Any children's/family films ever traumatize you?

Not really.

The Neverending Story. There were two different kinds of ‘traumatizing’ in that movie.

The emotionally gut-wrenching kind, with the scene of Atreyu’s horse, Artax, drowning to death in the Swamps of Sadness (HOW did that make it into a kid’s movie?). I don’t think any scene has ever upset me more.



And the kind to give you nightmares (at the time) with the giant wolf, Gmork. I remember when he was first shown, as lightning illuminated him, was quite freaky. Also, there was quite a bit of blood in his death scene.



In the movie Willow, the scene where everyone was turned into pigs was rather freaky, but not the same level of disturbing as the troll scene (which I thought was super gross at the time).



I do vaguely recall All Dogs Go to Heaven and feeling sad when watching – though I can’t really remember any of that movie now.

Watching one of the "Benji" films last Winter.

*spoilers*

Benji is lost in the Wilderness and makes friends with some baby Wildcats. One of them gets carried away by a Hawk. Holy hell. I was bummed out. Potent stuff.

Watched another film I have in the "Hero Dogs" set. (can't remember the name) about a Teenage girl and young Hispanic guy who get lost on a Mountain. Of course they get hurt. With a nice Canine no less.

*spoilers* of course the Dog gets hurt and dies. Immediately souring the film for me. This was supposed to be an early 2000's kids film.

I think I vaguely recall seeing that Benji movie with the wildcats, but had forgotten about one of them getting carried away by a hawk (though something similar happened with a kitten in a book I was reading some time ago). Was that also the movie where Benji's constantly being pursued/menaced by a wolf, and in the end he tricks it into running over the edge of a cliff and you hear it howling as it plummets to its death?

I hate animal cruelty/deaths in *any* movies, but it's especially messed up when it's in kids films. If there are any animals hurt or killed in a movie, it immediately sours the movie for me too.[/quote]


Yes! That was the one. The Wolf is hunting him but seeing him plummet down isn't a pleasing moment. (Hell we know Benji will be ok.)

Aside from those two instances it was a fantastic film without hardly any dialogue. I get that it's nature. But jeez. I could picture how sad it might make a kid watching it if 32 year old me is bummed.

Yes! That was the one. The Wolf is hunting him but seeing him plummet down isn't a pleasing moment. (Hell we know Benji will be ok.)

Yeah, as much as I didn’t want the wolf to hurt/eat Benji or the wildcats, I did feel somewhat sorry for him when he howled as he plummeted to his death.

Aside from those two instances it was a fantastic film without hardly any dialogue. I get that it's nature. But jeez. I could picture how sad it might make a kid watching it if 32 year old me is bummed.

Yes, movies like Benji and The Adventures of Milo and Otis were ones I watched repeatedly when I was real young (it was unfortunate when I discovered the controversy surrounding the latter film). Quite a few kids films back then seemed to be almost equal parts enjoyable and upsetting.

I can't really explain why, but I guess that I just didn't buy into the whole concept of the factory being a cool fun place. I've watched many horror movies over the years, it's probably my favorite genre, but nothing has ever made the impression on me that this movie did when I was a small kid.

I always thought the story of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory would make a decent horror/slasher-type film. It practically writes itself. A bunch of teens (probably age them up from kids to allow for the ‘slasher’ vibe) wandering into a creepy factory which at first appears to be a wondrous place, but soon turns nasty as they’re systematically offed in bizarre and gruesome ways by some weirdo.

never understood hype of gremlins. coraline is inappropriate.

not a family or children's film but IT had that clown. and since clowns mean children, yeah. kids be scared.

never liked Fantasia.

Found the scene with Benji tricking the wolf into jumping off the cliff to its death. I think the video pretty much sums up Benji in this instance.

Not a film but i saw this as a kid and it was creepy as hell:



How the hell did this get greenlighted for kids???