5 Underappreciated PG-13 Horror Movies (That Are Actually Scary)

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Many successful horror movies are R-rated, which means they rely on graphic scenes and violence to impact the more mature audience. After all, only people over 17 are allowed to see them in the theaters without a parent or a guardian. The directors of such films are permitted to discard any restrictions and unleash their darkest vision uncensored — a perfect premise for a good scare.

However, the family-friendly PG-13 rating doesn’t always reflect the degree to which a movie can terrify and unsettle the audience, with their horror going much deeper — as shown by such stellar and widely-popular examples as The Ring, Insidious, and A Quiet Place. The 5 underappreciated PG-13 horror films in this article are yet another proof that gore and violence are not always the key to making the audience lose their sleep, and genuine fear is often more subtle.

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Based on Susan Hill’s novel of the same name, The Woman in Black stars Daniel Radcliffe as Arthur Kipps, a recently widowed lawyer who travels to a remote estate to retrieve documents for a real estate deal. Unsettled, Kipps soon discovers that the mansion is haunted by the ghost of a veiled woman, who lures children to their deaths.

Often underappreciated, the movie is dark, atmospheric, and does an excellent job building up tension and unease without venturing beyond its PG-13 borders. It’s a beautifully executed ghost story that’s not ashamed to use all the best tricks of its predecessors, ramping up the creep factor and leaving the audience with a distinct feeling of unease. It even has a fainted happy ending, only to strip away all hope at the very last moment. To top it up, in the final scene, the ghost breaks the fourth wall,