Aardman's new animated feature uses classic monster movie tropes and unique storytelling to craft a Halloween film to entertain the whole family. There’s trouble afoot when Shaun’s pumpkin-supersizing serum ends up in a balding farmer’s hair growth bottle in this third cinematic adventureSummer is over and Halloween is on the way … not for a fair bit, of course, but if all the UK’s Halloween merch and continuing pop culture content is up to the standard of this film, then no one is going to be complaining. Key points and original sources are listed below.

• Aardman's new animated feature uses classic monster movie tropes and unique storytelling to craft a Halloween film to entertain the whole family.S1

• There’s trouble afoot when Shaun’s pumpkin-supersizing serum ends up in a balding farmer’s hair growth bottle in this third cinematic adventureSummer is over and Halloween is on the way … not for a fair bit, of course, but if all the UK’s Halloween merch and c...S2