • Season 5, Episode 4: Devil’s Night

Watch: American Horror Story

It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia 

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Though there’s only one true It’s Always Sunny Halloween episode (Season 6, Episode 7: Who Got Dee Pregnant?), you can always find the crew dressing up and doing socially horrifying things—which is pretty much Halloween in a nutshell, right? Celebrate the holiday with Mac, Dennis, Frank, Dee, and Charlie in these horror-themed episodes of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia

It’s Always Sunny Halloween Episodes:

  • Season 6, Episode 7: Who Got Dee Pregnant?
  • Season 8, Episode 3: The Maureen Ponderosa Wedding Massacre
  • Season 7, Episode 1: Frank’s Pretty Woman

Watch: It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia

Community

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No one does Halloween quite like college students. See what we mean by watching these side-splitting Halloween episodes of Community. 

Community Halloween Episodes:

  • Season 1, Episode 7: Introduction to Statistics
  • Season 2, Episode 6: Epidemiology
  • Season 3, Episode 5: Horror Fiction in Seven Spooky Steps
  • Season 4, Episode 2: Paranormal Parentage

Watch: Community

Family Guy

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Even if you’re not a fan of adult comedy animation shows, we’re willing to bet you’ll still get a kick out of the super quotable Halloween episodes of Family Guy

Family Guy Halloween Episodes:

  • Season 3, Episode 6: Death Lives
  • Season 4, Episode 26: Petergeist
  • Season 9, Episode 1: And Then There Were Fewer
  • Season 9, Episode 4: Halloween on Spooner Street
  • Season 10, Episode 3: Screams of Silence: The Story of Brenda Q
  • Season 14, Episode 4: Peternormal Activity
  • Season 16, Episode 13: V is for Mystery

Watch: Family Guy 

Euphoria

The Halloween episode of Euphoria has everything you’d expect it to—trendy costumes, wild parties, and all the drama. 

Euphoria Halloween Episodes:

  • Season 1, Episode 6: The Next Episode

Watch: Euphoria

Sabrina the Teenage Witch

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Sabrina the Teenage Witch is the perfect show for a nostalgic Halloween binge watch. Witches, witty one-liners, high school drama, and a talking black cat—what more could you need to get in the holiday spirit? 

Don’t have time to watch the entire series? These are the must-watch episodes of Sabrina for the Halloween season

Sabrina the Teenage Witch Halloween Episodes:

  • Season 1, Episode 5: A Halloween Story
  • Season 1, Episode 23: The Crucible
  • Season 2, Episode 6: A River of Candy Corn Runs Through It
  • Season 3, Episode 6: Good Will Haunting
  • Season 4, Episode 6: Episode LXXXI: The Phantom Menace
  • Season 5, Episode 6: The Halloween Scene
  • Season 6, Episode 4: Murder on the Halloween Express

Watch: Sabrina the Teenage Witch

The X-Files

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Don’t take advice from the band The Barenaked Ladies—you’ll definitely want to watch The X-Files with the lights on. Celebrate spooky season with your favorite government FBI agents/alien hunters, Mulder and Scully. 

While any given X-FIles episode will give you the chills, these are the spookiest of them all. 

The X-Files Halloween Episodes:

  • Season 2, Episode 24: Our Town
  • Season 2, Episode 20: Humbug
  • Season 4, Episode 2: Home
  • Season 4, Episode 6: Sanguinarium
  • Season 5, Episode 5: The Post-Modern Prometheus
  • Season 5, Episode 12: Bad Blood
  • Season 7, Episode 12: X-Cops

Watch: The X-Files

Everybody Hates Chris

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In this Halloween episode of the sitcom Everybody Hates Chris, Chris finds himself in over his head at an adult Halloween party in an effort to impress the girl he’s crushing on. Watch this laugh-out-loud, feel-good Halloween comedy special streaming now on Hulu. 

Everybody Hates Chris Halloween Episodes:

  • Season 1, Episode 6: Everybody Hates Halloween

Watch: Everybody Hates Chris

Looking for more spooky shows and movies to watch this Halloween? Check out Hulu’s Horror Movie Hub and Huluween Hub for more spooktastic titles to stream this fall.


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