Scary movies for 7-9 year olds...

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Originally Posted by caddisgeek

Did you say 7 year old? Jeeze, some people dont mind what they do to other peoples kids. I know there'd be no way I'd let my 9 year old watch friday the 13th, Halloween, Poltergeist etc. Dont mean to be alarmist but a few years back a young kid watched some slasher flick (I dont know what) at a slumber party in Melbourne, scared the crap out of her and put her in a catatonic seizure. There's a reason movies have ratings, a kids mind is a fragile thing

No one gets permanently hurt or dies in Poltergeist- to me that's part of the charm. I did let my 10 & 11 year old boys watch that- WHILE I was with them and WHILE we laughed at the humorous parts (and there are many). Sure, one character's face changes shape and some of them get sucked into the closet, but at the end of the movie- everyone's still alive and the family appears "closer"...

The other movies you mentioned ARE "slasher flicks" and I totally agree with you about them! Not for kids!