kids horror
Shortcut Pits a Busload of Kids Against a Gnarly Creature For Maximum Thrills [Review]
Shortcut opens with a shot of a young boy running through the woods in a yellow raincoat. He bears more than a passing resemblance to Georgie, the doomed little brother who acts as a catalyst for the ...
The ’90s Live! There’s a Live-Action Goosebumps Series in the Works!
Nineties kids rejoice as Goosebumps, R.L. Stine‘s iconic kids’ horror novel series that scared a whole generation of us out of sleeping with the lights off, is returning to television. The...
Six Flicks to Help with Your Halloween Hangover!
All year long you wait for Halloween to come. The scary movies, pranks, and all the other enjoyable activities. Then, like a way-too-much fun night at the bar, the festivities are over before you know...
Frightening Moments from Mainstream Kids Movies That Traumatized Us for Life
Kids movies are great. As cinephiles, they’re the first titles we fall in love with, even if many of them are far from perfect. Some of them, though, are great and still hold up when you watch them as...
Kid-Themed Horror Movies that are Perfect Gateways into the Genre
The films and shows we see as a child have an enormous impact not only in shaping our interests, but our development as a whole. Things that scare us in our formative years, even when they are not nec...
Why the Scooby Doo Movie Was Actually Kind of Awesome
I know that cartoon to feature film adaptations usually do not work out for the best. Case in point, the Jem and the Holograms feature film. The translation between the two can get a bit rocky. While ...
Why Casper is the Most Unsung Kids’ Halloween Movie
We all know the danger that comes with revisiting the movies that we loved as kids. It’s a fun exercise in nostalgia to go back and watch them—but the sad truth is that most of them don’t hold up. The...
Horror Lite: Great Animated Classics to Watch This Halloween Season
It can get tough being a kid around the Halloween season. Even though everything is designed to cater towards children and trick or treating, if you’re young and getting into the horror genre, you’re ...
Not Quite Horror: Jumanji (1995)
Horror is evolving as a genre. Although your local multiplex is still loaded with the usual contenders, look a bit closer and you’ll find the latest drama, thriller, or crime offering is closer to hor...
