kids and films they find illogically scary

[blueskiesandforests]

My 7 year old is hiding in the kitchen because he doesn't like scary films - we're watching 'A Christmas Story'

Yesterday we watched Home Alone - his choice, he loves that film.

The day before he thoroughly enjoyed Guardians of The Galaxy, which I think is a 12...

He's DC 3 so has seen a few mild 12 rated films and the whole StarWars series with DH and older siblings.

The film he was most upset by was The Iron Giant...

Anyone else's kids unworried by films rated too old for them but traumatised by wholesome old fashioned U rated kids' films? [santa]

I won’t read the Narnia books to my dc, because insmnscsred if the White Witch. All fine until they go through the bsvknof the wardrobe, meeting Mr Tumnus is fine...,scared of the WW. This has bee. The case since was about 7, 40 years ago. I also can’t sleep f the wardrobe door is open. You know, in case the witches get out.

DBro used to be terrified of a particular episode of the Teletubbies, and Dsis used to hate James and the Giant Peach and Monster House. However, Monster House is pretty freaky tbf.

I had occasional nightmares about a scene from a film I didn't know from the age of 7 — a man sitting in a car, and gets shot in the neck with a dart from a blowpipe a woman takes out of a ring. I finally got over that at 25 when I saw the film again — it was Thoroughly Modern Millie! Julie Andrews, tap dancing, and the power to terrify children apparently.

I remember being scared of A Christmas Story when I was a kid, even though I loved the film. It was mostly the flagpole scene that worried me, I still don't watch that part