To let 10 YO DS watch a horror film?

[ProfessorMoody]

DS10 has decided he doesn't want to trick or treat this year and wants to stay in and watch a "horror film".

He's seen most of the children's ones like Miss Peregrine, Hotel Transylvanias, The Witches etc.

He'd like to watch something a little more "grown up" but I can't seem to think of any that are suitable, or a 12A.

DH thinks Woman in Black is a good place to start but I was horrified that it's a 12 as I found it really scary and definitely unsuitable for a 10 year old!

What's your favourite mild horror?

sorry Duskqueen I was answering you about the plot, but the rest of the post was generic and not meant for you specifically, I should have said!

I have just come home from pictures (seeing Jonny English which we enjoyed) and a trailer for GOOSEBUMPS 2 was shown coming to pictures soon (presumably later this month)

Perhaps @ProfessorMoody DS would like to go to pictures to see that

Oh thanks, Subtitles! He definitely would - I'll keep an eye out! Perhaps it's coming out for half term

RIPD on Netflix is ok. I would say The Others or The Village are good for scare without actual gore or anything too traumatic.

I think the original Poltergeist is a PG.

I think the cinema release of Poltergeist was 12 or 15, but there was a PG version that TNT/TCM used to show about 7.30pm back in the 90s.
If you can find a copy of that it would be suitable. But for the love of all that is unholy, do not show him the Blair Witch Project, the Woman in Black, Gingersnaps or the Shining, FFS! Have the people suggesting these actually seen them?!

If he doesn’t mind reading subtitles, deathnote is a good one! I think I was about 10 when I first saw that.

The Others! Like a pp said it's about a woman who kills her kids. Would you let your ten year old watch it whowants?
Missperegrine you're right about long term effects; I watched The Exorcist about35 years ago and even when I just see it on Sky's TV guide I'm still frightened
I watched the first Paranormal Activity about ten years ago, it still bothers me now if I think about it and I'm 51. That's just two films; now I never watch anything scary.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show?

angieloumc

Surely you appreciate different things affect people though?

I was reading/watching horror from very small and haven’t been affected in the slightest.

I was reading/watching horror from very small and haven’t been affected in the slightest.

Same, hammer house of horrors was considered family viewing . Plus my best friend had very lax parents and we watched Halloween, nightmare on elmstreet, carrie plus loads of others at a young age, no long lasting effects other than I have no desire to watch horror films these days. I actually think only teenagers/young adults really enjoy being scared witless. The thrill wore off for me as I got older. My 10 year old is desperate to watch a horror, I won't be letting him yet but I've no doubt he'd be fine as he's never been scared by monsters/ghosts etc, even Scooby-Doo didn't scare him as a child, he'd always just shrug and say well it's just a person in a mask whereas his younger cousins were terrified by it. It really does depend on the person.

It does depend on the person. I watched the Exorsist on my own at my Aunties house when I was 10 and it didn't bother me at all, it is very rare that a horror film bothers me, Babadook scared me and a film called the clinic, tbf the only times I watched that I was pregnant, which didn't help. My MIL though can't watch horror films at all, she tried to watch 1408 and had to turn it off after about 10 minutes, she couldn't even have it in the house so gave it to us and I found it boring.
It's the same with kids some kids can handle it and some just can't, you know your own child, but even then there are certain films I wouldn't let me DD watch until she is much older, I keep all my films shut away in a seperate cabinet. Other than Jurassic World, the worst she has seen is Hocus Pocus and Goosebumps (which bored her).

It definitely does depend on the person jacques, but I do think some of the films suggested here are really inappropriate for a ten year old. However OP has chosen Edward Scissorhands, I've not seen it but am sure it's more suitable than The Others or Poltergeist.

However OP has chosen Edward Scissorhands, I've not seen it but am sure it's more suitable than The Others or Poltergeist

Whereas I would say more overt potential for distress than The Others.

Vincent Price looks really ill in Edward scissor hands, they had to cut his role right down because of it.

I get that some kids are more able to watch scary stuff than others but films like Blair witch and the shining (and the many others mentioned) are rated 15 or 18 for a reason. They are not suitable.

Wasn’t there something mentioned about the boys who tortured and murdered Jamie Bulger watching films like child’s play. Not appropriate. Children shouldn’t see these kinds of films. Parents need to be parents and say no. There are plenty of appropriate films out there and plenty of time to watch scary films. Stop trying to make kids grow up too quickly.

And yes I do know that there were many other factor about those two boys. It wasn’t just watching inappropriate films that made them do what they did

Thanossavedme I am not suggesting kids should be watching these films if they’re not ready for them but to suggest that Jamie Bulger’s actions were the result of a film is just ridiculous. It’s clear that he had a personality type that would be attracted to films like this and that’s why he watched them- not that the films made him the way he is.

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There's an 80's "sequal" to The Exorcist called Repossessed...few sexual references, but most of the horror is funny.

How gory can he stand? Becsuse Bride of Chucky is pretty funny.

You'd let your ten year old watch Bride of Chucky then would you Radley? Unbelievable.

Oops sorry thanos didn’t read your second post

I loved the others but I would think a 10 year old would find it quite boring and not necessarily get it.

No worries princ3

I still think that there is something worrying about children being desensitised to horrific images

I have been watching horror films since I was a child and I can watch really gory horror films, they don't bother me, but I can't watch real life A&E programmes. It is all about knowing the difference between real life and make believe. That is one of the main reasons they put age restrictions on films, most kids don't understand the difference. Most parents know their kids and wether they know the difference, some mothers just don't care as long as they are quiet.

It's got nothing to do with not actually knowing the difference between real and imaginary.

I know the babadook wasn't real but it scared the shit out of me.