180 Best Halloween Instagram Captions to Share With Your Ghoul Gang

You might think the scariest part of Halloween is the creepy costumes or haunted houses, but anyone who's ever posted a costume photo knows the real challenge is coming up with the perfect Halloween Instagram caption. Once you've snapped your spooky selfie or group shot, the pressure sets in to write something clever, cute, or just plain fun—and that's where this list comes in. You can find the beast of the best right here!

We've rounded up the best Halloween Instagram captions for every kind of post. You’ll find Halloween puns, Halloween jokes, and even some Halloween quotes from your favorite movies. Sharing a couple's costume? Try "I'm under your spell." Posting your whole crew? "#GhoulGang" never fails for a fun group shot! There's something here for every vibe, from sweet to scary.

Why stop there? Some of the best Halloween Instagram captions come straight from your favorite Halloween movies, like Beetlejuice, Hocus Pocus, The Addams Family, or even a classic slasher flick. A quote like "I am the Pumpkin King!" is perfect for anyone channeling Jack Skellington, while "It's just a bunch of hocus pocus" never gets old—especially if you're dressed in something witchy. You can pull from spooky favorites, cult classics, or even family-friendly films you've watched every October since childhood.

As you gear up for eeriest evening of the year, let this list of Halloween captions be your guide to the perfect post. Your feed is about to look fang-tastic!

• Creature sighted.
• Drop-dead and dressed up.
• Just out here haunting.
• Brooms welcome.
• Cat got your scream?
• Scream and sugar, please.
• Trick or treat. Repeat.
• I’m just here for the chills.
• Bone to be wild.
• Working the graveyard shift.
• #GhoulGang
• Watch out for goblins.
• Still holding out for a scarytale ending.
• Getting serious deja boo.
• Cute can be creepy.
• Boo from me to you.
• The more pumpkins, the better.
• Yes, this counts as a costume.
• The nightmare you weren’t ready for.
• Wishing you a very haunted Halloween.
• Just spooky enough.
• Here to slay.
• Pumpkin or bust.
• Ready to mash things up.
• No candy, no photo.
• Boo-ing for the camera.
• Jump scare, but make it cute.
• Ghoul just wants to have fun.

• You say witch like it's a bad thing.
• This sheet is getting old.
  
• I'm not a regular zombie, I'm a cool zombie.
• I feel like a haunt mess.
• You know what witches say: If the broom fits, fly it!
• Mummy? Mum? Mum-acita?
• Feeling especially batty this Halloween.
• Howl 'bout them apples?
• The scariest part of Halloween is the price of my costume.
• No, I'm not always this pale.
• The blood is from Walmart.
• Everyone screamed like a little ghoul when they saw my costume.
• Live. Laugh. Howl.
• I was bone for Halloween.
• No ghouls allowed.
• I've got a lot of tricks up my sleeve.
• Had a fun night with my boos.
• There's something about Halloween that just raises my spirit. Or should I say kills it?
• Where are all my bats at?
• You know what they say: Trick or treat yo'self.
• Don't I look so gourd in this costume?
• Ask me where I got my broomstick.
• What you wand isn't always what you need.
• Who wants to go haunting with me tonight?
• Orange everything this Halloween.
• You mess with me, you also mess with my flying monkeys.
• Who knew that a ghost good look this good?
• Never too old for some Halloween candy.
• I'm brewin' up something spooky this Halloween.
• If I'm not startled, I don't want it!
• Yes, I'm a witch. What about it?
• Everyone looked eerie-sistible in their costumes.
• Halloween: The only holiday where it's best if you come as you aren't!
• Creepin' it real.
• Fangs for the memories.
• No tricks, just treats.
• Who run the world? Ghouls.
• Not every witch lives in Salem.
• Having a bloody good time!
• Oh my ghouls!
• If you've got it, haunt it.
• Meet my boo crew.
• New face, who 'dis?
• Can be bribed with candy.
• Bugs and hisses to my witches!
• Too ghoul for school.
• Demons are a ghoul's best friend.
• You bewitch me!
• I cannot be held responsible for any missing candy.
• Guys and ghouls.
• Witch way to the candy?

• I'm just a little batty tonight.
• Trick or treat, cutie on the street.
• Found my boo-tiful costume!
• Sweets, smiles, and a little scare.
• Too sweet to spook!
• Carved out some time for candy.
• Just a cozy ghost in a scary world.
• Broom hair, don't care.
• Keepin' it cute and a little creepy.
• Channeling pumpkin patch energy.
• Little bit spooky, whole lot adorable.
• Dressed up and full of treats.
• Candy corn vibes only.
• Cutest ghoul in the neighborhood.
• Just here to steal your candy and your heart.
• May contain pumpkins and mischief.
• All treats, no tricks (unless you ask nicely).
• Casting cute spells only.
• Feeling snug in my skeleton suit.
• Pumpkin spice and everything nice-ish.
• Monster cuddles, anyone?
• My costume? Pure sugar.
• Waving my wand at bedtime curfews.
• Don't worry...I ghost texts, not people.
• Halloween night is simply bewitching.
• The ghostess with the mostess.
• Witchful thinking.
• I'm under your spell.
• Happy Haunting!
• Feeling witchy on All Hallows' Eve.
• Bad to the bone.
• With my boo crew.
• Everyday should be Halloween.
• Feeling fa-boo-lous.
• Having a boo-tiful time!
• Wishing you a haunting night.
• Tonight the main food groups are candy, candy, and more candy.
• Ready for a wicked good time.
• I've been ready for Halloween since last Halloween.

• We trick or treat, 🌧 or ☀️.
• We got the 🍭 🌽.
• Now, to get home before midnight... 👠🎃
• Best costume 🏆 goes to...
• Promise I won't 👻 you.
• 'Til 💀do us part.
• H🎃ppy H🎃lloween!
• You look b🎃🎃tiful tonight.
• The 🎃 👑 of Halloween.
• Who you gonna 📞? 👻busters!
• Trapped in my 🕸
• 👀 on that best costume 🏆
• Keep your 🐾 off my 🍬
• The cutest 🎃 in the patch.
• 👑 of screams.
• Who 👻 there?
• H🌕wling at the m🌕🌕n!
• 🦁🐯🐻, oh my!

• "Hi! I'm Chucky. Wanna play?" —Child's Play
• "Being normal is vastly overrated." —Halloweentown
• "Be afraid, be very afraid." —The Fly
• "I see dead people." —The Sixth Sense
• "Whatever you do, don’t fall asleep." —A Nightmare On Elm Street
  
• "You frightened me. Do it again!" — The Addams Family
  
• "I am beautiful. Boys will LOVE me!" —Hocus Pocus
• "I am the pumpkin king!" —The Nightmare Before Christmas
• "By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes." —Macbeth
  
• "It's showtime." —Beetlejuice
• "Oh look, another glorious morning. It makes me SICK!" —Hocus Pocus
  
• "I'm a mouse, duh." —Mean Girls
• "I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers." —Anne of Green Gables
• "Use iodized salt to ward off witches, zombies, and old boyfriends." —Hocus Pocus
• "Villainy wears many masks, none so dangerous as the mask of virtue." —Sleepy Hollow
• "There is something at work in my soul, which I do not understand." —Frankenstein
• "I'm a ghost with the most, babe." —Beetlejuice
• "I would like, if I may, to take you on a strange journey." —Rocky Horror Picture Show
• "Magic is really very simple, all you've got to do is want something and then let yourself have it." —Halloweentown
• "It's a full moon tonight. That's when all the weirdos are out." —Hocus Pocus
  
• "I'll stop wearing black when they invent a darker color." —The Addams Family
• "Everyone hail to the Pumpkin King." —The Nightmare Before Christmas
• "Double, double, toil and trouble." —Macbeth
• "We all go a little mad sometimes." —Psycho
• "I've seen enough horror movies to know that any weirdo wearing a mask is never friendly." —Friday the 13th Part VI
• "It's Halloween; everyone's entitled to one good scare." —Halloween
• "There's only 365 day left 'til next Halloween!" —The Nightmare Before Christmas
• "Each year, the Great Pumpkin rises out of the pumpkin patch that he thinks is the most sincere." —It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
• "Amuck, amuck, amuck." —Hocus Pocus
• "It's alive!" —Frankenstein

• "When we all fall asleep, where do we go?" —Billie Eilish
• "They're creepy and they're kooky, mysterious, and spooky." —Andrew Gold
• "I put a spell on you and now you're mine." —Screamin' Jay Hawkins
• "Boys and girls of every age, wouldn't you like to see something strange?" —Danny Elfman
• "He did the mash, he did the monster mash. The monster mash, it was a graveyard smash." —Bobby "Boris" Pickett
• "Very superstitious, writing's on the wall. Very superstitious, ladders 'bout to fall." —Stevie Wonder
• "Woo hoo, witchy woman, she got the moon in her eye." —The Eagles
• "We're all monsters living in a dream. So you be you and I'll still be happy, forever Halloween." —The Maine
• "Ding-dong, the witch is dead! Which old witch? The wicked witch." —Judy Garland
• "They're creepy and they're kooky, mysterious and spooky. They're all together ooky, the Addams Family." —The Addams Family Theme
• "I know if I’m haunting you, you must be haunting me." —Beyoncé
• "Time is fleeting, madness takes its toll." —The Rocky Horror Picture Show
• "Must be the season of the witch." —Donovan
• "I'm friends with the monster that's under my bed." —Eminem and Rihanna

Erin Cavoto

Erin Cavoto is the Editorial Assistant at ThePioneerWoman.com, covering food, holidays, home decor, and more.