15+ Best Halloween Special Scary Movies For Teens and Tweens

Scary Movies For Teens and Tweens

It’s that time of year again, and we’ve got 15 scary movies for Teens and Tweens. The temperature is dropping, the leaves are beginning to turn colors, and Halloween is only a few short weeks away. That implies it’s time to watch some scary movies, doesn’t it? Check out our selection of 15 scary movies for teenagers and preteens to watch if you’re in the mood for a good fright. There is a film that will appeal to every member of the family, from time-honored classics like “The Exorcist” to contemporary chillers like “The Conjuring.”

15+ Scary Movies For Teens and Tweens

Movies are a great way to spend time with friends and family. But, sometimes, they can be too intense for younger viewers. Here is a list of 15 scary movies that are probably too intense for teens and tweens.

1. Halloween (1978) 7.7/10

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WriterJohn Carpenter
DirectorJohn Carpenter
Release DateJanuary 25, 1979
Where To WatchApple Tv+

It is Halloween night in 1963, and the year is 1963. There has been a call for police at 43 Lampkin Ln. only to find out that Judith Myers, who was 15 years old, had been stabbed to death by her younger brother Michael, who was only 6 years old. Myers escapes from the mental facility where he has been held for the previous 15 years the night before Halloween. The only person who knows what will take place on October 31, 1978, is Myers’ psychiatrist, Dr. Loomis, and no one else cares or wants to find out. He is aware that Michael will return to Haddonfield, but by the time the town notices it, it will be too late for the majority of the people that live there.

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2. Scream (1996) 7.4/10

Scream (1996).1
WriterKevin Williamson
DirectorWes Craven
Release DateMay 2, 1997
Where To WatchParamount+, Starz

Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell), along with her pals, began receiving mysterious phone calls approximately one year after the passing of her mother. They found out later that the calls originated from a deranged serial killer who wore a white face mask and a big black robe, and he was out for vengeance. His phone calls often consist of a number of inquiries, the most pressing of which is, “What is your preferred horror film?” Along with a lot of information about terrifying movies, it culminated with bloody fragments of innocent life being dispersed over the neighborhood of Woodsboro.

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3. The Cabin In The Woods (2011) 7/10

The Cabin in the Woods (2011).1
WriterJoss Whedon
DirectorDrew Goddard
Release DateApril 13, 2012
Where To WatchNetflix

Five young adults decide to spend the weekend in a remote cottage in the woods by themselves. When they arrived, they discovered that they were completely cut off from the rest of the world and had no way of connecting with anybody else. As soon as the door to the cellar flings open on its own, they head down there to look into the matter. They discover an unusual collection of artifacts and curiosities, but when one of the ladies, Dana, reads from a book, she reawakens a family of vicious zombie killers. However, there is a great deal more going on here than initially appears to be the case.

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4. Final Destination (2000) 6.7/10

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WriterGlen Morgan
DirectorJames Wong
Release DateMay 19, 2000
Where To WatchStarz, Apple Tv+

Alex is getting ready to board a plane for a school trip to France when all of a sudden he has a foreboding feeling that the jet is about to crash. Alex, along with a group of kids and his teacher, is hurled out of the plane just before it is about to explode, much to the shock and terror of everyone on board. As each of the survivors falls prey to Death’s scheme, it is up to Alex to figure out what he has in store. Alex must evade capture by the FBI at the same time as he is working to avert the next loss of life. The FBI is of the opinion that he was responsible for the explosion.

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5. Tucker and Dale vs Evil (2010) 7.5/10

Tucker and Dale vs Evil (2010)
WriterMorgan Jurgenson
DirectorEli Craig
Release DateDecember 9, 2010
Where To WatchApple Tv+

Two loving hillbillies are on their way to their holiday cottage, which is described as a “fixer-upper,” where they plan to fish, drink beer, and generally have a good time. However, things go from bad to worse for Tucker and Dale on their vacation when they come across a bunch of privileged college students who, based solely on their appearance, conclude that the two men must be inbred, chainsaw-wielding killers. This leads to a series of hilariously violent events.

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6. Evil Dead II (1987) 7.7/10

Evil Dead II (1987)
WriterScott Spiegel
DirectorSam Raimi
Release DateJune 26, 1987
Where To WatchStarz, Apple Tv+

Ashley Williams and his fiancée Linda go to a remote cabin in the woods, where they discover a cassette recording of a professor as well as a book of evil. This sets free a horde of malevolent spirits that harass Ash on a continuous basis. In the meantime, a journalist travels to the region in order to conduct research on the book of evil. The two of them will ultimately be forced to fight off this horde of evil until daybreak arrives.

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7. Army of Darkness (1992) 7.4/10

Army of Darkness (1992)
WriterIvan Raimi
DirectorSam Raimi
Release DateJune 11, 1993
Where To WatchApple Tv+

When Ash and his companions are transported to the year 1,300 A.D., Lord Arthur is waiting for them there, and he will sell them all into slavery along with Duke Henry the Red and a few of his warriors. Ash is respected by Arthur’s troops and vassals after he proves his mettle in a pit by vanquishing two monsters and earning their trust.

Although the Wiseman identifies Ash as The Chosen One who will collect the Necronomicon, Ash is merely concerned in going back to his own house. Ash makes the decision to go to the horrible country of the Deadites after discovering that the Necronomicon is the only option for him to journey back in time to his own time.

The Wiseman tells him that in order to obtain the corrupt book without risking his life, he must utter the phrase “Klaatu Barada Nikto.” However, Ash fails to remember the final phrase, which causes an army of the undead to rise from their graves and assault Arthur’s citadel in order to retrieve the Necronomicon. The war between the living and the dead is about to begin, and the only way for Ash and Arthur to be successful in vanquishing the army of darkness is with the assistance of Henry the Red.

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8. Midsommar (2019) 7.1/10

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WriterAri Aster
DirectorAri Aster
Release DateJuly 3, 2019
Where To WatchNetflix

Dani, played by Florence Pugh, and Christian, played by Jack Reynor, are a young couple from the United States whose relationship is on the verge of disintegrating. But after a family tragedy brings them back together, Christian extends an invitation to a bereaved Dani to travel with him and his friends to a once-in-a-lifetime midsummer festival in a distant Swedish village.

What starts out as a joyful summer vacation in the country of perpetual sunlight in Northern Europe takes a nasty turn when the insular villagers urge their guests to participate in activities that make the pastoral paradise increasingly uncomfortable and viscerally disturbing.

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9. Warm Bodies (2013) 6.8/10

Warm Bodies (2013)
WriterIsaac Marion
DirectorJonathan Levine
Release DateFebruary 8, 2013
Where To WatchStarz, Apple Tv+

R is a youthful, peculiarly reflective zombie in a world where most people are dead. R meets Julie as he is battling and eating with a human scavenger party, and he immediately feels the need to defend her. What follows is the start of an oddly comfortable friendship that gives R a chance to start reclaiming his humanity. As this shift affects more and more local zombies like a virus, Julie and R will have to deal with a more fundamental problem as their friendship is tested. R and Julie must find a way to unite the wary human forces and the vicious “Bonies,” zombies who pose a common danger, in order to achieve the better society no one ever imagined.

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10. Fright Night (2011) 7.1/10

Fright Night (2011)
WriterMarti Noxon
DirectorCraig Gillespie
Release DateSeptember 2, 2011
Where To WatchDisney+, Apple Tv+

When a new neighbor comes in next door, Charley learns he is an old vampire who preys on the community. Can he protect his community from the monster with the aid of the renowned “vampire hunter” Peter Vincent?

Edward “Evil Ed”. Lee is a teenager living in Las Vegas, Nevada. He claims that his new neighbor, Jerry Dandrige, is a vampire. When Charley discovers this, he tells Ed that he is crazy and does not want to be friends with him anymore. Charley, Jane, and Amy Peterson are possessed by a vampire named Jerry.

Peter refuses to help Charley after learning that his parents were killed by the same vampire (later revealed to be Jerry). However, he gives Charley a stake blessed by Saint Michael that will kill Jerry and turn all his victims back into humans. Charley and Peter are led to the basement of a vampire called Jerry. They are attacked by many of Jerry’s victims, including Amy. Peter is able to kill a few before his weapon backfires. Charley stabs Jerry in his visible heart, killing him and returning his victims to their human forms. Afterward, Charley and Amy have sex in Peter’s penthouse.

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11. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) 7.4/10

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WriterWes Craven
DirectorWes Craven
Release DateAugust 23, 1985
Where To WatchApple Tv+

In 1981, teenager Tina Gray awakened from a terrifying nightmare wherein a disfigured man wearing a blade-fixed glove attacked her in a boiler room. The next day, Nancy’s policeman father, Don Thompson, arrests Rod despite his pleas of innocence. Nancy visits Rod at the police station, describing Tina’s death and his recent nightmares about the same man stalking her in her dreams.

Nancy dreams of a man who kills her friend Rod by wrapping bed sheets around his neck, staging it as suicide via hanging. In her dream, Nancy sees the man prepare to kill Rod in his cell, but then he turns his attention toward her.

With the name “Fred Krueger” written on it, Nancy grabs the man’s fedora and pulls it into the real world. She tries to call Glen to warn him, but his father prevents her from speaking to him. Glen falls asleep and is killed by Krueger. Nancy rigs booby traps around the house, grabbing Krueger out of the dream and into the real world.

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12. Carrie (2013) 7.4/10

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WriterLawrence D. Cohen
DirectorKimberly Peirce
Release DateNovember 19, 2013
Where To WatchApple Tv+, Amazon Prime Video

After being pushed too far at her senior prom, a quiet girl, shunned by her peers and guarded by her devout mother, unleashes telekinetic havoc on her little community.

Disturbed religious fanatic Margaret White gives birth to a baby girl. She intends to kill the infant but changes her mind. Years later, her daughter Carrie nears her graduation from Ewen High School. While showering, Carrie experiences her first menstrual period and believes she is bleeding to death. She begins experiencing signs that point to her having telekinesis.

Sue and Chris conspire to humiliate Carrie at the prom. Carrie uses her powers to kill everyone but Miss Desjardin. The bucket falls onto Tommy’s head, killing him. Chris attempts to run Carrie over, but she lifts the car and throws it at a gas station. After the prom incident, Sue visits Carrie’s grave and vandalizes it with the words “Carrie White Bursts In Hell” and places white roses by the headstone.

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13. Split (2016) 7.3/10

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WriterM. Night Shyamalan
DirectorM. Night Shyamalan
Release DateJanuary 20, 2017
Where To WatchApple Tv+

Three young women are abducted by a man with 23 separate personalities. They must attempt to flee before the apparent arrival of a terrifying new 24th.

Kevin Wendell Crumb struggles with dissociative identity disorder (DID) rooted in his childhood abuse and abandonment history. Dr. Karen Fletcher is concerned when she realizes that “Dennis” has been impersonating “Barry” during their sessions. Dennis kidnaps three girls and locks them in a secret underground lair beneath the Philadelphia Zoo.

The girls try to escape by going through the vents, manipulating Kevin’s alters, and communicating via walkie-talkie. Kevin begs Casey to kill him, and she manages to shoot him twice before running out of ammo. Because she is pure, Patricia spares Casey’s life; she is rescued the following day by the police.

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14. It Follows (2014) 6.8/10

It Follows (2014).1
WriterDavid Robert Mitchell
DirectorDavid Robert Mitchell
Release DateFebruary 27, 2015
Where To WatchApple Tv+, Amazon Prime Video

After a sexual encounter, a young woman is followed by an unknown supernatural entity. A young woman named Annie flees from her house in fear, but there is no visible threat. She takes her parents’ car and drives to the beach, where she tearfully tells her Dad over the phone she loves him. By dawn, it is revealed that she had been brutally murdered. Jaime “Jay” Height goes on a date with her new boyfriend, Hugh, to the movies. Hugh explains that he has passed an entity onto her through intercourse.

Jay encounters an entity that began pursuing her after a one-night stand with Hugh Redmond. The group discovers Hugh’s real name – Jeff Redmond – and traces him to his address. Jay’s friends ward it off by breaking a chair over its body, and Jay shoots it several times until it falls over, but it recovers unharmed. The entity attacks Jay again, this time taking the form of a boy who lives next door to Jay. Jay sees the entity in the form of Greg’s half-naked mother knocking on his door before it jumps on Greg.

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15. Summer of 84 (2018) 6.7/10

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WriterMatt Leslie
DirectorFrançois Simard
Release DateAugust 10, 2018
Where To WatchApple Tv+

After thinking that their police officer’s neighbor is a serial killer, a group of teenagers spend the summer spying on him and collecting evidence, but as they get closer to the truth, the situation becomes increasingly hazardous.

A total of thirteen teenage boys have disappeared in Cape May, Oregon, over the course of a decade, but their disappearances have never been connected. The boys document Mackey’s daily routine and discover many suspicious activities. They present their evidence to Davey’s parents, who are outraged at the boys, calling their investigation vandalism.

One of the boys, Eats, discovers that the bags of soil he was carrying were actually for a city beautification project. The boys flee into the woods as Mackey pursues them but lose their footing on a corpse dump.

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16. Time Lapse (2014) 6.5/10

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WriterBp Cooper
DirectorBradley King
Release DateMay 15, 2015
Where To WatchApple Tv+, Amazon Prime Video

The film stars Finn (Matt O’Leary), a painter with a creative block, and his best friend Jasper (George Finn). A strange machine takes Polaroid photos of their living room’s picture window 24 hours in the future. After a week they get a disturbing photo of Callie kissing Jasper while Finn paints in the background. Jasper and Finn are forced to pose for photos with many event results for bookie Ivan to make bets on. Ivan’s goon, Marcus threatens all of them, but Jasper convinces him that tonight’s new photo is of Ivan’s death at Marcus’ hands.

Marcus, Finn, and Jasper kill their friend Mr. B to retrieve a photo that covers the next night, taken before his death. Dr. Heidecker theorizes that “time” did not kill him – he knocked over a coil in his storage unit, and it released gas. Jasper locks Finn in Mr. B’s storage unit and intends to prevent a paradox, ensuring the photo happens, no matter what. Finn discovers that the camera also takes a photo at 8 AM, a truth that Callie kept to herself. A fight ensues, culminating with Callie smashing Jasper’s head in.

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17. Frozen (2010) 6.2/10

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WriterAdam Green
DirectorAdam Green
Release DateMarch 25, 2010
Where To WatchApple Tv+

Three skiers caught on a chairlift are forced to make life-or-death decisions that are more dangerous than freezing to death in place.

Dan Walker, his girlfriend Parker O’Neil, and his best friend Joe Lynch are stuck on a ski lift at a ski resort. They convince the operator to let them go on one last run down the mountain before the resort closes. As they argue over how to escape, Dan jumps off the chair in an attempt to get help. The fall breaks both of his legs, and he is subsequently attacked and killed by a pack of wolves while his friends watch helplessly.

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