B Movies for kids?

[lester1/2jr]

  Anyone had any luck showing any b movies to kids?  once a week I babysit my sisters kids who are 6 1/2 and 5.  mainly tom and jerry, woody woodpecker with some gummi bears and dungeons and dragons so we aren't living completely in the past. 

  So far "Robot Monster" went over pretty well.  We also watch "White Pongo" sometimes but it's kind of just on in the background.  I tried "the brain that wouldn't die" but it was a little edgy.

  The watermellon monster from "drunken wutang" is a huge crowd pleaser.  Any classic b movies or others for the kiddos?

[Doc Daneeka]

Just about any Godzilla movie

Tremors was OK for me despite some language and blood

I remember watching Army of Darkness at a young age, again, some language and violence though obviously not as bad as it's predecessors

[Doggett]

Buckaroo banzai ?

[Javakoala]

Just about any Italian programmer with Hercules, Maciste, Samson, Ursus, Atlus or Goliath in the title might keep them outta yer hair. Heck , just buy the Mill Creek "Warriors" 50 pack and start with disc 1.

[RCMerchant]

Buckaroo banzai ?

I'll go with Dogget on this one! Any Godzilla flik is sure fire kid vid!

[Mr. DS]

Although its not a movie, Thundarr The Barbarian has wonderful B-plots.

[AndyC]

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

[HappyGilmore]

I'd agree with all the Godzilla votes.

But, I'd also add Gamera to the fray.  Gamera's great.

And while they're not "B-Movies" in the traditional sense, both Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie and Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie are fun to watch.  In MMPR: The Movie, they at least attempted (unsuccessfully) to CGI the giant monsters/zord fight at the end.  In Turbo, they went the "Godzilla" route: men in rubber costumes walking around a set of cardboard buildings.

[metalmonster]

I'd Also Vote For The POWER RANGERS And TREMORS Movies
They Were My Favorites As A Kid

[Xendinthian]

In my experience, kids will often embrace b-movies, maybe because of their lack of exposure to movies with higher production values. As a kid, I adored all the Godzilla movies (and I still have them all on VHS) more than most television cartoons. Maybe that's just me.

[Andrew]

"Howard the Duck" seems to go over pretty well, and with some choice fast forward editing it is kid safe.  I think that "The Last Starfighter" would be another likely choice.  Classic monster films like "The Giant Claw" and anything by Ray Harryhausen should also be safe in most cases, but some might be too intense for young kids (I'd think hard before showing them something like "Fiend Without a Face" or other gruesome films).

For some others:

Spaced Invaders

Mom and Dad Save the World

Santa Claus Conquers the Martians

My kids love the Godzilla and the Gamera films.

[sideorderofninjas]

Stay Tuned, the last of the Jeffrey Jones trilogy family movies..

[BTM]

They'd probably enjoy Prehysteria (I think there was like three of those), about a family that discovers some dinosaur eggs which promptly hatch and do all sorts of things.

[Joe the Destroyer]

Carnosa- No, that wouldn't be good...

Flesh for the Bea- No, don't do that one either...

House at the Edge of the P- No, bad idea...

Adding on to those Power Rangers suggestions, I'd also add some of the older fighting super hero robot movies and shows, like Ultraman, Ultra 7, Spectre Man, Mirror Man, etc. Let's also not forget Infra-Man.

-The Crater Lake Monster might not be too bad. 
-The Gate is another one I used to watch a lot as a kid.  That one was a favorite amongst my classmates in elementary school. 
-Also, House with William Katt.  I saw that in theaters when it came out when I was about four or five, and it was probably my first really great b-movie memory, not to mention the first time I really had fun at the theaters. 
-Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon might be a fun one.  Think movies like Hercules, only with kaiju.
-One of the Daimajin movies would also work (I want to say it was Wrath of Daimajin, but I could be wrong), what with the main characters all being kids. 
-Mom and Dad Save the World seems to come to mind, although I don't know if that counts as a b-movie.

[Javakoala]

"The Magic Sword" was MADE for kids!  Knights, swords, dragons, fighting, wizards, monsters and just enough spookiness to make it fun but not enough to cause long-term scarring of the psyche.