Thursday, 18 October 2012

Themed Thursday: Ramping Up for Halloween with Horror101



Short answer: whenever the hell you want.







Shaun of the Dead


Army of Darkness



Who wouldn't want a pet zombie?


Dawn of the Dead (1978)

Everyone loves a pie fight, even the undead.




The Gate



The Haunting (1963)


The Sixth Sense










  1. I've been pre-screening and letting the boy watch Goosebumps and The Haunting Hour for a while now (sine age 3.5). He NEVER thinks they're scary! I can't wait for the real stuff. I'm thinking A Nightmare on Elm Street for his first. So I guess he will have to know what S-E-X is, first... Maybe eight? ;)

    1. Or you could do what my parents did: send us out of the room/fast-forward any sexy parts. I can't tell you how many times we used to sit on the stairwell listening to a couple going at it on screen and shouting "Can we come back yet?" at Mummy Dearest.

  2. My then 11 year old and his friend wanted to watch Poltergeist during a sleepover. I was on the fence and finally said what the heck. It was hilarious to hear them freak out over some of it, but they were fine. It was like a rite of passage. ;)

    1. That's exactly what it's like! There's nothing that says "You're a big kid now" like being allowed to watch a scary movie.

  3. My 5 year old LOVES spooky stuff and I let her watch Monster House last year - which *I* thought was a little too realistic in the special effects of the evil house, but she was entranced and loved every minute of it. I think she watched it every day for a week or more.

    1. You're lucky! Sounds like you won't have to wait too long before you can watch a good thriller with her.

  4. I see dead people... ;)

    I remember watching The Exorcist at a sleepover when I was about 12. Scared the crap out of me. Watched it again when I was about 16 with the guy I was crushing on at the time, and I thought the special effects were really lame. Funny how that happens.

    Awesome post!

    1. That's very true. I recently re-watched my first horror movie (The Haunting) and while it still stands up as a great horror film, it didn't quite have the same paralyzing impact that it did when I was younger.

  5. This very sound advice! That being said, I allowed my daughters to be 'zombified' and film a zombie flick this summer. The Oldest (13) and Youngest (6) were feasting on the entrails of a good I have no stones to throw, since that clearly qualifies me as 'Mother of the Year', right?

    1. you are going to post a youtube clip of your kids as zombies, right?

    2. That is so fucking awesome. Totally need to see that!

  6. I love this blog! I started watching horror movies at age 5 (albeit I was hiding behind the couch to view Halloween). However, my parents found me, and we had "the talk". It's actors having fun, makeup, not real, etc. They told me that after someone dies, the director yells, "Cut!" and then all the "dead people" get up and laugh cause its such a great time to make horror flicks. Thus started my lifelong love of horror movies. Following along the same lines and pep talks as my parents, and much like you, I started my boys around the ages of 6. They've never had nightmares or been afraid, and they're still not showing signs of being serial killers. Instead, I got two awesome kids who will cuddle and enjoy horror movies with me.