10 highly rated horror movies for the whole family

Monsterville (2015)

Nibblers (1986)

Witchcraft (1996)

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In contrast to the last article, we decided to please you with more moderate movies of the horror genre, which are suitable for family viewing as well.\nThere are few such movies, but they are still there, and in most cases they have high ratings. Let these movies are not too scary, but they are original and interesting, many of which are like dark fairy tales.

Monsterville (2015)

Original title: R.L. Stine’s Monsterville: Cabinet of Souls

Genre: horror, fantasy, comedy

Age limit: 15+

Score : Kinopoisk 5.3 out of 10 / IMDb 5.6 out of 10

The movie doesn’t have outrageous ratings, but it is quite interesting in its own right. It is a busy teen movie with a curious story that can be watched in a family circle. In the story, the Hall of Horrors arrives in the town of Danville . High school students decide to attend the show, in the process of which, one of the students – Beth discovers a strange room backstage. This room contains the captive souls of teenagers. And now only a group of friends can help them, otherwise, the souls will remain trapped forever.

Nibblers (1986)

Original title: Critters

Genre: horror, sci-fi, comedy

Age limit: 12+

Score : Kinopoisk 6.8 out of 10 / IMDb 6.1 out of 10

A funny horror movie that later spawned an entire franchise. This is a great example of a combination of three genres: sci-fi, horror and comedy, which you can watch with your family. The Nibblers are small furry creatures, but in ferocity no other beast on Earth can compare to them. They came to our planet to destroy civilization and started their journey from an ordinary farm in Kansas. Here they devour everything that meets on the way and, it would seem that no one can stop them. But, fortunately, there are still brave heroes in space who can save the inhabitants of our planet and destroy the catfish using their cunning plan.

Witchcraft (1996)

Original title: The Craft

Genre: horror, fantasy, thriller, drama

Age limit: 16+

Score : Kinopoisk 6.8 out of 10 / IMDb 6.4 out of 10

A kind of cult movie of the 90s in the best tradition of stories about witches and witchcraft for teenagers and for the whole family. In the center of events are three young high school witches, who are not respected even in their own school. Soon a fourth witch appears in their class and joins the company of her friends. Now, as the spell says, they have the opportunity to get even with their ill-wishers. And now the witchy four, having gained strength, does not give down half of the city. But are games with dark magic so harmless? The heroines have yet to find out on their own experience.

The Warmth of Our Bodies (2013)

Original title: Warm Bodies

Genre: comedy, melodrama, horror

Age limit: 12+

Score : Kinopoisk 6.9 out of 10 / IMDb 6.8 out of 10

Most horror movies are hard to call kind and positive, but The Warmth of Our Bodies is definitely an exception to the rule. This is not a canonical zombie horror, with an original story that will give a lot of positive emotions. According to the plot, the world has long been engulfed by the living dead, and people not infected with the zombie virus are a minority and with great difficulty hold the defense. The change in the world begins after one of the zombies instead of eating a live girl saves her. Soon a true friendship develops between them, which could be the key to saving a world drowning in chaos.

Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)

Original title: Gremlins 2: The New Batch

Genre: fantasy, comedy, horror

Age limit: 12+

Score : Kinopoisk 6.9 out of 10 / IMDb 6.4 out of 10

The second part of the famous movie Gremlins 1984, which in its time was loved by many. Of course, the sequel is inferior to the original, but it can still be considered funny, fun, dynamic and spectacular. In the movie you can meet the same key characters as in the original. In addition, the end of the movie can be called unexpected. The movie continues the story of the first part, but develops six years after the first invasion of gremlins. This time the movie is set in the huge city of New York and takes on a much larger scale than what happened six years ago.

Witches (1990)

Original title: The Witches

Genre: horror, family, adventure, detective, comedy, fantasy

Age limit: 16+

Score : Kinopoisk 7.0 out of 10 / IMDb 6.8 out of 10

The movie rightfully belongs to the representative of the genre of dark fantasy, which is quite possible to watch even in the family. This is a scary fairy tale, which is based on the children’s novel of the same name by Roald Dahl. In the story grandmother Helda tells her nine-year-old grandson Luke tales about witches, not even realizing that they are closer than it seems. The supreme witch intends to destroy the children by using a witch potion. So Luke becomes a victim of the villain and turns into a mouse. But the boy does not intend to give up at all. He plans to gather his strength and save not only himself, but also other children in trouble.

Gremlins (1984)

Original title: Gremlins

Genre: comedy, horror, sci-fi

Age limit: 16+

Score : Kinopoisk 7.3 out of 10 / IMDb 7.4 out of 10

This is the first, and, we can say, the cult part of the comedy-fantasy movie Gremlins, which many people remember from their childhood. The movie is not badly filmed, still retains relevance and is able to scare … but not too much, so it is suitable for family viewing. Mugwai is an adorable fluffy animal that can make anyone teary eyed. But even this cute creature can bring a huge amount of problems if you don’t follow the rules. But the rules are simple: you can’t splash water on the animal, it can die from sunlight, but … something really scary can happen if you feed it after midnight.

The Scarecrows (1996)

Original title: The Frighteners

Genre: horror, fantasy, comedy

Age limit: 16+

Score : CinemaPoisk 7.6 out of 10 / IMDb 7.1 out of 10

A funny horror comedy with fantasy elements from director Peter Jackson, whose name speaks for itself. The movie is especially good for those who like horror about ghosts. The main character, after his wife dies in a car accident, discovers that he is able to talk to the dead. He decides to use this for his own purposes and for a fee gets rid of ghosts at home, which he himself had previously put there. But one day the hero faces a dangerous opponent and turns out to be the only one who can stop the evil spirit and save the dead and the living.

Ouija (1967)

Original title: Viy

Genre: horror, fantasy, drama

Age limit: 12+

Score : Kinopoisk 7.9 out of 10 / IMDb 7.2 out of 10

Domestic horror movie that has become an immortal classic, which is worth watching with your family. It is based on the famous mystical story by Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol Viy, which is known for a hundred years and is familiar to almost everyone in our country and not only. The main character of the movie is Homa Brutus. He is a student-philosopher, who will have to spend exactly three nights in the local wooden church at the hump with a dead pannochka. For all three days, the student will recite prayers next to the dead woman’s body. But in the village there are terrible rumors that the girl was a witch. And for the hero this task really becomes a huge test.

Sleepy Hollow (1999)

Original title: Sleepy Hollow

Genre: detective, horror, fantasy, thriller

Age limit: 16+

Score : Kinopoisk 7.9 out of 10 / IMDb 7.3 out of 10

Gothic fantasy detective with elements of thriller and horror, which looks more like a scary fairy tale, from the famous director Tim Burton. The events of the movie unfold in New York in 1799. Constable Ichabod Crane goes to a place called Sleepy Hollow to investigate mysterious murders. The locals claim that all the victims were killed by a headless horseman and soon the hero is horrified to find out that this is true! The killer really comes from the other world and it turns out that there are witches and other evil things involved. The horseman cannot be killed with a bullet and therefore it will not be so easy to cope with him.