Kiddie Horror
 

x

I'm probably a lot older than you, but, I remember watching all the old B movies when I was a kid. Them!, The Giant Gila Monster, stuff like that.

Oh no..
Not the Giant Gila Monster!

x

If you ever get the chance, watch it. Lots of cheesy goodness!

The only people who managed to pull off the whole atomic creature gig were the Japanese. But that's probably because their ideas were thought out before commencing the film. I love Godzilla vs Gidera.

x

They're fun.

Time for godzillas dance party.

More "family-friendly" horror.

Garfield's Halloween Adventure

Halloween Tree

Gremlins

Return of the Living Dead

Beetlejuice

Goosebumps

But look, you can watch any horror with kids. People, just laugh loudly at the scary parts and make the film into a comedy. I watched Cannibal Holocaust during my diaper changes.

Love that film.

I know what's going to be in the theater this Halloween.

x

Let's NOT go there.
About every straight male is interested in that part.

I remember watching a Disney film called MR. BOOGEDY with my kids and MONSTER SQUAD.

Return To Oz

I like these posts! I was raised on the 50's creature features and I think k they are perfect for kiddies. Monster Squad too!

A few more fun frights for little ones...

Animated:
Monster House
Frankenweenie ( the live action short is great too)
Corpse Bride
Paranorman

Live action:
13 Ghosts (original)
The Hole (fun Joe Dante film)
Jaws
Critters

Hellraiser.

I'm surprised no one has said Coraline.

x

Any specific age? When I was a kid (7-15) I watched pretty much everything. My son now (10) is working his way through all of the great slashers with me. We have watched all of the NOES movies, all of the Friday movies, all of the Alien movies, all of the Halloween movies, basically everything good. The Ring actually scared the hell out of him. He thinks the 80's movies are more funny than scary.

No one mentioned Gremlins or Gremlins II. :)

I started watching R rated horror flics at an early age so I never got into the horror movies for kids.

My favorite and one of the only series I wont let my boy watch yet.

He can watch the Saw series?

Myers mentioned Gremlins on the first page.

I thought of a few more...

Eight Legged Freaks
Alligator
Arachnophobia

Gremlins 2 bites.

I watched it when I was 10 and a half.

We haven't gotten into them yet, but not because I have been avoiding them. I don't think I worry so much about gore, I loved the saw series and we will probably get into them in the next year. There is something differently disturbing about Hellraiser that I am not sure if he can handle yet. It may be the sexual aspect, maybe its that I cant seem him understanding it yet? Like sure I make him cover his eyes when tits pop up in Friday the Thirteenth, but I'm not sure how to explain the whole pain for pleasure aspect of Hellraiser. I want him to understand the movies and not just sit next to me as an excuse for me getting to rewatch all of the classics.

Creep Show
Evil Dead Army Of Darkness
Hammer Films

i enjoyed thecreature features of the 70`s and 80`s, i think there were lots like people have already said that might not be kid friendly but i watched anyway.

my kids have watched allsorts from being small, as soon as they were old enough toknow it wasnt real.think their favorite is the original jeepers creepers.

OHHHHH Creep show is perfect!

Wow, am I the only one starting seriously to watch horror movies with like... 18? xD My parents didn't want that I watch horror movies, I remember when the Blair Witch Project was coming to TV when I was like maybe 11 or 12 and they sent me to my room while they were watching and afterwards told me how horryfying it was and how good that I didn't see it. Maybe until the age of 10 I was only watching cartoons, I was not interested by live action movies, I found it boring to see actual people in the TV, and during my teenage years I was not watching horror either cause my father despises them and when they were shown in TV I was already in bed sleeping. So it was only starting when my parents divorced when I was 17 that I watched some movies with my mum in TV, but in Germany horror movies are not often shown in TV xD

Now my girlfriend, a horror junkie herself, makes me discover my love for the genre. But yes, I am actually very pissed that I seem to be the only one not watching horror movies as a child xD Wish my parents would have been like you Jake.

Speaking for myself, I'm a lot older than you, Goathead (57). So, when I was a kid, the movies that were coming out weren't as graphic as the movies 10 years ago. The worst one was The Exorcist (which still scares the shit out of me today). I grew up watching the Hammer films, the Saturday afternoon horror movies on TV were always the old Universal and giant creature movies. I actually don't care for the slasher films. I don't equate gore with horror. It's just gore. I prefer creatures/monsters/spooks, etc. There have been a few newer movies that I like, but not many.

Horror movies the afternoon? Awesome. I first came in contact with Universal movies like maybe three years ago caused I bought a Bluray Collection of Dracula, Frankenstein, Wolf Man and so on...shame we don't watch that so often, my girlfriend doesn't like black and white movies :/

But still, there were not only gory horror movies in TV when I was a kid, but my parents didn't let me. I think my first horror movies that I watched were Final Destination and Darkness Falls and it creeped the shit out of me. I am not sure if the infant mind is able to digest the happenings in a horror movie (Universal films aside). I don't know how it's like in America but in Germany horror movies have an age restriction of 16, sometimes 18 if it's gory. France is not so strict though (living in France now), here horror movies can be seen mostly with age of 12.

AWWWW Thanks! Lol, my dad got me started early and I turned out pretty darn good, figured it was best for me to do the same for my boys.

I miss Saturday TV so much. I remember sitting in the living room watching Saturday morning cartoons and then watching some of the classics during the day. To go along with that, Up All Night on USA when I was a teenager was THE SHIT! Please tell me some of you remember that?

Yeah, I miss Saturday afternoon TV, too. Although, this new channel, Comet, seems to be picking up the slack.

Up All Night isn't ringing a bell. When was it on? If it was the 80s, I was too busy protecting my country and getting drunk every night. ::big grin::

Yes I remember watching slashers, Planet of the Apes, sci-fi etc. interspersed with 1-900 number ads. It would end at 5am so I wouldn't be worth a lick on Sunday. ::shocked::

OMG, Up All Night was the SHIT!!!!! It ran from 89-98, it was hosted by Gilbert Gottfried and Rhonda Shear.

This is a partial list of movies on Wiki

Partial list of movies shown during USA Up All Night
Assault of the Killer Bimbos
Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death
Class of Nuke 'Em High
Class of Nuke 'Em High 2: Subhumanoid Meltdown
Cool World
Creepshow
Critters
D.C. Cab
Dead Reckoning
Dr. Alien
The Evil Dead
Far Out Man
Flesh Eating Mothers
Fright Night II
Hell Comes to Frogtown
House Party
House Party 2
I Was a Zombie for the F.B.I.
Joysticks
Miracle Beach
My Bloody Valentine
Nightmare on Elm Street
Nightmare Sisters
The People Under the Stairs
Porky's
Once Bitten
Reform School Girls
Short Circuit
The Shrimp on the Barbie
Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama
Street Smart
Summer Job
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze
The Toxic Avenger
Vampire on Bikini Beach
Vice Academy




Im so happy I am not the only one who remembers this, god it was my favorite night of the week.

Ah, so, they played a lot of Troma!

Jake I do not remember USA doing that. I remember Saturday Nightmares on the network though.

Lots of Troma, on TV!!!! Lol. No one would let that happen these days. Could you imagine Class of Nukem High on TV?