Tag: Gateway Horror

Nightbooks a Near Perfect Balance Of Scary and Whimsical For Gateway Horror

September 17, 2021.Reading time 8 minutes.

Maybe as tricky as mixing horror and comedy, the gateway horror movie is tough to get right. It needs to be scary, but not traumatizing, while being for kids yet not childish. In the 1980s, Poltergeist, Gremlins, The Gate, and Killer Klowns from Outer Space introduced a generation of kids to the horror genre. For […]

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Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark: Fun ‘Gateway’ Horror For Young Horror Fans

August 20, 2019.Reading time 8 minutes.

Generally, there hasn’t been a lot of good gateway horror for younger audiences. In the 1980’s, we had The Monster Squad, Gremlins, and The Gate. If you grew up in the 1990’s, there was Hocus Pocus. Yet over the last few years, as horror has flourished, the genre has treated us to several good ‘kiddie’ […]

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