To whom it may concern

By listening to their podcasts and YouTube channels we can all glean what their must watch Halloween themed films are but these people are also all parents. So I’m curious what are your kids must watch spooky films? @Elrickane @bobfreelander @RebekahMcKendry @MrVinSyn

— VHUS Podcast (@VHUS_Podcast) October 13, 2020

Scooby Doo for sure. You can’t go wrong with Scooby Doo. I’ll second Goosebumps, also recommend Eerie Indiana, and Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark(original )
The Gate is a great tween horror film as an introduction. Halloween Tree is an absolute must watch every year even to this day

— Aaron (@MrVinSyn) October 14, 2020

The spirit struggled against the ecoplasmic manacles, the weak flickers of ghostlight sparking against cold iron nearly invisible in the flashing red and blue lights of a dozen Eerie PD vehicles.

In the back of a waiting ambulance, wrapped in shock blankets and sipping from paper cups of hot, sweet tea, Marshall and Simon looked on. There was a cut running the length of Simon's face and disappearing into his hairline and one of Marshall's eyes was rapidly swelling shut. Beaten and bloodied, leaning against each other in a fog of post-adrenaline-rush exhaustion, they stayed to see justice done as Sergeant Knight read out the charges.

Besides, either Bert or Ernie was driving the ambulance and Marshall was almost sure neither of them had a licence.

"Violation," continued the Sergeant in his usual affectless monotone. "Noise disturbance in a designated quiet zone after ten pm, to whit, the screaming of a man in mortal terror, for the past eight nights."

"Murder has no concept of business hours!" shrieked the ghost. "Untimely death comes when it will!"

Officer Derek dutifully wrote this down. Knight didn't seem to notice the interruption.

"Violation: unsightly display of human remains in a public area, to whit, the sidewalk directly beneath the unsecured widow's walk from which you pushed your last five victims."

"And I would have gotten away with it, too!" the ghost screamed "If it weren't for you meddling kids!"

Simon gasped. Derek actually recoiled. Sergeant Knight's face was permanently locked on "stern", but now seemed to grow even sterner.

"You're already looking at a hefty fine, son," he said. "Littering, noise complaints; don't make this worse for yourself with unauthorised Scooby Doo references."

"...what?" said the ghost.

The Sergeant gestured to Officer Derek, who beamed with anticipation of increased responsibility in the workplace and pulled out a small handbook bound in human skin that shrieked when he touched it. He flicked through the well-worn pages until he found the one he needed, then cleared his throat.

"From town by-laws enacted in 1972, Civic Code 09-13-69 states: 'anyone caught committing a criminal act shall be entitled to reference Scooby Doo only if they are, at the time of the act, a regular human being posing as some sort of supernatural entity'."

Derek closed the book and returned it to the shirt pocket of his neatly-pressed uniform. It continued to scream.

"Huh?" said the ghost.

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I’m interested, what were your gateways into being a horror fan? What kickstarted your love of the genre? Mine were Scooby Doo, reading Edgar Allen Poe, and those horror based standalone episodes of the X- Files.

— 𝔰𝔞𝔯𝔞𝔥 (@VampireGhuleh) July 26, 2019

I always loved Halloween so when I was little I’d watched every Halloween themed episode of shows I could find & shows like Goosebumps, Eerie Indiana, Are You Afraid of the Dark?, etc cuz my mom wouldn’t let me watch Horror so I’d go watch Horror movies at my friend’s houses lol.

— April Dalaman 🌹 (@AprilDalaman) July 27, 2019

Eulach: What’s any good from the last couple of years? We don’t live in England so I miss out on what’s current (Round the Twist and Eerie Indiana are good but they’re a bit dated now). Series or one offs, the children are 7 and 10.

hols2: Hilda

chakaping: My kids are currently loving the Powerpuff Girls on Netflix. New Dangermouse is also pretty decent (not as good as old one, but you can get that on there too).

jjprestidge: My 8 year old daughter loves watching the re-runs of Buffy. I thought they might be a bit scary for her but she really likes them and they are quite brilliantly written.

Scooby Doo Mystery Inc is also a hidden gem – don’t be fooled into think that it’s anything like the originals; there’s even an episode where Scooby plays the role of Nico in a pastiche of The Velvet Underground. Loads of other moments like that which must be way over the heads of the general audience.

If you didn't get a chance to get one, you can buy them from SuperYaki.com. Comes with a backing card signed by Jason Marsden.

Also, off-topic, you can buy this super-rad Vincent van Ghoul pin from them too. For those of you who don't know, Vincent van Ghoul is the not-really-at-all-veiled version of himself that Vincent Price played in the 13 Ghosts of Scooby Doo. He's also my real dad. He's not my real dad.

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