HELP! Which 'scary' films would you let your 6 year old watch for Halloween?

[NotTheToothFairy22]

I'm obviously not going to let her watch Nightmare on Elm Street or The exorcist but DD wants a 'scary' film for tonight for our Halloween movie night seeing as there's no trick or treating this year.

She's quite brave and watches stupid creepy doll videos from her favourite youtubers and has watched Goosebumps etc but I don't want to scare the shit out of her so wanted to ask for suggestions for suitable halloween films which aren't too young but won't give her nightmares either. I'm the biggest wuss ever so would never let her watch anything too scary but she's insisting it has to be a bit scary for tonight.

What are yours watching and what age are they?

[EmilySpinach]

Addams Family / Addams Family Values.

[goose1964]

My 3year old grandson loves Coraline, Paranorman and the nightmare before Christmas. We watched the Addams family but it wasn't creepy enough for him.

[AntiHop]

Be aware that the original ghost busters film has some strong sexual references.

[flamingyawn]

Halloween town or the haunted mansion or original witches

[WitchesBritchesPumpkinPants]

@charmsofasimplelife

The haunted mansion is amazing!

Watching it right now... I loved it when I was a kid.

I think that's about my level
Of scare space I've got left right now!

Thanks for that

[S111n20]

Casper one of my favs.

[IEat]

Frankenweenie

Scooby doo

House of cats

Monster House

[BikeRunSki]

Hotel Transylvania 1/2/3

DS didn’t sleep well for months after seeing the first 15 mins of Ghostbusters when he was 8.

[NoGoodPunsLeft]

@WitchesBritchesPumpkinPants

I might need this list for ME!

As a teen I lived 'real' scary things (not witches/ghosts) but the older I get the less I enjoy them (when home alone anyway).

Me too! I used to watch loads of shit scary films but wouldn't anymore

[NoGoodPunsLeft]

We watched hocus pocus yesterday, DD aged 8 wasn't scared at all & she can be a bit soft sometimes.

She's seen ghostbusters which I thought she would find scary (big dog & Sigourny Weaver being weird) but was fine.

Thank goodness for Disney plus, there's loads of hallowed films. She's watching Halloweentown now but it isn't scary at all so far.

[Gertie75]

Not strictly a Halloween film but my 7 year old liked The Spiderwick Chronicles, it's a fantasy film with goblins and other creatures in.

[charmsofasimplelife]

The haunted mansion is amazing!

Watching it right now... I loved it when I was a kid.

[AuntyFungal]

Addams Family (Angelica Huston & Raoul Guilia)

Ghost Busters (Bill Murray)

The Witches (Angelica Huston)

[purpleme12]

My 6 year old (at the time, she's 7 now) didn't make it through all of Frankenweenie as she got scared of it. I didn't even think she'd think it was scary
So that might be a good one for her

[CaviarAndCigarettes]

I wish I'd come here earlier. I put Coraline on for the kids earlier and they were really scared by it. I didn't think to prewatch it

[WitchesBritchesPumpkinPants]

I might need this list for ME!

As a teen I lived 'real' scary things (not witches/ghosts) but the older I get the less I enjoy them (when home alone anyway).

[Noitjustwontdo]

Monster House is good for younger ones too.

[Noitjustwontdo]

Coraline, anything Tim Burton and Hocus Pocus.

[BillywigSting]

I watched hocus pocus with ds7 yesterday and it scared the crap out of him.

Nightmare before christmas is a good call

[MouldySoup]

Coraline is fucking horrible.

I like Hotel Transylvania

[Soubriquet]

I’m an adult and coraline scares the shit outta me

[Brownsauce83]

I started watching Hocus Pocus with my Dd who is 8. We had to turn it off when the corpses started emerging from the ground, it was much too scary for her. I had also forgotten all the talk about virgins at the beginning when they find the house, that was a fun one to explain

[InDubiousBattle]

I think The Corpse Bride is on I TV 2 this afternoon, me and my 6 year old will be watching it later.

[Forky123]

Oh we watched Hocus Pocus the other day all all thought it was crap - DC are 6 and 9.

Tonight we are choosing between Gremlins, Ghostbusters or ET.

They loved Teenwolf a few months back.

[LoseLooseLucy]

@ODFOx

Hocus Pocus is not shit!
Omg! You killed Halloween!

Agreed! I like Hocus Pocus 🧙‍♀️