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Pre-Screams for Your Pre-Teens

A post from DoubleX writer KJ Dell'Antonia:

With Halloween falling on a Saturday night this year, slumber parties and post-trick-or-treating festivities are bound to fill living rooms across the country. Nothing goes better with a bag of Halloween candy than a scary movie—but which one? Pooh’s Heffalump Halloween and the Halloween offerings from the Nick/Noggin crew are easy choices for younger kids, and teens will pick their own. But I’m hosting a pack of 8-year-olds who think they’re ready to be scared. I polled my DoubleX colleagues looking for starter-scary flicks and we came up with 10 movies that will give middle-graders just the right dose of Halloween ... (Read the rest of this article in DoubleX.)