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My boys (10 & 4) love horror. They usually don't like to watch it at night, but in the afternoons, it's something they really love. They adore Evil Dead and Halloween and The Thing and Frankenstein and An American Werewolf in London. They both found The Exorcist to be booooooring (they're kids) and think Dead Silence is the scariest thing they've ever seen...again, they're kids - possessed dolls - do the math.)
If your kid is a little scared, well that's the fun of a scary movie, right? If it's too scary, the kid won't want to see it again. It's all up to your child and how clearly you communicate the subjects of sex, death and fear.
I answer every question they ask about everything we watch (and there have been a few tricky ones regarding nasty slang and deviant sexual behavior) no matter how distasteful. As a result, the kids trust me as an absolute authority - so if they want to watch somethings that offends my taste...they'll have to sneak it.
And that's an essential part of growing up too, right?
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"Little, vicious minds abound with anger and revenge, and are incapable of feeling the pleasure of forgiving their enemies."
Earl of Chesterfield
"A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well."
Francis Bacon
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