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Hellobee Boards Topic: What movies have your kids found too scary over the years? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 25 May 2026 14:12:16 +0000 reyorra on "What movies have your kids found too scary over the years?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-movies-have-your-kids-found-too-scary-over-the-years#post-2156741 Sat, 25 Apr 2015 09:10:04 +0000 reyorra 2156741@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My daughter has been asking to watch the "two frogs movie" lately (The Princess and the Frog), but she doesn't like the Shadow Man or his song. She also doesn't like Marshmallow in Frozen. She tells me "I don't like this part", not "this is too scary". shopaholic on "What movies have your kids found too scary over the years?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-movies-have-your-kids-found-too-scary-over-the-years#post-2156608 Sat, 25 Apr 2015 02:01:34 +0000 shopaholic 2156608@https://boards.hellobee.com/ K used to scream every time Nemo got captured, but she knows it's coming now and doesn't get phased at all. Instead, I try to use it as a teaching point "see what happens when you go too far away from mommy/daddy and don't listen when we say 'come here'?" :P Never used to be scared by Little Mermaid's Urulsa part (probably too young?) but she did have a period of being terrified of birds because of the ending. I personally hate a lot of The Lion King, but she and DH like to watch together - I make him FF a lot of parts. Mrs. Jacks on "What movies have your kids found too scary over the years?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-movies-have-your-kids-found-too-scary-over-the-years#post-2156549 Fri, 24 Apr 2015 21:04:40 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 2156549@https://boards.hellobee.com/ LILO and stitch is scary. The girls also think despicable me is scary. We definitely can't watch that movie with the turtles that adventure around the world because my older kid bawls the whole time. 808love on "What movies have your kids found too scary over the years?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-movies-have-your-kids-found-too-scary-over-the-years#post-2156527 Fri, 24 Apr 2015 20:18:46 +0000 808love 2156527@https://boards.hellobee.com/ LO was a tiny bit afraid of Finding Nemo the first few times we saw it so I would sit with her and talk her through that part. She didn't like the giant marshmallow looking monster in Frozen. FannyMae on "What movies have your kids found too scary over the years?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-movies-have-your-kids-found-too-scary-over-the-years#post-2156415 Fri, 24 Apr 2015 18:24:48 +0000 FannyMae 2156415@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My kid LOVES the Lion King, and always says that Simba's daddy is hurt and can't get up. She always gets a bit jumpy when Scar first appears in the opening scenes, and calls him naughty Scar. The funniest is that she absolutely loves Mulan, asks to watch it all the time. She's not scared of the fighting or the Huns, but is PETRIFIED of the matchmaker! She hides behind the couch and yells at me to fast forward it haha Mrs. Microscope on "What movies have your kids found too scary over the years?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-movies-have-your-kids-found-too-scary-over-the-years#post-2156357 Fri, 24 Apr 2015 17:25:01 +0000 Mrs. Microscope 2156357@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @NCSUchick27: @lemong: ET scared me too! I was convinced he lived in my closet. I was also scared of bambi and the lion King when I was younger. Hunchback of notre dame too! Mrs. High Heels on "What movies have your kids found too scary over the years?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-movies-have-your-kids-found-too-scary-over-the-years#post-2156298 Fri, 24 Apr 2015 16:17:13 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 2156298@https://boards.hellobee.com/ They've only watched Frozen and Cars. DD gets scared of the snow monster in Frozen and doesn't want to watch! Miss Ariel on "What movies have your kids found too scary over the years?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-movies-have-your-kids-found-too-scary-over-the-years#post-2156291 Fri, 24 Apr 2015 16:07:35 +0000 Miss Ariel 2156291@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @PurplePeony: labyrinth in definitely freaky!! Although it's been years since I've actually sat down to watch it. PurplePeony on "What movies have your kids found too scary over the years?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-movies-have-your-kids-found-too-scary-over-the-years#post-2156255 Fri, 24 Apr 2015 15:40:43 +0000 PurplePeony 2156255@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We haven't let DD watch any tv/movies yet, but I remember being terrified of The Wizard of Oz (flying monkeys), The Princess Bride (the pit of despair), and Labyrinth (the baby being stolen) when I was a kid. I think those are geared toward somewhat older kids though...but I was in middle school before I saw The Princess Bride again and enjoyed it, and in college before I watched Labyrinth again! lamariniere on "What movies have your kids found too scary over the years?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-movies-have-your-kids-found-too-scary-over-the-years#post-2156159 Fri, 24 Apr 2015 14:15:47 +0000 lamariniere 2156159@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @hilsy85: my son only made it through 20 minutes of Cars before we had to turn it off. He made it through 5 minutes of Planes and just 2 minutes of Frozen!!! He is a gigantic scardey cat! But I think there is something about animated films that really scares him because he has seen both Mary Poppins and The Sound of Music all the way through several times. photojane on "What movies have your kids found too scary over the years?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-movies-have-your-kids-found-too-scary-over-the-years#post-2155901 Fri, 24 Apr 2015 12:27:56 +0000 photojane 2155901@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Nothing yet! It's weird, because she's a very cautious and emotional person, but movies don't really scare her. She recognizes that parts are sad/scary/bad, but she isn't fearful or anything... it's almost like she understands it's part of the movie? Mrs. Pickles on "What movies have your kids found too scary over the years?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-movies-have-your-kids-found-too-scary-over-the-years#post-2155876 Fri, 24 Apr 2015 12:07:36 +0000 Mrs. Pickles 2155876@https://boards.hellobee.com/ my LO is totally afraid of Finding Nemo too.. he said it's sad and scary we don't like the big bear in Brave either he usually comments like " they have angry faces or they have happy faces" and yet the kid loves Scooby Doo hilsy85 on "What movies have your kids found too scary over the years?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-movies-have-your-kids-found-too-scary-over-the-years#post-2155868 Fri, 24 Apr 2015 12:02:20 +0000 hilsy85 2155868@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Umm pretty much everything! He's seen Cars and part of Madagascar--we had to turn it off because he got so upset. He still talks about the scary part in Cars (when Mater and Lightening tip over the tractors, in case you're wondering HOW it could be scary!). lemong on "What movies have your kids found too scary over the years?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-movies-have-your-kids-found-too-scary-over-the-years#post-2155862 Fri, 24 Apr 2015 11:59:03 +0000 lemong 2155862@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @NCSUCHICK27 - I was so scared of ET too! We haven't shown DD any movies yet, but a lot of the Disney ones are a bit scary, especially the ones about losing a parent. yoursilverlining on "What movies have your kids found too scary over the years?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-movies-have-your-kids-found-too-scary-over-the-years#post-2155839 Fri, 24 Apr 2015 11:45:10 +0000 yoursilverlining 2155839@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My LO gets scared by things that are very loud, but in movies with scary characters or parts, she wants to see the scary part over and over and over again – like confronting her fears, until she is comfortable with it. Her favorite movie right now is The Wizard of Oz, which I thought she would find 1) boring, and then 2) terrifying (flying monkeys, anyone?!). Instead, she LOVES it. Same with The Little Mermaid, which she also loves. She was scared of Ursula at first, but now she will yell at the TV “Ursula witch, you are not being nice! You are not being a good friend, that is not nice” when Ursula is being nasty. Lol So, I dunno. Maybe my kid is a weirdo, but when something scares her, she wants to face it head on and watch it until she isn’t scared anymore. Which is think is probably pretty healthy, so I let her do it. So, hard to say what she really finds scary, because the fear doesn’t last. She used to find the scene in Frozen where Marshmallow chases Olaf, Anna and Kristof down the mountain scary - - but then she begged us to replay that scene 100 times and now laughs and scolds him "oh, silly marshmallow! Marshmallows are so tasty!" :silly: I loooooooooooove horror movies, so maybe she gets it from me. Not sure! Torchwood on "What movies have your kids found too scary over the years?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-movies-have-your-kids-found-too-scary-over-the-years#post-2155766 Fri, 24 Apr 2015 11:14:31 +0000 Torchwood 2155766@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My little sister is almost 16 and still hasn't seen The Little Mermaid. She was one of those kids that got frightened of movies easily, so she just avoided it on principle. For what it's worth, I've read that from a psychological point of view, some scary movies and books are good for kids. Something about it helping them learn to process fear in a healthy way. aegie on "What movies have your kids found too scary over the years?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-movies-have-your-kids-found-too-scary-over-the-years#post-2155764 Fri, 24 Apr 2015 11:12:55 +0000 aegie 2155764@https://boards.hellobee.com/ paige saw sleeping beauty, saw maleficent and immediately asked to turn off the movie. for whatever reason, she can watch mulan, frozen, rapunzel and pochahontas but is scared of beauty & the beast, sleeping beauty and the cat in cinderella. Mamaof2 on "What movies have your kids found too scary over the years?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-movies-have-your-kids-found-too-scary-over-the-years#post-2155680 Fri, 24 Apr 2015 10:28:38 +0000 Mamaof2 2155680@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @NCSUchick27: My DS asked to watch Wizard of Oz but I am so scared those damn monkeys will give him nightmares for weeks!!! brownie on "What movies have your kids found too scary over the years?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-movies-have-your-kids-found-too-scary-over-the-years#post-2155678 Fri, 24 Apr 2015 10:27:13 +0000 brownie 2155678@https://boards.hellobee.com/ He likes to tell us that things are scary, but we don't necessarily believe him. The kid watches Star Wars. But the ones he has said are scary are: big hero 6, planes fire and rescue and boxtrolls. NCSUchick27 on "What movies have your kids found too scary over the years?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-movies-have-your-kids-found-too-scary-over-the-years#post-2155620 Fri, 24 Apr 2015 09:56:37 +0000 NCSUchick27 2155620@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I don't have any kids yet, but I remember being terrified of E.T. and the Wizard of Oz as a kid. I also didn't like when all of the dinosaurs died in Fantasia. Mamaof2 on "What movies have your kids found too scary over the years?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-movies-have-your-kids-found-too-scary-over-the-years#post-2155563 Fri, 24 Apr 2015 09:17:36 +0000 Mamaof2 2155563@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Little Mermaid - Ursula is scary! littlebug on "What movies have your kids found too scary over the years?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-movies-have-your-kids-found-too-scary-over-the-years#post-2155553 Fri, 24 Apr 2015 09:11:16 +0000 littlebug 2155553@https://boards.hellobee.com/ He's been ok with most movies so far (he's seen Finding Nemo, Lion King, Toy Story, and Wall-E). I think he doesn't quite "get" that Nemo's mom and Simba's dad die in those movies. He also seemed ok with Beauty and the Beast, but I stopped letting him watch it because I think the Beast is too scary for him. One day he caught about 10 seconds of the bear scene in Brave and freaked. That was over a week ago and he still talks about the bear - "I don't like that bear on tv." MamaBehr on "What movies have your kids found too scary over the years?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-movies-have-your-kids-found-too-scary-over-the-years#post-2155524 Fri, 24 Apr 2015 08:58:43 +0000 MamaBehr 2155524@https://boards.hellobee.com/ The Little Mermaid is not welcomed in our house hahaha. mrs. wagon on "What movies have your kids found too scary over the years?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-movies-have-your-kids-found-too-scary-over-the-years#post-2155521 Fri, 24 Apr 2015 08:55:32 +0000 mrs. wagon 2155521@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Haven't shown my kids Finding Nemo or The Little Mermaid yet... or Beauty and the Beast! I was terrified of Fantasia... that movie is trippy!! autumnlove on "What movies have your kids found too scary over the years?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-movies-have-your-kids-found-too-scary-over-the-years#post-2155472 Fri, 24 Apr 2015 08:31:24 +0000 autumnlove 2155472@https://boards.hellobee.com/ A few parts of The Lion King mrbee on "What movies have your kids found too scary over the years?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-movies-have-your-kids-found-too-scary-over-the-years#post-2155467 Fri, 24 Apr 2015 08:25:46 +0000 mrbee 2155467@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Why are so many kids' movies so scary? My kids were terrified by the scene in Finding Nemo where Nemo was kidnapped and his mom died. Come to think of it, that's every kid's worst nightmare! To this day, my daughter refuses to watch Finding Nemo - even if I start it after that scene. I watched "The Little Engine That Could" with my son years ago, and he was scared witless by this character called the Nightmare Train. Who would put a Nightmare Train in a movie called The Little Engine that Could?! I thought maybe my son was the only one that was scared but I went to Amazon, and it's filled with complaints from parents who said their kids had nightmares for weeks! What movies have your kids found too scary over the years?