Disney Channel's Hauntober Fest

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Disney Channel's Hauntober Fest is a nightly marathon of scary, Halloween-related movies, that debuted on October 1, 2005 on Disney Channel.

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Disney Channel's Hauntober Fest was aired in October, generally introducing a new original movie. October is typically the only time that Halloween-related episodes of Disney Channel shows are aired. If there is a new show that year, most of the time a new Halloween-related episode for that show will air during that year's Hauntober Fest. Every night during a Hauntober Fest, the previous Halloween-themed movies air. Marathons of halloween-related episodes usually are aired. In 2006 Disney Channel introduced an official website for the event and has had one every year since then. Each year a new logo was used. Like "So hot summer", in 2007 Hauntoberfest was replaced with a new block called Halloween Month.

[edit] Previous Names

Disney Channel's previous Halloween-themed specials operated under the names of "A Disney Halloween" and "Disney's Halloween Treat."

[edit] Related Events

Disney Channel's sister channel, ABC Family also runs a Halloween-related marathon, 13 Nights of Halloween from October 19 to 31. 13 Nights of Halloween was originally introduced by FOX Family Channel until The Walt Disney Company bought the network. 13 of Halloween continues to run on ABC Family every October.

[edit] Disney Channel's Hauntober Fest

[edit] 2005

This was the very first Hauntober Fest ever. During this era, the Disney Channel Original Movie (DCOM) Twitches premiered as the special movie. Before the Hauntober Fest in 2003's October Jake Thomas of Lizzie McGuire hosted a Halloween special all month long based on Disney's Haunted Mansion.

[edit] 2006

Disney Channel's Hauntober Fest 2006

Logo used during the 2006 Hauntober Fest
Format T.V. Special/Marathon
Country of origin Flag of the United States United States
Broadcast
Original channel Disney Channel
Original run October 1, 2006 – October 31, 2006
Chronology
Preceded by Disney Channels Hauntober Fest 2005
Followed by Disney Channels Hauntober Fest 2007

[edit] Hauntober Fest Special Movie

Main article: Return to Halloweentown

Following the same pattern, Disney Channel released a Halloween themed movie during the Hauntober Fest, entitled Return To Halloweentown. It was the fourth in the Halloweentown series.

[edit] Movie Schedule

Many Halloween movies were shown every night on Disney Channel, with the premiere of Return to Halloweentown on the 20th.

[edit] Marathons

Several marathons aired during the 2006 Hauntober Fest.

[edit] Hauntober Fest Marathon

The Hauntober Fest Marathon premiered on October 14, 2006 with new episodes from Hannah Montana, The Replacements, The Emperor's New School, and Naturally, Sadie. Monsters Inc. was shown before the marathon and Hocus Pocus was shown after. The marathon was hosted by Sara Paxton and Lucas Grabeel, stars of Return to Halloweentown that premiered a week later.

[edit] Halloween episodes marathon

[edit] Hannah Montana Bonanza

The Hannah Montana Bonanza (marathon), aired on October 9. It aired all the episodes from season one, leading up to the premiere of the new Halloween episode. All episodes from season 1 were shown except "On The Road Again".

  • 12:30 p.m. - "Lilly, Do You Want To Know a Secret?"
  • 1:00 p.m. - "She's a Super Sneak"
  • 1:30 p.m. - "Miley Get Your Gum"
  • 2:00 p.m. - "Ooo, Ooo, Itchy Woman"
  • 2:30 p.m. - "Oops! I Meddled Again"
  • 3:00 p.m. - "You're So Vain,You Probably Think This Zit Is About You"
  • 3:30 p.m. - "It's My Party and I'll Lie if I Want To"
  • 4:00 p.m. - "I Can't Make You Love Hannah If You Don't"
  • 4:30 p.m. - "Grandma Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Favorites"
  • 5:00 p.m. - "It's a Mannequin's World"
  • 5:30 p.m. - "Mascot Love"
  • 6:00 p.m. - "O Say, Can You Remember the Words?"
  • 6:30 p.m. - "New Kid in School"
  • 7:00 p.m. - "More Than a Zombie to Me"
  • 7:30 p.m. - "Good Golly, Miss Dolly"

[edit] New in 2006

New features during the Hauntober Fest 2006 included:

[edit] Taglines

  • No tricks, just treats.
  • Tune in if you dare.
  • 31 days, thirteen hit movies, one network.

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[edit] 2007

Halloween Month

The official Halloween Month logo released on October 1, 2007
Format Television Special
Country of origin Flag of the United States United States
Broadcast
Original channel Disney Channel
Original run October 1, 2007 – October 31, 2007
Chronology
Preceded by Disney Channels Hauntober Fest 2006
Followed by Disney Channels Halloween Month 2008

[edit] Halloween Month Special Movie

Main article: Twitches Too

Like its predecessor, Disney Channel's Hauntober Fest, during October on Disney Channel a Halloween themed DCOM premieres. Twitches Too, the sequel to the 2005 film Twitches, aired October 12.

[edit] Movie schedule

All info below is from DisneyChannel.com/Halloween

[edit] Witches and Wizards' Night

On October 12, Disney Channel hosted a night of premieres, specifically featuring witches and wizards. The night started at 8:30pm with the premiere of 'Wizards of Waverly Place' and continued at 9pm with the premiere of the DCOM, 'Twitches Too.'

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[edit] The Suite Life of Zack and Cody

"Arwinstein" is the title of the Halloween themed episode of The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, which aired on Saturday October 7 at 8/7c. There was a Halloween themed episode last year but fans petitioned for a new one. In this episode Zack and Cody release a monster robot created by Arwin in the hotel while London throws a costume party for Halloween.

[edit] Life With Derek

"Fright Night" is a Halloween themed episode of Life with Derek. In the episode, Lizzie gets scared of a scary movie that she is watching with Derek and Edwin.

[edit] Wizards of Waverly Place

Wizards of Waverly Place premiere during the Hauntober Fest. The plot of the show, which focuses on a family of wizards, gives the show a Halloween-like theme. There is a possiblility that a Halloween themed episode will air, if not there will be one next year.

[edit] Shaun the Sheep

"Little Sheep of Horrors" is the first Halloween themed episode of Shaun the Sheep. In this episode, The Farmer watches a scary movie called "Arooooo!". Then, Billy goes in the farm house at night.

[edit] Online

For the second year in a row DisneyChannel.com has posted a website affiliated with their broadcasting of spooky movies every night on Disney Channel.

[edit] Scream Outs

On the official Halloween Month website a feature called Scream Outs enable viewers to call in at an 866 number and record scary voice messages. Certain messages are chosen and posted on the official website. After viewers call in their scream-outs, if they get chosen, they are posted on a special section of the official website called Screamunity. There viewers are allowed to rate the scream outs at a frightening, creepy, scary, or eerie level. New scream outs will be featured each week, all month long. The ability to send in scream outs via email has been made.

[edit] See also

v • d • e
Halloweentown series
Films
Disney Channel's Hauntober Fest

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