B Movies for kids?

[Rev. Powell]

Going from my own experience with my nephews, I haven't really been able to get them interested in anything by "forcing" it on them.  The seven year old has a short attention span and can't really watch more than a couple of minutes of anything without getting bored, although he's fascinated by the idea of bad movie and keeps asking me about them. 

I tried letting them watch a king fu film with some success (the older one is into martial arts).  The older one liked JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS but the 7 year old complained that the special effects were bad ().  I showed them the climax to THE MANITOU (forgot about the very brief and distant nudity, but they picked up on it right away), which they liked but I knew they couldn't sit through the whole thing.  They show zero interest in MST3K, which I can understand.

On their own, however, they picked out HOWARD THE DUCK and SUPER MARIO BROTHERS and loved them (without realizing they were "bad" until I told them). 

[ghouck]

I'll agree with Godzilla, especially the ones where Big G is the good guy and everything is extra campy.

Yea, the ones where the Big G dies in the end might need to be avoided. My son watched one a LONG time ago and couldn't quite grasp the story, but was upset when Godzilla died. Not what I intended.

[Psycho Circus]

Masters Of The Universe
Troll
Garbage Pail Kids
Ghoulies
Spaced Invaders
The Dirt Bike Kid
Explorers

[inframan]

Inframan 

[GilbyFromMagoombo]

These are not all necessarily b movies, but they get the job done with the kiddies and adults as well! (These worked on me when I was a kid:
Pee Wees Big Adventure
Big Top Pee Wee
Plan 9 From Outer Space
Mars Attacks
Labyrinth
Dark Crystal
The Neverending Story
Spaced Invaders
Frankenweenie
Howard the Duck
Little Monsters & The Wizard (Fred Savage!)
My Stepmother is an Alien
Starman
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes
Bad News Bears

[AndyC]

Just watched Godzilla vs. Megalon with my daughter yesterday. My wife's attending an out-of-town conference for a few days, and it seemed like a good way to pass some time. Now, the kid's crazy about Godzilla. She was enthusiastic before, having seen the movie boxes, and even having Godzilla referenced in one of her books, but now she's asking to watch more movies and she's standing her toy stegosaurus up on its hind legs and calling it Godzilla. So, I have to sort out which of the other movies are good for kids. I'm thinking G vs. Mothra, G vs. Monster Zero, G vs. Gigan and G vs. Mechagodzilla should all be tame/silly enough. I'm going to stick with the older ones, although she is very interested in Godzilla vs. Space Godzilla, mainly because of the baby Godzilla on the box.

One thing that really helped was starting the movie in the middle, so we saw less of the humans and more of the monsters. Then I just explained why they were fighting. Seemed to work well enough.

The only drawback has been that I've had to stop her from stepping on her toy cars and houses.