Dear God,

I have two children, ages 11 and 9. I’m wondering if they’re old enough to start watching horror movies like Nightmare on Elm Street or The Night of the Living Dead. What do you think the right age to start watching horror movies is?

- Elise

Elise,

I think that the right age to start watching horror movies is 52 years old. At that age, you’ve already been exposed to enough real horror that the Hollywood simulations of it make a nice background noise, kind of like NPR in the morning.

- God

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