Scary Movies 101: A Guide to Watching with Your Kids

From mild (Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie) to more wild (The Lost Boys), here's a primer on the spook factor of classic films to see with your toddlers or teens (12 Photos)

Thelma Adams on Oct 23, 2011 at 12:20PM

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Scary Movies 101: A Guide to Watching with Your Kids

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Gremlins (1984, PG)



Age Group: 9 to 15
Spook Factor: A fun black comedy with a lot of cartoony violence about the misadventures of a boy who gets a "Mugwai" as a pet, the movie features a race of fuzzily cute but annoying gremlins that attack humans when neglected. During this pitched people versus mini-monsters battle, you get a few extreme scenes -- like a mother chopping a gremlin in a blender (and popping one in a microwave!), and the little green beasties fight back tooth and nail. Oh, and the gremlins smoke and one is a flasher!

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