<Tr> <Th> Running time </Th> <Td> Nightly, annually from October 19 to October 31 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Original Language (s) </Th> <Td> English </Td> </Tr> <P> 13 Nights of Halloween (formerly known as 13 Days of Halloween) is a seasonal programming block on Freeform . It originally began airing in 1998, after the Family Channel became Fox Family, and was continued through the channel's change into ABC Family, and later, Freeform . The 13 Nights of Halloween block was created mainly due to the success of the channel's 25 Days of Christmas, which had started two years earlier . The special lasts from October 19 until Halloween night, covering the thirteen days before the holiday . The latest event aired on Freeform on October 19, 2017, and has some films returning including Monsters, Inc . </P> <P> From 1998 - 2004, the block consisted mainly of Made - for - TV Movies aimed at an older audience, such as Casper: A Spirited Beginning, The Haunting of Seacliff Inn, Lost Souls, The Spiral Staircase, When Good Ghouls Go Bad, Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare, Tower of Terror and The Hollow, and Halloween specials such as Scariest Places on Earth and Ghost Stories . Then starting in 2006, the lineup shifted more towards feature films aimed at a younger audience such as Hocus Pocus, The Haunted Mansion, The Addams Family and its sequel, and the Harry Potter film series . The programming block was not aired in 2003 as ABC Family's new executives decided not to air the block for reasons that remain unclear, but it returned in 2004 . Over the following years, the block focused more on family - oriented feature films and away from specific Halloween - based programs . </P>

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