[Music]
suppose your eyes and you will find in
Frankenstein as kids these shows made us
afraid to go to sleep
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
spooky children’s shows all right one
last hand for this list we’ll be looking
at the popular creepy television shows
that are geared specifically towards
children number 10 Beetlejuice hey babes
that was a good one a birthday present
that really stinks
for those familiar with the movie the
Beetlejuice television series was a
worthy spinoff just with a much lighter
tone and more kid-friendly themes
Beetlejuice something strange is going
on
strange no way babes nothing strange
ever happening
following the titular ghost and his
adventures in the neither world with his
goth friend Lydia Deetz the series
features all the monsters ghosties
Ghoulies and zombies you’d expect from a
Tim Burton cartoon shop since Burton was
involved in the creative process
the show retained the offbeat charm and
supernatural infusion present in the
film that made the series a hit it
lasted four seasons and even won a
Daytime Emmy Award for outstanding
animated program for 80s babies animated
Beetlejuice was impossible to ignore
avoid or not to be at least kind of
scared of well
just like I was looking for number nine
the Real Ghostbusters this cartoon based
on our favorite paranormal investigators
was a phenomenon in the late 80s Early
90s oh this looks bad
obviously riding on the success of the
movie the animated series caught the
attention of children everywhere and
became a revenue generating machine
fun’s over you want me come get me
sillier and goofier than the 1984 film
but still spooky by kid standards thanks
to the ghosts of the week the show aired
on ABC for seven seasons and the
merchandise licensing was extensive a
line of Real Ghostbusters toys was
released that was just as successful as
the show while Slimer was even featured
on high C’s ecto cooler drink until 1997
with witty jokes and the occasional
scare it’s no mystery why an animated
Ghostbusters show would be popular among
kids of the 80s and 90s remind me to
never put marshmallows in my hot coco
again number 8 The Addams Family oh
darling it’s Halloween time how can you
just lie there on the floor silently
writhing in agony there have been
several takes on The Addams Family over
the years but today is the 90s animated
versions chance to shine 3 p.m. 13
mysterious
together the atom it lasted two seasons
featured all the regular characters and
even had John Astin from the original
live-action series reprising his role as
Gomez well evidently you have not only a
hard head you have hard hair produced by
hanna-barbera the animated Adam’s family
possessed the quirkiness and spookiness
that the franchise is known for although
it was significantly less McCobb since
it was made for children come on
Pugsley hold it Wednesday I’m working my
way over to those spikes in the corner
following the success of the first
Addams Family feature film the series
was embraced by a fresh generation of
kids proving you can’t go wrong with
gomez Morticia Wednesday Pugsley Uncle
Fester cousin it lurch and the rest of
the family in any medium look what I
found hey where’d you get him he crawled
up my trench coat and passed out number
seven the grim adventures of Billy and
Mandy it seems to be a swirling vortex
of pure evil coming out of your floor if
you’re searching for a children’s show
that pushed the envelope look no further
than the grim adventures of Billy and
Mandy
one of the protagonists of the show is
the grim reaper literally the embodiment
of death who accidentally ends up
eternally bonded with two annoying kids
after losing to them in a game of limbo
hey you know very well that there’s no
soda in my trunk hilarity and creepiness
ensue as they travel through various
plains of paranormal existence battling
ghosts monsters and demons stay away
from the Chamber of Secrets
the series was a hit with kids seeking
unique and somewhat spooky entertainment
as it lasted six seasons on the Cartoon
Network an incredibly long run for an
animated kids show we’re going to the
circus it’s the greatest show under
number six scooby-doo where are you no
matter when you grew up
you were probably exposed to some
incarnation of the scooby-doo franchise
and it was pretty impossible not to fall
in love with it let’s vote on it mystery
or pizza pie richer right cut it out
full of wacky characters scary monsters
slapstick comedy and captivating
mysteries
scooby-doo has all the adventure a kid
needs to be entertained I told you of
course it all started with the 1969
hanna-barbera series which paved the way
not only for the rest of the Scooby
franchise but also for every cartoon on
this list hey take a look at Scooby he’s
really freaking up I guess me getting
ready to put on the dog Scooby Doo
pioneered the horror themed children’s
show and its status as a pop-culture
icon is impossible to refute jinkies
blasted meddling kid number 5 Tales from
the Crypt Keeper to get your day off to
a screaming start take a little week Jim
or any other kind of germ you might like
this creepy animated series is based on
the adult oriented program Tales from
the Crypt which in turn was based on the
1950s comic books
however the cartoon is far more child
friendly with anything resembling blood
and guts removed to keep kids and
parents happy
being an anthology series Tales from the
Crypt Keeper was hosted by the title
character a living corpse who introduced
each disturbing story he is a
spine-chilling saga about a bridge a
bridge young eddie gruff was terrified
to cross I call it the brothers correct
the crypt keeper’s appearance and the
myriad of spooky tales became ingrained
in the minds of 90’s kids
despite its relatively short run with
werewolves trolls and other less
traditional monsters bringing the scares
the show lasted two seasons initially
before being revamped in 1999 for 13
more spooky episodes smells good
what’s cooking nothing yeah number four
Courage the Cowardly Dog we interrupt
this program to bring you Courage the
Cowardly Dog Show Courage the Cowardly
Dog was so strange it’s a wonder it got
made at all but we’re darn happy it did
I have a bad feeling about this
schon from a small pink beagles
perspective we’re taken through the
nightmarish world in which he lives and
it is supremely unsettling especially
for children large frightening creatures
often with supernatural leanings
constantly appear and threat encourages
life and that makes for an intense
viewing experience that competing kid
shows at the time simply couldn’t offer
oh okay doc it’s like this you drive us
to the bank on the fat lady gets in say
there’s a fan theory that Courage’s
world is not actually full of monsters
but that in fact it’s the same as ours
and that that’s just how our world
appears to a timid and isolated dog
looking back that seems quite probable
with all your info
you can do a new food number three eerie
Indiana nobody believes me but eerie
Indiana is a center of weirdness for the
entire planet eerie Indiana didn’t last
long and wasn’t watched by many but
those who did get a chance to see it
revere it to this very day please ma’am
you gotta listen to me
I don’t want to be doing this stay right
there while I call the police considered
a sort of adolescent x-files the show
revolves around a young teen that moves
to the titular town where unexplainable
events occur what’s going on here
where’d everybody go
hello hey where is everybody after the
teen befriends one of the few normal
residents the boys team up to
investigate the paranormal mysteries
that pervade the 19 episode series and
you’ll be back before 9 a.m.
lost our time
[Music]
and not one second later though geared
towards kids the show is known for its
creative maturity which could be seen in
the writing and directing it wasn’t made
to patronize kids it was to heed their
sensibilities be talking about who are
you what’s going on what happened to a
house number two
goosebumps who are you this is Connie
backseat
based on the monumentally successful
book series only beaten in sales by
Harry Potter the goosebumps show is
equally horrifying hey each episode is
adapted from a different book so we have
dramatized versions of such classics as
the Haunted mask Night of the Living
dummy and stay out of the basement and
the results are predictably unsettling
as the king of children’s horror RL
Stein had other goosebumps inspired
shows such as The Nightmare room and the
haunting hour the latter of which one’s
several Emmy Awards an obviously worthy
successor to the show that terrified us
first and terrified us best I don’t like
this Casey I don’t like it one bit
before we unveil our number one pick
here are some honorable mentions I don’t
think I’ll be able to go I had some bad
pencils for lunch and they’re sitting in
my stomach like land just don’t start
this again
200
[Music]
Oh
number one are you afraid of the dark
we’re called the midnight Society for
those brave enough to stay up and watch
the show we commend you the series
feature campfire stories told by a group
of teens and tweens known as the
midnight society and these stories are
nightmare-inducing well son you’re not
dreaming
I guess that leaves us with something
strange
dramatised to amplify the creepiness
these unconnected tales follow
frightening ghouls that range from
sinister clowns to living dolls to pool
monsters it looks like
[Music]
there were few topics the show failed to
explore over at 7 season run and it
didn’t sugarcoat anything because of
this bare-knuckle treatment are you
afraid of the dark gave kids of the 90s
a nightmare they could share and because
of that it may be the most terrifying
kid show ever made
[Music]
do you agree with our list I don’t
understand I put my soul into my work
which children show scared you the most
there’s no line in between the mask in
your skin there’s no place I can reach
my hand in is crazy for more nostalgic
top 10s published every day be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com
[Music]
you
suppose your eyes and you will find in
Frankenstein as kids these shows made us
afraid to go to sleep
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
spooky children’s shows all right one
last hand for this list we’ll be looking
at the popular creepy television shows
that are geared specifically towards
children number 10 Beetlejuice hey babes
that was a good one a birthday present
that really stinks
for those familiar with the movie the
Beetlejuice television series was a
worthy spinoff just with a much lighter
tone and more kid-friendly themes
Beetlejuice something strange is going
on
strange no way babes nothing strange
ever happening
following the titular ghost and his
adventures in the neither world with his
goth friend Lydia Deetz the series
features all the monsters ghosties
Ghoulies and zombies you’d expect from a
Tim Burton cartoon shop since Burton was
involved in the creative process
the show retained the offbeat charm and
supernatural infusion present in the
film that made the series a hit it
lasted four seasons and even won a
Daytime Emmy Award for outstanding
animated program for 80s babies animated
Beetlejuice was impossible to ignore
avoid or not to be at least kind of
scared of well
just like I was looking for number nine
the Real Ghostbusters this cartoon based
on our favorite paranormal investigators
was a phenomenon in the late 80s Early
90s oh this looks bad
obviously riding on the success of the
movie the animated series caught the
attention of children everywhere and
became a revenue generating machine
fun’s over you want me come get me
sillier and goofier than the 1984 film
but still spooky by kid standards thanks
to the ghosts of the week the show aired
on ABC for seven seasons and the
merchandise licensing was extensive a
line of Real Ghostbusters toys was
released that was just as successful as
the show while Slimer was even featured
on high C’s ecto cooler drink until 1997
with witty jokes and the occasional
scare it’s no mystery why an animated
Ghostbusters show would be popular among
kids of the 80s and 90s remind me to
never put marshmallows in my hot coco
again number 8 The Addams Family oh
darling it’s Halloween time how can you
just lie there on the floor silently
writhing in agony there have been
several takes on The Addams Family over
the years but today is the 90s animated
versions chance to shine 3 p.m. 13
mysterious
together the atom it lasted two seasons
featured all the regular characters and
even had John Astin from the original
live-action series reprising his role as
Gomez well evidently you have not only a
hard head you have hard hair produced by
hanna-barbera the animated Adam’s family
possessed the quirkiness and spookiness
that the franchise is known for although
it was significantly less McCobb since
it was made for children come on
Pugsley hold it Wednesday I’m working my
way over to those spikes in the corner
following the success of the first
Addams Family feature film the series
was embraced by a fresh generation of
kids proving you can’t go wrong with
gomez Morticia Wednesday Pugsley Uncle
Fester cousin it lurch and the rest of
the family in any medium look what I
found hey where’d you get him he crawled
up my trench coat and passed out number
seven the grim adventures of Billy and
Mandy it seems to be a swirling vortex
of pure evil coming out of your floor if
you’re searching for a children’s show
that pushed the envelope look no further
than the grim adventures of Billy and
Mandy
one of the protagonists of the show is
the grim reaper literally the embodiment
of death who accidentally ends up
eternally bonded with two annoying kids
after losing to them in a game of limbo
hey you know very well that there’s no
soda in my trunk hilarity and creepiness
ensue as they travel through various
plains of paranormal existence battling
ghosts monsters and demons stay away
from the Chamber of Secrets
the series was a hit with kids seeking
unique and somewhat spooky entertainment
as it lasted six seasons on the Cartoon
Network an incredibly long run for an
animated kids show we’re going to the
circus it’s the greatest show under
number six scooby-doo where are you no
matter when you grew up
you were probably exposed to some
incarnation of the scooby-doo franchise
and it was pretty impossible not to fall
in love with it let’s vote on it mystery
or pizza pie richer right cut it out
full of wacky characters scary monsters
slapstick comedy and captivating
mysteries
scooby-doo has all the adventure a kid
needs to be entertained I told you of
course it all started with the 1969
hanna-barbera series which paved the way
not only for the rest of the Scooby
franchise but also for every cartoon on
this list hey take a look at Scooby he’s
really freaking up I guess me getting
ready to put on the dog Scooby Doo
pioneered the horror themed children’s
show and its status as a pop-culture
icon is impossible to refute jinkies
blasted meddling kid number 5 Tales from
the Crypt Keeper to get your day off to
a screaming start take a little week Jim
or any other kind of germ you might like
this creepy animated series is based on
the adult oriented program Tales from
the Crypt which in turn was based on the
1950s comic books
however the cartoon is far more child
friendly with anything resembling blood
and guts removed to keep kids and
parents happy
being an anthology series Tales from the
Crypt Keeper was hosted by the title
character a living corpse who introduced
each disturbing story he is a
spine-chilling saga about a bridge a
bridge young eddie gruff was terrified
to cross I call it the brothers correct
the crypt keeper’s appearance and the
myriad of spooky tales became ingrained
in the minds of 90’s kids
despite its relatively short run with
werewolves trolls and other less
traditional monsters bringing the scares
the show lasted two seasons initially
before being revamped in 1999 for 13
more spooky episodes smells good
what’s cooking nothing yeah number four
Courage the Cowardly Dog we interrupt
this program to bring you Courage the
Cowardly Dog Show Courage the Cowardly
Dog was so strange it’s a wonder it got
made at all but we’re darn happy it did
I have a bad feeling about this
schon from a small pink beagles
perspective we’re taken through the
nightmarish world in which he lives and
it is supremely unsettling especially
for children large frightening creatures
often with supernatural leanings
constantly appear and threat encourages
life and that makes for an intense
viewing experience that competing kid
shows at the time simply couldn’t offer
oh okay doc it’s like this you drive us
to the bank on the fat lady gets in say
there’s a fan theory that Courage’s
world is not actually full of monsters
but that in fact it’s the same as ours
and that that’s just how our world
appears to a timid and isolated dog
looking back that seems quite probable
with all your info
you can do a new food number three eerie
Indiana nobody believes me but eerie
Indiana is a center of weirdness for the
entire planet eerie Indiana didn’t last
long and wasn’t watched by many but
those who did get a chance to see it
revere it to this very day please ma’am
you gotta listen to me
I don’t want to be doing this stay right
there while I call the police considered
a sort of adolescent x-files the show
revolves around a young teen that moves
to the titular town where unexplainable
events occur what’s going on here
where’d everybody go
hello hey where is everybody after the
teen befriends one of the few normal
residents the boys team up to
investigate the paranormal mysteries
that pervade the 19 episode series and
you’ll be back before 9 a.m.
lost our time
[Music]
and not one second later though geared
towards kids the show is known for its
creative maturity which could be seen in
the writing and directing it wasn’t made
to patronize kids it was to heed their
sensibilities be talking about who are
you what’s going on what happened to a
house number two
goosebumps who are you this is Connie
backseat
based on the monumentally successful
book series only beaten in sales by
Harry Potter the goosebumps show is
equally horrifying hey each episode is
adapted from a different book so we have
dramatized versions of such classics as
the Haunted mask Night of the Living
dummy and stay out of the basement and
the results are predictably unsettling
as the king of children’s horror RL
Stein had other goosebumps inspired
shows such as The Nightmare room and the
haunting hour the latter of which one’s
several Emmy Awards an obviously worthy
successor to the show that terrified us
first and terrified us best I don’t like
this Casey I don’t like it one bit
before we unveil our number one pick
here are some honorable mentions I don’t
think I’ll be able to go I had some bad
pencils for lunch and they’re sitting in
my stomach like land just don’t start
this again
200
[Music]
Oh
number one are you afraid of the dark
we’re called the midnight Society for
those brave enough to stay up and watch
the show we commend you the series
feature campfire stories told by a group
of teens and tweens known as the
midnight society and these stories are
nightmare-inducing well son you’re not
dreaming
I guess that leaves us with something
strange
dramatised to amplify the creepiness
these unconnected tales follow
frightening ghouls that range from
sinister clowns to living dolls to pool
monsters it looks like
[Music]
there were few topics the show failed to
explore over at 7 season run and it
didn’t sugarcoat anything because of
this bare-knuckle treatment are you
afraid of the dark gave kids of the 90s
a nightmare they could share and because
of that it may be the most terrifying
kid show ever made
[Music]
do you agree with our list I don’t
understand I put my soul into my work
which children show scared you the most
there’s no line in between the mask in
your skin there’s no place I can reach
my hand in is crazy for more nostalgic
top 10s published every day be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com
[Music]
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