Recommendations for a "starter" 1st time scary movie for 14 year old son

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Anonymous wrote:Blair Witch just flat out stupid and not scary.

I just watched it with my kids 11 and 13 and it had some scary parts. Also there was a similar one with some guys hiking in Sweden and attacked by a Norse god. Pretty scary.

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Anonymous wrote:Instead of trick-or-treating this year my 14 year old wants to watch a scary movie - his first. Any suggestions for a good one that is scary but not such that it will keep him up for nights?

Is he watching it with my daughter? Because, same.

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Anonymous wrote:Poltergeist

YES. Perfect.

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Anonymous wrote:Coraline

For a 14 year old boy? My girls have watched this since they were 7 or 8.

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Anonymous wrote:How about Ghostbusters? What did you end up going with OP? I'm going to watch The Host and Last Train to Busan, both free on Amazon prime, to get my blur moon K-horror on tonight!

OP here. We ended up watching The Sixth Sense. I had forgotten how good the ending is. And Bruce Willis looks so young!
In mentioning to my son all the great movie ideas offered, we decided that we are going to start watching each one going right off this thread.
Thanks everyone for the great suggestions!

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Anonymous wrote:How about Ghostbusters? What did you end up going with OP? I'm going to watch The Host and Last Train to Busan, both free on Amazon prime, to get my blur moon K-horror on tonight!

OP here. We ended up watching The Sixth Sense. I had forgotten how good the ending is. And Bruce Willis looks so young!
In mentioning to my son all the great movie ideas offered, we decided that we are going to start watching each one going right off this thread.
Thanks everyone for the great suggestions!

The ending was predictable in the first 10 min of the movie.

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My tweens and I just watched "Chucky" (Childs Play pt One) Its was hilariously scary. in that order.

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Anonymous wrote:Highly recommend Attack the Block - it’s about aliens, so not true horror - but scary and has teenage protagonists. My 14 yo son loved it. Bonus points for themes of social inequity and racism.

I watch this and within 5 minutes was really turned off and annoyed by a bunch of street punks so I stopped watching.

Then I ended up watching it again and it is now on my cult classic must watch list. Love this flick. Think it is brilliantly done. Not to scary but kind of fun.

One note: a bit of marijuana usage and references. Two characters are burned out stoners.

You'd LOVE Vampire in Brooklyn with Eddie Murphy as well as Fright Night with Jim Carey

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Anonymous wrote:note: do not watch the 1980s version of the Thing.

Also...stay away from the Little shop of Horrors alternate ending.... i screened it thinking it was the happy ending version ....but had no idea the alternative existed (the plants win) and it awkwardly scared my tweens...as in questioned my sanity.

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The Ring. Incredibly scare with no sex, gore, or hardly any, if at all bad language.

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A Quiet Place

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Sean of the Dead
An American Werewolf in London
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