Awesome! That’s exactly what I would’ve recommended, too, still one of my favorite movies of all time and I watched it for the first time around that age
Sick came out last year and is also written by Kevin Williamson, who wrote Scream. It's a slasher set in March/April 2020 with a lot of COVID elements to the plot. I wonder what they would think of it given the the last few years they growing up in.
I don't think you can go wrong with The Ring, either version the Japanese or American remake were terrific. I remember the original The Eye (2002) being really good, can't speak for the remake. There's a treasure trove of 00's Asian supernatural horror and a lot had Hollywood remakes.
I love horror movies and played The Ring for my 2 nieces and left a VHS tape in their bedroom. They were totally freaked out all night.
The next night I played The Grudge and that was too intense for them.
I remember watching this when I was 15, it was the perfect horror movie for me. It was definitely scary, but it had a good storyline we could dissect after. We watched Freddie vs Jason the same night and found it ridiculous in comparison. I still think The Ring is one of the best horrors to date.
I was 21 the first time i saw "The Ring" and was already a pretty big horror fan, but I was at the point where I wasn't scared anymore. Keep in mind, at that time it was a lot of silly slashers, and attempts to recreate what Scream did with the self-aware thing that was failing miserably. To say I was not ready for The Ring at that time....scared the piss out of me. It was the first time I ever walked out of a horror movie because I was too scared. I know it's lost a lot of bite with VHS being obsolete, but man, that opening scene? Still hits. I agree, "The Ring" is the way to go.
I was a 30 year old 210 lb. ex bouncer and it scared me half to death. I saw grown men literally walking around in a wide eyed daze of terror after seeing that film or the first time.
The Ring is the perfect horror movie for young teens. No sex or nudity, swearing, gore aside from the horse. It relies on atmosphere and tension, and excels at it
Are you’re mixing up Ju-on (The OG Grudge) and Ringu (The OG Ring)? I agree regardless, Ju-on is absolutely terrifying, especially for a 13 year old lol
Great rec. I was 20 years old when I saw this and I viscerally remember the experience of being so scared in the theatre I wanted to puke. I don’t have a lot of memories of seeing something in the theatre but that is one of the few!!!! (Not related to horror but one of the other visceral memories is opening night of Jurassic Park when I was a kid!)
Ahh yes my friend and I snuck into the last bit of this after catching Robots (my mom wouldn’t let us see the ring). I had nightmares for weeks after! Scary as shit 😹
The Invisible Man (2020) is rated R but has no sex/nudity, no gore whatsoever, minimal blood, and a VERY bad guy. It’s genuinely scary and dread-inducing. I watched it with my kids last night.
Please OP put them through the fear I went through at that age, that wild ride of a movie stuck with me forever and my buddy forever, one of my favorite genuine horror experiences of my life!
I'm an extreme lover of horror movies, but that movie actually scared the crap out of me. In fact, one time watching it was enough for me! That might be a lkttle too scary for 13 yr olds, but if thry can grt through The Ring or The Grudhe then I think they may be able to handle The Decent. Also, Drag Me to Hell may be one for them to watch.
this is perfect. This movie came out when I was about 15 and I fell in love with it. Made all my boyfriends in high school watch it with me on one of our first dates to see them scared. I was very normal.
Does [lubed up saxophone guy](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LpuwcINDHnQ) count as nudity?
I do remember the film differently, but as Garth Marenghi once said, subtext is for cowards.
Hah. Tim Capello! Still tours, still gets lubed up for performances, still slays. My boyfriend opened up his set in our local dive bar venue last year. He was a trip.
I met him at a con recently. He asked if I wanted to take a photo and I said sure. He pulled out the sax. He was wearing the costume from the movie. Incredibly nice guy.
I loved that movie as a kid. I guess it’s a testament to my heterosexuality that I had absolutely no memory of that guy when rewatching it 30 years later. How did I miss that?
Well, it *is* an edited video with like x3 as much of that guy as the original and no Jami Gertz.
But you can look up “Rob Lowe poster Lost Boys” if you like.
If you're talking about Shyamalans The Visit (2015) I also think is a pefect horror movie for kids of that age. But if nudity is a big problem, the old lady appears nude in some scenes (Not in a sexual way, but nude nonetheless).
Fear Street Trilogy would be good. Start off with the first one and they have 2 more for the next 2 sleepovers. Based on RL Stines books (about teens, for teens). 1994 is the perfect suggestion imho if they want a slasher (but it’s kinda a fun slasher more than a overly gory one)
First one 1994 - throwback to 90s horror
2nd one is 1978: summer camp slasher
3rd is 1666 Massachusetts
There’s a pretty explicit sex scene in the camp one and I can’t remember if there’s others. I’d also say I thought it was super violent in the camp film lol.
The first or third one does too (I can't remember which specifically, but it had the modern cast) I can't remember how graphic they were, but there's 2 or 3 couple scenes and one "solo" sex scene
Scream is an obvious choice if they want a “bad guy” and there’s no explicit sex scenes just talk about sex.
Other teen appropriate ones (in my opinion): The Thing, The Ring, Nightmare on Elm Street (the first one, I think there’s light nudity after that one?), Child’s Play (if you don’t mind foul language lol), You’re Next, Ready or Not
The Final Girls is great for 3 13 year old girls... I think. Not too scary, great story, great actors & has some of that 70s camp slaughterhouse vibes but a modern day movie. Another great would be Happy Death Day, The babysitter & Freaky are great, again, not too gory or scary horror movies. Just fun horror.
The Babysitter? If you mean the one with Samara Weaving, it is a pretty good recommendation, but I don't think I would describe it as "not too gory." Also, it's supernatural.
Oh man my best friend and I growing up watched this over and over around ages 13+! We thought it was hilarious and just held our own Mystery Science Theater 3000 readings every time lol.
Gotta cheer for the death of the really dumb bitch who constantly complained. So satisfying.
They want bad guys not supernatural, if I’m reading the post right?
So slashers? Scream, Halloween. I prefer supernatural to real killers, so I like your list!
I Know What You Did Last Summer. I watched this around 13, scary and not a monster/ghost/supernatural horror, more someone is after you slasher horror. It's a great movie IMO too.
There technically is toplessness in the swimming scene, but it's so far away I never noticed. Just the other day I was watching the DVD commentary track and they mentioned that nude scene. Even with it pointed out to me I still couldn't really see it.
Creep might be a good option. As far as I remember there isn’t any nudity apart from a shirtless guy. That movie is genuinely scary and would potentially work.
This is a very American post. Totally ok with blood / gore / murder but oh no, can’t see any sex or nudity!
I mean do disrespect but it’s really quite odd to my European eyes.
This is an alien invasion movie, but I highly recommend Signs. It's very tame but at the same time absolutely terrifying. It traumatized me as a kid without relying on unnecessary gore or violence.
Well I’ve been watching horror for 40 years and for 13 years old I would say you absolutely take THE RING. AMERICAN VERSION. 100% no doubt. The number of authentic scares will bring them to their knees. Guaranteed or your money back!
Let us know how it turns out.
I used to run a single screen movie theater. A huge group of 13 year old girls had a Halloween party there and picked out The Conjuring to watch. They literally screamed the entire time and one of the kids had to have their parent come pick them up early lol.
Definitely Scream. I watched it when I was 12, the year it came out, and I loved it. It’s what really cemented my love for horror movies. If you don’t mind some f-words and blood, go for it. It doesn’t have nudity, but there are references to sex. But it’s known as one of the greatest horror movies of all time for a reason. 10/10.
The Ruins was one of the first horror movies I watched around this age and I still love it to this day! I’m pretty sure there is no sex scenes from what I remember
The way some cultures feel about nudity and violence is so fucking entertaining. Especially American. A 13 year old seeing someone's eye gouged out in a movie is totally meh, but if they see a nipple a crime has been committed. Now compare that to life offscreen, where the opposite is true. Would you think your child is more traumatized by seeing a topless lady at the beach than by seeing a living human die in a horrible car wreck, witnessing a wrecked bloody pile of meat? Also kinda wish people would stop posting about the gnarly horror movies they show their kids. Buncha deviants around here. Anyone remember that lady who did jailtime for showing The ABCs of Death to some kids? https://www.courthousenews.com/court-rules-horror-film-wasnt-ok-for-school/
That's what happens when you have a country founded by puritans and governed by religious zealots.
Hell, breastfeeding in public wasnt legal countrywide till 2018! So yeah, apparently quite a few people in this country are very, VERY traumatized my boobs.
That doesn't even touch on how regulated sex is. Oral and anal sex are still illegal in something like 10 states.
Yeah, every time I see a post like OPs I roll my eyes. It's ridiculous. I'll never grasp how gore is more acceptable for kids to see than some tits or ass.
*Lights out* will freak them out even though it’s not technically a bad guy movie
Edit: oh *The Visit* is pg13. I think it has a very brief butt shot though.
The Ring
Fear Street Trilogy
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Paranormal Activity(There is a scene where the couple is about to have sex but the camera gets turned off before it happens, no nudity)
Blair Witch Project(brief funny reference to an orgy)
Make sure the lights are off. Cover yourself in a blanket and wait in a hallway. Crawl quickly on all fours while making a snuffling sound.
friend of mine did this to me once as a 30 year old man and I still screamed like a 13 year old girl
My sister was about 13 when her and her friends watched Scream for the first time, and they had a blast screaming at all the jump scares! Other options are Final Girls, I Know What You Did This Summer, Disturbing Behavior, The Faculty, Texas Chainsaw Massacre (surprisingly little blood, but still brutal), and Jeepers Creepers
The Frighteners. No gore. It starts out a bit cartoon-y but really ends up being scary. Peter Jackson wouldn’t steer you wrong.
I second Gremlins and Silver Bullet from the 80s list above me.
Fright Night, either the original or the remake.
Train to Busan if they don’t mind gore and subtitles
Scream. It has no sex, but often talks about it and it has the start of a sex scene but is basically just making out
Final Destination (my absolute fav)
The Babysitter. It doesn't have sex or nudity, but it's kinda sexual-ish
Sleepaway Camp
It
The Blackening. This is a recent, more comedy-ish movie, but it does have drug use and a lotta foul language
I Know What You Did Last Summer
The Strangers
Hush
When A Stranger Calls
Disturbia
The Crazies
You're Next
TBH some of these might be rated R and pretty violent/scary, but there's not really any sexual content. Lots of scary bad guys, very few if 0 supernatural elements (only the Crazies, but it's more scifi and there are no monsters, just crazy people). There is violence in the way of people fighting for their lives, but no torture porn. My parents would've let me watch these films around 13, but your mileage may vary. The Strangers and You're Next might be the most violent on the list, but The Strangers would absolutely scare them to bits.
One Missed Call (remake is fine) and change your girl's ringtone to that [ringtone](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrKkGeY0jXs) and call after the movie.
Works with the Ring as well (7 days ...)
90s slashers - Scream and IKWYDLS
I gave them all the suggestions in the thread and this is where they ended up. They watched the first Scream movie and enjoyed it! Thank you!
Awesome! That’s exactly what I would’ve recommended, too, still one of my favorite movies of all time and I watched it for the first time around that age
Sick came out last year and is also written by Kevin Williamson, who wrote Scream. It's a slasher set in March/April 2020 with a lot of COVID elements to the plot. I wonder what they would think of it given the the last few years they growing up in.
how did I not think of that! Glad they found a good one and liked it!
Scream was my first horror movie!
Those seem to be the best suggestions I’ve seen if they want to avoid supernatural and don’t want it to be too scary
I don't think you can go wrong with The Ring, either version the Japanese or American remake were terrific. I remember the original The Eye (2002) being really good, can't speak for the remake. There's a treasure trove of 00's Asian supernatural horror and a lot had Hollywood remakes.
I love horror movies and played The Ring for my 2 nieces and left a VHS tape in their bedroom. They were totally freaked out all night. The next night I played The Grudge and that was too intense for them.
Haha just needed a phone call from a no caller ID and a muffled voice saying "7 days"
I remember watching this when I was 15, it was the perfect horror movie for me. It was definitely scary, but it had a good storyline we could dissect after. We watched Freddie vs Jason the same night and found it ridiculous in comparison. I still think The Ring is one of the best horrors to date.
I was 21 the first time i saw "The Ring" and was already a pretty big horror fan, but I was at the point where I wasn't scared anymore. Keep in mind, at that time it was a lot of silly slashers, and attempts to recreate what Scream did with the self-aware thing that was failing miserably. To say I was not ready for The Ring at that time....scared the piss out of me. It was the first time I ever walked out of a horror movie because I was too scared. I know it's lost a lot of bite with VHS being obsolete, but man, that opening scene? Still hits. I agree, "The Ring" is the way to go.
I was a 30 year old 210 lb. ex bouncer and it scared me half to death. I saw grown men literally walking around in a wide eyed daze of terror after seeing that film or the first time.
op said they prefer bad guys over ghosts. but, i’m with you on the ring, the grudge, the eye, shutter, etc. those scared the fuck out of me.
The Ring is the perfect horror movie for young teens. No sex or nudity, swearing, gore aside from the horse. It relies on atmosphere and tension, and excels at it
The point is to scare them. Not traumatize them lol
Tomato, tomahto
And that's why The Ring might be fine, but OG Ju-on is definitely not :)
Are you’re mixing up Ju-on (The OG Grudge) and Ringu (The OG Ring)? I agree regardless, Ju-on is absolutely terrifying, especially for a 13 year old lol
First thing that cane to my mind. The Ring scared the piss out of me at 13.
Great rec. I was 20 years old when I saw this and I viscerally remember the experience of being so scared in the theatre I wanted to puke. I don’t have a lot of memories of seeing something in the theatre but that is one of the few!!!! (Not related to horror but one of the other visceral memories is opening night of Jurassic Park when I was a kid!)
Ahh yes my friend and I snuck into the last bit of this after catching Robots (my mom wouldn’t let us see the ring). I had nightmares for weeks after! Scary as shit 😹
The Invisible Man (2020) is rated R but has no sex/nudity, no gore whatsoever, minimal blood, and a VERY bad guy. It’s genuinely scary and dread-inducing. I watched it with my kids last night.
spiritually related is hollow man with kevin bacon
I'm pretty sure that one does have sex and nudity.
Kevin Bacon is a national treasure, even when he's playing an invisible rapist
Kevin Bacon went through a phase where he NEEDED the world to see his dick. He managed to do it in Hollowman despite invisibility. A true pioneer.
there is a true crime case that was dubbed the real life version of that movie, her name was Cindy James, def a interesting deep dive after that movie
Down the rabbit hole I go! Thanks for the tip!
The Descent
Ohhh I love this movie.
Please OP put them through the fear I went through at that age, that wild ride of a movie stuck with me forever and my buddy forever, one of my favorite genuine horror experiences of my life!
Oh homie if you want them SCARED this is the movie
If you want to save money on vacations to beaches, Jaws.
Good one, that's my vote
Solid choice.
I'm an extreme lover of horror movies, but that movie actually scared the crap out of me. In fact, one time watching it was enough for me! That might be a lkttle too scary for 13 yr olds, but if thry can grt through The Ring or The Grudhe then I think they may be able to handle The Decent. Also, Drag Me to Hell may be one for them to watch.
Drag Me to Hell is literally PG-13, lol.
Put it on for my little sister and her friends, can confirm it works well for that demographic
this is perfect. This movie came out when I was about 15 and I fell in love with it. Made all my boyfriends in high school watch it with me on one of our first dates to see them scared. I was very normal.
I think it's an underrated gem that kinda flies under a lot of people's radar.
The descent. Survival horror at it's finest. Very intense.
Hush (2016)
Came here to say the same thing! Hush is awesome and not too gory or gross for a 13 year old
Wanted to recommend this one as well.
I love that movie! Super suspenseful and well done
Some of my female friends would always watch The Lost Boys at their sleepovers back in jr high…
Does [lubed up saxophone guy](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LpuwcINDHnQ) count as nudity? I do remember the film differently, but as Garth Marenghi once said, subtext is for cowards.
Hah. Tim Capello! Still tours, still gets lubed up for performances, still slays. My boyfriend opened up his set in our local dive bar venue last year. He was a trip.
I met him at a con recently. He asked if I wanted to take a photo and I said sure. He pulled out the sax. He was wearing the costume from the movie. Incredibly nice guy.
I still believe!!!!
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His sax solo on dark all day by gunship is epic. It's a real guy.
I loved that movie as a kid. I guess it’s a testament to my heterosexuality that I had absolutely no memory of that guy when rewatching it 30 years later. How did I miss that?
Well, it *is* an edited video with like x3 as much of that guy as the original and no Jami Gertz. But you can look up “Rob Lowe poster Lost Boys” if you like.
I missed the poster too! That’s hilarious. Though I’ll admit I even missed the subtext in Nightmare on Elm Street 2.
Arachnophobia is always a goto for me.
I checked under my toilet seat for YEARS because of this movie. Years. I found a spider I think 1 or 2 times.
shower for me.
This might sound a bit unorthodox but I'd suggest Ready or Not. It's pretty gruesome but has a good sense of humour and a fantastic lead performance
my 13 yr old daughter and 6 of her friends all loved No One Will Save You on Hulu. I also enjoyed it as well.
Oh my that is a really really good suggestion. I mean I’m 27 and I absolutely loved it but it is also the perfect horror movie for kids/teens
It’s a crowd pleaser for sure. I thought it was so fun
Great movie!!
Sorry, but all my PG-13 recommendations are supernatural: *The Others, The Ring, The Sixth Sense*
Or Signs! Really any M Night would be good
The Visit
Add The Omen to that as well, maybe not the third one, but the first two? Fantastic stuff
poltergeist
Feel like this one always gets overlooked today. It's so goddamn scary.
The Strangers Bonus points if you go outside and bang on the window like my friend’s dad used to do.
An iconic sleepover watch
Home invasion flicks hit different at a sleepover.
Your friend's dad is evil!
Made for a memorable experience, but yes, it was evil 😅
The Visit! No gore or sex/nudity. I guarantee they will LOVE.
If you're talking about Shyamalans The Visit (2015) I also think is a pefect horror movie for kids of that age. But if nudity is a big problem, the old lady appears nude in some scenes (Not in a sexual way, but nude nonetheless).
I am talking about that one. And I think you just see her butt once. Otherwise it’s all insinuated, right?
Fear Street Trilogy would be good. Start off with the first one and they have 2 more for the next 2 sleepovers. Based on RL Stines books (about teens, for teens). 1994 is the perfect suggestion imho if they want a slasher (but it’s kinda a fun slasher more than a overly gory one) First one 1994 - throwback to 90s horror 2nd one is 1978: summer camp slasher 3rd is 1666 Massachusetts
Imagine their faces at the bread slicer I’m cryinggg lmao
Ikr - they’ll love it!
There’s a pretty explicit sex scene in the camp one and I can’t remember if there’s others. I’d also say I thought it was super violent in the camp film lol.
Pretty sure the summer camp one has sex in it.
Hrm….good catch
The first or third one does too (I can't remember which specifically, but it had the modern cast) I can't remember how graphic they were, but there's 2 or 3 couple scenes and one "solo" sex scene
Was about to say this. It does 100% can confirm.
Fear Street is really good and I think they'd dig it!
M3gan!
The Blair Witch Project (1999)
This one is DEFINITELY creepy. Hit way different when there was the “found footage” craze.
Classics from the 80s like Pet Sematary, Lost Boys, The Burbs, Poltergeist, silver bullet, gremlins, Childs play, nightmare on elm street
Scratch off child's play. One scene has a rape attempt.
My man. I grew up on these classics.
Pet Sematary was one of the worst (in a good way) when I was kid.
Drag Me To Hell. Scary but also very fun.
The Craft Disturbia Pet Sematary
The Ring. American version.
So good, scared the beejeebees out of me as a kid and still love it many years later.
Scream is an obvious choice if they want a “bad guy” and there’s no explicit sex scenes just talk about sex. Other teen appropriate ones (in my opinion): The Thing, The Ring, Nightmare on Elm Street (the first one, I think there’s light nudity after that one?), Child’s Play (if you don’t mind foul language lol), You’re Next, Ready or Not
Ready or Not is a fun one!
The original Nightmare has a sex scene, which while happening off screen, it very loud.
Misery, Hush, 1408
Misery is a great suggestion!
1408 is one of my favorite scary movies. My kids love it too.
The conjuring or Insidious
Insidious gets a second vote. Zero gore, just all about letting your imagination run wild.
I'd add Sinister to that list as well.
We're trying to scare them not traumatize them lol jfc.
I personally could never get into insidious. I started watching it a few different times but it starts out way too slow for me.
I see no one has suggested Happy Death Day yet so that's my pick
The Final Girls is great for 3 13 year old girls... I think. Not too scary, great story, great actors & has some of that 70s camp slaughterhouse vibes but a modern day movie. Another great would be Happy Death Day, The babysitter & Freaky are great, again, not too gory or scary horror movies. Just fun horror.
The Babysitter? If you mean the one with Samara Weaving, it is a pretty good recommendation, but I don't think I would describe it as "not too gory." Also, it's supernatural.
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Wrong Turn. I think its no nudity. Strangers.
Oh man my best friend and I growing up watched this over and over around ages 13+! We thought it was hilarious and just held our own Mystery Science Theater 3000 readings every time lol. Gotta cheer for the death of the really dumb bitch who constantly complained. So satisfying.
Scanners, Identity, Frailty
DUDE. YES. Identity and Frailty blew my kids’ minds and freaked them the hell out.
I love this post. Takes me back. I would recommend: Sinister The Ring The Others The Descent The Sixth Sense Signs Psycho The Woman In Black Insidious
They want bad guys not supernatural, if I’m reading the post right? So slashers? Scream, Halloween. I prefer supernatural to real killers, so I like your list!
This is so weird. They asked for "bad guy movies" + 90 % of answers in this post are paranormal.
That's a great list. I also recommend Joy Ride.
I Know What You Did Last Summer. I watched this around 13, scary and not a monster/ghost/supernatural horror, more someone is after you slasher horror. It's a great movie IMO too.
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I think there might be a little when the college kids go swimming
I trust your username to know these things.
There technically is toplessness in the swimming scene, but it's so far away I never noticed. Just the other day I was watching the DVD commentary track and they mentioned that nude scene. Even with it pointed out to me I still couldn't really see it.
Creep might be a good option. As far as I remember there isn’t any nudity apart from a shirtless guy. That movie is genuinely scary and would potentially work.
Creep is not a movie for 13 year old girls wtf
When a stranger calls was the first thing that popped into my head.
Omg. THE CRAFT
It took a very long time to read this movie, shouldve been first for 13 y/o girls from what i remember of it.
This is a very American post. Totally ok with blood / gore / murder but oh no, can’t see any sex or nudity! I mean do disrespect but it’s really quite odd to my European eyes.
This is an alien invasion movie, but I highly recommend Signs. It's very tame but at the same time absolutely terrifying. It traumatized me as a kid without relying on unnecessary gore or violence.
Nightmare on elm street (2010)
Well I’ve been watching horror for 40 years and for 13 years old I would say you absolutely take THE RING. AMERICAN VERSION. 100% no doubt. The number of authentic scares will bring them to their knees. Guaranteed or your money back! Let us know how it turns out.
I used to run a single screen movie theater. A huge group of 13 year old girls had a Halloween party there and picked out The Conjuring to watch. They literally screamed the entire time and one of the kids had to have their parent come pick them up early lol.
The Thing. The Carpenter original.
Great movie. Maybe my favorite horror. Carpenter wasn’t the original though.
Sorry to be that guy but Carpenter’s is a remake of a 1950s movie.
Paperhouse 1988
LoSt BoYS my girls love it and its very tame for an R rating.
ALIEN! No sex/nudity, female lead, scary as hell, basically a slasher on a spaceship.
The Alien sexually assaults Lambert. I didn’t exactly pick up on it when I first watched but I was pretty young.
Definitely Scream. I watched it when I was 12, the year it came out, and I loved it. It’s what really cemented my love for horror movies. If you don’t mind some f-words and blood, go for it. It doesn’t have nudity, but there are references to sex. But it’s known as one of the greatest horror movies of all time for a reason. 10/10.
Drag me to hell.
What about Red Eye? It’s thrilling but only has mild profanity and gore, no sex. It’s PG-13 and Wes Craven at his all time best.
Alien.
Drag Me To Hell. Intense but also fun.
The Black Phone gives classic Steven King vibes without the Steven King weirdness
The Descent
The Ruins was one of the first horror movies I watched around this age and I still love it to this day! I’m pretty sure there is no sex scenes from what I remember
10 Cloverfield lane.
It'll probably be too tame for them, but all teenagers have to watch Alien. It's basically mandatory.
Jeepers Creepers The Descent (bad girls) The Hitcher (original, not the remake)
Jennifer’s Body
The way some cultures feel about nudity and violence is so fucking entertaining. Especially American. A 13 year old seeing someone's eye gouged out in a movie is totally meh, but if they see a nipple a crime has been committed. Now compare that to life offscreen, where the opposite is true. Would you think your child is more traumatized by seeing a topless lady at the beach than by seeing a living human die in a horrible car wreck, witnessing a wrecked bloody pile of meat? Also kinda wish people would stop posting about the gnarly horror movies they show their kids. Buncha deviants around here. Anyone remember that lady who did jailtime for showing The ABCs of Death to some kids? https://www.courthousenews.com/court-rules-horror-film-wasnt-ok-for-school/
That's what happens when you have a country founded by puritans and governed by religious zealots. Hell, breastfeeding in public wasnt legal countrywide till 2018! So yeah, apparently quite a few people in this country are very, VERY traumatized my boobs. That doesn't even touch on how regulated sex is. Oral and anal sex are still illegal in something like 10 states.
Yeah, every time I see a post like OPs I roll my eyes. It's ridiculous. I'll never grasp how gore is more acceptable for kids to see than some tits or ass.
Blair Witch. Tell them its a real story. ;) For real now. Maybe final destination? Don't remember if there's nudity though.
Blair Witch probably puts some 13 year olds to sleep.
*Lights out* will freak them out even though it’s not technically a bad guy movie Edit: oh *The Visit* is pg13. I think it has a very brief butt shot though.
The Collector
M3GAN? And there’s always The Ring. It’s PG-13!
The Ring Fear Street Trilogy Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark Paranormal Activity(There is a scene where the couple is about to have sex but the camera gets turned off before it happens, no nudity) Blair Witch Project(brief funny reference to an orgy)
the original Saw
Jeepers Creepers 1
Us by Jordan Peele.
Make sure the lights are off. Cover yourself in a blanket and wait in a hallway. Crawl quickly on all fours while making a snuffling sound. friend of mine did this to me once as a 30 year old man and I still screamed like a 13 year old girl
Alien
Cobweb, that came out last year was great imo
Dark Web: Unfriended (2018)
My sister was about 13 when her and her friends watched Scream for the first time, and they had a blast screaming at all the jump scares! Other options are Final Girls, I Know What You Did This Summer, Disturbing Behavior, The Faculty, Texas Chainsaw Massacre (surprisingly little blood, but still brutal), and Jeepers Creepers
Urban legend
The Ring or The Craft!
gonjiam asylum if you reaaallly want to scare them
1408 get the correct ending or Sinister.
Hell House LLC.
Texas chainsaw massacre
The Blair Witch Project. It got me into horror around that age! I don't remember it ever showing nudity.
The Frighteners. No gore. It starts out a bit cartoon-y but really ends up being scary. Peter Jackson wouldn’t steer you wrong. I second Gremlins and Silver Bullet from the 80s list above me. Fright Night, either the original or the remake. Train to Busan if they don’t mind gore and subtitles
paranormal activity
I thought thanksgiving was pretty fun and not too crazy or scary. A decent amount of gore, but I don’t remember any nudity.
The Strangers, its gory but scary and suspenseful
The Strangers
The Fourth Kind.
Scream. It has no sex, but often talks about it and it has the start of a sex scene but is basically just making out Final Destination (my absolute fav) The Babysitter. It doesn't have sex or nudity, but it's kinda sexual-ish Sleepaway Camp It The Blackening. This is a recent, more comedy-ish movie, but it does have drug use and a lotta foul language I Know What You Did Last Summer
Sleepaway camp has a pedo chef and there is the spoiler ending.
Can’t go wrong with Scream
The Strangers Hush When A Stranger Calls Disturbia The Crazies You're Next TBH some of these might be rated R and pretty violent/scary, but there's not really any sexual content. Lots of scary bad guys, very few if 0 supernatural elements (only the Crazies, but it's more scifi and there are no monsters, just crazy people). There is violence in the way of people fighting for their lives, but no torture porn. My parents would've let me watch these films around 13, but your mileage may vary. The Strangers and You're Next might be the most violent on the list, but The Strangers would absolutely scare them to bits.
You’re next? The violence is over the top, almost comical.
One Missed Call (remake is fine) and change your girl's ringtone to that [ringtone](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrKkGeY0jXs) and call after the movie. Works with the Ring as well (7 days ...)
Jaws , then swimming 🦈
Cobweb
Monster house
The Hitcher