I tried this too. The kids just laughed and I got looks from my wife because I

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14 y/o daughter wants friends over for a scary-ish movie night. Recommendations?

The Dark Knight

12:01pm

Goosebumps

Rusty Crab Daddy

12:01pm

The Barbie Movie

Cougs4Lfe

12:01pm

RE: The Barbie Movie

cruiserhead

12:02pm

Rev up the chainsaw behind the couch. They’ll scream guaranteed!

bruincoug

12:02pm

"Deceived" was a great suspense movie from 90s. Not horror, but suspense.

HenderCoug

12:02pm

I watched that at the old Varsity Theater on BYU’s campus. Right at one of the

gwalker

12:06pm

The Others is PG13 and scared the crap out of me when I was a kid.

RalphWiggam

12:02pm

^^This. We just watched that with our teenage daughter and it was good and tripped her out.

Swag Kazekage

2:43pm

The Village

Turn and Cough

12:02pm

or Signs

cruiserhead

12:03pm

When a Stranger Calls - 2006 version.

Eddie

12:03pm

This one scared me as an adult, and I knew the story!

tyler durden

12:10pm

The 6th Sense

Trinity

12:03pm

Add The 6th Sense to other suggestions

fbguru

12:05pm

You could go with old movies like Wait Until Dark. It is scary enough but there

BYUheaven

12:05pm

joelvandyne

12:06pm

The Burbs, Red Eye, Split, World War Z

KingDave

12:06pm

Disturbia with Shia LaBeouf

jigidajrit

12:07pm

RE: Disturbia with Shia LaBeouf

Cougs4Lfe

2:31pm

I thought for sure this response was going to be this:

Mikey

2:36pm

Wait Until Dark. Great old Audrey Hepburn movie. If you can't find it, download

paulb

12:07pm

This one. But if your kids are like mine, they will resist just because of the

Tricky

12:27pm

I've been wanting to watch that with my kids! Made me jump more than any other

frostycoug

12:30pm

It’s on Tubi

TicoBrown

12:49pm

That has commercials though, right? You get to watch them all at the beginning

paulb

12:55pm

That brings back memories. Some friends that had seen the movie

85fan

1:28pm

A Quiet Place

XORCoug

12:07pm

Signs

darkcoug

12:07pm

Night of the Living Dead (1968). The original zombie movie. Legit scary and yet

Still Blue

12:08pm

Isn't it in black and white?

TNT

12:08pm

Yes and?

Still Blue

12:10pm

TNT finally got a color tv

TNT

12:11pm

Coraline, Spirited Away, Alfred Hitchcock, Haunting in Venice, Murder Orient XP

runnincoug

12:08pm

I showed my kids Tremors a few months ago thinking it was this kind of movie.

cougfanblue

12:09pm

That’s like when I rewatched Beetlejuice. I thought it was sooo scary when I was 10 years old.

KingDave

12:11pm

I tried this too. The kids just laughed and I got looks from my wife because I

Oompabluepaw

12:13pm

Yeah the language was pretty awkward to watch with the kids.

cougfanblue

12:15pm

Arachnophobia.

Traveshamockery

12:09pm

careful. Less gory, but may be more scary for kids. May create arachnophobia

runnincoug

12:15pm

My 13 year old though Coraline was scary, but I’ve never seen it

tyler durden

12:11pm

Make out with the wifey in front of the kids. That’ll freak them out and they

DiamondDog

12:12pm

10 Cloverfield Lane is VERY suspenseful

Bainge

12:13pm

The Woman in Black with Daniel Radcliffe is really good. Scary PG-13 ghost tale

Dangerous

12:13pm

Wait Until Dark w/ Audrey Hepburn

cougarmeister

12:13pm

We put on Watcher in the Woods last year. To be honest, kind of freaked me out.

ybecausethatswhy

12:19pm

That movie is messed up, and it's rated PG and Disney

Rhubarb

12:33pm

We had this on VCR when I was a kid

Still Blue

12:39pm

What Lies Beneath

Sparkling Delirium

12:23pm

My 14 yr/old daughter is into scary movies. She just said "When a Stranger Calls. 2006 version"

HarlemCoug

12:23pm

Old, Night of the Hunter, Hubie Halloween, One Cut of the Dead, 10 Cloverfield

Gustav

12:24pm

I'd say Signs or 6th sense like others or you could go old fashioned goofy scary like the Ghost & Mr Chicken.

Soupie

12:24pm

Tuesday the 17th episode from Psych. Funny and scary. One of the best Psych

Dangerous

12:28pm

The Ghost and Mr. Chicken, Arsenic and Old Lace

Gorgias

12:31pm

Arsenic and Old Lace is great. A little scary but even more funny.

byuluvr

2:25pm

The title is a little crazy, but nobody has mentioned it yet... Drag Me To Hell.

Mufasa

12:34pm

More on the tame side - Clue the movie, Knives Out, The Abyss, Jurassic Park

Rhubarb

12:35pm

My daughter agrees with Clue. On the mild side for sure and a great movie

HarlemCoug

12:45pm

The Mummy

supertux

12:39pm

Wait Until Dark or some of the Hitchcock films.

bluedad

12:45pm

Another vote for "The Village" and "Signs" - these were good "introductory"

Howard Bannister

12:57pm

The Ring is only PG13, but it is scary. Also, if anyone else suggests Wait Until

RoboKayne

1:45pm

Texas Chainsaw massacre. Half way through it start your chainsaw up

Magneto

1:52pm

The original "IT", the sixth sense, what lies beneath, when a stranger calls,

Magneto

1:55pm

Offbeat and also funny OK? Gremlins

Mitty

2:24pm

We always watch "The Private Eyes" around Halloween.

Turn and Cough

2:41pm

^ haven't seen that in years - fun movie. Watched it for YM activity in the 80's

Howard Bannister

3:09pm

To this day, my flashlight that takes 4 D cells is called "the Wookalar beater."

Eddie

4:11pm

The changeling with George C Scott.

pegushin

2:43pm

One not mentioned yet, The Others.

BlueBlood94

3:16pm

It was mentioned near the top.

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