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* The kids almost getting chopped to pieces by a lawnmower.

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* James Horner's music score in the film can be intense and even a little terrifying, depending on the scenes where it plays.
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*** It becomes even sadder and scarier when you realize that his death cries have been purposefully made to sound like he's screaming: "Help me! Please, help meeeEEEEEE!!!!"

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*** It becomes even sadder and scarier when you realize that his death cries have been purposefully made to sound like he's screaming: screaming, "Help me! Please, help meeeEEEEEE!!!!"



* Any time the kids are in proximity to their now skyscraper-sized parents, who are hundreds of times larger than them and unable to see or hear their minuscule children. Notably the first time Wayne walks into the attic as the kids are right in front of him on a tiny couch on the floor yelling and screaming at him, his giant foot comes within inches of squishing them. And later, when Nick and Russ Jr. are hanging on the bee yelling at him as he swings a giant baseball bat at them.

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* Any time the kids are in proximity to their now skyscraper-sized parents, who are hundreds of times larger than them and unable to see or hear their minuscule children. Notably the first time Wayne walks into the attic as the kids are right in front of him on a tiny couch on the floor yelling and screaming at him, him for attention, his giant foot comes within inches of squishing them. And later, when Nick and Russ Jr. are hanging on the bee yelling at him as he Wayne swings a giant baseball bat at them.them, despite them repeatedly yelling at him to get him to stop.
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* The trailers all featured the scene where Nick, having fallen into his father's cereal, is almost swallowed by him, as he screams "No, Dad! Don't eat me!" with the close-up on Wayne's cavernous mouth. In the movie this lasts for all of a second before Quark interferes, but in the trailers it just ends with Nick slowly being taken toward his doom.

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* The trailers all featured the scene where Nick, having fallen into his father's cereal, is almost swallowed by him, as he screams screams, "No, Dad! Don't eat me!" with the close-up on Wayne's cavernous mouth. In the movie this lasts for all of a second before Quark interferes, but in the trailers it just ends with Nick slowly being taken toward his doom.
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Being co-written by the [[Creator/StuartGordon same]] [[Creator/BrianYuzna folks]] who wrote classics of the horror film genre such as ''Film/ReAnimator'' and ''Film/FromBeyond'', it's safe to say that ''Honey, I Shrunk the Kids'' is essentially a horror movie for children.

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Being co-written by the [[Creator/StuartGordon same]] [[Creator/BrianYuzna folks]] who wrote classics of the horror film genre classics such as ''Film/ReAnimator'' and ''Film/FromBeyond'', it's safe to say that ''Honey, I Shrunk the Kids'' is essentially a horror movie for children.
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** The entire [[ScaryScorpions scorpion]] sequence. The fight between it and Anty is especially horrifying when the scorpion corners Anty, holds him in its pincers and stabs him with its tail. Anty’s terrified cries make it worse since he knows he’s going to die.

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** The entire [[ScaryScorpions scorpion]] sequence. The fight between it and Anty is especially horrifying when the scorpion corners Anty, holds him in its pincers and stabs him with its tail. Anty’s Anty's terrified cries make it worse since he knows he’s going to die.



* The trailers all featured the scene where Nick, having fallen into his father's cereal, is almost swallowed by him, as he screams "No, Dad! Don't eat me!" with the close-up on Wayne's cavernous mouth. In the movie, this lasts for all of a second before Quark interferes, but in the commercial it just ends with Nick slowly being taken toward his doom.

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* The trailers all featured the scene where Nick, having fallen into his father's cereal, is almost swallowed by him, as he screams "No, Dad! Don't eat me!" with the close-up on Wayne's cavernous mouth. In the movie, movie this lasts for all of a second before Quark interferes, but in the commercial trailers it just ends with Nick slowly being taken toward his doom.
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* Could double as NauseaFuel; in the scene where the "river" of running mud is introduced, Ron suggests "it could be a stream of dog pee and it would look like a river to us." It's never established in that scene whether it is or isn't urine. So when they later end up ''in it'', and Amy chokes some back up after they give her mouth-to-mouth, it is pretty disgusting, especially if you miss Amy's line in the next scene, "Mud is still mud, no matter how small you are."

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* Could This could double as NauseaFuel; NauseaFuel: in the scene where the "river" of running mud is introduced, Ron suggests "it could be a stream of dog pee and it would look like a river to us." It's never established in that scene whether it is or isn't urine. So when they later end up ''in it'', and Amy chokes some back up after they give her mouth-to-mouth, it is pretty disgusting, especially if you miss Amy's line in the next scene, "Mud is still mud, no matter how small you are."
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* In the scene where the "river" of running mud is introduced, Ron suggests "it could be a stream of dog pee and it would look like a river to us." It's never established in that scene whether it is or isn't urine. So when they later end up ''in it'', and Amy chokes some back up after they give her mouth-to-mouth, it is pretty disgusting, especially if you miss Amy's line in the next scene, "Mud is still mud, no matter how small you are."

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* In Could double as NauseaFuel; in the scene where the "river" of running mud is introduced, Ron suggests "it could be a stream of dog pee and it would look like a river to us." It's never established in that scene whether it is or isn't urine. So when they later end up ''in it'', and Amy chokes some back up after they give her mouth-to-mouth, it is pretty disgusting, especially if you miss Amy's line in the next scene, "Mud is still mud, no matter how small you are."
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!!''Film/HoneyIShrunkTheKids:

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!! ''Series/HoneyIShrunkTheKids:

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* The trailers all featured the scene where Nick, having fallen into his father's cereal, is almost swallowed by him, as he screams "No, Dad! Don't eat me!" with the close-up on Wayne's cavernous mouth. In the movie, this lasts for all of a second before Quark interferes, but in the commercial it just ends with Nick slowly being taken toward his doom.

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* The trailers all featured the scene where Nick, having fallen into his father's cereal, is almost swallowed by him, as he screams "No, Dad! Don't eat me!" with the close-up on Wayne's cavernous mouth. In the movie, this lasts for all of a second before Quark interferes, but in the commercial it just ends with Nick slowly being taken toward his doom.doom.

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* The series had its share of Halloween episodes, but mostly they were pretty tame. "Honey, I'm Spooked" was largely the same, until Amy ends up getting possessed. The spirit distorts her face horribly, [[EvilSoundsDeep alters her voice]] and in the scene where the possession first happens, gives her a [[SlasherSmile smile from Hell]]. Perhaps what makes the scene more creepy is that when it happens, Amy is looking after her mother Diane, whom the spirit has caused to regress to childhood. When Amy first turns to her with her [[NightmareFace horrifying new face]], Diane reacts just like any little kid would with a terrified "I want my mommy!"
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* An early version of the script was going to have five kids and that one of which would die in the sprinkler sequence. Instead, they settled with four kids and one of them, Amy, nearly drowned.

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* An early version of the script was going to have five kids and that one of which would die in the sprinkler sequence. Instead, they settled with four kids and one of them, Amy, nearly drowned.drowned.
* In the scene where the "river" of running mud is introduced, Ron suggests "it could be a stream of dog pee and it would look like a river to us." It's never established in that scene whether it is or isn't urine. So when they later end up ''in it'', and Amy chokes some back up after they give her mouth-to-mouth, it is pretty disgusting, especially if you miss Amy's line in the next scene, "Mud is still mud, no matter how small you are."
* The trailers all featured the scene where Nick, having fallen into his father's cereal, is almost swallowed by him, as he screams "No, Dad! Don't eat me!" with the close-up on Wayne's cavernous mouth. In the movie, this lasts for all of a second before Quark interferes, but in the commercial it just ends with Nick slowly being taken toward his doom.
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Being co-written by [[Creator/StuartGordon the]] [[Creator/BrianYuzna folks]] who wrote classics of the horror film genre such as ''Film/ReAnimator'' and ''Film/FromBeyond'', it's safe to say that ''Honey, I Shrunk the Kids'' is essentially a horror movie for children.

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Being co-written by the [[Creator/StuartGordon the]] same]] [[Creator/BrianYuzna folks]] who wrote classics of the horror film genre such as ''Film/ReAnimator'' and ''Film/FromBeyond'', it's safe to say that ''Honey, I Shrunk the Kids'' is essentially a horror movie for children.
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Being co-written by the folks who wrote classics of the horror film genre such as ''Film/ReAnimator'' and ''Film/FromBeyond'', it's safe to say that ''Honey, I Shrunk the Kids'' is essentially a horror movie for children.

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Being co-written by the folks [[Creator/StuartGordon the]] [[Creator/BrianYuzna folks]] who wrote classics of the horror film genre such as ''Film/ReAnimator'' and ''Film/FromBeyond'', it's safe to say that ''Honey, I Shrunk the Kids'' is essentially a horror movie for children.

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Being co-written by the folks who wrote classics of the horror film genre such as ''Film/ReAnimator'' and ''Film/FromBeyond'', it's safe to say that ''Honey, I Shrunk the Kids'' is essentially a horror movie for children.



* Really, any of the giant creepy-crawlies. It's best not to watch this movie if you're insectophobic. Standouts include:

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* Really, any of the [[BigCreepyCrawlies giant creepy-crawlies.creepy-crawlies]]. It's best not to watch this movie if you're insectophobic. Standouts include:

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** The [[BeeAfraid bee]]. Imagine being stuck in a flower, having a giant bee coming toward you. Those kids are lucky they didn't get stung, or that would have been EXTREMELY painful. Especially if one of them was allergic.



* An early version of the script was going to have five kids and that one of which would die in the sprinkler sequence. Instead, they settled with four kids and one of them, Amy, nearly drowned.
* The [[BeeAfraid bee]]. Imagine being stuck in a flower, having a giant bee coming toward you. Those kids are lucky they didn't get stung, or that would have been EXTREMELY painful. Especially if one of them was allergic.

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* Any time the kids are in proximity to their now skyscraper-sized parents, who are hundreds of times larger than them and unable to see or hear their minuscule children. Notably the first time Wayne walks into the attic as the kids are right in front of him on a tiny couch on the floor yelling and screaming at him, his giant foot comes within inches of squishing them. And later, when Nick and Russ Jr. are hanging on the bee yelling at him as he swings a giant baseball bat at them.
* An early version of the script was going to have five kids and that one of which would die in the sprinkler sequence. Instead, they settled with four kids and one of them, Amy, nearly drowned.
* The [[BeeAfraid bee]]. Imagine being stuck in a flower, having a giant bee coming toward you. Those kids are lucky they didn't get stung, or that would have been EXTREMELY painful. Especially if one of them was allergic.
drowned.
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* Nick almost being [[EatenAlive eaten]] by Wayne after falling into his bowl of Cheerios.

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* Nick almost being [[EatenAlive eaten]] by Wayne his father after falling into his bowl of Cheerios.
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** The entire [[ScaryScorpions scorpion]] sequence from the first movie. The fight between it and Anty is especially horrifying when the scorpion corners Anty, holds him in its pincers and stabs him with its tail. Anty’s terrified cries make it worse since he knows he’s going to die.

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** The entire [[ScaryScorpions scorpion]] sequence from the first movie.sequence. The fight between it and Anty is especially horrifying when the scorpion corners Anty, holds him in its pincers and stabs him with its tail. Anty’s terrified cries make it worse since he knows he’s going to die.
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* Really, any of the giant creepy-crawlies. It's best not to watch these movies if you're insectophobic. Standouts include:

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* Really, any of the giant creepy-crawlies. It's best not to watch these movies this movie if you're insectophobic. Standouts include:

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** The entire [[ScaryScorpions scorpion]] sequence from the first movie. The fight between it and Anty is especially horrifying when [[spoiler:the scorpion corners Anty, holds him in its pincers and stabs him with its tail. Anty’s terrified cries make it worse since he knows he’s going to die.]]
*** It becomes even sadder and scarier when you realize that [[spoiler:his death cries have been purposefully made to sound like he's screaming: "Help me! Please, help meeeEEEEEE!!!!"]]

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** The entire [[ScaryScorpions scorpion]] sequence from the first movie. The fight between it and Anty is especially horrifying when [[spoiler:the the scorpion corners Anty, holds him in its pincers and stabs him with its tail. Anty’s terrified cries make it worse since he knows he’s going to die.]]
die.
*** It becomes even sadder and scarier when you realize that [[spoiler:his his death cries have been purposefully made to sound like he's screaming: "Help me! Please, help meeeEEEEEE!!!!"]]meeeEEEEEE!!!!"
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*** It becomes even sadder and scarier when you realize that [[spoiler:his death cries have been purposefully made to sound like he's screaming: "Help me! Please, help meeeEEEEEE!!!!"]]
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* Nick almost being eaten by Wayne after falling into his bowl of Cheerios.

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* Nick almost being eaten [[EatenAlive eaten]] by Wayne after falling into his bowl of Cheerios.
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* An early version of the script was going to have five kids and that one of which would die in the sprinkler sequence. Instead, they settled with four kids and one of them, Amy, nearly drowned.

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* An early version of the script was going to have five kids and that one of which would die in the sprinkler sequence. Instead, they settled with four kids and one of them, Amy, nearly drowned.drowned.
* The [[BeeAfraid bee]]. Imagine being stuck in a flower, having a giant bee coming toward you. Those kids are lucky they didn't get stung, or that would have been EXTREMELY painful. Especially if one of them was allergic.
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** The entire [[ScaryScorpions scorpion]] sequence from the first movie.

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** The entire [[ScaryScorpions scorpion]] sequence from the first movie. The fight between it and Anty is especially horrifying when [[spoiler:the scorpion corners Anty, holds him in its pincers and stabs him with its tail. Anty’s terrified cries make it worse since he knows he’s going to die.]]
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* Nick almost being eaten by his father.

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* Nick almost being eaten by Wayne after falling into his father.bowl of Cheerios.
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* Nick almost being eaten by his father.

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* Nick almost being eaten by his father.father.
* An early version of the script was going to have five kids and that one of which would die in the sprinkler sequence. Instead, they settled with four kids and one of them, Amy, nearly drowned.
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* The kids almost getting chopped to pieces by a lawnmower.
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** The entire scorpion sequence from the first movie.

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** The entire scorpion [[ScaryScorpions scorpion]] sequence from the first movie.
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** Anty's first appearance. While he becomes less frightening once we get to know him, the initial shot of looking down at the camera quite startling.

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** Anty's first appearance. While he becomes less frightening once we get to know him, the initial shot of looking down at the camera is quite startling.
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* Really, any of the giant creepy-crawlies. It's best not to watch these movies if you're insectophobic. Standouts include:
** The entire scorpion sequence from the first movie.
** Anty's first appearance. While he becomes less frightening once we get to know him, the initial shot of looking down at the camera quite startling.
* Nick almost being eaten by his father.

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