My youngest son recently turned 15 and, until recently, has refused to watch any movies that are remotely scary.
Now that he's open to partaking in spooky season, what would you consider to be the essential Halloween viewing?
I'm starting with the original Night of the Living Dead. Your suggestions are appreciated.
These are all fine for a 15 year old. Hell, I saw some of these when I was 10.
Scream
A Nightmare on Elm St.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Cujo
Halloween
Evil Dead II
Thank you for the response. I'll put these on the list. Mainly, I just want to be sure he understands a lot of the cultural references that come from these, but there's also a certain enjoyment of spooky season in itself.
shareScream would be the easiest one for him since he didn't want to watch scary movies before.
shareSome Hammer or Amicus are classics and not overly frightening. Although they may not be optimal viewing for a 15 year old 🤷🏻♀️
I'd recommend Scream of fear (Hammer 1961). ...And Now The Screaming Starts (Amicus 1973). Both story orientated rather than jump scares.
The Innocents (1961) is also a great ghost story - essentially it's The Turn of the Screw.
My link within the link might help: -
https://moviechat.org/general/General-Discussion/670c431a92e8ae6af979a2d8/Tonight-we-watched-Poltergeist-1982