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I know I am always suggesting this film as perfect entertainment, but here it is again. You can't do anything better than pop in "Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein" (from 1948).
It's kid-friendly (I saw it when I was a kid and it was just scary enough--no more, no less). It has monsters and great special effects and sets. It's still funny after nearly sixty years. The humor and horror play off each other brilliantly. Each adds to the other. And because it was made when it was made, the horrific qualities are largely implied and conceptual, instead of graphic.
If you want to crank the horror up a bit, I would suggest "Horror of Dracula" (from 1958). This is actually a serious horror film. It's pretty fast-moving and exciting. Not a comedy. The vampires are pretty violent and threatening. This was also the first Dracula film made in color, and it has a rich Technicolor look...and some splashes of blood here and there! It's an older film but it still packs a nice punch today.
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