I have a very vivid, core childhood memory of my dad telling me to play elsewhere while he watched a scary movie “I shouldn’t see." Of course, curiosity got the best of me, and I had to peek. I made the mistake of looking at the screen just as a young girl about my age—with long blonde hair just like me—got nearly sucked into the fuzz of a TV screen.

Halloween movies might be scary, but there are plenty you can watch with your kids, and these are some of the very best ones.