Kid's Korner

[Rosemary's Baby]

For all of you that have budding young horror fans, a special area to discuss movies, books, t.v., and anything else you can think of that is aimed at the little spooks in our lives.

[Rosemary's Baby]

As the proud parent of a spooky little chick, I get to find all kinds of things for her. When she asked for a scary story book for Christmas, I knew a had a horror fan on my hands. We took her to see Coraline today and she loved it. Hell, so did we. It was a little expensive, but worth the ticket price. There was not a whole lot of jump out at you 3-D, it as more that it looked like you could crawl through the screen at some points. Definitely worth checking out, especially if you're a Neil Gaimon fan.
The story centers on Coraline, whose parents have obviously moved her to a new town. They are both extremely self absorbed writers that just want her to be quiet and find something to do by herself. The irony being, they are writing a seed catalogue & she wants to plant a garden, but they don't want her to play in the mud. She finds a little door that takes her into a dimension that is opposite of her own. Her "other Mom" is very attentive & cooks daily. Things quickly go to hell.
No, I'm not going to spoil it. Read the book or watch the movie. I don't think either will be a waste of time. It gets really creepy. My 8-year-old & 9 year old nephew were fine, but a younger child flipped out in the theater & had to be taken out. Some adult humor that went over the kiddies heads. Overall, great story.

[LokiZee]

Okay, for the kiddie corner.........Clive Barker's book "The Thief of Always". I saw Coraline, loved it,and felt Gaiman owed a lot to Mr. Barker. Instead of the house in ToA, you get the main antagonist in Coraline. Great read for adults and kiddies alike:zombie:

P.S. Coraline reminded me of when I was in Elementry School, and found a "Scary Book" in the older kids library. It seems so real when I was young...............

[Friday The 13th]

Here is 3 books by Alvin Schwartz, just for the kiddies!

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Scary Stories 3: More Tales to Chill Your Bones

[Rosemary's Baby]

I loved those books when I was younger. The art work creeped me out.
Goosebumps is a decent series for kids, books & t.v. I would not recommend Twilight to line a cat box. I hated it! Whiny twit. Not good for young kids, but pre-teens might be interested. Of course, there's the golden oldie, Monster Squad.
Anyone else?

[frankenstacy]

I loved the Canadian Goosebumps TV series, it is so silly and awesome. Possibly older movies like with Vincent Price, that are not too racy but can get them into the genre.

[VamprMere]

My youngest "The Princess" is 8yo and just really starting to get into kiddie horror, but still gets freaked out pretty easy so we're taking it slow. She likes Goosebumps (both the book & tv)--thankfully we have a good selection of them that belonged to my older daughter as they are a pain to get at her school. You actually have to have a signed permission form to check the books out from the school library. This past Halloween season we watched the Halloweentown movies and The Little Vampire, which she LOVED.

[Friday The 13th]

My youngest "The Princess" is 8yo and just really starting to get into kiddie horror, but still gets freaked out pretty easy so we're taking it slow. She likes Goosebumps (both the book & tv)--thankfully we have a good selection of them that belonged to my older daughter as they are a pain to get at her school. You actually have to have a signed permission form to check the books out from the school library. This past Halloween season we watched the Halloweentown movies and The Little Vampire, which she LOVED.

The Little Vampire, was a good movie.