Halloween Instagram Captions | 100+ Spooky Ideas

Halloween—the only time of year Sunday scaries are a good thing. Whether you’re out flaunting your costume or cozying up for a scary movie marathon, use these ideas as inspiration for your next Halloween post.

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Instagram caption ideas for Halloween

From funny to frightful, here are the best Halloween captions to pair with your next Insta.

• Eat, drink, and be scary
• All Hallows’ eve
• Wicked through and through
• Bad to the bone
• If looks could kill…
• The most wonderful time of the year
• Double double toil and trouble
• Posting and ghosting
• Catch treats, not tricks
• Made a deal with the devil
• Are you afraid of the dark?
• ‘Tis the season
• Spooktacular
• Sweet like candy
• Orange is the new black

Funny Halloween captions

Creepy? Maybe. Corny? Definitely. These Halloween puns are perfect for your not-so-serious spooky posts.

• Getting ghosted
• Creepin’ it real
• Oh my gourd
• Resting witch face
• Gourd luck babe
• Ghostess with the mostest
• Hot ghoul fall
• 100% that witch
• If you’ve got it, haunt it
• Trick or treat yo’self
• Fangs for the memories
• Demons are a ghoul’s best friend
• Hallo-queen
• Fang-girling

If you’re looking for some other creative ways to wish someone a happy Halloween, check out some Happy Halloween sayings.

Short Halloween captions

These bite-sized captions are perfect for selfies, stories, and tiny scares.

• Killin’ it
• Bite me
• Hocus pocus
• Witching hour
• Jeepers creepers
• Happy haunting
• Sp👀ky
• Batty
• Trickster
• Fright night
• Scaredy cat

Couples Halloween captions

Love is magical—why not add a spooky twist? These captions are perfect for couples who slay together.

• Me and my boo
• My handsome devil
• ‘Til death do us part
• Under your spell
• Dancing with the devil
• Love at first bite
• My pumpkin king
• A match made in Halloweentown
• Tricks, treats, & you
• Scaring is caring

Halloween captions for group shots

Round up your coven or werewolf pack for a group costume and try out these caption ideas!

• Squad ghouls
• Boo crew
• These witches likes wine
• Mean Ghouls
• Pick your poison
• Witches be crazy
• Cheers, witches
• Ghouls just wanna have fun
• Fang gang
• Trick-or-treat team
• My coven
• Broommates for life

Halloween captions for kids

Nothing is cuter than a tiny trick-or-treater. Use these captions to show off your little boo.

• Mummy’s little monster
• Little pumpkin’s first Halloween
• Just here for the candy
• Baby boo
• Tiny terror in training
• Trick or treat, smell my feet!
• Cutest pumpkin in the patch
• Candy thief in disguise
• Mini monster
• Lil’ trickster
• Sugar rush loading
• Snack-sized spook

Halloween-themed song lyrics

Whether you’re into creepy classics or modern hits, these Halloween-ready lines can set the soundtrack for your posts.

• “I put a spell on you, because you’re mine” —Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, “I Put a Spell on You”
• “It’s close to midnight, something evil’s lurking in the dark” —Michael Jackson, “Thriller”
• “I can thrill you more than any ghost would ever dare try.” — Michael Jackson, “Thriller”
• “I ain’t afraid of no ghost” —Ray Parker Jr., “Ghost Busters”
• “Who you gonna call?” —Ray Parker Jr., “Ghost Busters”
• “You know I didn’t want to have to haunt you, but what a ghostly scene” —Taylor Swift, “My Tears Ricochet”
• “They’re burning all the witches, even if you aren’t one” —Taylor Swift, “I Did Something Bad”
• “But if he’s a ghost, then I can be a phantom” —Taylor Swift, “…Ready For It?”
• “I’m friends with the monster that’s under my bed.” Eminem ft. Rihanna, “The Monster”
• “When we all fall asleep, where do we go?” —Billie Eilish, “bury a friend”
• “I know if I’m haunting you, you must be haunting me.” —Beyoncé, “Haunted”
• “Baby, it’s Halloween. And we can be anything.” —Phoebe Bridgers, “Halloween”
• “There’s a bad moon on the rise” —Creedence Clearwater Revival, “Bad Moon Rising”
• “It was a graveyard smash” —Bobby “Boris” Pickett, “Monster Mash”
• “Psycho killer, qu’est-ce que c’est” —Talking Heads, “Psycho Killer”

Halloween quotes from movies

Channel your favorite Halloween flick with these memorable lines.

• “I’m a mouse, duh” —Karen Smith, Mean Girls
• “I’m the ghost with the most, babe” —Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice
• “Do you like scary movies?” —Ghostface, Scream
• “Life’s no fun without a good scare” —The Nightmare Before Christmas
• “Be afraid, be very afraid” — Veronica Quaife, The Fly
• “You frightened me. Do it again” —Morticia Addams, The Addams Family
• “I’ll stop wearing black when they invent a darker color” —Wednesday Addams, The Addams Family
• “There’s only 365 days left ‘til next Halloween!” —Mayor, The Nightmare Before Christmas
• “Whatever you do, don’t fall asleep” —Nancy Thompson, A Nightmare on Elm Street
• “There’s a little witch in all of us” —Aunt Jet Owens, Practical Magic
• “Uh… boo?” —Casper, Casper
• “Everyone deserves a chance to fly” —Elphaba, Wicked

Frequently asked questions about Halloween Instagram captions

Do you capitalize Halloween?

You should capitalize the first letter of Halloween when you use this word in sentences or Halloween sayings. Because holidays like Halloween are proper nouns, they should always be capitalized.

Which costume are you wearing on Halloween?

In 2025, Halloween will be on a Friday.

We should buy extra Halloween candy in case we get a lot of trick or treaters.

QuillBot’s free Grammar Checker can help you avoid capitalization errors with “Halloween” and other holidays.

What does Halloween mean?

Halloween means “the night before All Saints’ Day.” Halloween is a holiday on October 31 that involves dressing up in costumes and trick-or-treating (knocking on doors to ask for candy).

Halloween costumes and Halloween sayings have traditionally been associated with death (e.g., ghosts and skeletons) because the holiday is celebrated the night before All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day–Christian holy days that honor saints and those who have passed. All Saints’ Day used to be called “All Hallows’ Day.”

The word “Halloween” is a contraction for the old English words “hallows” (saints) and “even” (evening). In some parts of the world, “Hallowe’en” has an apostrophe.

QuillBot’s free Paraphrasing Tool can help you polish your Halloween messages.

How can I use AI to generate Instagram captions?

AI makes generating unique caption ideas fast and easy. 

Try a tool like QuillBot’s free AI caption generator—just describe the type of caption you want, and it will generate a list of ideas that you can refine or copy-paste straight into Instagram.

What is the Instagram caption limit?

The Instagram caption limit is 2200 characters (roughly 300–500 words), but only the first 80–100 characters are visible in the main feed, which is about 15 words on average. Therefore, the most important information should be in the first 10–15 words. 

Writing concise captions can be time consuming, but with QuillBot’s free AI Instagram caption generator, it only takes a few seconds.