My kid just turned 10 and his mother will not allow him to watch scary movie in her house. He wants to watch one bad, so this is a good list next time he comes up for the night.
I have rewatched alot of the suggestions here as an adult, and some are cheesy as hell now. Others, hold their place. Not sure how bad I wanna scare my kid, as my parents did not give a fuck at the time when I was that young, so I may go with something made before 1985. I dont wanna be a shithead father, but give him the scare he wants. So we will see. Not sure if all kids are the same or not when it comes to these movies. Like I said in the OP, not sure if he would be scared of "The Birds" or "Cujo" today. Probably gonna start out with Jaws and see how it goes. Maybe throw in a Chucky movie.
He may be to old to be scared by them, but we can work our way up.