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Horror Movies for Kids
85 horror films, listed from the youngest recommended age up. We read the actual screenplay for each rated one, so you can see the minimum age and exactly what is in it before you press play. Films we haven't analysed yet are at the end.
- The Witches (2020)PG7+
- Goosebumps (2015)PG8+
- Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (2018)PG8+
- Monster House (2006)PG8+
- Abigail (2024)R12+
- A Quiet Place: Day One (2024)PG-1313+
- Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)PG-1313+
- Five Nights at Freddy's (2023)PG-1313+
- Five Nights at Freddy's 2 (2025)PG-1313+
- Jaws (1975)PG13+
- Lights Out (2016)PG-1313+
- Night Swim (2024)PG-1313+
- Poltergeist (1982)PG13+
- Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019)PG-1313+
- The Conjuring (2013)R13+
- The Invisible Man (2020)R13+
- The Nun (2018)R13+
- World War Z (2013)PG-1313+
- Imaginary (2024)PG-1314+
- Run (2020)PG-1314+
- The Conjuring 2 (2016)R14+
- The Conjuring: Last Rites (2025)R14+
- The New Mutants (2020)PG-1314+
- A Quiet Place (2018)PG-1315+
- Annabelle (2014)R15+
- Annabelle: Creation (2017)R15+
- Bird Box (2018)R15+
- Happy Death Day (2017)PG-1315+
- His House (2020)NR15+
- Insidious: The Red Door (2023)PG-1315+
- It (2017)R15+
- M3GAN (2022)PG-1315+
- Sinister (2012)R15+
- Split (2016)PG-1315+
- Tarot (2024)PG-1315+
- The Babadook (2014)NR15+
- The Black Phone (2021)R15+
- Carrie (1976)R16+
- Crawl (2019)R16+
- Doctor Sleep (2019)R16+
- Insidious (2010)PG-1316+
- Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013)PG-1316+
- Nope (2022)R16+
- The Boogeyman (2023)PG-1316+
- Alien (1979)R17+
- Army of the Dead (2021)R17+
- Don't Breathe 2 (2021)R17+
- Get Out (2017)R17+
- Halloween (2018)R17+
- Halloween Kills (2021)R17+
- Hereditary (2018)R17+
- Hush (2016)R17+
- Immaculate (2024)R17+
- It Chapter Two (2019)R17+
- Oddity (2024)R17+
- Paranormal Activity (2007)R17+
- Pet Sematary (1989)R17+
- Scream (2022)R17+
- Scream VI (2023)R17+
- Sinister 2 (2015)R17+
- Smile (2022)R17+
- Talk to Me (2023)R17+
- The Exorcist (1973)R17+
- The Menu (2022)R17+
- The Nun II (2023)R17+
- The Shining (1980)R17+
- The Witch (2015)R17+
- Us (2019)R17+
- Weapons (2025)R17+
- Zombieland (2009)R17+
- Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022)R18+
- Evil Dead Rise (2023)R18+
- Longlegs (2024)R18+
- MaXXXine (2024)R18+
- Midsommar (2019)R18+
- Saw (2004)R18+
- Sinners (2025)R18+
- Smile 2 (2024)R18+
- Strange Darling (2024)R18+
- The Substance (2024)R18+
- A Quiet Place Part II (2020)PG-13
- Childs Play (1988)R
- Dont Breathe (2016)R
- It Follows (2014)R
- Ready or Not (2019)R