Fair point.Anyone else a little confused to see people recognising 'The Goonies' influence, but then be shocked to see violence and (very) mild horror? Did anyone actually see Goonies? I mean; this part alone!
80's family movies were very dark compared to the sanitised saccharine tat that's been the standard of the genre since the mid-90's. 'The Goonies', 'Return to Oz', 'Gremlins', 'The Witches', 'Little Monsters', 'Time Bandits', 'Young Sherlock Holmes', 'The Dark Crystal', 'The Neverending Story', basically any Don Bluth animated movie ever . . .

I haven't watched it since college (i.e. about two decades ago).