100 Bewitching Instagram Captions to Post This Halloween

Most holidays are fun, but there’s something extra special about Halloween. For starters, it brings out the kid in just about everyone. From bingeing on delicious, sweet treats to donning fa-boo-lous DIY or store-bought costumes, children and adults alike get to partake in the spooky fall holiday. For many grownups, getting in on the fun means devouring candy and wearing masks (not the surgical kind). Still, there’s another key element to the revelry: sharing their personal festivities on social media.

Let’s be honest, if it isn’t posted on Instagram, did it even happen? We know that sharing won't be an issue because who can resist showing off their killer costume to their legions of beloved followers? However, what might be challenging is coming up with cool, witty or clever captions to complement your post.

Stumped? Don’t fear. We’re here to be your trusty ghostwriter. We promise, your captive network won’t be the wiser. Our cauldron of word brew is brimming with entertaining puns, quips, quotes, and double-entendres that will garner a never-ending stream of “likes.”

Whether you’re inspired by a haunting song, bone-chilling movie, or famous words from a Halloween icon, we’ve got you covered. Remember, ‘tis the season for tricks and scares — so, don’t let your followers down without a fright. Let these best Halloween captions work their magic and boost your social feed. We’re dying to see their reaction!

Cute and Funny Halloween Instagram Captions

  • Have a boo-tiful Halloween!

  • Happy Howl-loween!

  • Eat, drink, and be SCARY!

  • The night might be frightful but don’t forget to have fun!

  • Happy Fright Night!

  • Having a Thriller night!

  • Witching you a Happy Halloween.

  • You scream, we scream, we all scream for Halloween!

  • Creepy, kooky and always spooky!

  • You ghoul, girl!

  • Have a scary good time.

  • Wishing you a fa-boo-lous night.

  • Fangs you very much.

  • A witchin’ good time.

  • Eat, drink, & be scary.

  • Happy Hallow-scream!

  • Fang-tastic treats for all to eat.

  • Fright night awaits.

  • If you’ve got it, haunt it.

  • Pumped for pumpkins.

  • Trick or treat yourself!

  • Ghouls just want to have fun.

  • Dressed to kill.

  • Bats off to you!

  • I’m a savage. Creepy, eerie, scary!

  • Trick or treat, your love can’t be beat.

  • Have a spook-tacular Halloween.

  • #Squadghouls

  • Have a funky gourd time!

  • Mummies the word.

  • Bow down, witches.

  • Demons are a ghoul’s best friend.

  • Pumpkin spice and everything fright!

  • Hanging with my boos.

  • Ready, set, ghoul!

Halloween Captions Inspired by Songs

  • “I always feel like somebody's watching me.” —Rockwell

  • “He comes to me at night after I crawl into bed.” —Fresh Prince and DJ Jazzy Jeff

  • “The freaks come out at night.” —Whodini

  • “Under the moonlight, you see a sight that almost stops your heart.” —Michael Jackson

  • "It's a thief in the night to come and grab you.” —Rihanna

  • “I ain’t afraid of no ghosts.” —Ray Parker Jr.

  • “When you believe in things that you don't understand, then you suffer, superstition ain't the way.” —Stevie Wonder

  • “Off with your head. Dance til you're dead.” —Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs

  • "With a bit of a mind flip, you're into the time slip, and nothing can ever be the same" —Rocky Horror Picture Show

  • “Whoa, just another lonely night. Are you willing to sacrifice your life?” —Kanye West

  • “I put a spell on you because you're mine.” —Screamin’ Jay Hawkins

  • “I want candy!” —Aaron Carter

  • “When we all fall asleep, where do we go?” —Billie Eilish

  • "They’re creepy and they’re kooky, mysterious and spooky, they're all together ooky...” —The Addams Family Theme Song

  • Welcome to my nightmare, I think you're gonna like it…” —Alice Cooper

Halloween Captions Inspired by Movies

  • “Be afraid. Be very afraid.” —The Fly

  • “They’re here.” —Poltergeist

  • “Oh, no tears, please. It’s a waste of good suffering.” —Hellraiser

  • “Do you want to play a game?” —Saw

  • “We’ve traced the call… it’s coming from inside the house.” —When a Stranger Calls

  • “I see dead people.” —The Sixth Sense

  • “Do you like scary movies?” —Scream

  • “It’s Halloween; I guess everyone’s entitled to one good scare.” —Halloween

  • “Whatever you do, don’t fall asleep.” —A Nightmare on Elm Street

  • “Hi, I’m Chucky. Wanna play?” —Child’s Play

  • “It’s alive! It’s alive!” —Frankenstein

  • “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.” —The Shining

  • “Now you’re in the sunken place.” —Get Out

  • “Well, Clarice, have the lambs stopped screaming?” —The Silence of the Lambs

  • “Trust is a tough thing to come by these days.” —The Thing

  • "They will say that I have shed innocent blood. What's blood for, if not for shedding?” —Candyman

  • “I'm your number one fan.” —Misery

  • “I’m the ghost with the most, babe.” —Beetlejuice

  • “They all float down here.” —It

  • “You’re doomed. You’re all doomed!” —Friday the 13th

  • “It’s all just a bunch of hocus pocus!” —Hocus Pocus

  • This ain't no funeral home! It ain't the Terror Dome, neither! Welcome to Hell.” —Tales from the Hood

  • “We're gonna make it through tonight, and everything is gonna be okay.” —The Purge

  • “We all go a little mad sometimes.” —Psycho

  • “Oh, look! Another glorious morning. Makes me sick!” —Hocus Pocus

Halloween Captions Inspired by Quotes

  • “I’d rather stay home than go out in an uninspired Halloween costume.” —Heidi Klum

  • “We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones.” —Stephen King

  • “Double, double toil, and trouble.” —William Shakespeare

  • “Shadows mutter, mist replies; darkness purrs as midnight sighs.” —Rusty Fischer

  • "Where there is no imagination, there is no horror."—Arthur Conan Doyle

  • “A mask tells us more than a face.” —Oscar Wilde

  • “Halloween wraps fear in innocence, as though it were a slightly sour sweet. Let terror, then, be turned into a treat…” —Nicholas Gordon

  • "Shadows of a thousand years rise again unseen, voices whisper in the trees, 'Tonight is Halloween!'"—Dexter Kozen

  • “I'll stop wearing black when they make a darker color.” —Wednesday Addams, "The Addams Family"

  • “Nothing on Earth so beautiful as the final haul on Halloween night.”—Steve Almond

  • “When witches go riding, and black cats are seen, the moon laughs and whispers, ‘tis near Halloween.” —Unknown

  • “I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.” —L.M. Montgomery

  • “Some people are born for Halloween, and some are just counting the days until Christmas.”—Stephen Graham Jones

  • “Magic is really very simple, all you've got to do is want something and then let yourself have it.”—Aggie Cromwell, “Halloweentown”

  • “Every day is Halloween, isn't it? For some of us.” —Tim Burton

  • "A person should always choose a costume which is in direct contrast to her own personality." —Lucy, “It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown”

  • “When black cats prowl and pumpkins gleam, may luck be yours on Halloween.”—Unknown

  • “On Halloween you get to become anything that you want to be.”—Ava Dellaira

  • “There is something haunting in the light of the moon.”—Joseph Conrad

  • “The moon has awoken with the sleep of the sun, the light has been broken; the spell has begun.” —Midgard Morningstar

  • “We have had our summer evenings, now for October eves!” —Humbert Wolfe

  • “There is magic in the night when pumpkins glow by moonlight.” —Unknown

  • “Clothes make a statement. Costumes tell a story.” —Mason Cooley

  • “Halloween is not only about putting on a costume, but it's about finding the imagination and costume within ourselves.” –Elvis Duran

  • “Where there is no imagination, there is no horror.” —Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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