80s Movies #10 Creepy Kids Movies You Should See
The 80's, a time when filmmakers took it upon themselves to mentally scar a generation of
children,
quite the opposite of the brightly coloured, pop culture referencing kiddie flicks of today.
Movies
back then could be violent, dystopian and set in eerie locations populated by strange
creatures.
I present to you, the films that sent shivers up the spines of millions, the movies that
gave us
nightmares, the 10 Creepiest Kids Movies of the 80's.
10 The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
This quirky action adventure starts crazy, and finishes just as crazy.
This is set in late 18th century
Europe, where a Turkish army lays siege to a city, and it's up to the Baron to save them.
But speaking
of creepy imagery, imagine Robin Williams' bodiless head floating around, or Oliver Reed's
as a red
god, crushing coal to make diamonds.
But what puts this movie in my list is the Grim Reaper, this guy
is just freaked me out as a child.
9 The Black Cauldron
Known as the darkest Disney movie ever made, nearly every frame in this movie is dull,
it literally has
nothing cheerful in it.
The main villain, the Horned King is terrifying, this guy doesn't have one funny
moment in this movie, he's always serious.
Not to mention his minions, who are creepy and murder
his own men.
It's his death scene that gets him the number 9 spot though, it's pretty graphic and the
screams he makes are realistic if I'm honest.
8 Goonies
Goonies never say die!
this movie is pure awesomeness, from the truffle shuffle to booby traps,�the
Goonies�is pretty much the most iconic kid�s movie of the 80's.
However, there are some scenes
that would scare the pants off any child, the most terrifying include the swarms of
bats, Chunk�s
hand and the blender, the dead man that falls on chunk and first time you see Sloth in chains,
I could
go on.
But the other factor that makes this movie so jumpy at times is the amount of creepy
ass
skeletons there are it's just full of them.
7 Time Bandits
How could a story about a boy and some dwarfs, jumping through time to steal from historical
figures get on this list?
Well where to begin?
How about the horrific cow-head things that shoot
fireballs from their heads or the giant glowing head that chases our heroes across time and
space?
Well its all of that, combined with one of the most depressing final scenes of any kids
movie I've ever
see.
6 The Secret of Nimh
A classic children's film about friendship, family and magic.
This movie has some beautiful animation
with great colourful visuals.
But on the other hand it has a conspiracy to murder, and some pretty
dark and disturbing visuals.
Let's not forget the farmers cat Dragon, and of course one the most
traumatising characters of all time... the Great Owl.
5 The Neverending story
This film is filled with amazingly creepy looking creatures like the rock eater and
the luckdragon.
Not
only that but it has one of the most drawn out deaths in children's cinema.
Also the world is been
torn into the eerie nothingness, and let's not forget the unsettling big boobed sphinx
statues and the
scary wolf G�mork.
4 Legend
Ridley Scott�s attempt to do a children�s movie, Legend�was supposed to be a epic
big screen fairy
tale, let just say it didn't do well at the box office.
This movies is the source of kids recurring
nightmares, all the characters are just ugly or creepy looking, and the main bad guy Darkness
could
scare the crap out of any child.
3 The Dark Crystal
It�s hard to pick a particular creepy scene from this movie, due to the entire thing looks
creepy.
From
the old Skeksis leader and Augg-ra playing with her eyes to the set design and all the
monsters that
just look scary.
And Let's not forget the Podlings draining scene, creepy tastic.
2 Who Framed Roger Rabbit 1988
How could this live-action animated comedy with classic cartoon characters like Mickey
Mouse and
Bugs Bunny, be on this list?
Two words, Judge Doom.
You get to see him murdering a cartoon just
for a demonstration.
Later on you get to see him being crushed by a steamroller, followed by having
his eyes pop.
To finish things off he has one of the freakiest voices in movie history.
Nightmare
material for children.
1 Return to Ozs
Many critics and fans alike agree that Return to Oz�is one of if the most terrifying children�s
movies
ever made.
Many of its scenes feel as if they were deliberately designed to give children nightmares.
�Return to Oz features great scenes like "Dorothy being taken to a mental hospital",
and "Dorothy
meets up with the woman who collects heads".
80s Movies #10 Creepy Kids Movies You Should See