Gift advice

[Angelakillsluts]

So my cousin is turning two and I'm sending a gift. After spending a lot of time thinking about what to get I came to the decision that I wanted to get the movies "The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad" and "Nightmare before Christmas."

I'm worried that Nightmare before Christmas might be too scary and I just wanted to ask the HDC members with little uns of their own about when you started watching movies like Nightmare before Christmas with your kids.

I wouldn't even have thought of it, my friend said that Nightmare before Christmas scared her as a child sooooo thought I'd ask. I'll probably end up asking my aunt anyway because it would be sent to seattle and I don't think amazon have an exchange dealy. :D

[Roderick Usher]

well, my kids (9 & 3) love Nightmare Before Christmas and Corpse Bride, but my three year-old is a little spooked by the Disney version of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow - but he loves the Tim Burton Sleepy Hollow, so go figure.

I'd say either is a safe bet. And there's nothing wrong with being scared as a child. I'm sure tat's why all of us are here at HDC today:)

[VampiricClown]

Nightmare On Elm St. is a good one. :D

Nah, I have no clue. I'm not good with kids. :(

[Roderick Usher]

of course you wamt to take my advice with a grain of salt, as this is what I think of as children's fare.
http://www.horror.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=24649

[crabapple]

If you wanna get 'em some Disney animation but don't wanna frighten them, I recommend "Fun and Fancy Free." Nice, fairly light, not very scary.

[urgeok]

Originally posted by Angelakillsluts
So my cousin is turning two and I'm sending a gift. After spending a lot of time thinking about what to get I came to the decision that I wanted to get the movies "The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad" and "Nightmare before Christmas."

I'm worried that Nightmare before Christmas might be too scary and I just wanted to ask the HDC members with little uns of their own about when you started watching movies like Nightmare before Christmas with your kids.

I wouldn't even have thought of it, my friend said that Nightmare before Christmas scared her as a child sooooo thought I'd ask. I'll probably end up asking my aunt anyway because it would be sent to seattle and I don't think amazon have an exchange dealy. :D

i think we introduced our little guy to 'nightmare' when he was pretty young .. he never had a problem with it.

he also loved monsters inc and james and the giant peach as well (if you want to stick to the Burton theme)

[stubbornforgey]

LOL
well we all started our love of horror movies as lil uns..n look how we all turned out...
shit..i wouldnt have a clue.. 'shrug'

[Angelakillsluts]

Thanks for the advice, now I'm deciding between:

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Nightmare before Christmas
Monster Inc.
James and the Giant Peach
Fun and Fancy Free
Ferngully (and wow it's a lot less popular than I thought. Only 12 reviews on rottentomatoes and it got a 67% :eek: )

I want it to be that movie that he watches a billion times a day and not one of the "other" movies that just gathers dust and eventually gets sold in a garage sale. :(

[VampiricClown]

Originally posted by Angelakillsluts
Thanks for the advice, now I'm deciding between:

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Nightmare before Christmas
Monster Inc.
James and the Giant Peach
Fun and Fancy Free
Ferngully (and wow it's a lot less popular than I thought. Only 12 reviews on rottentomatoes and it got a 67% :eek: )

I want it to be that movie that he watches a billion times a day and not one of the "other" movies that just gathers dust and eventually gets sold in a garage sale. :(

Ferngully....-Shivers-...You had to bring that up...I was scared of that as a child for some reason. :(

[bwind22]

Monster Squad.

[ENTITY2000]

get a little riding toy, or money always works!

[urgeok]

i think Monsters Inc is one of the best kids films ever made.

curse of the were rabbit is a great movie but i dont think it is geared for a 2 year old - they wont get the same thing out of it that they will a few years later.

ferngully - isnt that Don Bluth ? (i cant stand his stuff)

[Miss Olivia]

Muppet Treasure Island!!!
Cool story, and it has Tim Curry.

[Phalanx]

Oliver and Co.
The black cauldron
microcosmos

candybars, teddybears, muthafuckin' chocolate milk.

[The Flayed One]

Labyrinth

[urgeok]

Originally posted by The Flayed One
Labyrinth

nasty codpiece alert !

[crabapple]

I have a friend who bought "Labyrinth" strictly for the package stuffs.

[urgeok]

Originally posted by crabapple
I have a friend who bought "Labrynth" strictly for the package stuffs.

is that sig of yours from Sinbad ?

[crabapple]

Yes, that's correct. The genie almost sounds kind of pissed off in that scene. But I'd be pissed off too if a scantily-clad Kathryn Grant was standing next to me and I couldn't do anything about it.

[urgeok]

Originally posted by crabapple
Yes, that's correct. The genie almost sounds kind of pissed off in that scene. But I'd be pissed off too if a scantily-clad Kathryn Grant was standing next to me and I couldn't do anything about it.

i just watched that movie a few weeks ago ..
and by a weirder coincidence my kid mentioned it today .. specifically where the genie asked to be thrown into the lava ..


freaky deaky man

[crabapple]

I think that's a great movie to show your kid. Holds up really well and it's wholesome too.

[urgeok]

Originally posted by crabapple
I think that's a great movie to show your kid. Holds up really well and it's wholesome too.

yeah - he might as well enjoy the stop motion action before he gets too jaded for it.

i have all 4 sinbad movies .. the 3 common ones as well as my personal favorit : Captain Sinbad

[urgeok]

Originally posted by crabapple
I think that's a great movie to show your kid. Holds up really well and it's wholesome too.

yeah - he might as well enjoy the stop motion action before he gets too jaded for it.

i have all 4 sinbad movies .. the 3 common ones as well as my personal favorite : Captain Sinbad

[urgeok]

hmmm

[Phalanx]

Beetlegeuse, Neil Gaimens MirrorMask.

[Disease]

is it a boy or a girl? Girls seem to like movies with singing, but if it's a boy I think you should get muppets from space

[bwind22]

Tickle Me Elmo Extreme. It's all the rage this year and you'd make that kid the envy of all his/her peers...