It’s midway through October when you start to feel it: an eerie chill in the air, goose bumps rising up and down your arms, eyes staring at you from every shadowy corner, and a raging unexplainable hunger for . . . candy? Halloween is in just two short weeks, so expect your TV to be jam-packed with more ghosts, zombies, vampires and other monsters than a costume party.
ON YTV:
SCARED SHREKLESS – Premieres Sunday, October 20 at 1:30 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. and airs again on Tuesday, October 29 at 6:00 p.m. and Wednesday, October 30 at 4:30 p.m. on YTV
After Shrek claims that nothing can scare an ogre the rest of his friends set up a scary story contest to prove him wrong. He decides to take things one step further by setting the contest in Duloc, Lord Farquaad’s abandoned castle.
DEAR DRACULA – Premieres Tuesday, October 22 at 6:00 p.m. and airs again on Wednesday, October 23 at 4:00 p.m. on YTV
After writing Dracula a letter Sam is surprised when the vampire himself shows up at his doorstep! Things have changed since he was the number one bloodsucker, though, and this Halloween the count will have to get a lesson in confidence if he wants to get his scare back
MONSTERS VS ALIENS: MUTANT PUMPKIN FROM OUTER SPACE – Premieres Saturday, October 26 at 3:30 p.m. on YTV
Susan, the nearly-50-foot-woman is no stranger to monsters, especially since that’s what most of her friends are. She’s met her share of aliens, too, and she’ll have to again when goo falls from a UFO and begins mutating pumpkins on Halloween.
TOY STORY OF TERROR – Premieres Friday, October 25 at 6:00 p.m. and airs again Sunday, October 27 at 6:00 p.m., Monday, October 28 at 7:30 p.m., and Tuesday, October 29 at 5:30 p.m. on YTV
Woody and the rest of the gang are out on the road, but end up at a roadside motel after an unexpected event. After one of them goes missing the toys must get to the bottom of a mysterious sequence of events, or all end up suffering the same fate.
FAIRLY ODDPARENTS HALLOWEEN SPECIAL – Premieres Sunday, October 27 at 11:30 a.m. and airs again Monday, October 28 at 5:00 p.m. on YTV
Timmy Turner’s wishes have always gotten him into trouble, and when he makes a wish about everyone’s Halloween costumes he puts the entire world in jeopardy. Then, as if things weren’t difficult enough, aliens decide to invade Earth.
SAM & CAT HALLOWEEN SPECIAL – Premieres Sunday, October 27 at 12:00 p.m. and airs again on Monday, October 28 at 6:00 p.m. on YTV
Sam and Cat’s babysitting business has always been a little weird, but nothing beats being asked to take care of a creepy doll.Don’t miss Sam’s amazing Halloween costume (hint: a big part of it involves her hair)!
ON TELETOON:
REGULAR SHOW – New episode airs Wednesday, October 16 at 6:00 p.m. on Teletoon
This two part episode has Mordecai the blue jay and Rigby the raccoon driving to a Halloween party. Along the way they swap scary stories, trying to see who can out-spook the other.
CAMP LAKE BOTTOM – New episodes air Thursday, October 17 at 6:30 p.m. on Teletoon
Join the campers as they battle both a ghost pirate and even of their own friends when he transforms into a 50-foot giant!
SCOOBY-BOO! DAY – Saturday, October 19 starting at 10:00 a.m.
An entire day of back-to-back Scooby-Doo! specials starting in the morning and ending with a brand new movie where Scooby and the gang head to a comic book convention where a mysterious villain is trying to ruin a big comic book movie premiere, and where scary masks and costumes are everywhere!
SCOOBY-DOO! AND THE LEGEND OF THE VAMPIRE – 10:00 a.m.
SCOOBY-DOO! AND THE GOBLIN KING – 12:00 p.m.
SCOOBY-DOO AND THE GHOUL SCHOOL – 2:00 p.m.
SCOOBY DOO! SPOOKY GAMES – 5:00 p.m.
SCOOBY-DOO! AND THE WITCH’S GHOST – 5:30 p.m.
SCOOBY-DOO! MASK OF THE BLUE FALCON – 7:00 p.m.
JOHNNY TEST – New episodes airs Wednesday, October 23 at 7:30 p.m. on Teletoon
These back to back episodes feature everything a perfect Halloween needs: an enormous mountain of candy and . . . kissing zombies?
DADDY I’M A ZOMBIE – Premieres Monday, October 28 at 4:00 p.m. on Teletoon
This animated movie stars Dixie, a 13-year-old girl who is hit by a falling tree and wakes up to find herself a zombie! Joined by her new friends Isis, an Egyptian mummy princess, and pirate zombie Gonner she’ll do everything she can to make her way back to the land of the living.
ON FAMILY CHANNEL:
JESSIE – Premiering Friday, October 11 at 5:30 p.m. on Family Channel
In this spooky season premiere Jessie and the kids throw their own Halloween party after Mrs. Chesterfield tells them that the rooftop party is off-limits. Things take a turn for the terrifying when Emma and Luke have a run in with ghoulish spirits.
ON DISNEY XD:
MONSTER MAYHEM – Premieres Sunday, October 20 at 6:30 p.m. on Disney XD
Tune in for frightening episodes of all your favourite Disney shows, including PHINEAS AND FERB, CRASH & BERNSTEIN, and KICKIN’ IT, which features a party at the temple when the monks leave for Halloween.
BUNKS – Premiering Sunday, October 27 at 8:00 p.m. on Disney XD
This Disney XD Canadian Original Movie is all about enjoying nature, trusting in your family, and zombies. When two brothers sneak into a summer camp they inadvertently bring a campfire tale to life, putting everyone there in danger. It’s up to the two of them to break the curse and learn to rely on each other along the way.
ON CARTOON NETWORK:
THE GRIM ADVENTURES OF BILLY AND MANDY – Airing Monday, October 24 to Thursday, October 31 at 4:00 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. on Cartoon Network
Billy and Mandy are your average brother and sister, until they win a game for their hamster’s life and gain a new best friend: The Grim Reaper himself!
ADVENTURE TIME – Airing Monday, October 24 to Thursday, October 31 at 5:00 p.m. on Cartoon Network
The land of Ooo may be full of magical fun-loving creatures, but it can also be a pretty scary place, especially when Princess Bubblegum’s science gets out of control. With a name like Candy Kingdom, is there anywhere else you’d want to spend your Halloween?
THE AMAZING WORLD OF GUMBALL – Airing Tuesday, October 25 to Thursday, October 31 at 5:30 p.m. on Cartoon Network
Elmore is a pretty strange town with its talking cats, goldfish, rabbits, and even peanuts. How much stranger can things get when you add a haunted house full of ghosts to the mix?