"Scary" Movie Recs for a 10yo (1 Viewer)

[ffldrew]

Three Stooges - Who Done it

 

[KarmaPolice]

In all seriousness, I think what I would go for in your situation would be older movies - 80s or so. There are some good pg-13 recommendations from that era that have been listed in here. There would still be some tension and maybe a jump scare or two, but I think the effects would be cheesy enough that he could laugh them off. That is why I nominated the two I did - I remember watching The Gate around that age. I think Arachnophobia, Gremlins, Poltergeist, Tremors and the like would also be good choices.

If that idea doesn't fly with him and he wants newer stuff, there are still a lot of pg-13 movies to choose from: The Sixth Sense, The Ring/Grudge/Eye, Drag Me to Hell has comedy to offset the scares, and new stuff like Oujia is pg-13.

I know I am more of a prude with movies than others here, but I wouldn't touch an R movie until I tested the waters a bit with several pg-13 movies.

 

[dutch]

In all seriousness, I think what I would go for in your situation would be older movies - 80s or so. There are some good pg-13 recommendations from that era that have been listed in here. There would still be some tension and maybe a jump scare or two, but I think the effects would be cheesy enough that he could laugh them off. That is why I nominated the two I did - I remember watching The Gate around that age. I think Arachnophobia, Gremlins, Poltergeist, Tremors and the like would also be good choices.

If that idea doesn't fly with him and he wants newer stuff, there are still a lot of pg-13 movies to choose from: The Sixth Sense, The Ring/Grudge/Eye, Drag Me to Hell has comedy to offset the scares, and new stuff like Oujia is pg-13.

I know I am more of a prude with movies than others here, but I wouldn't touch an R movie until I tested the waters a bit with several pg-13 movies.

Oujia sucks donkey bells. It will not only Not scare your youngn' but it will make you want to punch every stoopid teenager alive just to make up for watching the idiots prancing around in this movie.

 

[Gawain]

In all seriousness, I think what I would go for in your situation would be older movies - 80s or so. There are some good pg-13 recommendations from that era that have been listed in here. There would still be some tension and maybe a jump scare or two, but I think the effects would be cheesy enough that he could laugh them off. That is why I nominated the two I did - I remember watching The Gate around that age. I think Arachnophobia, Gremlins, Poltergeist, Tremors and the like would also be good choices.

If that idea doesn't fly with him and he wants newer stuff, there are still a lot of pg-13 movies to choose from: The Sixth Sense, The Ring/Grudge/Eye, Drag Me to Hell has comedy to offset the scares, and new stuff like Oujia is pg-13.

I know I am more of a prude with movies than others here, but I wouldn't touch an R movie until I tested the waters a bit with several pg-13 movies.

PG-13 barely existed for half of the 80s. Gremlins and Poltergeist are both PG.

Fun Fact: Red Dawn was the first PG-13 movie.

 

[KarmaPolice]

In all seriousness, I think what I would go for in your situation would be older movies - 80s or so. There are some good pg-13 recommendations from that era that have been listed in here. There would still be some tension and maybe a jump scare or two, but I think the effects would be cheesy enough that he could laugh them off. That is why I nominated the two I did - I remember watching The Gate around that age. I think Arachnophobia, Gremlins, Poltergeist, Tremors and the like would also be good choices.

If that idea doesn't fly with him and he wants newer stuff, there are still a lot of pg-13 movies to choose from: The Sixth Sense, The Ring/Grudge/Eye, Drag Me to Hell has comedy to offset the scares, and new stuff like Oujia is pg-13.

I know I am more of a prude with movies than others here, but I wouldn't touch an R movie until I tested the waters a bit with several pg-13 movies.

PG-13 barely existed for half of the 80s. Gremlins and Poltergeist are both PG.

Fun Fact: Red Dawn was the first PG-13 movie.

Well aware, but the idea of my post still stands.

 

[KarmaPolice]

In all seriousness, I think what I would go for in your situation would be older movies - 80s or so. There are some good pg-13 recommendations from that era that have been listed in here. There would still be some tension and maybe a jump scare or two, but I think the effects would be cheesy enough that he could laugh them off. That is why I nominated the two I did - I remember watching The Gate around that age. I think Arachnophobia, Gremlins, Poltergeist, Tremors and the like would also be good choices.

If that idea doesn't fly with him and he wants newer stuff, there are still a lot of pg-13 movies to choose from: The Sixth Sense, The Ring/Grudge/Eye, Drag Me to Hell has comedy to offset the scares, and new stuff like Oujia is pg-13.

I know I am more of a prude with movies than others here, but I wouldn't touch an R movie until I tested the waters a bit with several pg-13 movies.

Oujia sucks donkey bells. It will not only Not scare your youngn' but it will make you want to punch every stoopid teenager alive just to make up for watching the idiots prancing around in this movie.

i dont think many of those types of movies are good horror movies. Was trying to think of starter movies for a 10 year old, not the scariest movies ever.

 

[chet]

I think we will start with Gremlins and see how that works out.

Any TV shows that fit the bill?

 

[dutch]

In all seriousness, I think what I would go for in your situation would be older movies - 80s or so. There are some good pg-13 recommendations from that era that have been listed in here. There would still be some tension and maybe a jump scare or two, but I think the effects would be cheesy enough that he could laugh them off. That is why I nominated the two I did - I remember watching The Gate around that age. I think Arachnophobia, Gremlins, Poltergeist, Tremors and the like would also be good choices.

If that idea doesn't fly with him and he wants newer stuff, there are still a lot of pg-13 movies to choose from: The Sixth Sense, The Ring/Grudge/Eye, Drag Me to Hell has comedy to offset the scares, and new stuff like Oujia is pg-13.

I know I am more of a prude with movies than others here, but I wouldn't touch an R movie until I tested the waters a bit with several pg-13 movies.

Oujia sucks donkey bells. It will not only Not scare your youngn' but it will make you want to punch every stoopid teenager alive just to make up for watching the idiots prancing around in this movie.

i dont think many of those types of movies are good horror movies. Was trying to think of starter movies for a 10 year old, not the scariest movies ever.

I hear ya, but not only is it not scary, it just flat out sucks. Like in Matrix sequels sucks only without the big budget. I'm guessing some producers kid got daddy to green light his pet project.

 

[VA703]

Here you go

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093560/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

The Monster Squad (1987)

A young group of monster fanatics attempt to save their hometown from Count Dracula and his army of monsters.

 

[VA703]

or ernest scared stupid

 

[Andy Dufresne]

I think we will start with Gremlins and see how that works out.

Any TV shows that fit the bill?

Twilight Zone (of course)

Warehouse 13

 

[dutch]

Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel

Perhaps the first iteration of "V"

 

[Leroy Hoard]

They Live

 

[KarmaPolice]

Here you go

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093560/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

The Monster Squad (1987)

A young group of monster fanatics attempt to save their hometown from Count Dracula and his army of monsters.

Don't know how i forgot that one.

 

[Scoresman]

Wolfman's got nards!

love that movie.

 

[Foosball God]

Freddy's Nightmares

 

[KarmaPolice]

Freddy's Nightmares

i remember watching this and the Friday the a13th tv show back in the day.

 

[Parrothead]

Creepshow

 

[Lowen1]

Goonies

Jumanji

Both have enough humor and bad special effects that they won't be that scary.

My son is 10 and has seen both and wasn't scared by either. But some of his friends won't watch because the description is too scary

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Creepshow

Creepshow is a good one

I remember seeing Creepshow 2 in maybe 4th or 5th grade and being terrified to swim in any small lake with one of those raft platforms

They still creep me out to be honest

 

[Quint]

TV - "The X Files"

 

[TheIronSheik]

Problem with older movies is that they did not stand the test of time very well. My daughter has watched some old scary movies and each time she usually says things like, "How was this considered scary? It looks so fake." Kind of how I feel when I watch The Blob or something from the 60's that's supposed to be scary.

 

[Scoresman]

V/H/S

 

[KarmaPolice]

Problem with older movies is that they did not stand the test of time very well. My daughter has watched some old scary movies and each time she usually says things like, "How was this considered scary? It looks so fake." Kind of how I feel when I watch The Blob or something from the 60's that's supposed to be scary.

How old is she, and what movies does she consider scary? This is easily the hardest genre to recommend to people, especially kids in the H.S. range.

We are talking about a 10 year old, so I assume looking fake is good. Don't think the goal is to give him nightmares for a month.

 

[hagmania]

Jurassic Park!

On second thought, this might be too scary.

It holds up pretty well.

 

[mquinnjr]

The original Poltergeist is still pretty good for that age.

Good one

Will make the kid terrified of clowns though

Killer Klowns from Outer Space: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xlsrc8_killer-klowns-from-outer-space_shortfilms

 

[KarmaPolice]

In all seriousness, I think what I would go for in your situation would be older movies - 80s or so. There are some good pg-13 recommendations from that era that have been listed in here. There would still be some tension and maybe a jump scare or two, but I think the effects would be cheesy enough that he could laugh them off. That is why I nominated the two I did - I remember watching The Gate around that age. I think Arachnophobia, Gremlins, Poltergeist, Tremors and the like would also be good choices.

If that idea doesn't fly with him and he wants newer stuff, there are still a lot of pg-13 movies to choose from: The Sixth Sense, The Ring/Grudge/Eye, Drag Me to Hell has comedy to offset the scares, and new stuff like Oujia is pg-13.

I know I am more of a prude with movies than others here, but I wouldn't touch an R movie until I tested the waters a bit with several pg-13 movies.

PG-13 barely existed for half of the 80s. Gremlins and Poltergeist are both PG.

Fun Fact: Red Dawn was the first PG-13 movie.

The Flamingo Kid was the first movie given a PG-13 rating, Red Dawn was the first movie released with a PG-13 rating.

 

[hagmania]

On the newer side, Monster House is pretty solid.

 

[hagmania]

TV Series

Goosebumps

Are You Afraid of the Dark?

 

[KarmaPolice]

The original Poltergeist is still pretty good for that age.

Good one

Will make the kid terrified of clowns though

Killer Klowns from Outer Space: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xlsrc8_killer-klowns-from-outer-space_shortfilms

I remember Clownhouse scaring the crap out of me.

 

[TheIronSheik]

Problem with older movies is that they did not stand the test of time very well. My daughter has watched some old scary movies and each time she usually says things like, "How was this considered scary? It looks so fake." Kind of how I feel when I watch The Blob or something from the 60's that's supposed to be scary.

How old is she, and what movies does she consider scary? This is easily the hardest genre to recommend to people, especially kids in the H.S. range.

We are talking about a 10 year old, so I assume looking fake is good. Don't think the goal is to give him nightmares for a month.

She's 11. We watched Poltergeist, which I thought was really scary as a kid, and she thought it was dumb. Jaws was boring to her, and we watched that down the Shore.