movies / scary-but-not-too
Looking for a horror movie that isn't gross
Suspense and dread, not gore. The ones you can recommend to your mom.
- Get Out 2017The sunken place. A genre opener.
- The Sixth Sense 1999Still works.
- Hereditary 2018Slow. Devastating. The dollhouse.
- The Babadook 2014Australian. About grief, dressed as horror.
- It Follows 2014Synth score. Detroit. The follow.
- A Quiet Place 2018Sound is the threat. Tense throughout.
- The Others 2001Nicole Kidman. Twist that works.
- Don't Look Now 1973Venice. Red coat. Slow dread.
- The Ring 2002VHS tape, seven days. The remake holds up.
- Pan's Labyrinth 2006Spanish Civil War + fairy tale. Beautiful.