October is such a fun time for kids, visiting pumpkin patches, picking out costumes, carving pumpkins. It can get so busy that the kids will probably need a little downtime to refuel. Pop some popcorn, then pop in a movie! Dreamworks has a Halloween Party DVD Pack that comes with two movies: Scared Shrekless and Monsters Vs. Aliens Mutant Pumpkins From Outer Space. Believe it or not, both are entertaining enough even for adults with some humor you can appreciate. The kids love their favorite characters with the Halloween Theme. My kids who are 4 and 2 watched both movies with their cousins who are 9 and 8 and all four of them enjoyed the movies.
I like that each movie is only about 25 minutes long, perfect for a short break, especially for kids with short attention spans. Next week we are having a little party with a few of my son’s preschool friends. We plan on watching these movies and I’m positive the kids will love them. We’ll probably have an intermission between the movies to break it up a little with some fun games.
The Halloween Party Double DVD Pack comes with lots of other musical fun, video and more. Our favorite is the Shrek parody of Michael Jackson’s Thriller music video. My kids love to dance along to it!
Here’s a little more info on the movies:
In Scared Shrekless, the gang gathers to celebrate Shrek’s favorite holiday: Halloween! But instead of the usual tricks or treats, Shrek ups the ante and challenges everyone to spend the night telling scary stories—the last one to be scared Shrekless wins. The DVD includes spooky spoofs on classics horror movies and features the voices of Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz and
Antonio Banderas.
Monsters vs. Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space finds Susan, B.O.B., The Missing Link, and Dr. Cockroach, Ph.D. dispatched as special operatives to investigate a mysterious alien presence on Halloween. As the night unravels, innocent-looking pumpkins are revealed for what they really are – mutant aliens! Luckily the monsters are there to smash the mutants’ wicked scheme to take over Earth. Monsters vs. Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space features the star-studded cast of voice talent from the original hit film including Reese Witherspoon, Seth Rogen, Hugh Laurie, Will Arnett, Kiefer Sutherland and Rainn Wilson.
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