Help testing a 13 year old boys tolerance
 

I need help.

I have just adopted the care and well being of a 13 year old boy. His mother was a little over protective of him (IMO) so he has just started watching horror movies. A year ago it was a treat to watch Blade. Recently he has watched Resident Evil (the first one) and expressed in interest in exploring more horror movies. His mother says she is okay with it as long as I don't give him nightmares.

So I would like your assistance in coming up with a list of 5 movies that I could test his horror tolerance on - with each movie being more scary than the previous one. This way I can ease him in and test his ability to handle these movies.

I have no doubt one day soon he will be out there watching slasher flicks with his old man but I don't want to rush him.

Thanks.

in no particular order

NightOTD
DawnOTD
DayOTD
The Fog
The Thing
Dog Soldiers
Tenebre
American Werewolf in London

Evil Dead
Alien
Friday The 13th
A Nightmare On Elm Street
Amityville 2: The Posession
The Fly (Cronenberg's remake)


Not in any order but maybe the thing to do is watch them yourself first and decide then.

1st to last :

- Misery
- Night of the Demons
- Strangeland
- The Evil Dead
- Battle Royale

In this order:
- Gremlins
- The Gate
- NOTLD
- Texas Chainsaw Massacre
- Cannibal Holocaust

:p

Interview with a vampire,halloween,2,puppetmaster,friday the thirteenth,nightmare on elm street, the dead trilogy, and hellraiser

in this order:
Evil Dead 2
Nightmare on elm street
Halloween
Friday the 13th
Texas Chainsaw massacre

Very good list, take his advice. I have absoluly know interest in Cannibal Hollocaust, but id you wanna see what he can take....go for it

nice progression.....but as he has already seen blade & resident evil, the first 2 steps are wasted. maybe lose those and add some fulci gore and dawn of the dead between texas and CH.

If ya really wanna make him cultured in the art of horror, ret some old Vincent Price films, I reccomend Pit and the Pendulum, or House on Haunted Hill.

If we're talking Price then you have to say Witchfinder General and House Of Wax as well.

Assuming you don't wanna throw the kid right into the deep end of horror, here's some...not all horror, but each respectively scary in parts.
*The Frighteners
*The neverending story 1
*The Lost Boys
*Creepshow 1 & 2
*Lady In Red
*Paper House

None of those should scar him for life...
These are not in order, as the order would vary from person to person.
Bear in mind he IS only 13, and some of the movies (although good) mentioned in previous lists could land the "renter/buyer" in a little trouble if mentioned in passing to the wrong person.
Keep it relatively simple, eg : No R18'S until the kid is at least 15.

First, go with some movies with lots of tension, but not necessarily outright scariness. Something like Straw Dogs would work nicely. It's more or less in the same proverbial boat as Last House on the Left, only not as horror. Last House or Wait Until Dark would both make a good alternate.

Then go with mindless gore that isn't scary. Seven Doors of Death fits. They're not mindless, but Suicide Circle or Dawn of the Dead (70's) would work, too.

Then go with something that's scary and has both tension and gore. Se7en isn't particularly SCARY, although "sloth" has a good jump moment in it, and it's got tension and some good gore in it. Not a lot, but it uses it well.

Then go with the "they get scarier and scarier" stuff. First I'd go with either Kaïro (if you can get a copy) or Evil Dead.

Then go with Halloween.


If you're going with culture, insert Psycho, Night of the Hunter, M, or The Wicker Man wherever.

go with the original texas chainsaw massacre (possibly child's play) and halloween (what i think are the 3 scariest movies) and im 13 right now but i always watch horror and don't get scared much

Give him

Ju-On
The Eye
Ted Bundy
Day of the Dead
TCM
Dawn of the Dead remake..

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yeah yeah it is way toooo scary for a 13 year old... hell I'm nearly 32.

haha i still need to see the whole thing. But what ive seen is pretty goddamn scary. Cant find it here though. Might have to get it off the internet..

The Monster Squad
Gremlins
Leprechaun
Jack Frost
Waxwork

Trust me, I'm not mocking you with these picks. But I think when you "break someone in" I think you should show them that some horror can be fun.

If they want to branch out farther into something that will actually be more scary, then you can go with the classics

Psycho
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Halloween
Friday the 13th
A Nightmare on Elm St.

I would say -

1) Poleregiest - alot of suggested gore, no one actually dies - Good intro to horror\suspence.
2) Aliens - To introduce him into the creature side of movies in general. I would class it as a watered down horror movie.
3)Childs play - Quite tame compared to some of todays horror movies. He should be ok with it.
4)Scream - Alot of suspense. Not too brutal.
5)Wrong Turn - A pretty scary movie (i think). A little more graphic than the others.

What do you guys think?

Well, I definatly would not go with Cannibal Holocost for a thirteen year old.. Wow, that's a bit too much .. even for some adults..


You can start with

Dead Alive (It's fun and silly and some horror is just that.. Lots of gore, but it's so obviously fake and silly)

Halloween the Original (very suspensful, limited gore, but there are sex scenes, so that's your call)

Friday the 13th. Same as above. Sex.

Pyscho

Near Dark.

well hopefully the previous films would be enough for him...CH would be the extreme test.

Evil Dead
Evil Dead II
The Army of Darkness
Jason X
Fear of the Dark

I think he's to young for StrangeLand, Battle Royale And cannibal Holocaust!! They are pretty hard core.

yeah.. you could be right. Let's say you wanted him to know horror can be fun and you wanted a bit of every genre :

1st to last

- Ghostbusters
- Gremlins
- The Gate
- Misery
- Child's Play

Much Better Steve!!

Lost Boys
Salems Lot
The Amityville Horror
Day of the Dead
Necromantik*


*possibly not for a 13 year old though ay?

Not that bad.....no, not bad at alll