they were meant to entertain and delight
instead they gave us nightmares
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we're
counting down our picks for the top 10
creepy kids movies
for this list we're taking a look at the
children's films that turned out to be
slightly scary a little disturbing or
altogether creepy they look like big
good strong hands don't they
number 10 Dumbo oh we got the was
building back make your stop a headliner
maybe it's the carnival setting maybe
it's the fact that the main character's
mother is locked up indefinitely but
Dumbo pretty much maintains a feeling of
creepy throughout its entire runtime I
guess you had 101 left over add to that
a scene where the big eared elephant and
his Mouse friend to get drunk on
champagne and start hallucinating and
things get legitimately weird
how often do Disney characters get
blitzed on screen number nine Coraline
Coraline makes no pretense about being a
cutesy children's film huh a little name
that's weird
it's a fantasy flick with nice
stop-motion animation that makes it
appealing to children but it's a creep
fest from start to finish sometimes
they'll come in my window and bring the
little dead gaze the black button eyes
on Quora lines parents in the alternate
universe are enough to make you nope out
of this movie and curl up in a ball
you're just in time for supper dear
you're not my mother
but it's a kids movie you got a safe
face I'll give you to the count of three
one
to number eight the peanut butter
solution Mike feel my chin this one is
more like a peanut butter laced night
terror come on eat it Michael there are
so many odd twists and turns for a
children's film including the ghosts of
a couple that died in a fire
young bald it ever-growing pubic hair
and a sweatshop full of kidnapped
children you better start making brushes
we have to make 500 a day or we will eat
who knew that something as simple as
peanut butter could come with a whole
host of disturbing imagery that must be
crazy
I love hair on my face on my hands
number seven watership down you would
think that a movie about cute rabbits
looking for a new home would be harmless
but you would be wrong you see the heir
to the bed
runs clock with dead bodies so Ross
couldn't get out
everything to it lad the movie based on
the novel may have bunnies but it also
has bloody murder and rabbits fighting
to the death
there are also a number of scenes that
have you wondering if they should have
just skipped marketing this movie to
kids altogether
Bakley the pigs out feel free I think
he's gone we've got you help me a lake
feel free number 6 labyrinth I can no
dawdling King Goblin King wherever you
may be
take this child of mine far away from me
there's something about stolen babies
and mask cotillion balls that adds a
special touch of strange to a children's
film
maybe it's the puppets maybe it's David
Bowie stalking a teenager go back to
your room play with your toys and your
costumes but there's a darkness
throughout the film that makes it a
little questionable
not to mention who wants to be chased
through an MC Escher painting by an 80s
pop star oh you turn my world you
precious bling you run so long
number five the neverending story aside
from the looming threat of world
destruction there are a number of
elements in this classic that make it a
creepy delight Oh spin run away
screaming from the murderous wolf out to
kill the hero to a horse that literally
drowns in a swamp of sadness our chance
you're sinking there are just so many
things for parents to explain away
there's also some nipple action to usher
us into puberty with a sly wink
number four the Dark Crystal dark is
definitely the operative term for this
puppet based children's film back
Spithead the entire movie seems encased
in shadows and the main puppet
characters are just human looking enough
to be disturbing their lives a gelfling
jinn a Skeksis killed his family
destroyed his clan only Jen survived to
be raised by the wisest of the Mystics
throwing scary-looking Skeksis villains
on a quest to take over the world it's
time to make my move and you've got a
creepy stew going it doesn't help that
one of the main characters gets stabbed
to death but you've got to teach kids
about manslaughter at some point
number three the secret of NIMH it is
four years since our departure from NIMH
and our world is changing the real
secret is that it will haunt a child's
dreams there are glowing owl eyes rats
with homicidal intent and animals with
human intelligence getting stabbed in
the neck while there are plenty of cute
mice and happy crows to keep the kids
entertained watching rats plot to kill
each other takes things in a different
direction
number two the witches
there aren't many children's films that
feature villains who basically just want
to kill all children there's nothing to
be frightened of I just wanted to give
you this but the witches makes no
apologies for it something I think
you'll like based on a Roald Dahl book
the film manages to feel like a
dedicated horror pic watching a witch
remove her face makes you wonder if
everything you ever knew was a lie
before we unveil our top pick here are a
few honorable mentions yeah
how dare you treat my friend
so shapely
are the fires of hell glowing
is the grisly reaper mowing yes
going for the roars keep on rowing and
there's certainly not
number one return to Oz if you are
expecting a happy shiny sequel to The
Wizard of Oz you'll be sorely
disappointed by this cult classic the
lollipop guild is replaced with
disembodied heads a talking chicken ham
sandwich glad it's not fried checkup and
a humanoid jack-o'-lantern that is just
not cool my name's Jack Jack Pumpkinhead
there are also talking walls with
demonic faces Oh
Dorothy Gale from Kansas an evil King
and kids receiving electroshock therapy
ready Yes Doctor
also also wheelers it seems like every
now and then Disney likes to take a walk
on the dark side what do you think do
you agree with our list which kids film
made you want to hide under the covers
leaving so soon for more entertaining
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