Ghoul Fools: The Revenge of Johnny

Ghoul Fools: The Revenge of Johnny (also known as Ghoul Fools 2) is a 2026 animated Halloween comedy film directed by. A sequel to Ghoul Fools: A Halloween Adventure (2024), it features Jacob Tremblay, Ashly Burch, Dane DeHaan, Britt McKillip, Oscar Isaac, Tabitha St. Germain, Alyson Stoner, Olivia Olson, Haley Tju, and Rachel McAdams reprising their roles, with new cast members George Lopez and Bagans joining. The film was released on Netflix on September 29, 2026.

Plot
Many Halloweens ago, Johnny, loved dressing up like a monster until last Halloween when he discovered that monsters are real and fears they will get him again this year; he plans to end Halloween to protect himself, while Mikey his friends, Dylan, Troy, and Kat, decide to go trick-or-treating with Mikey's little sister, Dani while distancing themselves from Johnny due to his monster paranoia. Holly keeps having nightmares about monsters after what happened last Halloween. Since she realized that Mikey was right about monsters being real, Holly now supports him and his beliefs. Despite her fear of monsters, she wants to go trick-or-treating with her two cousins.

At Fright Town, Tippi and her assortment of friends (her sister, Happi, the, Hazel, Dez, Eva, , , the , the , , Henry, Mr. Skully Funnybone, Strawbooey, the vampire family of Vlad, Ruby, and Austin) are planning another annual Halloween party; however, the Fright Side is being affected by Johnny's actions to end the holiday, such as smashing pumpkins in the pumpkin patch, sneaking into stores to contaminate candy and make costumes flammable, and vandalizing the haunted museum Mikey met Tippi last time with toilet paper, and as this is happening he is slowly turning into a mad devil such as growing pointed ears, a unibrow, a scrunched-up nose, a wide grin and sharp teeth. Mikey, Tippi, and Dani successfully get around these hurdles by making the smashed pumpkin holes serve as mouth, making new treats not involving candy, and imagining the toilet paper on the house as a set of ghost, putting the Fright Town universe back together and stable. Mikey takes his family and friends to the museum, introducing them to the friendly monsters and having them be taken to the party at Fright Town.

Johnny has one more plan to spoil the holiday, by stealing the party's Best Costume prize. He is initially successful, stealing the prize while all the guests are dancing. However, Johnny bursts out loud the pumpkin consists of candy, which is noticed by a food-addicted Henry; a fight between the mutant alligator and Johnny ensues, before Peek-A-Boo arrives and scares Johnny, while Johnny also makes Peek-A-Boo scream. After Johnny's fright, Peek-a-Boo explains that he looked really scary, so Grim announces that Johnny has won the contest. Johnny is back to his old self again, and the party continues.

Voice cast

 * Jacob Tremblay as Michael "Mikey" Blackthorn, a 12-year old boy who believes in monsters.
 * Ashly Burch as Tippi, a tween ghost girl and Mikey's best friend.
 * Dane DeHaan as Johnny, Mikey's former bully who plans to ruin Halloween. He is the main antagonist of the film.
 * Britt McKillip as Danielle "Dani" Blackthorn, Mikey's little sister.
 * Christian Slater as, the ruler of Fright Town.
 * Tabitha St. Germain as:
 * Hazel, Tippi's teacher and Grim's broommate.
 * Ruby, Count Vlad's wife.
 * Johnny's mother
 * Alyson Stoner as Holly Blackthorn, Mikey and Dani's older cousin who now believes in monsters and tries to calm her nerves.
 * Olivia Olson as Happi, Tippi's older sister and Grim's employee.
 * Haley Tju as Dez, a tween zombie girl who is one of Tippi's friends.
 * George Lopez as Mr. Edgerton, Mikey's teacher.
 * as Mr. Vincent, the owner of the haunted museum.
 * Rachel McAdams as Jill Marie, Mikey and Hannah's mother and Holly's aunt.
 * Martin Short as Brian Marie, Mikey and Hannah's father, Jill's husband, and Holly's uncle.
 * Greg Eagles as, one of Grim and Hazel's broommates.
 * Brad Garrett as, one of Grim and Hazel's broommates.
 * Alan Tudyk as, one of Grim and Hazel's broommates.
 * Tudyk also voices the, one of Grim and Hazel's broommates.
 * Oded Fehr as, one of Grim and Hazel's broommates.
 * David Tennant as, Tippi's science teacher.
 * Scott McNeil as Skully Funnybone, a skeleton and one of Grim and Hazel's broommates.
 * McNeil also voices Count Vlad, a vampire dressed in black.
 * as Strawbooey a fruit-like monster and one of Grim and Hazel's broommates.
 * Chalk also voices Henry, a mutated alligator and one of Grim and Hazel's broommates.
 * Rosalie Chiang as Eva, a futakuchi-onna and one of Tippi's friends.
 * Finn Wolfhard as Austin, Vlad and Ruby's son.
 * Tom Kenny as Ward, a ghost and one of Tippi's friends who enjoys poker games.
 * Seth Carr as Troy, one of Mikey's friends.
 * Harry McDermott as Dylan, one of Mikey's friends.
 * as Kat, one of Mikey's friends.
 * Liliana Mumy as Amy, one of Holly's two best friends.
 * as Carrie, one of Holly's two best friends.
 * Chris Elliott as Martin, the deceased who tried to eat the kids in the first film and now is seen in Johnny and Holly's nightmares and hallucinations.
 * as Bruno, Tippi and Happi's father.
 * Erica Luttrell as Magnolia, Tippi and Happi's mother.
 * Tara Strong as Kimpy, Tippi's chubby cool ghost friend.
 * Eric Bauza as Boort, Happi's boyfriend.
 * Bauza also voices the farmer from the pumpkin patch.
 * Brandon Greene as, Store owner, Skeleton news reporter
 * Brian Doyle-Murray as Johnny's father
 * Violet McGraw as Melissa Edgerton, Mr. Edgerton's daughter and Mikey's classmate.

Development
On May 14, 2026, a sequel titled Ghoul Fools was announced to have begun post-production. Original director Brandon Greene, who served as screenplayer for the sequel, dropped out and was replaced by, who produced the first film.

Casting
Ashly Burch, Jacob Tremblay, Christian Slater, Britt McKillip, Tabitha St. Germain, Dane DeHaan and Rachel McAdams were all confirmed to reprise their roles, while George Lopez and Bagans joined the cast for the sequel.

Release
The film was streamed on Netflix on September 29, 2026.

Critical response
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 62% based on 59 reviews, with an average rating of 5.6/10. The website's critics consensus reads: "While it's missing some of the horror fun of the original, The Revenge of Johnny serves up a sweet second helping of spooky cheer that makes the most of its marvelously matched leads." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 51 out of 100, based on 12 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews."

Possible sequel
Greene confirmed in an interview that he wanted to make another Ghoul Fools film as the director once more.

Trivia

 * The film has some similar elements to Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas in which both characters try to stop a holiday from coming.
 * Originally Martin was going to return as a shadowy ghost and possess Johnny to destroy Halloween, but it was scrapped and he was instead seen in Johnny and Holly's nightmares.
 * Mouse was, in fact, a tarantula. Mikey is so terrified by the arachnid that he shrieks loudly and destroys the poster, making Dani cry. Bruno and the rest of his family are infuriated by this, and he suggests to Mikey that it would be for the best if he just left an idea is a reference to the The Amazing World of Gumball episode The Date.
 * Tippi traps Strays Dog in pipes that resemble a giant Habitrail.
 * The scene Tippi angry is a reference to the Hotel Transylvania 2.
 * The scene Mikey and Tippi surprised face is a reference to the The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie.