22 Scary Movies for Kids That Won't Keep Them Up All Night

Pop some popcorn and gather up the family. It's movie night! You may have made your way through the best animated movies on Netflix and the best classic kids movies. And on this particular night, you might not be in the mood for funny family movies. Sometimes you just want to turn off the lights and watch a things-that-go-bump-in-the-night scary movie—one that will have you checking under the bed before you go to sleep (if you dare!).

A note: Make sure to check the movie ratings before you press play. You know your kids best, and you don't want to be sitting up with them as a result of nightmares thanks to a movie selection that is too scary. Remember that movie ratings have changed over the years. The PG rating of today is not the same as the PG rating of the 1980s (PG-13 wasn't introduced until the mid-1980s), so you might be surprised to find some older PG movies have more bad language and suggestive themes than you're comfortable with. Check sites like Common Sense Media to see age-specific reviews or, to be certain, watch the movie first without kids to judge appropriateness. Now, on to our list of scary horror movies appropriate for (most) kids.