3 Classic Spooky Animated Movies Just Dropped On Tubi (And They’re Free To Watch)

Tis’ the season for all things spooky. Now that we’re mentally over summer, everyone’s ready to trade sunshine for shadows, and cozy nights for eerie delights. That includes Tubi!

Tubi consistently is putting out bangers, but what’s even better about these three, is they’re entirely free. So don’t worry, the next time a fresh September breeze rolls through your house, order some dinner, light your favorite candles, and relax to the soothing sounds of children screaming. These movies will have a lot of that.

Coraline

Look, if you watched Coraline as a kid, you know what you’re getting into. This is a movie that sneaks up on you, lulling you into comfort with its fuzzy graphics and sweet protagonist before dragging you kicking and screaming down into the literal rabbit hole of your subconscious. If the existence of Other Mother and her homicidal button eyes doesn’t send you running back to bed (nightmares guaranteed), then you clearly don’t remember the film’s second half. Coraline is a classic for good reason, it’s a terrifying trip through a familiar sort of childhood fear…wanting it all, but realizing the best is actually what you already had.

Corpse Bride

Corpse Bride is one of the most elegantly spooky films out there, telling a wonderfully wistful story about love lost, found, and then lost again. Through his storytelling Tim Burton merges elements of tragic romance with spine-tingling horror to narrate the unusual engagement between Victor and a bride from the afterlife. It’s funny, it’s sad, it’s romantic, but more importantly it plays like an old friend. With timeless music and a cast of strange and wonderful characters, Corpse Bride is just the thing for a spooky season night in.

Monster House

Monster House breaks from traditional haunted house movies by making the house itself the monster because of its tragic backstory. At first glance Monster House appears to be yet another movie about a spooky house where three children dare one another to get close to the neighboring property. However, what’s really going on at the house is something far more sinister. The house is actually haunted by the spirit of an old woman named Constance, whose death by brutal beheading at the hands of the house’s builders trapped her spirit in the house. The house manifests Constance’s presence through its moving floorboards and shifting shadows as she attacks any approaching person. This is why Monster House is so scary for a kids movie though! The haunting is not the result of a natural or supernatural phenomenon, but the very human (pun intended) force of anger and vengeance as the home itself is the tragic demise of a human.