Best Free Halloween Movie Guides for High School | Grades 9 to 12 Worksheets, Quizzes and PDFs

High school audiences are ready for deeper cultural and ethical analysis. These guides emphasize argument writing, media literacy, and collaborative discussion—ideal for short, standards-aligned sequences or emergency sub plans with clear evidence expectations.

FREE Halloween Movie Guides (High School)

• Night of the Living Dead (R - 1968) — crisis leadership, trust in information, and moral decision-making fuel rich claim-and-evidence writing.
• Scream (R - 1996) — meta-horror rules, media pressure, and suspicion sharpen rhetoric and counter-argument practice.

More Halloween Movie Guides (High School)

• Ghostbusters (PG - 1984) — science vs. spectacle, teamwork, and public decision-making under pressure.
• Frankenstein (NR - 1931) — ethics and historical context pair well with research tasks or text-to-film comparisons.
• Tim Burton Halloween Bundle — thematic set for extension or choice activities (e.g., Beetlejuice, Nightmare Before Christmas).

Standards Connection

All guides support CCRA.R.1–R.3 (close reading, central ideas, analysis), W.1/W.2 (argument or informative/explanatory writing), SL.1 (collaboration), and L.4 (vocabulary in context). Prompts require students to gather, cite, and explain scene evidence while addressing counter-claims when appropriate.

Lesson Flow

• Hook: quickwrite on the film’s core question (e.g., “Who has authority under uncertainty?”).
• View with pause points; collect evidence using a T-chart (claim/evidence) to prep a paragraph or Socratic seminar.
• Short Writing: claim, 2 cited moments, reasoning, and a concession/counterpoint.

Optional Extension (Teacher-Created)

Not included in the product PDFs.

• Podcast mini-episode: compare Frankenstein and Night of the Living Dead as mirrors of cultural fear.
• Media-literacy audit: contrast official vs. rumor “authorities” in Scream and track how it changes choices.