This year, fans can look forward to the best #SpookleySeason yet. Holiday Hill Farm today announced that the animated, anti-bullying Halloween movie Spookley the Square Pumpkin will now be available in a high definition 16:9 widescreen format on streaming platforms and in movie theaters nationwide.
The family-friendly, digitally remastered animated musical film has become a Halloween staple and is available on more platforms than ever before, delighting longtime fans and new audiences. In addition to returning to Netflix, the Spookley movie will be available on the following platforms, with more to be announced:
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- Peacock (for the first time, throughout October)
- Kidoodle.TV
- YouTube Kids (as featured Halloween content)
- Happy Kids
- Roku
- Pluto TV
Fans will also have the opportunity to visit Spookley’s pumpkin patch at movie theaters around the country, giving kids a unique way to embrace the Halloween season.
Based on the book The Legend of Spookley the Square Pumpkin, the classic Halloween film released in 2004 has become a Halloween tradition, charming families with its story of a little square pumpkin who is different from all the other pumpkins in the patch, and learns that it’s OK to be different. The movie’s embodiment of kindness, acceptance and celebrating differences is especially resonant in October, which is both National Bullying Prevention Month and Spookley’s peak season.
The beloved little square heartwarming hero of Halloween will also be featured in five brand new Spookley shorts. These videos will round out “Spookley’s 13 Days of Halloween,” which launched last year with the first eight one-minute videos. All 13 will air on Spookley’s official YouTube channel throughout October. New titles include Web Design, Un-Haunted House and more.
“We are excited to release this HD film for Spookley fans to experience the warmth, charm, and spirited fun of the original Spookley movie,” said Aaron Burakoff, Principal at Holiday Hill Farm. “His messages of kindness and acceptance have become a special part of Halloween for so many, and this film helped to start it all.”
Spookley lives on Holiday Hill Farm, a world of storytelling magic where “Every day is a Holiday” and where Spookley and his friends celebrate what makes every day — and every one — special throughout the entire year. Spookley was born one Halloween night years ago, when Joe Troiano’s young son asked for a non-scary bedtime story about pumpkins. Troiano is the award-winning author, script writer, lyricist and producer behind all of the Spookley the Square Pumpkin and Holiday Hill Farm books, movies, songs and stage shows.
Schools, libraries and parenting groups often use Spookley’s storybooks, videos and activities during #SpookleySeason as teaching tools around kindness, empathy and inclusion. From books and animated specials, albums to stage shows and even corn mazes across the U.S. (more than 200 farms, pumpkin patches, theme parks and resorts theme their fall attractions around him), Spookley has become a positive mascot of the Halloween season. Spookley is the “Official Spokes-Pumpkin” for PACER’s National Bullying Prevention Center and National Bullying Prevention Month (October).
Learn more at spookley.com.
