# Suggest an entertaining horror movie that's rated PG-13 or younger **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 11, 2007, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-an-entertaining-horror-movie-thats-rated-pg-13-or-younger/422388 "2007-10-11T22:00:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Interrobang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/interrobang/32/17463_2.png) [@Interrobang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interrobang)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-an-entertaining-horror-movie-thats-rated-pg-13-or-younger/422388/1 "2007-10-11T22:00:35Z")
For the third year in a row, my office is going to watch a horror film on Halloween. Two years ago, we went with _Critters 2_. It wasn’t a good movie, but it had lots of jeerable bad action sequences going on. Good time. Last year, we opted for _Night of the Comet_. It was a better movie, but a worse time, as it’s mostly cheesy talky sequences, without many bad action sequences. This year … ? I’m open to suggestions for anything that’s entertaining for a large group – whether that’s an actually scary horror film or an action-packed cheesefest is open to debate. (Though given the people watching, the latter would probably win a vote.) And it’s got to be PG-13 or milder. Anyone have any suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-an-entertaining-horror-movie-thats-rated-pg-13-or-younger/422388/2 "2007-10-11T22:02:36Z")
Gremlins is my favorite cheesy mild horror movie. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-an-entertaining-horror-movie-thats-rated-pg-13-or-younger/422388/3 "2007-10-11T22:03:56Z")
Get a Dr Who series. And make sure you have plenty of cushions to hide behind. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-an-entertaining-horror-movie-thats-rated-pg-13-or-younger/422388/4 "2007-10-11T22:11:05Z")
[QUOTE=Mosier] Gremlins is my favorite cheesy mild horror movie. [/QUOTE] Seconding this one. It’s a lot of fun. Rosemary’s Baby is pretty tame by our standards. But it’s decidedly less cheesy, more about suspense. ---
**Author:** ![Interrobang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/interrobang/32/17463_2.png) [@Interrobang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interrobang)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-an-entertaining-horror-movie-thats-rated-pg-13-or-younger/422388/5 "2007-10-11T22:13:10Z")
Much as I love suspenseful movies, if “suspense” is code for “you have to pay careful attention and let the tension build,” it’s not going to go over with a group prone to heckling. _Gremlins_ is a good suggestion, given that someone else here is promoting _Ghoulies II_. But keep 'em coming. ---
**Author:** ![TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/51bf81/32.png) [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-an-entertaining-horror-movie-thats-rated-pg-13-or-younger/422388/6 "2007-10-11T22:13:37Z")
[Monster Squad](http://www.amazon.com/Monster-Squad-Two-Disc-20th-Anniversary/dp/B000Q6GUKM/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-1463365-0219038?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1192140617&sr=8-1) ---
**Author:** ![Ludy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Ludy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludy)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-an-entertaining-horror-movie-thats-rated-pg-13-or-younger/422388/7 "2007-10-11T22:28:22Z")
What about [Tremors.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100814/) ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-an-entertaining-horror-movie-thats-rated-pg-13-or-younger/422388/8 "2007-10-11T23:30:21Z")
Poltergeist? I don’t know its rating, but I can’t recall anything overly horrific. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-an-entertaining-horror-movie-thats-rated-pg-13-or-younger/422388/9 "2007-10-11T23:42:36Z")
[QUOTE=teela brown] Poltergeist? I don’t know its rating, but I can’t recall anything overly horrific. [/QUOTE] The investigator who peeled off his face was kinda horrible, but other than that, it wasn’t too bad. I second Tremors – that movie’s a lot of fun and it’s not terribly gory. Kevin Bacon, Reba McIntire, Michael Gross – what’s not to like? ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-an-entertaining-horror-movie-thats-rated-pg-13-or-younger/422388/10 "2007-10-11T23:59:50Z")
Kick it old school! The Bride of Frankenstein w/Karloff The Wolf Man w/Chaney Jr The Mummy w/Karloff Masque of the Red Death w/Price Or really go OLDER school with Nosferatu! ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2007, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-an-entertaining-horror-movie-thats-rated-pg-13-or-younger/422388/11 "2007-10-12T00:03:33Z")
Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy Ghost Busters Short film Betty Boop’s Halloween Party. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2007, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-an-entertaining-horror-movie-thats-rated-pg-13-or-younger/422388/12 "2007-10-12T00:09:44Z")
[Fright Night](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089175/) is rated “R” but it’s kind of an iffy R. Mainly because of a sheer neglige (breasts visible) in one scene, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2007, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-an-entertaining-horror-movie-thats-rated-pg-13-or-younger/422388/13 "2007-10-12T00:10:21Z")
Here’s one not everyone will have already have seen: [The Other](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069050/). I wasn’t sure if it was on DVD but I checked and netflix has it, so it must be. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2007, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-an-entertaining-horror-movie-thats-rated-pg-13-or-younger/422388/14 "2007-10-12T00:11:04Z")
The House on Haunted Hill. Vincent Price. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2007, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-an-entertaining-horror-movie-thats-rated-pg-13-or-younger/422388/15 "2007-10-12T00:28:19Z")
Or how about [Mars Attacks!](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116996/)? ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2007, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-an-entertaining-horror-movie-thats-rated-pg-13-or-younger/422388/16 "2007-10-12T01:05:50Z")
[Monster House!](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0385880/) It’s cool… ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2007, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-an-entertaining-horror-movie-thats-rated-pg-13-or-younger/422388/17 "2007-10-12T01:32:45Z")
How about Beetlejuice? It’s really more comedy than horror, but it’s a lot of fun. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2007, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-an-entertaining-horror-movie-thats-rated-pg-13-or-younger/422388/18 "2007-10-12T01:44:44Z")
The [scariest movie ever made](http://imdb.com/title/tt0057129/) is rated G. ---
**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:** [October 12, 2007, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-an-entertaining-horror-movie-thats-rated-pg-13-or-younger/422388/19 "2007-10-12T01:50:57Z")
Another “Night of the C-” title: [Night of the Creeps](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_of_the_Creeps) oops…that has an “R” rating, I think. Sorry! ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2007, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-an-entertaining-horror-movie-thats-rated-pg-13-or-younger/422388/20 "2007-10-12T02:20:47Z")
[The Frighteners](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116365/). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-an-entertaining-horror-movie-thats-rated-pg-13-or-younger/422388.md?page=2)