13 Freaky Halloween Movies for Families

"They're here." Get the flashlights ready, fill up the candy bowls, and hold hands. These scary movies will deliver plenty of chills and thrills. Don't be surprised if the kids want to sleep in your bed afterward.
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Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein

Rated: Not rated Year: 1948 Cast: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello

It's a monster mash when Abbott and Costello meet Count Dracula, Frankenstein, and the Wolfman. The hapless duo are baggage handlers who encounter more than one classic screen monster in McDougal's House of Horrors and become part of a plot to give Frankenstein a new and feebler brain -- Costello's.

What Parents Like: Look for vintage performances from Bela Lugosi, Lon Chaney Jr., Glenn Strange, and the voice of Vincent Price as the Invisible Man.

What Kids Like: It's fun to see a grown man cry. Kids will relate to the hysteric antics of scaredy-cat Costello: "ABBOTT!"

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rradiomom wrote:

Another heads up is: In "Addams Family Values", Fester & the babysitter discuss, abstractly & directly, being virgins & some other sexual content.

10/18/2011 09:55:35 PM Report Abuse
jascingil1 wrote:

my sister watched Poltergeist at a friend's house at age 5 and is still afraid of the dark at age 33!

10/6/2011 01:25:44 AM Report Abuse
birresus wrote:

Where is "The Ghost and Mr. Chicken" with Don Knotts. Scared me to death as a kid, still love it!

10/5/2011 11:31:00 AM Report Abuse
lori9275 wrote:

Just a little added note about this movie to all parents that you may not realize...even though it is rated PG, they DO use the "F"word in a very derogatory way involving the human anatomy!! I didn't remember that when I watched it with my son for the first time :-( Oops...just a heads up for other parents!

10/18/2010 10:23:03 AM Report Abuse
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