30 Movie Moments of Children in Peril

Judy and Peter Outrun a Stampede

Judy and Peter barely escape with their lives when a bunch of wild animals stampede through their home.  That's really nothing compared to what it's like to be at a department store when it opens on Black Friday.  At least the animals will eat your lifeless, trampled body.  There's no circle of life at Walmart.

Newt is Held in the Alien Colony

Little girl Newt throws a fit when she's dragged off by the aliens, but that's only because she doesn't realize how fun the whole thing is going to be.  It's always nice to feel like you're a part of something, whether it be a club, a gang, or a Giger-ian bio-mass of rotting corpses and pulsating black goo whose only purpose is to serve a queen.

Mowgli is Hypnotized by Kaa

Kaa is a man-eating snake that hypnotizes his prey with his swirly eyes before devouring them.  My friend's pet snake must do the same thing to him, minus the eating part, because I can't think of any other reason why he would think having a giant snake in his house is a good idea. 

Baby Toby is Kidnapped by the Goblin King

It's only just desserts for Sarah, the teenage protagonist of Labyrinth, to have her baby brother stolen from her by David Bowie.  How many good, upstanding, Conservative parents have had their daughters taken from them by the warblings of that stardust-spouting cat-eyed bard?  It's about time one of them learns what it feels like to have the one you love stolen from you by a 70s pop sensation.