Anonymous
Post 10/16/2013 09:12     Subject: Re:"Horror" movies you feel are okay for preteens
Anonymous wrote:My older preteens/younger teens absolutely loved being scared by Wait Until Dark, a brilliant old Audrey Hepburn movie about a blind housewife.



NP here -- thanks for this fabulous suggestion!
Anonymous
Post 10/16/2013 09:09     Subject: "Horror" movies you feel are okay for preteens
Pee Wee's big Adventure has the scary part with Large Marge that is over quickly.

I can't believe I just remembered that.
Anonymous
Post 10/16/2013 08:59     Subject: "Horror" movies you feel are okay for preteens
Girl vs Monster (maybe not scary enough for want you want)

Something Wicked This Way Comes

Also suggest checking commonsense media website. They have a section on horror movies and it breaks down the details to help you decide what you want, or want to avoid, for your particualr kids.
Anonymous
Post 10/15/2013 21:09     Subject: Re:"Horror" movies you feel are okay for preteens
Coralline
Nightmare Before Christmas
Anonymous
Post 10/15/2013 17:07     Subject: Re:"Horror" movies you feel are okay for preteens
Paranorman

It.s really underrated and is just the right combination of scary and thoughtful.
Anonymous
Post 10/15/2013 16:46     Subject: Re:"Horror" movies you feel are okay for preteens
My older preteens/younger teens absolutely loved being scared by Wait Until Dark, a brilliant old Audrey Hepburn movie about a blind housewife.

Anonymous
Post 10/15/2013 16:24     Subject: "Horror" movies you feel are okay for preteens
Sorry. By preteens I meant 11 and 12. Just before the teen years, in other words.
Anonymous
Post 10/15/2013 14:36     Subject: "Horror" movies you feel are okay for preteens
Also, check out www.commonsensemedia.org for lots of movie recommendations.
Anonymous
Post 10/15/2013 14:36     Subject: "Horror" movies you feel are okay for preteens
The Shaggy Dog (old Disney version) is kind of scary but funny, and not gory. Night at the Museum is a bit scary but also fun.
Anonymous
Post 10/15/2013 14:30     Subject: "Horror" movies you feel are okay for preteens
How old are your kids, OP? That matters a lot.
Anonymous
Post 10/15/2013 14:28     Subject: "Horror" movies you feel are okay for preteens
Some of the old Edgar Allen Poe movies with Vincent Price were great.
Anonymous
Post 10/15/2013 10:06     Subject: "Horror" movies you feel are okay for preteens
What ages? My kids loved the Halloweentown movies when they were mid-elementary school.

Also you could go with Abbott and Costello meet the Mummy, etc., if they would enjoy a B&W movie.
Anonymous
Post 10/15/2013 09:52     Subject: "Horror" movies you feel are okay for preteens
Anonymous wrote:Not in less you know and ok it with the parents.


Not in less? What?? Areyou trying to say "unless"?

Ok it with what parents? I'M the parent. I'm not talking about showing movies to other kids.
Anonymous
Post 10/15/2013 09:45     Subject: "Horror" movies you feel are okay for preteens
Not in less you know and ok it with the parents.
Anonymous
Post 10/15/2013 09:39     Subject: "Horror" movies you feel are okay for preteens
I used to love watching scary movies as a preteen and teen; but I wasn't watching Halloween and Friday the 13th at that age, more like the old 60s ones that were creepy but not violent and slasher-like. I am trying to get a handle on what would be good ones to start my kids out with that wouldn't be gratuitously violent. Ideas?