Thread: PG 13 or less recommended movies?

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My wife has a friend who's 11 yr old daughter loves horror movies. And likes to be SCARED by them. Guess they just watched Arachniphobia over the weekend and had a ball.


So, I've been tasked with providing a list of PG-13 or less SCARY movies. And horror movies in general. Figured, where else to make sure it's as complete as possible?

So, my brains drawing a blank (on what's rated what) lately:

The Classic Universal Monsters: all of them. (if the kid will tolerate black and white)
The Ring
Signs
Cloverfield
Psycho (1960)
Jaws
The Shining (1980)
Night of the Living Dead (again, black and white)
The Birds
The Village
Lady in the Water
One Missed Call (American 2008)
The Messengers
Poltergeist
The Monster Squad

Well, any almost teen girl has gotta love 'The Lost Boys', I still do...but wait, it may be rated R....I don't know, I think she could still handle it if she likes scary movies, it's really not that bad.

Here's a few:

1. The Village
2. Lady in the Water
3. One Missed Call (American 2008)
4. The Messengers
5. Poltergeist
6. The Monster Squad

That's been my problem, too, I don't know what's rated R for sure. (Lost boys is).

Originally Posted by Empress Nightshade

Here's a few:

1. The Village
2. Lady in the Water
3. One Missed Call (American 2008)
4. The Messengers
5. Poltergeist
6. The Monster Squad

Cool! Added to the top.

Originally Posted by UnOrthodOx

That's been my problem, too, I don't know what's rated R for sure. (Lost boys is).

Here's a suggestion:

Whether you're a member or not, go to Netflix and click on the "horror" tab. Take a look at all the top 25 movies, movies critics recommend, etc. By laying your cursor over the titles, it should give you the movie's rating.

Here's a few additional ones that I've found:

1408
An American Haunting
Anaconda
Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
AVP: Alien vs. Predator
Bats
Boogeyman
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
The Cave
The Creeps
Cursed
Dark Water
Darkness
Darkness Falls
Disturbia
Dracula: Dead and Loving It
Eight Legged Freaks
Elvira's Haunted Hills
Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
Exorcism of Emily Rose, The
The Fog
The Forgotten
Ghoulies
Gremlins
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
The Grudge
The Grudge 2
The Haunting
House
House 2
The Island of Dr. Moreau
Killer Klowns from Outer Space
Leprechaun
Little Shop of Horrors
The Mummy
The Mummy Returns
The Others
Poltergeist II: The Other Side
Repossessed
Spawn
The Shadow
The Skeleton Key
They
Thr3e
Tremors
Tremors II: Aftershocks
Troll
Van Helsing
What Lies Beneath
White Noise
Willard


I'll have to look more when I have time......

The Pod

Hocus Pocus is one of my favorites, not scary, but all Halloween.
IT

If not sure about the rating of a movie look it up on The Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Originally Posted by MrsMyers666

Hocus Pocus is one of my favorites, not scary, but all Halloween.
IT

Hocus Pocus is PG along with Disney's Haunted Mansion.

Some others I found (not all horror):

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!
Return of the Killer Tomatoes!
Dreamscape
Haunted Honeymoon
The Little Vampire
Transylvania 6-5000
Saturday the 14th
Casper
The Addams Family
Addams Family Values
GhostBusters
GhostBusters 2
Spaced Invaders
The Goonies
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Stay Alive
The Wicker Man

Not out on DVD yet, but saw it with the kids and the little one was a little spooked: "The Spiderwick Chronicles"

The Pod

I would say Lost Boys. It's rated R but for the life of me I can't figure out why and I've seen this movie maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaany times. I was 14 when it came out and I walked my happy butt right into the theater. The only thing I can think was the guy blowing up on the stereo but that wasn't that bad. I'm sure nowadays it would be rated PG-13 if even that.

Someone suggested an American Haunting. If that's the movie, I'm thinking of, I'd skip that one. I don't know if it would be appropriate to explain to an 11 year old girl how the character in the movie was molested by her father. Sorry, but I'm still for trying to keep kids as innocent as long as possible. I can't suggest what I was watching at 11.

Definately expose her to the classics. The Universal Horror movies....ummm some Vincent Price movies.

I can't remember the last time I watched a horror movie that was fun. Sad.