Halloween movie suggestions for 11yo and 9yo?

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I'm looking for a good Halloween movie for my two boys. They're usually ok with a 12A, though I always check out the detail on the IMDB Parents' Guide first.

I don't want them getting nightmares, so perhaps something with a few shocks and a happy ending would work best, rather than something really sinister.

Most of the well known horror films seem to be 15+. The Woman in Black is 12A but I've seen that and I think it's pretty sinister. My eldest has already seen Coraline, which is a PG, but I'd rather get something they haven't seen.

Any ideas?

I was wondering about this too. Boys same age as yours. Woman in Black - definitely noooooo!

I think you need something with dark humour . Something like the Addams family. They are still young.

Monster House? It's a cartoon but DS enjoyed it at that age.

We've enjoyed all the special Halloween "shorts" like the Shrek ones.

I think a real horror movie is still a no-no at this age.

Corpse Bride, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Halloweeen Town, Hocus Pocus, I'm sure Disney Buddies has a halloween version too.

Labyrinth?

Gremlins?

I second The Addams Family.

Ghost Busters?

Carry on Screaming? I loved that when I was a kid and introduced the dc to it when it was on telly a while back. Cracking film. And it's a PG.

Seconding Monster House - loved by my 11, 7 year old and 5 year old.

The mummy? Ghost busters?

The Nightmare Before Christmas, deffo

Edward Scissorhands? 25th anniversary this year.

Frankenweenie went down well at that age.

The Goonies?

Mine love Hotel Transylvania even my uber sensitive dd!

Paranorman? It's a PG made by the same studio as Coraline, it's really good.

9? Ink? They are both rated 12, not sure if they'd be too scary for a 9yo.

Nightmare Before Christmas
The Simpsons TreeHouse of Horror (there are lots, I like the one with Hugo)
Hallowe'en episodes of The Big Bang Theory

Fab suggestions - thanks. Will get Monster House and keep the other ideas in my back pocket for next time!

Frankenweenie, Corpse Bride, Coraline, Paranorman

From more serious films maybe Pan's Labyrinth, The Sixth Sense, or Let Me In -- but you may find them a bit too bloody.

Mine still love Spookley the square pumpkin, but then so do I. Maybe one to lighten the mood after the more scarey one.

My sons like Ghostbusters and the Men in Black films.

Caspar!

Also - isn't it a bit weird to watch Nightmare Before Christmas at Halloween? Most of it is set in Christmas land - so it feels like a December film to me!

My DD1 and I just watched the goonies, shes 7. She loved it (she has fabulous taste)
I also second Adams family, nightmare before Christmas & hocus pocus as well b re-watching them this week