To be shocked watching back kids movies from my childhood with DD

There was one about "don't talk to strangers" which I think had some actor from Emmerdale. Really what they should be saying is "be wary of strangers but more importantly if someone you know offers you a ride in their car & you're not expecting it, say no & walk quickly away!"

Ugh yes, those too. shudders

In hindsight they're an interesting and rather chilling cultural reference point. Kids were allowed so much freedom to roam in those days, often too much. It's quite chilling to think that those films were made in response to actual child deaths.

Yup. Grain silos too, and old fridges on rubbish tips you might get trapped inside and never found..! 😵

Yes the public information films were to scare kids to not do dangerous things.
We could have done with them when scooters were first introduced in the UK. A scary film of what happens when a kid rides a scooter illegally in the road without a helmet.

Also meant to say, it wasn't just kids' films. I'm guessing I wasn't the only kid growing up in the 70s to be scarred for life by the public information films of that decade. Lifelong terror of rabies, escalators, railway lines, ponds, matches and farms, anyone?

(Still, I guess the fact that I can still remember how they terrified me means they probably fulfilled their purpose.)

The Brave Little Toaster is f'ing brutal. I saw it for the first time in my late twenties and that was bad enough. I actually don't think it should ever have been pitched at children. It's one thing to gently introduce the concept of death to children in a way they can assimilate, but The BLT is like unrelenting 'LISTEN UP KIDS, LIFE IS ABOUT DEATH, DEATH AND MORE DEATH, SO GET USED TO IT!'

I think I read somewhere that it had been withdrawn from circulation. If that's true, I'm not remotely surprised.

Yes, yes I was going to say Plague Dogs! Didn’t think it was well known though as wasn’t very mainstream. Pretty messed up film and the ending was heartbreaking, made me cry!

I later found out as an adult that there was an end scene right at the very end of the end credits (well after any kid would have reasonably watched til) that offered some hope for the two dogs. That was very mean of the writers as the film clearly ‘ended’ tragically

I do not remember women in fishnets acting sexy in thriller video! Mind you it was a long time ago I saw it. I just remember zombies.

@KnutonHardz flowers in the attic is an incestuous story but it is actually a really good series it’s very well written and they have made tv movies for all the books definitely worth a watch or read

My secondary school did, we were about 12. Nothing whatsoever to be shocked about

It's kind of sickening the teachers thinking it was appropriate for year 6 girls to be dressed in fishnets and acting sexy isn't it? And all the parents going along with it.

Howard the Duck anyone?

I watched this loads as a kid and loved it. How crazy is that film? Duck boobs! 😂 I think the lead actress invites Howard to bed , loads of sexualised content really. Tim Robbins performance is hilarious though!

The whole point of the film is that he is sceptical and then he literally becomes Santa Clause, so I don't think you have to worry about beliefs too much there!

It's not just kids films or old films.

When my dad comes to stay we watch a couple of films but I find I'm needing to vet then. I thought 'Operation Mincemeat' would be a good choice but watched just to check.

Nope, two sex scenes. My dad is mid 80s I don't want to watch sex scenes with him.

Although my carer was traumatised by the old B and W version of 'The picture of Dorian Grey' the 1945 one.

Spoiler alert

Although the film is in B and W until the end when the picture is in colour.

I loved Labyrinth as I am a David Bowie fan

My high school did!
when I was at primary school we rehashed the thriller video! I remember at the time thinking it was super old (must have been about 10-12 years old at the time) but it wasn’t really! My parents still had a video of when it first aired on terrestrial television and had ‘hired’ a video recorder to specifically record it! Madness when you think about it now!

I put the Santa clause on once and instantly regretted it!
Tim Allen in his underpants and quite a few references to Santa not being real! 🙈

Bugsy Malone anyone? And then my primary school doing a production of it!?

@wizzbitt With the Woman in Black, was that the old one with Adrian Rawlins from about 1990, that not many people know exists, because it's been overshadowed by the Daniel Radcliffe one? I've not the seen the Daniel Radclifffe one, but the old one is terrifying, especially when the woman appears in the bedroom. And one reason that old one was so scary was the music, and the lack of special effects: it was the suggestion of things that happened, proper storytelling.

Im so glad this thread popped up - so many golden oldies I’d not thought about in years!

Today I took a risk and watched a movie with my 6yo thy I’d never seen before myself…. FLUBBER! We both really enjoyed it 😂

It's not just movies though, you could say the same about books and media in general. I grew up in a very conservative (and sheltered!) home. That changed when my mother passed, and I went to boarding school. I remember the girls reading "Flowers in the Attic", I didn't read it but have heard it's awful and yet that seemed to be a popular book at the time.

I think that young people just look at movies in a very different way to older adults. Things take on a different meaning and can have more significance as we develop a more mature perspective on life. There are also some things that younger kids don't really understand.

I remember going to see Pleasantville movie. I didn't know anything about it in advance, it just was on the time we were there, and it was a rainy day, and there were a lot of kids at the movie. I was surprised at (Joan Allen’s) Betty masturbation scene, but I'm sure it didn't register with most people there?

It is strange to look back at movies (or TV series) that you enjoyed in the past, and you understand it very differently at some point later. Saturday Night Fever is one prime example for me. As a teen I went to see it and really enjoyed it, the feel of the movie, the music, the dancing, it felt very "real". However, the rape element went totally over my head. It's not that I was not aware of it, I was, it just didn't seem a big deal to me at the time. Someone was raped, I knew what it meant, but clearly I did not "get" it.

Later, as an adult, working in police and then later in legal area, this movie came up in discussion and books. I re-watched it and was appalled. I turned it off.

I recently re-watched it with DH (who likes the music, had never seen it and it would not be his "cup of tea"). Now as mid-50s person, I see it as low budget, gritty, unknown actors, very much of it's time. I enjoyed it again. It's probably a good document of it's time? Including the sexual violence, language, music, etc.

There is an interesting article here on Grease, which changed lyrics www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/01/grease-live-lyric-change-greased-lightning?srsltid=AfmBOopYvKCWOAANLksknOsE5hnqG4ts0o8OOMVRr4UHLQs3_PSMwpcX

I loved Robin hood Prince of theives as a young teen.
Went several times to see it at the cinema.
I remember the scene with Marion and the sheriff got lots of laughs.
I never saw it as shocking, more a comedy scene like most of his were.

@TheEveningSun yes what surprised me was the extent of how Kevin's brother bullies him and no one intervenes. I hate the movie, can't cope with the violence and the tarantula but the kids love it!