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[calistan]

Introducing my daughter and son to Critters. Used to love these movies when I was their age.

Any recommendations for child-friendly horror? I recently showed my 10-year-old Wednesday on Netfilx, and she loved it.Terrified at times, but completely enthralled with the murder mystery aspect of it.

A bit of mild swearing and gore is okay, but not anything too strong. She's seen Goosebumps. I want to show her Sweeney Todd but I think that's a step too far, maybe in a few years.

 

[Kacho]

Any recommendations for child-friendly horror? I recently showed my 10-year-old Wednesday on Netfilx, and she loved it.Terrified at times, but completely enthralled with the murder mystery aspect of it.

A bit of mild swearing and gore is okay, but not anything too strong. She's seen Goosebumps. I want to show her Sweeney Todd but I think that's a step too far, maybe in a few years.

My daughter loved Wednesday. She dressed up as her last Halloween after watching the show.

Every parent has different standards as far as what they deem appropriate. Critters and Gremlins are very safe for a 10-year-old and probably a step up from what they have seen.

House on Haunted Hill (1959)
The Mummy (1999)
Dracula (1939)
Abbot and Costello meet [monster] movies.

I’ve gone a step further on what I’ve allowed my kids to watch. Simply because I was watching things way worse when I was their age. We grew up in a different time.

-Child’s Play (some bad language, kids loved it)
-Child’s Play 2 (lots of bad language, kids loved it)
-The Grudge (very suspenseful, daughter loved it, was too scary for son)

The first two Child’s Play movies were a hit with the kids. So much so we got a Chucky candy dish from the Halloween store. The bad language is a bit much, but it’s a horror movie so the ‘shock’ is part of the experience.

Pennywise is legendary amongst their friends. They want nothing to do with the movies haha. It’s pure nightmare fuel to them so use your best judgement when it comes to your kids.

 

[calistan]

My daughter loved Wednesday. She dressed up as her last Halloween after watching the show.

Every parent has different standards as far as what they deem appropriate. Critters and Gremlins are very safe for a 10-year-old and probably a step up from what they have seen.

House on Haunted Hill (1959)
The Mummy (1999)
Dracula (1939)
Abbot and Costello meet [monster] movies.

I’ve gone a step further on what I’ve allowed my kids to watch. Simply because I was watching things way worse when I was their age. We grew up in a different time.

-Child’s Play (some bad language, kids loved it)
-Child’s Play 2 (lots of bad language, kids loved it)
-The Grudge (very suspenseful, daughter loved it, was too scary for son)

The first two Child’s Play movies were a hit with the kids. So much so we got a Chucky candy dish from the Halloween store. The bad language is a bit much, but it’s a horror movie so the ‘shock’ is part of the experience.

Pennywise is legendary amongst their friends. They want nothing to do with the movies haha. It’s pure nightmare fuel to them so use your best judgement when it comes to your kids.

Child's Play was totally demonised here in the UK after a toddler was murdered in a similar way by a couple of 10-year-olds, so I don't think I could ever show her that. But classic horror is a good call, I enjoyed the old black and white horrors when I was that age.

 

[Kacho]

That's the next one on the list to watch with my kids! Hopefully within the next few days.

Hope they enjoy it. My kids were locked in on the movie. The suspense and tone was perfect. Better than I remember.

 

[jshackles]

Hope they enjoy it. My kids were locked in on the movie. The suspense and tone was perfect. Better than I remember.

lol thanks, they are in their mid 20s now though - but they're like me and love incredibly cheesy movies. This year's "thing" has been 80s horror. We usually watch one cheesy / kids movie (Gremlins, Critters, Ghoulies) then follow it up with something actually scary (Fright Night, Friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elm Street, etc.)

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

#4

★★★★☆ / Denim of Darkness

 

[pachura]

Is Black Phone any good? Tempted to rent it.

Black Phone was written by the son of Stephen King
And it is about a monster guy with balloons kidnapping kids
But in his original book the movie is based on, this monster was... waaait for it... A CLOWN
Creativity level: over 9000

 

[EviLore]

#4

★★★★☆ / Denim of Darkness

You should host all your movie gifs somewhere, you have a good eye.

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

You should host all your movie gifs somewhere, you have a good eye.

Thanks. I genuinely discard them when I'm done but I can see how it would make for a good compilation of movie gifs someplace on the interwebz.

 

[clarky]

Anyone seen this one yet, any good?

Terrible.

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

#5

★★★★☆ / Hyde kept his rep as a pothead even til the 90s

 

[8bitpill]

Anyone seen this one yet, any good?

Just watched it the other night.

It's a slow burn, and it's mostly from the slashers point of view. It's a cool idea and well executed. Nothing amazing, but if you've enjoyed the first couple of Friday the 13th films, you will like this as well.

There are some brutal kills in it, which I feel like they did well since most of them have a pretty big build up to each kill,

 

[8bitpill]

 

[EerieArcade]

Going to watch Halloween (2018) tonight. Really enjoyed that one and I thought Halloween was back, but then I watched Kills and Ends and thought both were largely dreadful, especially ends.

 

[clarky]

I also watched V/H/S Beyond last night.

It was exactly like the other entries in the series, if you liked those then theres a good time in this. I quite like low budget special effects coupled with blurry footage. When it works, it just works.

6.5/10.

 

[clarky]

Just watched it the other night.

It's a slow burn, and it's mostly from the slashers point of view. It's a cool idea and well executed. Nothing amazing, but if you've enjoyed the first couple of Friday the 13th films, you will like this as well.

There are some brutal kills in it, which I feel like they did well since most of them have a pretty big build up to each kill,

I found it to be utterly tedious, the killer just seemingly went from one random place to the next. Slowly.

Although I will admit I lost interest half way through so it might make more sense than I thought.