#Scariest movies you've seen rated LESS than R?

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elder tree
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Some of my favorite horror not rated R include The Haunting (1963), The Innocents (1961), Diaboliques (1955), Carnival of Souls (1962)... none of them were restricted by the censors of the time, but they all got good scary stuff. I'm sure there are more recent films that aren't R but are still spoopy AF, what are some of your tops?

slate glacier
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Monster house

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undone ledge
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Watership Down is horrific 😅 Emotionally scarred an entire generation.

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white oyster
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what a fucking terrifying movie

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THIS WAS FOR CHILDREN??

azure badger
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I still get nightmares of monster house

slow osprey
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Oh also I’m not sure how scary it would be now, but this one terrified me as a kid

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elder tree
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Oh shit also

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soft knoll
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I think the visit was pg 13

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soft knoll
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The others is sooo good

eternal crypt
eternal crypt
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It can not go unsaid

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slow osprey
eternal crypt
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oh also

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slow osprey
eternal crypt
slow osprey
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The field sounds so familiar! I can picture it, that part was so stressful

eternal crypt
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I think since I ||really miss my dad|| I can't rewatch it, even though it's about ||a hero MOM||

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Moms should love that movie, that should be on the list of movies moms love

slow osprey
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That movie just brings up those emotions for you, it makes total sense

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Agreed!

undone ledge
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Event Horizon - real intense and gory

bright harness
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OP asked for scary movie with less than R rating (meaning PG etc)

undone ledge
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MA15+ in Australia

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Pitch black was M if that helps

woeful reef
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Signs, and idc what anyone says that’s a horror film.

undone ledge
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The Village was also very creepy/scary.. M Night does a good job of creeping us out while staying below R rating, it seems from my scroll of this thread 🤔

https://letterboxd.com/film/the-village/

The Village (2004)

When a willful young man tries to venture beyond his sequestered Pennsylvania hamlet, his actions set off a chain of chilling incidents that will alter the community forever.

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An R-rated motion picture may include adult themes, adult activity, hard language, intense or persistent violence, sexually-oriented nudity, drug abuse or other elements, so that parents are counseled to take this rating very seriously.

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You probably have different ones - but that’s the criteria- there is G , PG, PG-13, R etc

upbeat condor
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Ooh this is a good question. I would have to go between two films.

•Insidious (2010) - A bit gimmicky and relies on jumps mostly, but dang for someone 13 or younger I think it’s quite effective.

•The Sixth Sense (1999) - I wouldn’t say it’s terrifying or anything but the atmosphere is pretty creepy and once the twist is known it kind of makes the movie a whole different experience on a 2nd viewing. I love when movies do that.

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I’m sure there’s better answers out there but idk, that’s kinda as far as “not being rated r” goes to my extent.

undone ledge
upbeat condor
bright rover
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The Ring

topaz herald
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Skinamarink ig but i dont actually know what its rated

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Insidious (first) is scary ish

bright harness
safe hamlet
dark hound
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I found the intact version of Frankenstein (1931) with the full scene involving the little girl pretty disturbing. I dunno.

topaz herald
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SHIT just remembered the Babadook

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which i havnt watched since i was 12

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but scared the shit out of me then

whole night
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The Cat In the Hat