"When it comes to kid-friendly horror, let's get one thing out of the way: anyone can put on a Scooby Doo episode or the latest Hotel Transylvania franchise entry. These are fun, spooky, and MPAA approved. But sometimes they don't cut it. Horror is enticing because of its taboo nature and this is exactly why so many dyed-in-the-wool horror fans are captured by the genre far before they're tall enough to get on the proverbial ride.
Kids can always tell the difference between spooky entertainment made for them, and true horror. But when it comes to horror, of course not everything will work. The films need to be horrific enough to raise hairs, but not enough to induce nightmares. They need to be taboo enough to feel scandalous, but not enough to genuinely scar."
