These are the best scary movies for kids. Horror-tinged, somewhat-spooky movies for adults that are okay for kids, such as “Ghostbusters,” aren’t what this list is about.

For younger kids, Bozdech recommends sticking with animated movies to help remind them that it's not real, plus limiting the scary movies to mysteries as opposed to monsters. Tweens can handle ...

Kids deserve to have scary movies, too, and if anything helps alleviate the scares a bit for them, it’s making them the heroes. Monster Summer has three big problems that those other stories don ...