My colleague Ailsa Chang recently spent some time talking with NPR staffers about the movies. It is the latest in our regular series Cineplexity. Here's Ailsa. UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #1: (As character) ...

My daughter loves horror films. She’ll watch anything with a creepy vibe and frequently wants to talk about movies she hasn’t seen. However, she’s only 11. So, as she begs to watch The Shining or It ...

Sometimes you need to stir the pot a little on family movie night, and scary movies are a great way to do that. Still, nobody wants to traumatize their children with anything truly terrifying, and ...

Sure, a “scary” movie for kids may not scare you as an adult. However, horror movies are for everybody, or at least everybody who wants to indulge, so horror movies aimed toward kids fulfill a niche ...

Sam, a confident kindergartner, had chosen his scarecrow costume early and was trying it out on his grandfather. “Am I scary, Grampa? I want to be scary! Do you think people will know it’s me?” Grampa ...

It is easy to see Halloween as an inappropriate time for children. With its mixture of bloody costumes and scary themes, it can often feel like it is luring kids into topics they are not ready to ...

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Dr. Bethany Cook, PsyD, MT-BC, is a licensed clinical psychologist and author of For What It’s Worth: A Perspective on How to Thrive and Survive Parenting. She's a sought after therapist and quoted ...