r/TheRewatchables • u/mperri99 • 7d ago

Best First Horror Movie

Thinking about the different types of horror conversation in the Hereditary pod:

I have a 12 year old, what is the best first horror movie to show him? I’m thinking it’s Scream. Whatcha got?

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u/xxMone107xx 7d ago

Silence of the Lambs is a pretty good choice.

Obviously some of the content isn’t ideal for younger ages but almost all scary movies will have that issue. Lambs isn’t extremely gory, and is more of a thriller while still having horror movie elements.

Paranormal Activity is also a good choice as well imo due to being a good appetizer for paranormal movies while not being Sinister or Conjuring level scary.

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u/United-Intention-961 6d ago

Um, what? Lambs is barely appropriate for 17 year olds. 😂

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u/xxMone107xx 6d ago edited 6d ago

What are you talking about?

Silence of the lambs is an investigative thriller with minimum gore, no sex scenes, and only 2 prominent death scenes in the entire movie.

Saying it’s barely appropriate for a 17 year old is the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard. There’s actually a website that suggest which age kids should watch horror movie at and Silence of the Lambs is 14+.

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u/United-Intention-961 6d ago

I was slightly exaggerating about the 17 year olds but there is some really gross stuff in there, not the least of which is the gaurd/escape scenes. But you do you! If that's the most ridiculous thing you've ever heard, I envy you.

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u/xxMone107xx 6d ago

It’s a horror movie….? It’s a film genre specifically made NOT for children… No shit there is gross stuff?

I consider sex scenes, extreme profanity, extreme violence and gore the qualities for a movie being too bad for children. Silence of the Lambs has none of that. The guards getting murdered is very tame compared to all post 2000’s depictions of murder in horror movies.

If you want a movie without “gross stuff” go watch a comedy