MOVIE NIGHT!

We are watching Don’t Look Under the Bed, and Little Monsters because I will be reading some middle grade and YA spooky books and I found this movie very scary as a kid but I absolutely LOVED IT!

Don’t Look Under the Bed (1999)

When strange things start to happen in the town of Middlesburg, 13-year-old Frances McCausland looks like the culprit. Desperate to solve the mystery and clear her name, Frances reluctantly enlists the help of Larry Houdini, her little brother’s imaginary friend. Larry must teach Frances to rely on her imagination to defeat the Boogeyman who framed her, and save the town.

Watching this movie now I laugh at my younger self for being such a chicken. My little kid imagination was insane.

Little Monsters (1989)

Brian (Fred Savage) isn’t scared of the monster living under the bed. On the contrary, when he gets to know the wild-eyed boogeyman, Maurice (Howie Mandel), the pair become fast friends. During the night, Maurice takes his young charge into the netherworld of monsters, where they have a great time making mischief in the lives of sleeping children. But Brian’s opinion of Maurice and his freewheeling lifestyle changes when he discovers that he himself is turning into a monster.

I truly wonder why Don’t Look Under the Bed scared me more than Little Monsters? I was a weird child. I was obsessed with Little Monsters I thought it was so good and I still love it to this day. When I was younger because of these movies I would leap off of my bed so the monsters under the bed couldn’t grab my feet.

Have you seen these?

-Dezi