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April 7th, 2008 at 9:18 am
Only if you want to mess them up for life and give them everlasting memories - are you kidding with this question?
April 7th, 2008 at 9:18 am
…my bff's little sister has been watchign them since she was 3 and she is fearless XD
April 7th, 2008 at 9:18 am
Generally speaking, no, but it kind of depends on how young and exactly what kind of horror the movie contains. It also depends on the kid. My son would have had nightmares when he was younger over things in movies that my daughter (almost 7) just rolls her eyes at and says "It's not real, you know!".
April 7th, 2008 at 9:18 am
Guess you should go If they don't get nighmares after watching it. If they do don't let them watch them till they are older !
April 7th, 2008 at 9:18 am
yeah ive always watched them and now dont find things scary or have phobias so all in all i think it did me good
April 7th, 2008 at 9:18 am
Hell no.
There's other movies too. Remember Passion of the Christ? There were 3 or 4 toddlers there when it was playing.
The movie Wrong Turn, there was a lady with 2 kids, both under the age of 7 there.
Lord of the Rings, I forgot which one, with the mammoth things in it. Someone brought their 4 year old with them, who proceeded to scream in terror when the mammoths came on. The dad's response? "Oh, it's just like the elephants at the circus." I would hate to see that kid at the circus…..
April 7th, 2008 at 9:18 am
NO! for goodness sake. Movies have an age rating and it's there for a reason.
April 7th, 2008 at 9:18 am
Well, If you want them to have nightmares all their lives and let them see dead people. Of course its not okay!!!!
April 7th, 2008 at 9:18 am
no it messes the subconsious and may bve to sensible with anything suprising also if to young later in life coul dend with a heart attack.
April 7th, 2008 at 9:18 am
No. It's highly irresponsible to allow them…they are not capable of knowing reality from the horror on the screen.
April 7th, 2008 at 9:18 am
nope..when i was lil i watched it….i coudnt get those scenes outta my mind for like months..
April 7th, 2008 at 9:18 am
im the youngest of 4 kids,,, so i grew up watching horror movies
did i turn into a serial killer?,, am i messed up?
NO WAY AT ALL
im a sweet wife and mum of 4, ,, im still a horror freak now, but its up to the kids, if my kids wanna watch them i let them, my eldest is 11, she watches them with me,
i remember watching the R rated EVIL DEAD when i was around 9,,, yeah i was scared,,, but i loved it,,,lol xxxxxxxxxxxx
April 7th, 2008 at 9:18 am
if they think they can handle it…i think that their parent should watch it with them that way if it gets too scary then they can turn it off.
April 7th, 2008 at 9:18 am
I think it depends on which ones. I used to watch Chucky and Nightmare on Elm Street movies with my dad all the time and now I'm a huge fan of horror as an adult. I don't condone subjecting them to nudity but a little horror without the nudity once in awhile I don't think is so bad.
April 7th, 2008 at 9:18 am
when you scare children, they will forever be scared of everything.
my boyfriend WAS NOT scared by anyone when he was a kid. not even once. he was not exposed to horror movies, ghost stories, threats, etc. and now he's like some courageous knight who doesn't scream on horrors, or get surprised by ultimate suspense.
that part sucks.
April 7th, 2008 at 9:18 am
Depends on the movie and age….I watched them since i was 7 and I am fine, depends on the kid too, my brother was a chicken at the same age i was
April 7th, 2008 at 9:18 am
Not so much !
I dont know … even the sci-fi channel gets a little out of hand !
April 7th, 2008 at 9:18 am
Hello,
No I do not, the news either.
Children are children, allow them this luxury.
Way to many children these days are the heads of there households and do whatever they like.
Heck I did not watch them a lot until my oldest became a teenager and I watched them with him. When the middle boy was 14 or so he walked out of a movie theater after we all agreed to see a scary movie without the youngest boy (we took him to another movie).
The youngest has started watching some of them on tv (edited) he is 12.
None of them watch the news for the most part, this being the scariest thing out there…..
April 7th, 2008 at 9:18 am
No they should be kept away from young children because the will scar them mentally and play tricks with their mind.
April 7th, 2008 at 9:18 am
I think it depends on the child. My 7 year old started out by watching the more 'tame' scary movies and loves movies like Darkness Falls now. She has no issues and she loves watching the behind the scenes things on how the movies were made. She wants to grow up and tell people what to do in scary movies.
My 10 year old is scared of Scooby Doo movies. She, obviously, isn't allowed to watch things like Darkness Falls. Harry Potter is about as scary as she can handle.
Of course they can't watch things like Dawn of the Dead or anything, but Van Helsing, The Sixth Sense, Stay Alive, Arachnophobia, etc… are okay. It's all about watching with them and knowing what you're kids are watching and being able to explain what's going on if needed.
Know your child and decide then. This is another time when people can actually make choices for themselves. There is a reason that R rated and PG13 rated movies read 'no one under the age of ___ admitted without parent or legal guardian'….. it's because we should be able to figure out what our kids should be watching based on them as individuals.
April 7th, 2008 at 9:18 am
No because, either it scares them or it makes them think that is normal behavior that they should to emulate. Everything gets recorded on the mind. If that is what the mind is fixed on then that is what the mind will eventually put out. There are a lot more instances of violence because children that are not given a solid parental guidance use T.V. to shape who they will become. If this is all they watch what kind of people will they turn out to be? There is a short thread between Psycho Killer and a medical doctor the difference is the slip of a knife. Just something to think about.
April 7th, 2008 at 9:18 am
Nope, they have plenty of time for that stuff,,,, let them be kids as long as they can