Saturday night life presents the best of comedy, from comedic monologues to sketches and, if the audience is lucky, improvisations (usually when a sketch goes wrong). Each season, the country’s craziest and most versatile comedians write and perform their own sketches on topics such as politics, pop culture moments (yes, even TikTok) and the holidays!
Cast every Halloween weekend SNL offers a creepy and equally hilarious show with some iconic scenes. There is usually a selection of the best Halloween sketches that are also streaming!
“Haunted Elevator”
Maybe, SNLThe most revered Halloween-themed sketch, The Haunted Elevator, is about a couple who ride a scary elevator in the fictional haunted house from 100 Floors of Fear. Every floor is spooky: a ghostly bride, a severed head, and… David S. Pumpkins?
Tom Hanks it’s the iconic David S. Pumpkins, a man in a pimp jack-o’-lantern costume with two dancing skeleton boys. He returns countless times throughout the sketch (much to the amusement of the viewers) and even scares the couple at the end! Any questions?
“Scary Halloween Story”
Garth (Fred Armisen) and Kat (Kristen Wiig), the infamous duo of famous songwriters (who tend to compose most of their songs live) are back for a Halloween special.
In their orange Halloween sweaters, they sing a variety of songs, including “Halloween Party”, “Kids, don’t smoke fake cigarettes because - you know - every time people see you and think you’re an adult, they think that it’s the most unhealthy thing in this city or any other city” and “The Stupidest Witch”. Only creepy hits!
“Chad Horror Movie”
Chad’s Horror Movie consists of the first ever appearance Pete Davidsonthe famous character of Chad. In this sketch, Chad is sitting and watching TV. The phone rings and the killer loves scream is on the other side.
Chad, not very smart and frankly disinterested, minds his own business while a masked killer tries to kill him. But a killer quickly becomes a killer when he tries to kill Chad - watch and find out!
‘Close Encounter’
“Close Encounters” is one of SNL’s most famous and beloved sketches to date. The story is not necessarily about Halloween, but can be grouped with Halloween sketches for content. In the sketch, 2 NSA agents interview 3 people who survived the first confirmed case of alien abduction.
2 of them describe a soothing, vibrant experience, while the other (performed by a wonderful Kate McKinnon) is a slightly different story. This sketch was so loved that they wrote several Close Encounters sketches and even wrote one for Aidy Bryantas well asThe last episode of McKinnon.
‘Headless horseman’
John Mulaney in this sketch is the legendary Ichabod Crane. Ichabod is walking through the misty forest when the Headless Horseman approaches and things get a little frisky. Ichabod becomes curious about how a severed head can be used, and the once dark story turns into something increasingly sexual.
William (played by Davidson) enters and then also asks some inappropriate questions to the Headless Horseman. And another friend enters. The sketch turns into a frenzy as more and more questions are asked, and the audience just adored it.
“Clinton’s Halloween Party”
In a 2007 sketch Amy Poehler as well as Darrell Hammond play Hillary Clinton as well as Bill Clinton how they throw a Halloween party. Other actors playing well-known Democratic candidates enter until one particular guest arrives.
The character is in Barack Obama mask and takes it off to show that the real Obama is underneath! The crowd was shocked, and Obama’s surprise appearance in SNL The sketch was an iconic moment in SNL story. And he should have said, “Live from New York, it’s Saturday night!”
‘House with the ghosts’
“Haunted House” parodies some of the intense ghost-hunting shows that spice up their investigation with creepy voices and night vision cameras that blur them. As the team enters the bedroom, they hear a noise in the car, which they believe is a gas ghost.
They repeat it over and over and try to figure out what it might be, while the host (and croupier) tries to change the subject. Sometimes bathroom humor can be funny!
“Girlish Halloween”
Girls’ Halloween is a pre-recorded sketch about several girls (Bryant, Cecily Strongas well as Vanessa Bayer) that come into town on Halloween.
The sketch jumps from the present, where they are getting ready to go out and have a great time, to the future, where they are drunk and yelling at each other in the middle of the street. This sketch works so well because the humor isn’t real at all!
“Eerie Song”
chance rapper and a group of ghosts perform an eerie song in a graveyard about how they died, from sharks to dynamite.
When Chance’s character appears, he explains that his death was a bit unusual. Without going into details, let’s just say that Chance’s death was a bit… shocking!
Source: Collider
