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Steven graduated Cum Laude from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Mass Communications, focusing on film studies, journalism and theatre arts. Dubbed a "prolific" writer by Hollywood icon Kenneth Johnson (The Incredible Hulk, V, The Bionic Woman, Alien Nation), Steven has been honored by the Arkansas College Media Association for his story writing prowess. He has also received recognition for his dramatic writing from the Eerie, Shriekfest and Screamfest horror film festivals. Publications include: Carroll County News, Saline Courier, Forum, Echo and Moroch.
31 Nights of Halloween casts its spell, some 'Hocus Pocus' on Freeform (full schedule)
Posted Monday, September 30, 2019, at 6:44 PM

NEW YORK — Halloween horror movie marathons are all the rage during October each year, but Freeform offers an overall family friendly alternative of spooky selections during the next 31 days.
This year's 31 Nights of Halloween on Freeform features the creepy, comedy classics "Ghostbusters" (1984), "The Addams Family" (1991) and "Hocus Pocus" (1993) among many, many other must-sees.
And, yes, there are a number of screenings for Tim Burton's "The Nightmare Before Christmas" (1993) which is an essential All Hallows' Eve tradition.
Freeform's most intense Halloween programming this year is Wes Craven's Scream films, at least the original three. "Scream 4" (2011) doesn't make the cut.
Johnny Depp's "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" (2007) also falls on the schedule as does "Zombieland" (2009), in terms of the more intense movie selections during the Freeform marathon.
Halloween day and night will be rather magical as a "Hocus Pocus" marathon begins at 11:30 a.m. with five showings of the All Hallows' Eve classic to close out the holiday. All showtimes are CDT. Check out the full schedule now:
Tuesday, October 1 [Golden Ticket Day]
- 11:30 a.m. Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
- 2 p.m. Monster House
- 4:05 p.m. The Nightmare Before Christmas
- 5:45 p.m. Monsters, Inc.
- 7:50 p.m. Hocus Pocus
- 11 p.m. Zombieland
Wednesday, October 2
- 10:30 a.m. Scared Shrekless
- 11 a.m. Monster House
- 1:05 p.m. R.L. Stine's Mostly Ghostly: One Night in Doom House
- 3:10 p.m. The Nightmare Before Christmas
- 4:50 p.m. Hocus Pocus
- 7 p.m. The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror-thon
- 11 p.m. ParaNorman
Thursday, October 3
- 11:30 a.m. Edward Scissorhands
- 1:40 p.m. ParaNorman
- 3:45 p.m. The Haunted Mansion
- 5:50 p.m. The Addams Family
- 7:55 p.m. Addams Family Values
- 11 p.m. Edward Scissorhands
Friday, October 4
- 10 a.m. Monsters vs. Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins
- 10:30 a.m. Hook
- 1:35 p.m. The Haunted Mansion
- 3:40 p.m. The Addams Family
- 5:45 p.m. Addams Family Values
- 7:50 p.m. Hocus Pocus
- 11 p.m. The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror-thon
Saturday, October 5
- 6 a.m. ParaNorman
- 8 a.m. Hocus Pocus
- 10:10 a.m.The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror-thon
- 12:40 p.m. Scooby-Doo
- 2:45 p.m. Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
- 4:50 p.m. Hocus Pocus
- 7 p.m. 31 Nights of Halloween Fan Fest
- 8:30 p.m. Goosebumps
- 11 p.m. Monster House
Sunday, October 6
- 6 a.m. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
- 8:30 a.m. Monster House
- 10:30 a.m. Scooby-Doo (2002)
- 12:30 p.m. Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
- 2:35 p.m. Hocus Pocus
- 4:45 p.m. Goosebumps
- 7:15 p.m. Hotel Transylvania
- 9:20 p.m. Hocus Pocus
- 11:30 p.m. 31 Nights of Halloween Fan Fest
Monday, October 7
- 10:30 a.m. Decorating Disney: Halloween Magic
- 11:30 a.m. 31 Nights of Halloween Fan Fest
- 12:30 p.m. Dark Shadows
- 3:10 p.m. Hocus Pocus
- 5:20 p.m. Hotel Transylvania
- 7:25 p.m. Ghostbusters
Tuesday, October 8
- 10 a.m. The Haunted Mansion
- 12 p.m. The Corpse Bride
- 2 p.m. Ghostbusters
- 4:30 p.m. Ghostbusters II
- 7 p.m. Iron Man
- 11 p.m. Scooby-Doo
Wednesday, October 9
- 10 a.m. The Nightmare Before Christmas
- 11:40 a.m. Scooby-Doo
- 1:45 p.m. Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
- 3:55 p.m. Iron Man
- 7 p.m. The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror-thon
- 11 p.m. Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
Thursday, October 10
- 10 a.m. Monsters vs. Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins
- 10:30 a.m. R.L. Stine's Mostly Ghostly: One Night in Doom House
- 12:40 p.m. Monster House
- 2:45 p.m. Finding Nemo
- 5:15 p.m. Hocus Pocus
- 7:25 p.m. Hotel Transylvania
- 9:30 p.m. Toy Story of TERROR!
- 11 p.m. Monster House
Friday, October 11
- 10 a.m. Scared Shrekless
- 10:30 a.m. Finding Nemo
- 1 p.m. Hocus Pocus
- 3:05 p.m. The Incredibles
- 5:45 p.m. Toy Story of TERROR!
- 6:15 p.m. Hotel Transylvania
- 8:20 p.m. The Nightmare Before Christmas
- 11 p.m. The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror-thon
Saturday, October 12
- 6 a.m. Ghostbusters
- 8:30 a.m. The Incredibles
- 11:10 a.m. The Nightmare Before Christmas
- 12:50 p.m. The Addams Family
- 2:55 p.m. Addams Family Values
- 5 p.m. Scream
- 7:40 p.m. Scream 2
- 10:20 p.m. Scream 3
Sunday, October 13
- 6 a.m. Ghostbusters II
- 8:35 a.m. The Corpse Bride
- 10:10 a.m. The Addams Family
- 12:15 p.m. Addams Family Values
- 2:20 p.m. Finding Dory
- 4:25 p.m. Monsters, Inc.
- 6:30 p.m. Moana
- 9 p.m. Hocus Pocus
- 11:10 p.m. The Corpse Bride
Monday, October 14
- 10:30 a.m. Hocus Pocus
- 12:40 p.m. Monsters, Inc.
- 2:45 p.m. Matilda
- 4:50 p.m. Mrs. Doubtfire
- 7:55 p.m. Hotel Transylvania
Tuesday, October 15
- 10:30 a.m. Matilda
- 12:40 p.m. Mrs. Doubtfire
- 3:45 p.m. Hotel Transylvania
- 5:50 p.m. The Addams Family
- 7:55 p.m. Addams Family Values
- 11 p.m. Hocus Pocus
Wednesday, October 16
- 10 a.m. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
- 12:40 p.m. Hocus Pocus
- 2:50 p.m. The Addams Family
- 4:55 p.m. Addams Family Values
- 7 p.m. The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror-thon
- 11 p.m. The Haunted Mansion
Thursday, October 17
- 10 a.m. ParaNorman
- 12:05 p.m. The Haunted Mansion
- 2:10 p.m. 101 Dalmatians
- 4:15 p.m. The Corpse Bride
- 5:50 p.m. Scooby-Doo
- 7:55 p.m. Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
- 11 p.m. R.L. Stine's Mostly Ghostly: One Night in Doom House
Friday, October 18
- 10 a.m. 31 Nights of Halloween Fan Fest
- 11 a.m. National Treasure
- 2 p.m. Scream
- 4:40 p.m. Scream 2
- 7:20 p.m. Scream 3
- 11 p.m. The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror-thon
Saturday, October 19
- 6 a.m. ParaNorman
- 8:05 a.m. Hocus Pocus
- 10:15 a.m. The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror-thon
- 3:15 p.m. Zootopia
- 5:45 p.m. Hocus Pocus
- 7:55 p.m. Ghostbusters
- 10:25 p.m. Ghostbusters II
Sunday, October 20
- 6 a.m. 31 Nights of Halloween Fan Fest
- 7 a.m. Hocus Pocus
- 9:05 a.m. Zootopia
- 11:35 a.m. Ghostbusters
- 2:05 p.m. Ghostbusters II
- 4:35 p.m. Hocus Pocus
- 6:45 p.m. Hotel Transylvania
- 8:50 p.m. The Addams Family
- 10:55 p.m. Addams Family Values
Monday, October 21
- 10 a.m. The Corpse Bride
- 11:35 a.m. The Addams Family
- 1:40 p.m. Addams Family Values
- 3:45 p.m. The Nightmare Before Christmas
- 5:25 p.m. Hotel Transylvania
- 7:30 p.m. Goosebumps
Tuesday, October 22
- 10 a.m. Decorating Disney: Halloween Magic
- 11 a.m. Scared Shrekless
- 11:35 a.m. Monster House
- 1:40 p.m. The Nightmare Before Christmas
- 3:20 p.m. Goosebumps
- 5:50 p.m. Scooby-Doo
- 7:55 p.m. Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
- 11 p.m. Monster House
Wednesday, October 23
- 10 a.m. Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
- 12:30 p.m. Scooby-Doo
- 2:30 p.m. Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
- 4:30 p.m. Moana
- 7 p.m. The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror-thon
- 11 p.m. Matilda
Thursday, October 24
- 10 a.m. Matilda
- 12:10 p.m. Moana
- 2:40 p.m. Ghostbusters
- 5:15 p.m. Ghostbusters II
- 7:50 p.m. Hocus Pocus
- 11 p.m. The Haunted Mansion
Friday, October 25
- 10 a.m. Monsters vs. Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins
- 10:30 a.m. Ghostbusters
- 1:05 p.m. Ghostbusters II
- 3:40 p.m. The Haunted Mansion
- 5:45 p.m. Hocus Pocus
- 7:55 p.m. Monsters, Inc.
- 11 p.m. The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror-thon
Saturday, October 26
- 6 a.m. Monster House
- 8:10 a.m. Hocus Pocus
- 10:20 a.m. Scooby-Doo
- 12:25 p.m. Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
- 2:30 p.m. Monsters, Inc.
- 4:35 p.m. The Addams Family
- 6:40 p.m. Addams Family Values
- 8:45 p.m. Hotel Transylvania
- 10:50 p.m. Hocus Pocus
Sunday, October 27
- 6 a.m. Scooby-Doo
- 8 a.m. Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
- 10:05 a.m. Hocus Pocus
- 12:15 p.m. The Nightmare Before Christmas
- 1:55 p.m. The Addams Family
- 4 p.m. Addams Family Values
- 6:05 p.m. Hotel Transylvania
- 8:10 p.m. Hocus Pocus
- 10:20 p.m. Dark Shadows
Monday, October 28
- 6 a.m. Dark Shadows
- 10:30 a.m. The Haunted Mansion
- 12:30 p.m. The Nightmare Before Christmas
- 2:10 p.m. Scream
- 4:40 p.m. Scream 2
- 7:20 p.m. Scream 3
Tuesday, October 29
- 6:30 a.m. The Haunted Mansion
- 10 a.m. The Nightmare Before Christmas
- 11:35 a.m. Scooby-Doo
- 1:40 p.m. Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
- 3:45 p.m. The Addams Family
- 5:50 p.m. Addams Family Values
- 7:55 p.m. Hotel Transylvania
- 11 p.m. The Corpse Bride
Wednesday, October 30
- 6:30 a.m. Scooby-Doo
- 10 a.m. The Corpse Bride
- 11:30 a.m. Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
- 1:35 p.m. The Addams Family
- 3:40 p.m. Addams Family Values
- 5:45 p.m. Hotel Transylvania
- 7:50 p.m. Hocus Pocus
- 11 p.m. Scooby-Doo
Thursday, October 31
- 10 a.m. 31 Nights of Halloween Fan Fest
- 11:30 a.m. Hocus Pocus [Marathon]
- 1:35 p.m.
- 3:40 p.m.
- 5:45 p.m.
- 7:50 p.m.
- 11 p.m. Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
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