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?
Gremlins and Spiderwick Chronicle.
“Chicken Run” is HILARIOUS! One of my favorites. Along with “Shaun the Sheep.” Those claymation animators are genius.
“They Live”
!!!!! Lol. Great line!!!!!!
The Thing That Wouldn’t Leave
https://vimeo.com/70753317
Fun, silly, great for kids. Basically an all night scavenger hunt.
Jenny Agutter in the shower, though. Not really a kid-friendly scene
Add in Lullaby of Woe and follow up with Now I lay me down to sleep and the kids will not sleep for a week!
Any of the 1960’s British Hammer films.
Also 1979 Salem’s Lot.
Or for young children, you can cozy up to some good mystery films like:
1982 The Eyes of the Amaryllis
1980 The Watcher in the Woods
Lady in White
American Werewolf has a hard porn scene (not just the shower scene).
Not Family Friendly.
I forgot about ET. It was set during Halloween. ET even dressed up. I might watch it again with my kids, also The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown is a favorite.
We just watched Goonies at a theater on Wednesday.
i was 9 years old when i saw the invasion of the body snatchers remake when it originally came out in 1978 in the theaters. There really isnt gore in that one, BUT the movie sailed over my head. I couldnt follow it or understand it at the time.
How about the Hammer horror films of the 1950s-1970s? No gore. No profanity. Very little blood.
Hammer was a british movie studio that got its start in 1934. It was struggling along. But in the 1950s they produced their first horror film and it was a smash hit. They followed up with many, many more horror films. The type i grew up watching on tv as a kid in the 1970s.
Ill give you some titles:
The curse of the werewolf (1961)
Horror of dracula (1958)
The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958)
The Evil of Frankenstein (1964)
Frankenstein Created Woman (1967)
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969)
The Horror of Frankenstein (1970)
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974)
Quatermass and the Pit (US title: Five Million Years to Earth) (1967)
Non-Hammer suggestions:
The Body Snatcher (1945)
The Blob (1958)
Blacula (1972)
Poltergeist (1982)
The Fog (1980)
The Others (2001)
Sasquatch, the legend of bigfoot (1976)
The Legend of Boggy Creek (1972)
Legend of boggy creek used to be widely available for free on the internet because it was thought to be in the public domain. But it wasnt. Not too long ago, the family who owned the copyright got the bootlegged copies removed from the internet (such as youtube) and put out an improved, restored version on blu ray:
https://www.legendofboggycreek.com/Store/Product.asp?ItemID=11
Oh, you must see Spider Baby. Filmed in 1964, but not released until 1967.
Thats in the public domain. Full movie:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFTrpFBWZM0
Nice idea for a thread. You need to check out these movies individually. Some are definately NOT kid friendly (lots of swearing, porn). Some suggestions sound really good.
Yeah, that was before Roundup was marketed.
I saw the 1978 remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers in theater when I was 8 years old. I enjoyed it and it didn’t disturb me in any way. Its one of my favorite films. But I’m reluctant to let my kids see it. Near the end of the film there is some brief nudity when a female character is walking around naked after she has become a pod person. It’s nothing explicit or sexual but I would just feel weird watching that with my kids.
Yep. I like the Fog from 1980. Haven’t watched the Blob in a while but might be good one.
I agree. Depends on the age of the kids. I’m OK with my 14 year watching some of these films but not my 9 year so it can be little tough to find ones we can all watch together.
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