# Favorite non-gore horror movie **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [November 1, 2023, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-non-gore-horror-movie/992438 "2023-11-01T20:34:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2023, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-non-gore-horror-movie/992438/41 "2023-11-03T00:22:25Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I don’t remember much blood Well, there is the scene where Ed Begley Jr. **\*\*gets his arm ripped off by a leopard \*\***. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2023, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-non-gore-horror-movie/992438/42 "2023-11-03T00:25:01Z")
Ouch! nice kitty 😺 I forgot that scene. Better stick with the original 1940’s Cat People. I enjoy the classic horror films because the Hays Code limited the gore. People got killed but the mayhem wasn’t directly shown. ---
**Author:** ![Tarataratara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Tarataratara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarataratara)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2023, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-non-gore-horror-movie/992438/43 "2023-11-03T00:55:09Z")
The Goosebumps movie with Jack Black isn’t gruesome, but it is a good scary little movie. The cast is charming and Jack Black is good as ever. It’s one of my favorite Halloween movies. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2023, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-non-gore-horror-movie/992438/44 "2023-11-03T01:43:16Z")
The Alfred Hitchcock movie Psycho (1960) was OK. > **[The Shower - Psycho (5/12) Movie CLIP (1960) HD](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WtDmbr9xyY%2F)** > > Psycho movie clips: http://j.mp/1JbaT7LBUY THE MOVIE: http://amzn.to/uuIP9sDon't miss the HOTTEST NEW TRAILERS: http://bit.ly/1u2y6prCLIP DESCRIPTION:Marion ... Or is this too much gore? ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2023, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-non-gore-horror-movie/992438/45 "2023-11-03T01:54:06Z")
That’s more like implied gore. Hitchcock was too much of an artist to do explicit gore. ---
**Author:** ![El\_DeLuxo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_deluxo/32/9043_2.png) [@El\_DeLuxo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_DeLuxo)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2023, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-non-gore-horror-movie/992438/46 "2023-11-03T04:02:37Z")
**NB: I did not read the other replies before I jumped onto this, so there may be some repeat recommendations.** _Cookers_ _The Haunting_ _Drag Me To Hell_ _Pet Sematary_ (both versions are pretty good IMO) _The Addiction_ (except it has a dumb ending) _The Babadook_ (also has a sort of stupid ending) _Coraline_ (although it’s aimed mainly at kids, I’d call it a real horror movie) _Witchfinder General_, aka _The Conqueror Worm_ _Circus Of Horrors_ _Don’t Look Now_ ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2023, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-non-gore-horror-movie/992438/47 "2023-11-03T12:43:49Z")
[The Legend of Hell House](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_of_Hell_House) (1973) There’s a little gore, but it’s mostly atmosphere. Underrated, in that I rarely see or hear people mention it. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2023, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-non-gore-horror-movie/992438/48 "2023-11-03T12:54:07Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > When I do a Google search for _It Follows_, two little people move across the top of the screen like one is following after the other. Doesn’t work in Bing. Ha, I had to try that and got the same result. So I had to try a few others I thought of off the top of my head: **The Godfather:** no horsehead, nothing ☹ **Alien:** no xenopmorph, but an Earth and a little flying saucer emoji (not moving though) **The Exorcist:** nothing ☹ **Friday the 13th:** ‘scream’ emoji, followed by skull with knife, move across the screen So it’s clearly not custom-made graphics but limited to whatever emojis are available. Emoji theatre. Thanks a _ **lot** _, needscoffee! You may have singlehanded destroyed my productivity this Friday… ---
**Author:** ![veryfrank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/87869e/32.png) [@veryfrank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/veryfrank)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2023, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-non-gore-horror-movie/992438/49 "2023-11-03T15:30:48Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > > [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > > > The 1970s remake of **Invasion of the Body Snatchers** > > I watched Body Snatchers a few months ago. It’s held up well and still very scary. Of the four official adaptations, the 1993 _Body Snatchers_ is my favorite. Not a straight remake, and unlike anything else in Abel Ferrara’s filmography, but it’s amazing. The 1978 version does have a scene in which a duplucate’s face is smashed in with a garden hoe, so it’s not totally gore-free. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2023, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-non-gore-horror-movie/992438/50 "2023-11-03T20:37:31Z")
> [@El\_DeLuxo](#): > > _The Babadook_ (also has a sort of stupid ending) I loved the ending! It was the culmination of the entire theme. In fact, knowing how it ended is what made me want to see it. My husband had a hard time, though. We are the parents of a young child and he’s a therapist and I think it was just too much for him. I’ll nominate **The Lighthouse.** Weird, creepy black and white film with two powerhouse actors. Any number of interpretations. Also **Pan’s Labyrinth.** I haven’t seen it in ages but I was terrified watching it. I had to leave the theater twice (I am less sensitive now.) Talk about building dread! There is a lot of implied violence, but I don’t remember any gore. Excellent movie. You want to really freak yourself out, [watch it with a Tool soundtrack.](https://youtu.be/3StXzkrq5bg?si=ivRugxNzsl7sdp8X) ETA: The Internet thinks it might be gory. Maybe those are the scenes I ran out on! There are definitely torture scenes but I don’t think much is shown. But yeah, it’s a grim movie about fascism from a child’s perspective, so don’t expect it to go easy on you just because it has minimal gore. I remember leaving the theater and saying, “That’s the best movie I’ll never watch again.” ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2023, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-non-gore-horror-movie/992438/51 "2023-11-03T21:00:35Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > The 1970s remake of **Invasion of the Body Snatchers**. Yep, top-notch. I watch this every Halloween with my scardey-cat husband, right up until about the time Veronica Cartwright finds the scary duplicate in the mud baths. Before that moment, there’s not a bit of actual horror, but every scene is about the creepiest it can possibly be. Love that movie so much. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2023, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-non-gore-horror-movie/992438/52 "2023-11-03T21:01:27Z")
**Young Frankenstein** **Love at First Bite** ---
**Author:** ![troub](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troub/32/14802_2.png) [@troub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/troub)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2023, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-non-gore-horror-movie/992438/53 "2023-11-03T21:08:54Z")
**Nope** - also the Earth/flying saucer **Amityville horror** - interesting collection of stuff (houses, spiderwebs); same as **Poltergeist** **Invasion of the Body Snatchers** - Earth/flying saucer again **Night of the Living Dead** - running person, zombies; also **28 Days Later** Neat! ---
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Thought I was done, but found another. **Midsommar**! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![thevolleyballer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cc9497/32.png) [@thevolleyballer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thevolleyballer)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2023, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-non-gore-horror-movie/992438/55 "2023-11-03T21:15:46Z")
I saw A Perfect Murder with Michael Douglas & Gwyneth Paltrow; even at the time it came out 30 years ago, the allusion to SOAT was obvious. Any others more recent like that? There’s Throw Momma From The Train, but it’s done as a comedy; any other dramas with the ‘trading murders’ theme? ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2023, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-non-gore-horror-movie/992438/56 "2023-11-03T21:36:36Z")
> [@troub](#): > > Thought I was done, but found another. **Midsommar**! 🙂 Erm, there are a few _very_ gory moments in Midsommar! ---
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I don’t know if this is related, but I recently watched “Hell House LLC” (A more recent production). I enjoyed it so much I watched the two following sequels in one night. But yeah, all three of them fits the OP’s qualifications. Also liked the original Paranormal. Any movie where you can’t see the evil thing does it for me. ---
**Author:** ![troub](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troub/32/14802_2.png) [@troub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/troub)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2023, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-non-gore-horror-movie/992438/58 "2023-11-03T21:45:57Z")
Oh sorry, I was following on the slight highjack (sorry!) about emojis on the Google page when you Google a movie. Lost track of the thread. Sorry! ---
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> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > Also **Pan’s Labyrinth.** I haven’t seen it in ages but I was terrified watching it. I had to leave the theater twice (I am less sensitive now.) Talk about building dread! There is a lot of implied violence, but I don’t remember any gore. Excellent movie. There’s the wine bottle scene that’s pretty viscerally brutal. ---
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> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > I’ll nominate **The Lighthouse.** Weird, creepy black and white film with two powerhouse actors. Any number of interpretations. Another creepy Lighthouse-based movie: [Cold Skin](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1034385/) > _In 1914, a young Englishman travels to a remote island in the South Atlantic to work for one year as a weather observer. It soon becomes obvious that the man he is replacing is missing. The only other inhabitant of the island is the caretaker of the crudely fortified lighthouse…_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-non-gore-horror-movie/992438.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-non-gore-horror-movie/992438.md?page=4)