'ParaNorman' and the top paranormal kid's flicks

BY ERIN WOLF

ParaNorman is an upcoming 3D stop-motion animated comedy thriller adventure film set to be released on Aug. 17, 2012.

The movie is about a misunderstood local boy named Norman Babcock who has the unique ability to speak with the dead. Once he finds his hometown of Blithe Hollow under siege from a centuries old witch's curse, he'll have to take on ghosts, witches and zombies to save his home.

The paranormal has been present in American pop culture cinema for years, but its impact on the demographic of children viewers is often overlooked. To celebrate the long anticipated cinematic return of the Paranormal genre to children's films with ParaNorman, here is a list of the top paranormal kid's movies of all time.

Welcome back to your freaky childhood (after the jump).

Bigfoot movies have small shoes to fill

Over at Aintitcool.com, writer "Ambush Bug" does a nice job of collecting, summarizing and reviewing Bigfoot flicks.  They accurately out most on-screen Sasquatches leave a lot to be desired, whether they are obscure or well-known. But there remains one high-quality Bigfoot movie that holds up, which they forgot to include: