#childrens horror

[monstermelodies]

More Than You Care to Know About Monsters by Dick Smith

(School Book Fairs, 1979)

[horror-aesthete]

The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T, 1953, dir. Roy Rowland

[talefoundryshow]

NOW ON NEBULA!

Kids… horror… two words that don’t seem to go together. Why, then, do kids seek out scares? Join us as we take a journey into the world of children’s horror!

[halloweenhundreds]

Coraline’s great. The end.

[austinssillyhyperfixations]

We as a society need to start talking about Mary Downing Hahn and her books more cus shes so >>>>>

[brainrotbuddie]

LMAO I JUST SAW THAT ONE POST ABOUT THE CREEPOVER BOOKS

DO YOU HAVE ANY RECS I NEED TO SCARE THE SHT OUT OF MY SISTER (AND ALSO MYSELF NGL)

I'VE BEEN AWAITING THIS MOMENT FOR SO LONG.

My favorite children's/ YA horror & thriller books:

The Haunting of Sunshine Girl series

The Shadow House series

The Asylum series (my personal fave)

What Waits In The Woods by Kieran Scott

What Waits In The Water by Kieran Scott

The Mystery of Darkhill School by CJ Loughty

You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight by Kaylnn Bayron

The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D Jackson

White Smoke by Tiffany D Jackson

That's all I can think of rn! Will add more if I can think of them!

[nerdby]

Okay, the Goosebumps series is a lot creepier than I anticipated but nothing like the source material. Definitely more for teens and adults than for children which I personally appreciate, but I haven't finished the first episode yet so it's very possible this could go downhill quickly.

[danielstalter]

Night of the Living Dummy III turned out to be my favorite of the Living Dummy books so far. That’s a bit of a low bar considering how much I detested the first Night of the Living Dummy. The second book in the series was notably better, but it had a lot of the same problems. This book didn’t reinvent the wheel by any means, but it did manage to become something more. Its greatest success was in its characters. Trina and Danny’s predicament was fun and relatable, and Zane was laughably annoying and pretentious. Their dynamics are what allowed the book to avoid being a tired rehash of the previous books. Having a hoard of other dummies around helped, too. Even the parents were well done; it was nice having a Goosebumps plot that didn’t rely on parents making bizarre and confusing decisions. I still wish that Slappy was more imaginative with his evil. There’s so much room to go darker and creepier with him. His obsession with child enslavement (with no means of enforcement) remains the weakest part of each of the books. I do find it interesting how this trilogy got progressively better while the Monster Blood books started out bad and managed to get significantly worse. All in all, Night of the Living Dummy III was a pleasant surprise. It holds the unique distinction of being an RL Stine sequel that’s better than its predecessors. 

Score: 3.5  

My full review with memes, snark, and spoilers can be found here: https://www.danstalter.com/night-of-the-living-dummy-iii/

[monsterhouse2006]

leave a like if u see this pls 🙏🙏 I’m tryna figure out what gets us reach

[gr00vyashley]

Day 3: A Movie That Scared You As A Kid (9)

[bcbennycontreras]

“Eat Your Heart Out”

A piece I created with inspiration from one of my favorite books as a child that I still own today, “Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark” by Alvin Schwartz & illustrated by Stephen Gammell.

Do you remember seeing this book in your school library as a kid? This is one that was constantly checked out, we had a waiting list for it actually. If you had this in your hands during silent reading time then you were the shit!

[aj-thedeadlyprincess]

The Monster Squad was released on August 14, (1987). 35 years ago today. 🧛‍♂️🦇😱

[sarcastic-salem]

Just dawned on me…..What if Courage is such an anxious dog because Eustace is such an abusive owner? 😖😭

Btw, if this like the entire premise I’m gonna feel really dumb and, yes, I am always the last one to figure these things out.

[talefoundryshow]

NEW VIDEO!

Bring on the evil ventriloquist dummies, masks you can’t take off, and all-consuming slime… it’s time to talk about children’s horror!

[halloweenhundreds]

Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School had regular rental rotation as a kid. The funniest thing about revisiting it was seeing how far back you have to go for an image that admits that Scrappy is in this movie (rapping no less!)….. Always loved the part where the girls’ dads show up.

[intermundia]

this is the single worst way i've ever read to describe an erection, frank herbert