Halloween film recommendations for 7 year old.

[SpicyPickle22]

I have a little horror but who wants to step things up a bit this year but not sure what to watch with her! I was thinking maybe some of the older scary films as they’re not really scary anymore.
So far she’s watched and enjoyed:

Little shop of horrors
Rocky horror picture Show
Goosebumps (and read all of the books!)
Nightbooks
Addams family
A few episodes of Sabrina

Probably a few others.
She said she wants to actually feel scared for the next one.
Not too scary though please as I am a wimp!

Nightmare before Christmas
Corpse bride
Coraline
Frankenweenie
Hocus pocus
The haunted mansion

It's easy to remember films fondly and forget bits. My 7 year old didn't get past the first two minutes of the Goonies!!

Even a 7 year old who likes being a scared shouldn't be watching most of these films.

www.comminsensemedia.org is really helpful.

Stranger things is so not appropriate for a 7 year old- what is wrong with people!!!

Not Stranger Things! I found it pretty scary in parts and I'm 45! I'm shocked someone said Poltergeist!

I agree with a PP, if a child at school suggested some of these films we would start safeguarding procedures.

I’m really surprised folk are saying ‘well I watched it when I was small and I’m fine’ type statements. In 30 years we know so much more about how children’s brains work and develop. It’s really not ok to show a 15 film to a 7 year old. Also you may decide it’s fine for your 7 year old but they then go and share it with their friends at school (who likely only watch age appropriate tv) who get scared, and as PP have said, teachers then flag you as a parent with poor judgement.

Don’t know if we are allowed to share links, but this has a run through of all the Halloween Disney movies, some of them are good for that age like the Disney channel type of ones, or maybe Maleficent intheplayroom.co.uk/the-best-halloween-movies-on-disney/

NOT gremlins, it says in it that Santa doesn’t exist!!

It’s like a race to the bottom with some of these suggestions why not just do away with ratings all together and watch the human centipede with our 7 year olds

The original nightmare on elm street. I loved it as a kid, still one of my favourites

She’s SEVEN!!

@bookworm14

She’s SEVEN!!

I totally read that as you suggesting Seven as a film 🤣

I totally read that as you suggesting Seven as a film!

To be fair it would fit in with some of these other suggestions. Poltergeist and Nightmare on Elm Street for a seven year old

I loved the halloweentown films growing up. A couple of scenes towards the end which will give her a thrill but not night mare scary.

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We watched Edward scissor hands and she LOVED it. I think she has developed her first crush!

as PP have said, teachers then flag you as a parent with poor judgement

This, Op. it is quite scary coming across another of your threads where you are showing such poor judgement.

Oh shut up there is nothing wrong with my judgement.

@SpicyPickle22

I’m very surprised that someone studying psychology doesn’t realise how damaging it can be for young children to see material which isn’t age-appropriate. I agree with a PP that it shows poor judgment on your part.

Of course it shows poor judgement- who in their right mind thinks it is ok for a 7 year old to watch 15 rated films. I'm sick of dealing with crap at school from children behaving inappropriately due to telly they watch or games they play. I wish parents would start actually parenting instead of attempting to be cool with 7 year olds 🙄

Whatever. Stop staking me around threads. It’s sad and weird.

I just happened to have commented on two of your threads so they are appearing next to each other on my watchlist, and I noticed they were by the same username. That’s not stalking, it’s reading. And it doesn’t change my view.

Some of these films just aren't appropriate. She might want to watch scary films but at 7 she is not old enough to know for herself what is good for her. My 2 year old wants to ride their balance bike off the 6ft skate ramp at the park but guess what, I'm not going to let them because they aren't old enough.

Lots of these are inappropriate and will ruin the film for when she is old enough to understand.

Paranorman is terrifying for kids

The Ring
The Exorcist 😂
My 7yr old has been watching Addams Family, Coraline, Corpse Bride, Nightmare Before Christmas and the first Pirates of the Caribbean since she was 2/3 years old and they've never been 'scary' for her. My 3yo has 'watched' them since old enough to see the telly when they've been on. It depends on the child, mine loves Maleficent and all sorts but some of the kids in her class are frightened by them. Beetlejuice is too long winded for my kids, they just want to look at the dancing/ singing/ B himself. But then Edward Scissorhands creeped my eldest out and she asked to turn it off, fine! What one person finds scary another finds tame.