Favorite "tame" horror?
On Halloween night, I will have the dubious honor of accompanying a group of marching band students on an overnight trip. The age range is from 14-18, so it's probably best that our viewing not include too much gore, plus there's the fact that many in the group belong to religious organizations which frown on gratuitous violence. I certainly don't want to be the one to corrupt them!!
I have a few titles in mind, but what are some of YOUR favorites? The schlockier, the better!
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john carpeters halloween has almost no blood and a little nudity
1st of all I really do believe that speaking of this age group I am sure they have seen it all!
But if you want to play it safe here are my suggestions. Some may be lame for the older viewers, but if you indeed have a few holy rollers better play it safe then sorry and keep it PG-13. I also suggest that you do show some of the great classics, which I am sure the kids of today have never seen or maybe even, heard of. Maybe open their eyes a bit to a few legendary classics which I will get to last.
Monster House, Hocus Pocus, Tremors, The Lady in White, Haunted Mansion, Poltergeist, Fright Night, Salem Lot, from 1979, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow from 1999, The Blob from 1988, Duel from 1971, The Burbs, (This movie is a scream of fun comedy romp with Tom Hanks!), and The Adams Family. Now for the great most see classics. The Birds, Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein. (Way too funny!) Any of the Universal Monster movies, The House on Haunted Hill from 1963, Nosferatu, and finally my all time fav and I saw this back in the late 70’s as a young lad and it freaked the hell out of me. NO Blood & Guts, No SEX, NO Violence, NO language. THE HAUNTING from 1963 featured in B/W.
I hope this helped somewhat? Keep us posted on this Blog as to what you choose? I will be curious.
I’m Backkkk.. OMG how could I forget Campfire Tales. One of those straight to video movies, which was over looked. The story of 3-classic Urban Legends told by a group of stranded kids in the woods telling ghost stories to pass the time. The Hook, and the Licker will have you shivering in your boots! I defiantly highly recommend this one for all ages…. The Licker will have the hair on your arms stand up!
As I recall Poltergeist was fairly tame -- but nice and creepy, nonetheless
Although I agree about "Halloween", it's still an R-rated movie and as such, I don't think it's worth raising the ire of parents who might find out about it. This is a school trip and somebody will get in trouble!
As an aside, I sure enough did sneak into "Halloween"! In my hometown the age for R-rated movies was 18 and when that movie came out, in my junior year of high school, I was still a year and a half away from being legal.
Right now, the movies I bought for the trip (from www.deepdiscount.com...check it out) are "Them!", "Twilight Zone: The Movie" and "Plan 9 From Outer Space". I'm also thinking of taking along "Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)" and "The Fly (1958)"
Clayton: "Poltergeist" might be good for next year. It's rated PG. When my older son was 11, we thought it was time to introduce him to "tame horror" and chose that movie as a representative. He became completely unglued!! He didn't sleep for a couple of weeks! In talking to some of friends afterward, I found that THEY were really scared by it too. Wimps!
You can't go wrong with any of the Universal Monsters films. I also recommend "Black Sabbath" with Boris Karloff. It has three stories in it. The one called "Drop of Water" freaked me out when I was little and it still freaks me out now when I watch it.
I think you should go with "The Gate". It would be tame enough for the younger crowd and have enough atmosphere and charm for the older crowd. It's corny, but hey I'm in my mid-20s and my friends and I still pull it out every now and then.
The Exorcist, theres not alot of gore in the movie. If there 14-18 I think they've seen nearly EVERYTHING by now. Best part is she will give them nightmares! Theres also, Poltregiest.