The Lists: In Contention's Top 10 Scary PG-Rated Films
With Halloween around the corner, we revisit some less explicit horrors
Another Halloween, another horror movie list. Or not. Where most such lists are dominated by grisly R-rated fare many fully-grown men can scarcely endure, we think it's worth remembering that it's not only adults who like being spooked in the cinema. Today's list rounds up ten films -- not all of them thrillers, not all of kid-tailored -- that children are nonetheless free to watch. Continue reading to see where your favorites ranked and feel free to join the discussion at In Contention.
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Login or create a HitFix account Login SignupDavid D.
October 25, 2011 at 5:30PM EST Reply to CommentWhat I love about "Poltergeist" is the fact that it's scary as hell and yet has a body count of exactly Zero. Nobody even gets hurt (and the one gross-out moment turns out not to be real).
Of course, most of the films on your list were released before there was a PG-13 rating; I'd be interested in a newer list of scary films that actually DO have current PG ratings.
Chad Hartigan
October 25, 2011 at 6:47PM EST Reply to CommentThe Peanut Butter Solution is the film that scarred my childhood more than any other.
ChampSkins
October 26, 2011 at 10:31AM EST Reply to CommentEarnest Scared Straight! This movie for some reason freaked me the hell out.
Timm S
October 26, 2011 at 12:13PM EST Reply to CommentHard for me to think of movie I saw that scared me more as a child than THE WATCHER IN THE WOODS (1980), a Disney effort I saw when I was eight years old. The creepy mirrors with the blind-folded little girl, Bette Davis and her creepiness, and just the whole vibe of the thing. I saw this, in the theater, when I was eight. EIGHT. Horrifying.
jammes
October 26, 2011 at 8:38PM EST Reply to CommentWeird, I saw Poltergeist recently and it didnt scare me, yet every time I've seen Labyrinth I get so fucking scared and I have been like this since I was a kid.
Phil
October 27, 2011 at 9:13AM EST Reply to CommentMaaaaaaaan, I forgot all about The Witches and, more to the point, Angelica Houston in that make-up. Ha, I remember being about 5 and going to see Furngulley with my Dad and seeing just a preview for it and being so scared by the make-up I started screaming over and over again until we had to leave theater.