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When my youngest sister was about 7 (18 years between us), all of the adults were watching this movie in the living room while the kids were playing outside and in the rooms with outdoor access. She came into the living room to talk to my parents about something and got terrified by the movie. She was balling and screaming while covering her ears as she continuously ran in and out of the living room while staring at the screen. She was stuck in some terror loop. Finally, my other sister just picked her up and carried her elsewhere because nobody else could stop laughing. Poor kid. She's alright now, super smart, responsible, and well adjusted. I'm sure your kid is alright.
She was stuck in some terror loop.
Okay, I can imagine a 7-year old doing this and it is kinda funny. Awful (poor kiddo), but funny.
Glad she turned out okay.
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Horror fans: Haha this traumatized me for years, wanna watch?
The Dark Crystal is a good scary movie for kids. The movie that got me scared as a kid was a Ernest Scared Stupid. I can't explain why, that movie scared the shit out of me. After that it was watching The Relic.
I dunno what OP's daughter was watching that wasn't 'scary enough' but going straight to The Descent was a terrible idea.
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Watched the original "Chucky" when I was like 10. had nightmares for WEEKS
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My mom never let me watch scary movies growing up, so when I finally got the watch The Birds at 13 it scared the shit out of me. Couldn't sleep for a few weeks.
I don't watch scary movies still.
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My parents let me stay up to watch Arachnophobia when I was about 6. That movie absolutely fucked me up for the longest time, and it's probably why to this day I'm absolutely terrified of bugs and spiders.
Umm... trigger warning, I guess, but the best way to fight fears that you know to be somewhat irrational is information and exposure. This guy, https://www.youtube.com/@travismcenery2919/videos , has very deep and detailed videos about the spiders you are most likely to meet, along with some cool pressure tests of said spiders showing that they really just want to be left alone rather than hunt you.
I liked spiders to begin with (except for the jerks that spin a single invisible strand at head-height in front of my door every morning), but his videos do a good job of giving them character and making them into cute eight-eyed goofballs instead of super predators.
if you want to seal the bad parenthood in, complete it with a night of REC
I saw Alien and Aliens back to back when I was 4. It was so terrifying, but so cool.
Geez. I have a friend who took his 10 yo son, and a friend to Bad Santa. This fits well with that miss-adventure.
"The Tunnel" 2011 is scary.