Top 10 Halloween Movies for Kids

With Halloween fast approaching, you can get your little ones into the festive spirit

Nicole Dake
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With the countdown to Halloween in full swing, your kids are probably starting to get excited for this fun holiday. As they are waiting in anticipation for Halloween night to arrive, watching some scary movies can help to get into the spirit with your little ones.

Most scary movies are going to be too much for young viewers, but this is a selection of movies that we watch with our 6-year-old, so they aren’t too much for the little ones. They are a little bit scary, a little bit fun, and totally kid centered.

10. ParaNorman (2012)

The movie ParaNorman is about a young boy who can see ghosts. This leads to all sorts of problems in his daily life, but leads him to become an unlikely hero on a night when ghosts are returning from the dead and causing mayhem for the townspeople. The story leads to the realization that sometimes darkness doesn’t come from where we think.

According to IMDB,

In the town of Blithe Hollow, Norman Babcock is a boy who can speak to the dead, but no one besides his eccentric new friend, Neil, believes his ability is real. One day, Norman’s estranged eccentric uncle tells him of an…

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