Halloween TV Shows & Movies to Improve Your English (Fun, Spooky & Scary)
20 October 2025

Halloween TV Shows & Movies to Improve Your English (Fun, Spooky & Scary)

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🎃 Get ready for Halloween AND improve your English at the same time! In this episode, you’ll learn English naturally through fun, spooky, and scary TV show and movie recommendations set in high school. These stories range from light and campy to suspenseful and full horror, giving you different levels of difficulty and excitement.

You’ll hear about classics like Sabrina the Teenage Witch and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, modern hits like Wednesday and Riverdale, and horror favorites like Carrie, The Faculty, and Freakish. Each recommendation is explained clearly so B1–B2 learners can follow along easily.

This episode is perfect for anyone who wants to improve listening comprehension, expand vocabulary, and learn real English in context—while enjoying Halloween stories from American culture.

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📝 Vocabulary list:

1) Spooky – a little bit scary, often in a fun or mysterious way.

2) Input hypothesis – the idea that language improves through listening and reading a lot in that language.

3) Campy – funny or exaggerated in a silly or over-the-top way.

4) Paranormal – related to things that cannot be explained by science, like ghosts or magic.

5) Supernatural – something beyond the natural world, like magic or monsters.

6) Suspenseful – making you feel nervous or excited because you don’t know what will happen next.

7) Creepy – making you feel uncomfortable or afraid in a strange way.

8) Unnerving – making you feel nervous, uncomfortable, or a little scared.

9) Cliffhanger – an ending that leaves you in suspense, wanting to know what happens next.

10) Witchcraft – the practice of magic, often connected with witches

11) Post-apocalyptic – describing a world after a major disaster or the end of civilization.

12) Binge-watch – to watch many episodes of a show one after another without stopping.