Baby Jason, the infant Jason Voorhees from Peacock’s Crystal Lake, is now a life-size NECA doll with lifelike eyes and five points of articulation, and
AMC’s popcorn bucket for The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth is a cream tub wrapped in orange palm trees, with the O’s in Booth drawn
Focker-In-Law, the fourth installment in the Meet the Parents film series, arrives in theaters on November 25, 2026. And of course, it has a collectible
Dallas, TX — The hockey mask Kane Hodder wore as Jason Voorhees in Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday is up for auction, along
Jaws, Casper, The Mummy and Bride of Frankenstein now come on mini VHS tapes that really play. Slide one into MGA’s Miniverse Real TV, a
The U.S. Postal Service’s 2027 stamps include Mothman, Bigfoot and the Jackalope in a five-stamp Mythical Creatures set, plus a Halloween set with a vampire,
The Cat in the Hat popcorn buckets come in two shapes from the Dr. Seuss book, the Cat’s striped top hat and the goldfish’s bowl,
Five national chains have free Christmas events for kids this season, from a free photo with Santa at Bass Pro Shops and Cabela’s through Christmas
The LOEWE x Disney Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas collection is available from Nov. 12, and LOEWE’s U.S. site already lists more than 100
Two people were killed in separate shootings at Spirit Halloween stores on Oct. 30, the day before Halloween, in Fairfield, California, and Madison Heights, Michigan.
Nightmare Before Christmas fans can put Jack Skellington on the tree this year: Hallmark sells a plush Jack tree topper for $26.49, and Spirit Christmas
Regal and Cinemark both have Hunger Games popcorn buckets for Sunrise on the Reaping, which opens Nov. 20. Regal’s is a collectible tin shaped like
Rocky is turning 50, and there are two popcorn buckets for it: a staircase shaped like the Philadelphia Museum of Art steps, where Rocky stands
Disney’s Hexed has a witch’s-cauldron popcorn bucket, and the 85-ounce iridescent version is already on sale online for $27.99, shipping after November 17, ahead of
The full-body Godzilla popcorn bucket for Godzilla Minus Zero, an 85-ounce figure about 19 inches tall, is sold out at every online store that carried
This Christmas you can put a 7-foot-3 Krampus on the porch for $349.99, a 9.75-foot Bumble in the yard for $499 and Art the Clown
Jack in the Box’s Doomsday Dipping Box is on the menu as of November 5, with popcorn chicken, two mozzarella sticks, two tacos, curly fries, a drink and three dipping sauces, including the new Assemble Sauce. Each box comes with one of eight blind-bagged Avengers: Doomsday magnets that connect like puzzle pieces, while supplies last. It’s $14.75 on Jack in the Box’s online menu at the San Diego and Houston restaurants I checked.
Lowe’s Halloween clearance is at 75% off, with Disney’s 2-foot lighted Minnie Mouse skeleton blow mold at $15, down from $59.98. Spirit Halloween’s stores closed for the season on November 2, and its online sale has 61 Halloween decorations marked down 20% to 75%. Target’s Halloween clearance online is 15% to 40% off.
Living Dead Dolls has a new doll, RotsAnne, a 10-inch figure with a crumbling face that comes in the line’s coffin box. She’s a $70 preorder from Mezco Toyz and ships June to August 2027.
Krampus can hang on your Christmas tree in red this year. Sideshow’s Der Krampus (Deadly Red) Ornament is a $56, hand-painted portrait of the holiday monster with a fiery red face, and Sideshow lists it as ready to ship.
McDonald’s Boo Buckets are back for Halloween on Tuesday, October 20, and this year the five Happy Meal pails are Disney villains: Jafar, Ursula, Scar, Cruella and Maleficent. Each bucket comes with a villain-inspired lid and stickers, for a limited time while supplies last.
Starbucks’ holiday menu is here as of November 5, with a new Tiramisu Velvet Latte and a Bearista Cake Pop, and the original Bearista Glass Cold Cup, which sold out in less than a day last holiday season, comes back to select coffeehouses on December 1. Mystery Bearista cups in $39.95 surprise boxes arrive November 10, and Red Cup Day is November 17.
Jack Skellington and Sally from The Nightmare Before Christmas are joining LDD Presents, Mezco Toyz’s line of licensed characters made in the style of its Living Dead Dolls. The 10-inch dolls are $60 each on preorder and ship April to June 2027, and Jack gets an all-new body built for his tall, skeletal frame.
Art in the Attic, a Terrifier holiday doll of Art the Clown, is turning up at Spirit Christmas stores. Its box shows Art in an elf hat in a rocking chair in an attic, the Terrifier 3 image director Damien Leone took from Black Christmas.
Buddy the Unicorn, the kids’-show host from the horror movie Buddy, is the No. 1 trending Halloween costume of 2026 on Google’s Frightgeist list, ahead of NeeDoh and Nikki from Obsession. Buddy also tops Frightgeist’s horror movie list, and Michael Myers and the Headless Horseman made the kid and pet lists.
Tesla’s Halloween Mode is out in software update 2026.38.3: the car’s on-screen avatar wears a ghost costume, and a Trick or Treat setting plays spooky sounds and flickers the lights when someone walks up to the parked car. Tesla announced it on October 6 with a new light show, wraps, a lock sound, a photo booth, and a way to speak through the car from the app.
Rivian’s Halloween mode for 2026 is Ghostbusters: a software update gives every Rivian proton beam headlights and ghost trap sounds through November 1, and a
A Halloween display works in five layers, according to Light Up Your Holidays, a Chicago company that designs and installs them: foundation lighting, one focal
Santa is a zombie again at TWIX. Zombie Claus is back for a second year of Hallowmas, the candy bar’s Halloween-meets-Christmas campaign, with a photo and video contest that pays $20,000 in prizes through November 8, new skull-shaped TWIX, and a trick-or-treat stop in New York’s Williamsburg neighborhood on Halloween.
Ghost Face, Jason, Billy the Puppet, and Pinhead are fashion dolls now. JAKKS Pacific’s new Doll Haus of Dread line turns the four horror characters into 11-inch collector dolls, with Pinhead in a gown and Billy the Puppet in a pinstripe tuxedo, and each is $39.97 at Walmart.
Free Halloween events for kids at national chains in 2026 included 500 free prize tickets for kids in costume at Chuck E. Cheese through October 31, and free kids meals for kids in costume at Red Lobster from October 30 through November 1, with a full-price adult entrée. The next free events are The Home Depot’s dump truck workshop on November 7 and the Barnes & Noble LEGO Holiday Build on November 13 to 15.
Toy Story, KPop Demon Hunters, and Spider-Man costumes are among the 11 costume trends Spirit Halloween named for 2026. The list, released October 1, also includes varsity jackets, Greek armor, Fortnite and Halo, and a Dungeon Crawler Carl look built around boxers and Crocs.
Reese’s has named E. Dudley Ave. in Westfield, New Jersey, the Trick-or-Treatiest Street in America, chosen on October 21 from 150 streets, at least two in every state and Washington, D.C. Reese’s scored each street twice, a Haul Score for candy and a Haunt Score for how haunted the street is, and the top Haul Score, 99.0, went to S 13th St. in Philadelphia.
PetSmart’s free pet trick-or-treating ran on Saturday, October 17, and Sunday, October 25, at every store, with treat stations, a photo backdrop, and a tote bag for the first 50 people. On October 28, PetSmart’s in-store events page listed a Doggie Day Camp Playdate from October 29 to November 1 and the free Birthday + Gotcha Bash on November 7.
Home Depot’s Halloween bucket has a Christmas version for the first time: a white 2-gallon bucket printed with a Christmas tree and fireplace on one side and Santa’s sleigh over a Home Depot store on the other. It went on sale online on October 1 for $2.98 and is in stores now.
If you don’t want to make your own pumpkin-shaped pizza this Halloween, you can buy one at Target. The Market Pantry Pumpkin Shaped Pizza is
Universal’s official Obsession Halloween costumes are on sale at the NBCUniversal Store for $74.95 each, and Bear’s set has already sold out in every size.
Spirit Halloween is selling an officially licensed Dungeon Crawler Carl costume for $59.99, built around what Spirit calls Carl’s signature heart-print shorts. The adult costume also comes with a black vest, a cape, a bandana, knee pads, a glove, and a character patch.
M&M’s and Sour Patch Kids are the most popular Halloween candy in 10 states each on CandyStore.com’s 2026 map, which ranks candy by projected pounds sold, and NERDS Gummy Clusters wins Indiana in its first year on it. On DoorDash’s map of October orders, Reese’s leads 17 states.
Spirit Christmas has 21 animatronics this year, and the first two in the lineup are monsters: a 7-foot-3 Krampus for $349.99 and Art the Clown
Spirit Christmas is open at all 43 of its stores in 15 states, most of them since November 6 or 7, and their store pages
Nike’s Halloween Air Force 1 borrows from Scream without saying so: a slashed Swoosh, a tongue logo in the movie’s lettering, and a tiny cordless-phone
The Nightmare Before Christmas returned to theaters October 2, and it comes with a light-up Jack Skellington popcorn bucket. AMC started selling it that day
This fall, the pet aisle is full of Halloween. Glow-in-the-dark dog harnesses, viral ghost-dog yard decorations, and bacon-shaped treats have all arrived for 2026, and
Purina’s Beggin’ has three new limited-edition Halloween dog treats out now, all made with real bacon and shaped for the season: ghost-shaped Ghoulish Ghosts, pumpkin-shaped
A free, immersive Scream pop-up ran in Manhattan on October 2 and 3, letting fans 21 and older step into the franchise for its 30th
Nine of Jellycat’s 19 Halloween plush are sold out, and on eBay two of them cost much more than they did new: Hocus Crow, a
Betsey Johnson’s new Halloween purse is shaped like a haunted house, complete with a small front window that opens to reveal a mirror, for $148.
Shock Top and Spirit Halloween have brewed up a Halloween collaboration: a limited-edition Candy Corn Wheat Ale and a $69.99 costume of Shock Top’s mascot,
Costco’s Halloween pumpkin-and-bat ravioli is back for the season. The cheese-filled ravioli features dual-colored pasta shapes: orange pumpkins and black bats. The 2-pound pack sells
Jason Voorhees is slashing back onto screens in Peacock’s Crystal Lake prequel, which premieres October 15, and the merchandise is already here. Cinemark is selling
