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Of course, in [[Real Life]], a lot of children enjoy a good horror movie. At least depending on their age.
 
If this trope pops up in a kids' sitcom, it will almost always overlap with [[Can't Get Away Withwith Nuthin']]. See also [[Girls Are Really Scared of Horror Movies]] and [[Scare'Em Straight]]. When something like this happens in [[Real Life]], see [[What Do You Mean It's Not for Kids?]]. It can sometimes be [[Inverted Trope|inverted]], where adults are terrified of the film but kids love it. (See also [[Fridge Horror]] for that case; perhaps the kids don't ''understand'' [[Adult Fear|why the events of the movie are something to be afraid of]].)
 
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== Live Action TV ==
* ''[[The Suite Life of Zack and Cody]]'' has the twins take their dates not to see the kiddie film "Doggie Came Home", but the horror film "Zombie Mom". Zack ends up having nightmares and sleepwalking in the hotel, stacking the lobby furniture against the door to stop the zombies.
* A variation happens in an episode of ''[[Lizzie McguireMcGuire]]'' where Matt gets scared watching a horror film, though it happens with his parents present. He ends up trying to Feng Sheui the house to get rid of evil spirits.
* Not a horror film, but in ''Raising Dad'', Sarah takes Emily with her and her friends to see an R-rated movie called "Love To Love". Emily ends up trying to practice making out with a boy from school. At the end of the episode, Sarah reveals that she's been lying to her dad about what movies she sees for years.
* One episode of ''Hope & Faith'' has the family try to convince Hope to quit her chef job by showing themselves pretending to be completely lost without her. Justin's part?
{{quote| '''Justin:''' I was up all night watching ''[[The Exorcist (Film)|The Exorcist]]''. I will never go to church or sleep again. <br />
'''Hope:''' Charlie, how could you let him watch that? [[Noodle Incident|He still has nightmares from]] ''[[Sesame Street|Elmo In Grouch Land]]''. }}
* On ''[[Full House]]'', Stephanie wouldn't eat Jell-O for a month after watching ''The Blob'', but she demands to be allowed to watch ''The Wolf Man'' with D.J. and Kimmy. When Jesse caves in, she winds up scared by that too, and he winds up dragooned by Joey and Danny into helping her get over her alarm by playing a slacker teen wolfman in an improvised skit.
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== Western Animation ==
* In ''[[The Simpsons (Animationanimation)|The Simpsons]]'':
** [[Bumbling Dad|Homer]] takes Bart and Lisa to see a horror film about a possessed doll. All three end up terrified that there's a monster in their attic, which leads into the episode's real plot about Artie Ziff living in their attic.
** "Wild Barts Can't Be Broken" has the neighborhood kids sneak out after curfew to a drive-in to watch ''The Bloodening'' (a parody of ''Village of the Damned'').
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** Pepper Ann gets invited to a slumber party where they will be watching the R-rated film "Gutter Clowns", which Lydia warns Pepper Ann against seeing. At first, Pepper Ann tries to stop the girls at the party from watching the film, but ends up watching it anyway, and is terrified for the next few days.
** Subverted with her friend Nicky watching the movie right next to her, and she's amused by the [[So Bad It's Good]] [[Cliché Storm]].
* The ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures (Animation)|Tiny Toon Adventures]]'' episode "Duck in the Dark," where Plucky watches a marathon of "Eddie Cougar" horror movies, including one that has him attacking a screaming [[Bambi (Disney)|Bambi]]. It ends up giving Plucky horrible nightmares.
{{quote| '''Plucky''': Only a total idiot would be afraid of these movies! <br />
'''Buster''': I rest my case. }}
* The ''[[Veggie Tales (Animation)|Veggie Tales]]'' episode "Where's God When I'm S-scared" starts with Junior Asparagus watching "Frankencelery," and becoming frightened by everything in the house after that.
* Subverted on ''[[Arthur (Animationanimation)|Arthur]]''. Muffie's parents try to ban the "Scare Your Pants Off Club" books (an [[Expy]] of ''[[Goosebumps]]'') after she has nightmares from reading one. {{spoiler|It turns out that she reads them all the time and that the nightmares were caused by her [[Acid Reflux Nightmare|sneaking ice cream]].}}
* In an episode of ''[[The Buzz On Maggie (Animation)|The Buzz Onon Maggie]]'', Maggie and Rayna sneak into a scary R-rated movie. Rayna ends up so traumatized she'd rather watch the baby movie that's playing on another screen. Maggie plays it cool at first, but eventually starts hallucinating the movie's monster everywhere until she confesses to her parents. They decide her trauma from watching the movie was punishment enough.
* ''[[Johnny Test (Animation)|Johnny Test]]''
** One episode has Johnny and Dukey, after several attempts, getting an M-rated game. They get nightmares after they play it.
** Another episode had Johnny stay up late watching a horror movie marathon despite his dad telling him not to. To ensure that he wakes up on time and keep his illicit film-viewing a secret, he steals his sisters' alarm clock, which just happens to be programmed to record the sleeper's dreams and make them real.
* Upon unexpectedly having to work late, ''[[The Iron Giant]]'''s Annie Hughes forbids her son Hogarth from gorging on snacks, staying up too late, or watching scary movies. So, naturally, he plunks down in front of the TV with a box of Twinkies to catch the midnight Creature Feature as soon as she's gone. And it's his paranoia over being hearing noises after being creeped out by the movie that leads him to {{spoiler|leave the house with his flashlight, helmet, and BB gun, and discover the Giant for the first time}}.
* One episode of the ''[[DextersDexter's Laboratory (Animation)|Dexters Laboratory]]'' reboot has both Dexter and [[Bumbling Dad|his dad]] sneak up after bed time to watch a late night b-movie horror flick. This results in the two of them getting increasingly freaked out when searching the dark house after the movie is over, and the next morning has both of them frozen in a catatonic state in the hallway.
* An episode of ''[[Kid VSvs. Kat]]'' has Coop and Dennis both staying up to watch a [[Creature Feature]] style horror show, which [[Cats Are Mean|Kat takes as an opportunity to scare the hell out of them.]]
* ''[[Camp Lazlo]]'': In "Movie Night", according to the Bean Scout regulations, Edward is too young to watch ''Mountain Zombies of Scab Lagoon'' (rated BB, Big Boys), and has to watch ''Mr. Cotton Goes to Bubbleland'' instead. He later locks himself in the projection room and watches ''Mountain Zombies of Scab Lagoon'' alone and scares himself silly.
 
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