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Looking for ways to celebrate Halloween online with your family, friends, and followers? We’ve curated some video ideas that are fun and easy to share on social media this spooky season.
Easily create haunted videos from scratch or start off with a beginner-friendly video template with Clipchamp.
25 Halloween video ideas
1. Party invites
Share your event details a little differently this year with a unique Halloween video invitation. Just combine a Halloween stock video background with skeleton stickers, glitching animated text, and spooky background music to create the perfect video invite. Don’t worry if you’re new to video editing, it’s easy to get started using any template.
2. Horror movie quotes
Create a video sharing your favorite horror movie quote with a professionally made video template. Customize with a dark color scheme to suit Halloween, add pumpkin and skeleton stickers, and type in your horror movie quote.
3. Ranking meme videos
Channel your inner fashion critic and review celebrity Halloween costumes in a tier ranking video perfect for Shorts and Reels. Set up your smartphone and record yourself reacting to Halloween costumes and fashion choices. Combine images into a montage video and use the picture-in-picture effect to overlay your facecam.
4. GRWM videos
If you’re getting ready for a Halloween event, create a quick ‘get ready with me’ video to share on social media. Record yourself doing your makeup and getting into your costume. You can even share spooky stories while you’re getting ready to keep your viewers engaged for longer.
5. Spooky Minecraft mod highlights
Roundup your wins or fails from your scary Minecraft mod gameplays to create entertaining gaming edits. If you have a gaming YouTube channel this is the perfect type of content to stay on trend during the Halloween season. Just import your Xbox gaming clips into Clipchamp, add sound effects, and share directly on social media. You can also add exclusive Minecraft content like this Zombie sticker to make your videos extra spooky!
6. Baking tutorial
Showcase your culinary skills and seasonal pumpkin spice recipes in a baking tutorial video. Whether you’re an experienced baker or just baking for fun, create an engaging video to share on TikTok or Instagram Reels in just a few clicks. Record yourself with an overhead shot, sharing tutorial steps, mention ingredients with animated text, and all required measurements. Don’t forget to add a funny voiceover too.
7. Pumpkin carving tutorial
Are you a pumpkin carving pro, or have you never carved a pumpkin before? No matter your skill level, create a tutorial video on how to carve a Halloween pumpkin. This style of content is perfect for entertainment as well as learning. Add animated text, pumpkin stickers, and autocaptions to make an easy-to-follow tutorial.
8. Trick or treat review video
Share your past trick or treat memories in a highlight reel for social media. Tip out your trick or treat bucket and break down every single candy bar for your social media followers. Go through your haul by street, favorite candy, least favorite candy, underrated candy, and overrated candy. Review every morsel in the bag and give a verdict of the best street for trick or treating. Combine short clips, add spooky background music, ghostly animated text, and Halloween emojis to create the perfect vlog or highlight reel.
9. Halloween life hacks video
Have some creative tips and life hacks to get through Halloween? From cleaning up makeup stains to preserving your pumpkin for longer, share your tips with your followers by creating a list video or step-by-step tutorial. You can record bird’s-eye view footage or use stock media to make a montage video with a voiceover. This style of video is perfect for not wanting to show your face on social media.
10. Zoom meeting background
Make your Zoom meetings more engaging and on-theme by creating unique virtual meeting backgrounds for Halloween. Using stock videos like dark night skies and eerie forests, haunted house stickers, and ghostly special effects, create a Zoom background that will leave your viewers spooked.
11. Halloween marketing promo video
Take advantage of the spooky season and create a Halloween themed social media ad. Promote a product, service, or your entire business with a scary treat. Or trick them with a ghoulish practical joke. Get started with our Halloween ad template for inspiration.
12. Halloween trivia video
Trivia buff? Know why Jack-O-Lanterns are made using pumpkins? Seen every scary movie in existence and keen to test others? Create a Halloween themed trivia video quiz for a company presentation or to share with family and friends. Create a video slideshow using spooky visuals and sounds from our content library.
13. Halloween Teams background
Keen to share your Halloween spirit during your next team meeting? Get your spook on by creating your own unique spooky Halloween themed background for Microsoft Teams. Use one of the Clipchamp Halloween themed backgrounds and customize it with spooky stickers.
14. Halloween prank video
For all the tricksters out there planning an elaborate Halloween practical joke, you can turn your prank into a candid camera highlight to share on social media. Join the latest trending prank on TikTok and YouTube or create your own. Score your prank montage with our collection of spooky sounds including music and sound effects.
15. Halloween unboxing and haul video
Scored some spook-tacular deals? Give your followers a detailed look into your Halloween shopping haul with a review and unboxing video. Showcase your new tech products or unbox special Halloween subscription boxes, among other Halloween treats. Get started with our shopping haul template then give it a spooky makeover using Halloween visuals.
16. Halloween sale video
Observe the holiday at your business with discounts that will make customers scream… in a good way! Advertise your monstrous Halloween sale with a social media marketing video that will drive customers to your store like trick or treaters to a haunted house made of candy.
17. Halloween giveaway
Maybe you’re celebrating Halloween with a giveaway rather than a sale. A video will drive engagement and increase the number of entrants. It’s also a two-for-one because you can still advertise any Halloween themed sales or products with using the brand kit to stamp your video with your business branding.
18. Halloween vlog
Document your costume creation and trick or treating with a Halloween vlog. Record your webcam to give a recap of your Halloween night or do a travel style walk and talk as you hit the streets in your costume looking for the houses with the best candy. Check out our ultimate guide for tips on how to create a vlog.
19. Halloween party costume ideas
Can’t decide whether to dress up as a ghost or a zombie? If you have too many costume options to choose from, parade them all for your social media followers. Just create a montage then hold a poll and ask your followers to vote on the winner.
20. Halloween movie watch party
If you want to get in the Halloween spirit, but are keen on something a little more laid back, host your own Halloween movie watch party. There’s lots of opportunity to make it fun with video. You can create a spooky invitation or movie trailer to get your friends primed for a good fright!
21. Haunted/scary story videos
Got a real-life ghost story that chills the blood? Or just got a knack for campfire stories that fuel nightmares? Flex your spooky story telling skills with a Facebook Story. Address the camera with your most bone-chilling performance and use green screen removal to set the scene of your haunted tale with a horror-themed video background. Or use text to speech and play with pitch and pace to create the perfect horror narrator that would even make R.L. Stine check under his bed.
22. Halloween DIY video
Some people really go the extra mile making their door look too scary to play trick or treat. Maybe you’re one of those people. If you’ve got a knack for Halloween DIY, create a tutorial for others to step up their spooky decorations. Edit this template with your creative Halloween ideas.
23. Halloween aesthetic inspiration video
Flaunt your warm orange and umber hues for all of social media to enjoy. Share your Halloween inspired room décor or Pumpkin lattes on TikTok or YouTube Shorts. Make your own aesthetic video using a trending TikTok sound and point out your styling and design choices with animated text. You can drag, drop and replace your footage into this before-and-after video template.
24. Halloween gaming video
No better time to dust off some classic spooky arcade games from the yesteryear of Sega Genesis and SNES. Make a retro gaming highlight video to some spooky classic side-scrollers like the original Castlevania or Golden Axe. Or keep it more recent with some Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare or Five Nights at Freddy’s. You can show off your gaming skills in split-screen mode using this video template.
25. Wednesday TikTok dance trend
Revisit this classic viral dance from Netflix’s Wednesday. This brief scene became one of the biggest TikTok trends of 2022 and Halloween is a perfect time for retro flair. So dust off your Wednesday Adams dress and dance moves and bring back this trend for Halloween. Maybe your TikTok might bring it back to this year’s biggest trends. Re-watch the dance challenge TikTok trend here.
Continue exploring Halloween content in Clipchamp. For more Halloween video ideas, check out Halloween video invitations. Explore next ideas for Black Friday and Cyber Monday or plan your content for the next major holiday.
Try creating a Halloween video today with Clipchamp for free or download the Clipchamp Windows app.
