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Tonight we watched Poltergeist (1982)

posted 3 months ago by AndyKing1967 (39039)
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My continuing quest to introduce my 10 year old daughter to some classic horror.

This is what we’ve seen with horror elements so far: -

Addams Family I and II (1991/93)
Alien (1979)
The Amazing Mr Blunden (1972)
Babysitter I and II (2017/22)
Beetlejuice (1988)
Dr Who (2005-)
Five Nights At Freddy’s (2023)
Fright Night (2011)
Gremlins I and II (1984/90)
The Haunting (1999)
Hocus Pocus I and II (1993/2022)
I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)
It I and II (2017/19)
The Lost Boys (1987)
M3GAN (2022)
Poltergeist (1982)
Prey (2022)
Stranger Things (2016-)
Wednesday (2022-)
The Thing (1982)

Thanks to everyone for all the suggestions. We will wade through them as best we can: -
https://moviechat.org/general/General-Discussion/66bf71bfd0430852c28fbd16/Can-anyone-suggest-some-Horror-films-for-my-10-year-old-daughter-to-watch

[–] FootOfDavros (8376) 3 months ago

I watched this with FootOfDavros Jnr three or four years ago now I guess.

She claimed she wasn't scared. Probably fair enough as it's not an outright, gore fest. In fact, it's quite a beautifully shot film, much like the Speilberg films of the era.

Anyway, I wasn't 100% convinced about the not being scared, so later on when she was off to bed, I put my phone on fast strobe flash light mode and put it under her door whilst making "Woooooooooh... Whoooooooh!" ish noises! 😂

She wasn't impressed...

[–] AndyKing1967 (39039) 3 months ago

This is hilarious 🤣