In honor of Father's Day, Creature from the Black Lagoon is in the Top 12 Films and TV shows that help dads introduce their kids to scary movies. How would you introduce your kids to horror films?
Check out the list here: http://www.fearnet.com/blogs/school_of_fear/b19366_dads_guide_introduc ing_your_kids_scary.html
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Lol and make em watch Cannibal Holocaust while you're at it. That castration scene will complete any childhood. For my money, I think Van Helsing should also be on that list. Yes, it's crap-tacular, but it's very kid friendly and features some classic monsters in at least some vague form.
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It is a pretty good list. How young are the kids you want to show these to?
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So much for that link. It now takes you to a blog page containing "The Killer & I: On The Road To Hell". I introduced my son with Abbott And Costello monster films to get his feet wet. He also likes The Invisible Man because he likes Claude Rains' creepy voice. I think I have a unique 6-yr old.
shareLove Abbott and Costello in most any movie. Their monster movies were among the very best! Invisible Man, one of my childhood favorites!
In regards to introducing a 6 y.o. to monster movies, your son may not be any different than we were back in the day. I am a grandpa now, and saw many of the monster movies in the 1950s between the ages of 5 and 12. These are the ages when great memories are made. Television was fantastic for showing Abbot and Costello to this day. I even enjoyed old 1930s and 1940s sci-fi movies and serials such as Buck Rogers.
I think that you should just watch the oldies with your son a few times, then let him be with friends his age to watch some. Young minds are ripe with imagination and just let them enjoy! We did, and we all turned out OK. Excessive violence should be avoided. Our classic monster movies of the day never included gratuitous violence and gore. We only needed just the suggestion of such and our imaginations took it from there.