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Good family-friendly films to watch for the Halloween season?
10/10/2020

Posted on 10/10/2020 11:43:26 AM PDT by MAGA2017

Can anyone here recommend good scary horror, sci-fi films that are suitable to watch with kids? My children are 9, 12 and 14 so they are too old for the young kiddie stuff but I don't want them watching anything with lots of blood and gore and profanity. I'm not interested in those types of films.

Films I have on DVD and have watched with my kids include Frankenstein (1931), The Old Dark House (1932), The Mummy (1932), The Black Cat (1934), Bride of Frankenstein (1935), The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947), Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956), Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (1973) so I'm looking for films like this.

I have other films like Burnt Offerings (1976), Jaws and the 1978 Invasion of the Body Snatchers remake but I don't think they are ready for that.

Anyone have suggestions?


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Music/Entertainment; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: films; halloween; kids; scary
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To: jocon307

I saw that as a child of 8 or 9 on VHS back when it was a hot title. All the adults lost interest and started playing cards in the kitchen, but I was enthralled by it. Never seen it again since. I probably should revisit it.


41 posted on 10/10/2020 12:17:38 PM PDT by sam_whiskey (Peace through Strength.)
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To: Ken H

Make that 1958 for The Blob.


42 posted on 10/10/2020 12:18:04 PM PDT by Ken H (Best SOTU ever!)
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To: MAGA2017

How about a ROMCOM?

Shaun of the Dead

So bad it is good.
Rated R for zombie violence/gore and language

On second thoughts you best watch it first.


43 posted on 10/10/2020 12:19:36 PM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
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To: Liaison

Abbot and Costello “The Time of Their Lives” was one of my favorites growing up.


44 posted on 10/10/2020 12:20:03 PM PDT by RatsDawg
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To: chaosagent

LOL! You’re right! I always forget that!


45 posted on 10/10/2020 12:20:39 PM PDT by jocon307 (Dem party delenda est!)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

That movie freaked me out when they started peeling off their skin!


46 posted on 10/10/2020 12:21:30 PM PDT by RatsDawg
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To: MAGA2017

People.

The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
War of the Worlds (original 1953)

I’m not yet 60 and I LOVE these two.


47 posted on 10/10/2020 12:23:01 PM PDT by AloneInMass (You'd think there would be more similarity between "chain letter" and "chain mail".)
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To: MAGA2017

Ghost and Mr. Chicken w/Don Knotts
Haunting of Hill House w/Vincent Price
Legend of sleepy hollow - Disney
Hold that ghost/Abbot and Costello
The time of their lives/Abbott and Costello
Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein but not sure if too scary?
It’s the great pumpkin Charlie Brown


48 posted on 10/10/2020 12:23:39 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: MAGA2017

Just thought of a few more I enjoyed as a child that I’ll throw out there:

Haunted Honeymoon (1986)
Frogs (1972)
Critters (1986)
The Monster Squad (1987)


49 posted on 10/10/2020 12:24:05 PM PDT by sam_whiskey (Peace through Strength.)
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To: RatsDawg
Abbot and Costello “The Time of Their Lives” was one of my favorites growing up.

I had forgotten that one ... I used to watch that one every Halloween. I need to get out the DVD again ...

50 posted on 10/10/2020 12:24:19 PM PDT by BlueLancer (Orchides Forum Trahite - Cordes Et Mentes Veniant)
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To: MAGA2017
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein.

The Raven (1963), with Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, and Boris Karloff.

-PJ

51 posted on 10/10/2020 12:25:01 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (Freedom of the press is the People's right to publish, not CNN's right to the 1st question.)
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To: MAGA2017

If you like the old black-and-white movies, maybe pick up The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari or The Phantom of the Opera.

Vincent Price’s Diary of an Opium Addict is a must-see if you like weird-but-not-particularly-scary.

There are some great recommendations upthread.


52 posted on 10/10/2020 12:26:11 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: Disambiguator

Which are in German.


53 posted on 10/10/2020 12:26:48 PM PDT by SkyDancer (~ Pilots: Looking Down On People Since 1903 ~)
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To: sam_whiskey

You definitely should! The songs are marvelous, our whole family loves musicals and this one is a real fave. Another one hubby and I like a lot is “Chicago”. We literally watched that 3 days in a row one time, kept stumbling across it and just kept watching!


54 posted on 10/10/2020 12:27:45 PM PDT by jocon307 (Dem party delenda est!)
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To: sam_whiskey

Hocus Pocus is very funny, even with that gross Bette Midler. Our younger son and daughter-in-law have a tradition of watching it with our grandchildren each year.

Beetlejuice is still great, The Great Pumpkin and Charlie Brown, and not exactly horror but Clue, though many of the jokes are rather grownup.


55 posted on 10/10/2020 12:29:40 PM PDT by AmericanMermaid
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To: MAGA2017

American Werewolf In London has a kid friendly, funny gag running throughout, but it will otherwise likely scare them to death.


56 posted on 10/10/2020 12:30:19 PM PDT by LittleBillyInfidel (This tagline has been formatted to fit the screen. Some content has been edited.)
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To: BlueLancer

Great series Heartland from Canada..


57 posted on 10/10/2020 12:30:41 PM PDT by Hojczyk
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To: MAGA2017

Them.


58 posted on 10/10/2020 12:31:54 PM PDT by TheWriterTX (Trust not in earthly princes....)
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To: Ken H

I loved that as a kid! And Creature from the Black Lagoon, which today would be quite campy.


59 posted on 10/10/2020 12:32:19 PM PDT by AmericanMermaid
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

A good Zombie Flick: Train to Busan.


60 posted on 10/10/2020 12:36:11 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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