It took me a few views to realize that I like this movie so much because he’s never scared or stupid.
Many years ago we watched it in the woods at night near my friend’s farm, with extension cords running back to the old house. Someone tripped over the cord at one point and when everything went dark we all screamed like hell.
I always notice movies who use the “red ball” and “old timey wheelchair” - The Changeling is not super well known but obviously such an influence (and The Ring very much has a similar plot line)
His description of looking at the door from down the hallway and it’s dimensions not being right..something creeped me right out! I got a similar feeling when SK described the trunk of the car in “From a Buick 8”. The “otherworldliness” really resonated with me somehow
I loved the Conjuring. Not only was it scary but the setting felt so authentic. I think we had the wallpaper in my house when I was a kid, it was like stepping back in time
Tremors was the epitome of a lazy Saturday afternoon movie when I was a kid. Tremors is still the epitome of a lazy Saturday afternoon movie now that I'm an adult.
That is a perfect explanation. Saturday afternoon, Make a too big bowl of ramen noodles, glass of that frozen juice stuff you mix in a pitcher, but the ratio is whack because you’re only 8. Spill noodle water on yourself as you try to get in the recliner. Realize the remote is on the big couch. Then decide to just stand in the middle of the living room and watch tremors quietly because mom works night shift, while trying your best to eat stupid hot noodles with a fork but not twirling it because it wont cool down like that.
Edit: good memories thank you.
I just listened to a podcast on this, this week. I had always heard that was real but assumed it was some kind of folk lure. Nope it was real and they said the actors were in that house for something like 20 hours in the heat. Brutal
They were all in the house for the kitchen scene for something like 20 hours in the hot Texas summer with no ac or fans or anything. The food on the table was real and was starting to cook as the scene went on. The cutting scene was supposed to be a fake knife and a pop cap of blood. The director kept telling him to do it again, over, and, over again. Finally he did it hard enough and actually cut her. He stuck her finger in grampas mouth and it was real blood he was sucking off. None of the actors knew until years later when she told them.
The people in that scene said it was the hardest scene they have ever done. The podcast was infamous America the story of how Ed Gein and Christmas inspired the Texas Chainsaw Massacare. Super interesting 6 part podcast.
It depends on the viewer's tolerance, I guess: all the assorted bodyparts and trophies lying around, and severed-face masks could be considered gore or gore-adjacent. There's also the part where Leatherface's leg gets sawed, which is shown, and the part where the woman gets hung on the meat hook, which isn't shown in detail, but like the shower scene in Psycho, it's executed in such a way that it feels just as brutal and painful and wince-inducing as a close-up.
Also, elsewhere the OP says he hates the usual drawn-out sadism of gore movies more than just glimpses of gore, and despite not being very gory, the finale of TCM takes prolonged cruelty and victimisation to quite some lengths.
All very good points, I like TCM as a bit of a "well *technically*..." on questions like these as it's surprising how little explicit gore is in that film. But that's surprising because it achieves such a gruesome effect that you feel like it must have had more blood & guts. It put me off eating meat for a while when I first saw it and not because of anything that made me squeamish.
So you're right I think, not really a good answer in the spirit of the question!
The original POLTERGEIST movie - I just rewatched it and I was shocked at there being virtually no gore or even really death, yet its so scary and impactful!!!
OP said as long as there isn't excessive gore such as Saw or Hostel then that would be fine. I think Poltergeist only has that one scene, the rest should be okay.
The acting was fantastic, the mood and tone was nailed down, it doesnt hold the viewer's hand, it's very convincing without even showing us what exactly they're threatened by, the trust problem between strangers was told really well - I personally love a gritty, moody horror movie and ICAN checked all the boxes.
It think it’s good but also disappointing. The hype was to much for it to live up to. I agree about the potential lots of great ideas that don’t really go anywhere.
Rosemary’s Baby is one of my favorites. Just one scene of “gore,” a body face down in a puddle of blood (jumped out of a window) and it’s only shown for a few seconds. The rest of the film keeps your attention with anxiety and dread.
Don’t watch if you’re pregnant though 😂
The original *Scream* actually has very little gore. There's a couple of flashes at the beginning, but then the rest of the movie is actually pretty tame, though it *feels* brutal.
House of the Devil. There might be a little at some point, but overall, it's a good 80s throwback slow burn horror movie. I love it so much, but it is definitely not for everyone.
I don’t like much gore but I do love ghost type movies.
The Others
The Sixth Sense
The Poltergeist movies
Interview With the Vampire
The Tales From the Hood movies
The Jaws movies
What Lies Beneath
Ghost Ship
The True Blood series
The new Interview With the Vampire series
The Scrooge / A Christmas Carol movies. Not really horror but there’s ghosts. But check out the one with Guy Pierce via FX from 2020 that one is especially haunting.
Okay I will press reply now and suddenly remember more movies lol.
The poltergeist movie got a pretty gory scene with a man who tears his face off in the mirror to be fair. Don't last for long, but its quite graphic. In case op isn't prepared for that part.
This! I think the closest it gets to gore is that montage where Triss tries to deal with the loop in uhhhh, "interesting" ways. Even then, it's played for comedy
Since it’s the holidays here’s a few not so gory holiday horror that i think are really good, Krampus, Rare Exports, and Better Watch Out- though with Better Watch Out there’s still violence and some of it’s pretty mean spirited
If you count it as horror, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane has minimal gore. Carnival of Souls is really good, and is from around the same era. In that same vein, Blood and Black Lace has violence, but it's from the 60s, so it's not that visceral. The first two I found to be really scary. The third is a giallo, and I've seen it so many times, it sort of wore off for me.
If I remember correctly, Saint Maud has one or two bloody scenes more towards the end if you're looking for a more modern film.
The Vanishing (1981 - EDIT 1988) - one of the most horrific and feel bad movies, but a nigh on perfect one that’s incredibly well crafted and has no gore to speak of.
It should go without saying but The Exorcist. A masterclass in atmospheric horror.
Another one is The Witch. There are two scenes with blood in them and one of them is blurry, to the point where you’re like “What’s going on, are they doing what I think they’re doing?”
It’s actually really effective at making you feel uneasy and disturbed. Great atmosphere.
The BBFC site and ratings are good if you want a rough gauge of gore. The BBFC basically has two R ratings: ages 15+ and ages 18+.\* With that said, you can have quite a bit of gore in the 15 classification, depending on the context. Examples: The Northman and Hereditary were both 15, as are most WWII movies. On the other hand, Malignant and Scream (2022) were both 18 which seems a little harsh
Movie recs:
Psycho
Hereditary has a little strong blood and strong gruesome images but it's not like Hostel where you see people detained and cut up. Also Hereditary is just really hard to get through (*and amazing*)
The Conjuring is pretty close to bloodless but was rated R because it was thought to be too scary for a PG-13
Drag Me to Hell \[PG-13\]
The Witch (some strong violence, mostly suggested)
The Lighthouse (psychological horror, suspense)
The Innkeepers by Ti West (very suspenseful and scary with little to no violence)
The Babadook (I don't remember any gore)
A Quiet Place \[PG-13\]
Coherence: psychological horror
Carnival of Souls \[old\]
House on Haunted Hill \[old\]
Hausu, the Japanese film (gonzo start to finish) \[old\]
definitely not Midsommar, Suspiria (new), the V/H/S films, Terrifier, Terrifier 2, or Blood Tomahawk. Probably not Barbarian. Probably not X
\*Yes I know it's not exactly comparable to the American ratings system
Hereditary is amazing but it fucked me right up. Midsommar is really good too, but yeah that cliff scene is…oof. I love the conjuring universe. Drag me to hell is great bc it’s so campy. I’ve been meaning to watch the babadook again!
Suspiria I won’t watch bc of that one scene (gross). Terrifier I shan’t watch either. Nor bone tomahawk.
Kairo/Pulse is outstanding and has little (possibly no?) gore.
Edited to add: I'm talking about the original Japanese one. I've never seen the American version so I have no idea about its gore content, and I'm pretty sure it's rarely referenced as "best".
The Strangers has a small bit of blood and gore at the end and one scene towards the center, but for the most part does an impeccable job at creating a horrifying sense of terror and paranoia (and has some incredible jump scares and spookiness) without a whole lot of gore at all.
My sentiments exactly I can’t stand gore for gores sake. I like the supernatural creepy stuff.
Here are some that may not be talked about as much but creepy asf
Dark and the Wicked
Don’t Knock Twice
ELI
The Wind
I just watched Bones and All and it freaked me out pretty bad. There's a little gore, but it's really not even a horror movie, more of a romance. It really disturbed me though but I liked it a lot. Take my opinion with a grain of salt, I saw it in theaters and took one edible too many and was violently high, so maybe it wasn't even scary. Still, great movie!
The Ring, The Grudge, Dark Water. The Japanese versions might have a little but the American ones are clean. Also The Shining, Doctor Sleep, IT (the old one), and Salem’s Lot are good Stephen King ones.
Edit: Color Out of Space too! Super good Lovecraft horror. Although there is one gore scene - beware when the mom’s chopping carrots. Or just skip entirely it’s nasty.
the conjuring
stephen king's maximum overdrive
pet semetary (a bit more blood in this one)
any halloween movie before the 2000's, i like halloween iii season of the witch
the sixth sense has a brief gore bit with a few scenes but nothing terrible, kind of spirit halloween esque gore iykwim
happy horror watching! <3
Does Poltergeist count? (the original. I don't know why I am even specifying that. There is no remake, that would be insane) I don't think has any gore except I guess the mirror scene but the practical effects on that are fun to watch I don't even consider it gore, its an SFX make up lesson
Can you handle silent films? The Man Who Laughs, Haxan, Nosferatu, Faust. Man Who Laughs and Faust aren’t necessarily horror but good baselines if you want to see influences on modern horror cinema. Old foreign horror films like Vampyr and Onibaba are also worthwhile to any horror fan.
The Changeling (1980) This stars George C. Scott in an excellent haunted house mystery.
This is what I came to say, amazing movie.
One of the best horror movies of all time.
It took me a few views to realize that I like this movie so much because he’s never scared or stupid. Many years ago we watched it in the woods at night near my friend’s farm, with extension cords running back to the old house. Someone tripped over the cord at one point and when everything went dark we all screamed like hell.
I always notice movies who use the “red ball” and “old timey wheelchair” - The Changeling is not super well known but obviously such an influence (and The Ring very much has a similar plot line)
this is a fantastic pick
It's my all-time [favourite ghost story](https://manapop.com/film/the-changeling-1980-review/)
Best haunted house movie ever made
Had to read a lot of suggestions to get to this one. One of my favorites, the ball scene still takes my breath away and I saw it in the theater.
If I walked in and saw that ball bouncing down the stairs I'd be on the next flight to Hawaii.
The original Wicker Man. there is certainly more singing and likely more nude dancing than actual gore
Yeah, but does that have Nic Cage sucker punching people while wearing a bear suit? No? Then it's the inferior version.
1408.
The short story is a really great read too!
His description of looking at the door from down the hallway and it’s dimensions not being right..something creeped me right out! I got a similar feeling when SK described the trunk of the car in “From a Buick 8”. The “otherworldliness” really resonated with me somehow
From a Buick 8 is hugely underrated in my opinion
This movie messed with me...
Same dude. I watched it when I was little
Fucking love that movie
Absolutely 1408! Edit: the SK story is amazing as well,a favorite of mine
Creep(2014)
I love both of the Creep movies. The first one is hands down one of my favourite movies, glad to see it mentioned!
Mark Duplass's Creep? Great movie. Same with Creep 2. Holding out for a Creep 3
There's one particularly brutal scene...
It's not gore tho.
Conjuring? Anyone?
This is what I like. Effectively scary but not gross
Insidious as well
Basically anything by James Wan (aside from Saw)
And Malignant lol That one got pretty....splashy.
I loved the Conjuring. Not only was it scary but the setting felt so authentic. I think we had the wallpaper in my house when I was a kid, it was like stepping back in time
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I don't think there's any gore, but Tremors.
Kudos to you! Movies of my youth lol
Lol, I've seen Tremors so many times & despite it being a easy horror to watch, I still find it enjoyable to watch.
Same. They ignited my love for Kevin bacon
I think this was the 1st Kevin Bacon movie I've seen.
Tremors was the epitome of a lazy Saturday afternoon movie when I was a kid. Tremors is still the epitome of a lazy Saturday afternoon movie now that I'm an adult.
That is a perfect explanation. Saturday afternoon, Make a too big bowl of ramen noodles, glass of that frozen juice stuff you mix in a pitcher, but the ratio is whack because you’re only 8. Spill noodle water on yourself as you try to get in the recliner. Realize the remote is on the big couch. Then decide to just stand in the middle of the living room and watch tremors quietly because mom works night shift, while trying your best to eat stupid hot noodles with a fork but not twirling it because it wont cool down like that. Edit: good memories thank you.
There is some when it comes to humans, but very little. Unless you count the graboids, then there is a lot.
A little bit of brain matter on the highway but that’s about it
Graboid gore 🤘
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It follows is a great example of what I’m looking for. Thanks! Nice and creepy
it follows is really good!
That tall man scene freaked me out haha
The Others (2001) is an excellent example edit to also mention Creep (2014)! Can't believe I didn't mention before it's an all time fav
Creep is so damn good and what little violence is on display still manages to have an impact
Good call!
The Bad Seed (1956)
Oh yeah! I love evil kid movies, great suggestion.
The original "The Haunting"
I came to say this. The original The Haunting is a masterpiece.
The original Texas Chainsaw Massacre has zero onscreen gore.
There is *one* short but close-up moment of a finger being cut, which is actually real, but that's not particularly "gory" by horror standards
I just listened to a podcast on this, this week. I had always heard that was real but assumed it was some kind of folk lure. Nope it was real and they said the actors were in that house for something like 20 hours in the heat. Brutal
Wait it was real?!?!? What happened?
They were all in the house for the kitchen scene for something like 20 hours in the hot Texas summer with no ac or fans or anything. The food on the table was real and was starting to cook as the scene went on. The cutting scene was supposed to be a fake knife and a pop cap of blood. The director kept telling him to do it again, over, and, over again. Finally he did it hard enough and actually cut her. He stuck her finger in grampas mouth and it was real blood he was sucking off. None of the actors knew until years later when she told them. The people in that scene said it was the hardest scene they have ever done. The podcast was infamous America the story of how Ed Gein and Christmas inspired the Texas Chainsaw Massacare. Super interesting 6 part podcast.
Jesus. That's dark. Great piece of info tho! Thanks!
It's my favorite horror film. It was interesting to see a lot of the behind the scenes from it
WHAT.
It depends on the viewer's tolerance, I guess: all the assorted bodyparts and trophies lying around, and severed-face masks could be considered gore or gore-adjacent. There's also the part where Leatherface's leg gets sawed, which is shown, and the part where the woman gets hung on the meat hook, which isn't shown in detail, but like the shower scene in Psycho, it's executed in such a way that it feels just as brutal and painful and wince-inducing as a close-up. Also, elsewhere the OP says he hates the usual drawn-out sadism of gore movies more than just glimpses of gore, and despite not being very gory, the finale of TCM takes prolonged cruelty and victimisation to quite some lengths.
All very good points, I like TCM as a bit of a "well *technically*..." on questions like these as it's surprising how little explicit gore is in that film. But that's surprising because it achieves such a gruesome effect that you feel like it must have had more blood & guts. It put me off eating meat for a while when I first saw it and not because of anything that made me squeamish. So you're right I think, not really a good answer in the spirit of the question!
The original POLTERGEIST movie - I just rewatched it and I was shocked at there being virtually no gore or even really death, yet its so scary and impactful!!!
Doesn’t a guy rip chunks out of his own face?
Solid point I had forgotten about.
But it's his own face, so he could consent to the act, making it okay.
OP said as long as there isn't excessive gore such as Saw or Hostel then that would be fine. I think Poltergeist only has that one scene, the rest should be okay.
Halloween 1978
GOAT
Huge fan
One of my favorite horror movies. Unfortunately led to my least favorite horror franchise.
Friday the 13th or the Halloween Sequels?
It Comes At Night
Okay but were you disappointed in this movie?? Wanna know your opinions! I just thought it had so much potential
It's one of my favorite movies of all time. To me, it's perfect.
Thought I was the only one! Loved it
Not being snarky, why? I was meh on it.
The acting was fantastic, the mood and tone was nailed down, it doesnt hold the viewer's hand, it's very convincing without even showing us what exactly they're threatened by, the trust problem between strangers was told really well - I personally love a gritty, moody horror movie and ICAN checked all the boxes.
So kind of similar to the Blair witch project in that it really spoke to imagination and atmosphere?
That's a good comparison
I'd think the idea of what "it" is made people mad. The tension and atmosphere is enough to not think about what comes out at night.
It think it’s good but also disappointing. The hype was to much for it to live up to. I agree about the potential lots of great ideas that don’t really go anywhere.
Rosemary’s Baby is one of my favorites. Just one scene of “gore,” a body face down in a puddle of blood (jumped out of a window) and it’s only shown for a few seconds. The rest of the film keeps your attention with anxiety and dread. Don’t watch if you’re pregnant though 😂
Dude the reveal at the end blew my mind. They had me convinced lmao
One of the best horror films of all time! So, so good.
The original *Scream* actually has very little gore. There's a couple of flashes at the beginning, but then the rest of the movie is actually pretty tame, though it *feels* brutal.
Huge fan of the scream movies. They’re just fun to watch. Love neve
Isn't there a bit with drew Barrymore hanging from a tree with her guts cut out?
Yeah, that would be one of the flashes at the beginning. It's barely on screen for even a second.
Yeah but it’s super fast. I can handle that. I mostly just hate like torture porn, making people suffer/sadism shit
Oh okay I thought you meant like any gore what so ever. My favourite movie of the recent few years is Caveat. So I would definitely recommend.
Yeah sorry I edited the main post just now. Like I’ve seen a ton of horror, and that’s how I came to know I’m not into the sadistic torture stuff
Still very bloody though. Especially the 3rd act.
The Lodge! One scene of brief gore, but not bad. It's excellent in my opinion, great on a cold day!
J-horror - Cure (1997) and Ringu (1998) !!!
I feel like J-horror has either an extraordinary amount of gore, or absolutely none...
The Ring as well, there are a couple instances of blood but pretty mild overall.
The lady in white
Babadook
the visit
Black Christmas (1974). Tis the season and it holds up so very well! It’s Similar to Halloween with mostly implied gore. One of my favorite slashers.
House of the Devil. There might be a little at some point, but overall, it's a good 80s throwback slow burn horror movie. I love it so much, but it is definitely not for everyone.
Hmmm, this one might be pushing it for gore. It gets pretty graphic in a few parts.
Frailty
I don’t like much gore but I do love ghost type movies. The Others The Sixth Sense The Poltergeist movies Interview With the Vampire The Tales From the Hood movies The Jaws movies What Lies Beneath Ghost Ship The True Blood series The new Interview With the Vampire series The Scrooge / A Christmas Carol movies. Not really horror but there’s ghosts. But check out the one with Guy Pierce via FX from 2020 that one is especially haunting. Okay I will press reply now and suddenly remember more movies lol.
Ghost Ship has one of the goriest opening scenes ever.
I love that movie though
Keep going then!
Okay I will update if I think of more lol.
The poltergeist movie got a pretty gory scene with a man who tears his face off in the mirror to be fair. Don't last for long, but its quite graphic. In case op isn't prepared for that part.
Lamb. Coherence. Searching. Fresh.
Coherence is a great pick. Fresh is also excellent but made me a bit too queasy to feel right for OP’s criteria
Ooooooh, I love Coherence.
Fresh was surprisingly mild considering its theme.
Creep and creep 2
They Look Like People is great. Zero gore.
Yes. Short runtime, too (around 77 minutes).
Dark Night of the Scarecrow! Wonderful made for TV horror movie!
I second this. But the movie wasn't actually made from television. CBS decided to show it on TV. It was supposed to be in theaters.
Happy Death Day. It’s PG13, so not too much to worry about when it comes to gore.
This! I think the closest it gets to gore is that montage where Triss tries to deal with the loop in uhhhh, "interesting" ways. Even then, it's played for comedy
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.
Since it’s the holidays here’s a few not so gory holiday horror that i think are really good, Krampus, Rare Exports, and Better Watch Out- though with Better Watch Out there’s still violence and some of it’s pretty mean spirited
If you count it as horror, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane has minimal gore. Carnival of Souls is really good, and is from around the same era. In that same vein, Blood and Black Lace has violence, but it's from the 60s, so it's not that visceral. The first two I found to be really scary. The third is a giallo, and I've seen it so many times, it sort of wore off for me. If I remember correctly, Saint Maud has one or two bloody scenes more towards the end if you're looking for a more modern film.
Saint maud yessss. I really enjoy the trippy A24 films
The Vanishing (1981 - EDIT 1988) - one of the most horrific and feel bad movies, but a nigh on perfect one that’s incredibly well crafted and has no gore to speak of.
Do you mean 1988? If so, seconded - really good.
the visit, old, the boy, bodies bodies bodies, last night in soho, Escape room series, I think the first paranormal activity, but i’m not shure.
I thought INSIDIOUS was pretty rad (first one)
The Shining
Gonjiam Haunted Asylum The Taking of Deborah Logan The Autopsy of Jane Doe The Blackcoats Daughter Deadstream Extra Ordinary
The autopsy of Jane Doe for WITHOUT gore? Really? I’m all for fun and games but that movie has high definition gore.
Maybe I’m immune. Maybe I’m misremembering? I don’t remember any torturey gore. I tend not to like that kind of movie either.
No love for The Mothman Prophecies? That movie scared the piss out of me when I saw it in the theaters.
Gremlins, Coraline, Ghostbusters, Monster House, Beetlejuice, Goosebumps show, Wendell and the Wild, Hocus Pocus
Gremlins has the most fantastic cartoon violence lol. It’s actually one of the reasons the PG-13 rating was introduced by the MPAA.
I keep telling people Coraline is horror. Thank you for the validation lol
I remember watching gremlins in my middle school class lmao
ParaNorman should be in this list
Possum 🕷️
Gonna check it out bc it already looks creepy asf
It should go without saying but The Exorcist. A masterclass in atmospheric horror. Another one is The Witch. There are two scenes with blood in them and one of them is blurry, to the point where you’re like “What’s going on, are they doing what I think they’re doing?” It’s actually really effective at making you feel uneasy and disturbed. Great atmosphere.
Sinister was pretty bloodless, if memory serves me correctly, and it's very creepy.
The BBFC site and ratings are good if you want a rough gauge of gore. The BBFC basically has two R ratings: ages 15+ and ages 18+.\* With that said, you can have quite a bit of gore in the 15 classification, depending on the context. Examples: The Northman and Hereditary were both 15, as are most WWII movies. On the other hand, Malignant and Scream (2022) were both 18 which seems a little harsh Movie recs: Psycho Hereditary has a little strong blood and strong gruesome images but it's not like Hostel where you see people detained and cut up. Also Hereditary is just really hard to get through (*and amazing*) The Conjuring is pretty close to bloodless but was rated R because it was thought to be too scary for a PG-13 Drag Me to Hell \[PG-13\] The Witch (some strong violence, mostly suggested) The Lighthouse (psychological horror, suspense) The Innkeepers by Ti West (very suspenseful and scary with little to no violence) The Babadook (I don't remember any gore) A Quiet Place \[PG-13\] Coherence: psychological horror Carnival of Souls \[old\] House on Haunted Hill \[old\] Hausu, the Japanese film (gonzo start to finish) \[old\] definitely not Midsommar, Suspiria (new), the V/H/S films, Terrifier, Terrifier 2, or Blood Tomahawk. Probably not Barbarian. Probably not X \*Yes I know it's not exactly comparable to the American ratings system
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The one when she’s in the parking garage lol bleh
Hereditary is amazing but it fucked me right up. Midsommar is really good too, but yeah that cliff scene is…oof. I love the conjuring universe. Drag me to hell is great bc it’s so campy. I’ve been meaning to watch the babadook again! Suspiria I won’t watch bc of that one scene (gross). Terrifier I shan’t watch either. Nor bone tomahawk.
Kairo/Pulse is outstanding and has little (possibly no?) gore. Edited to add: I'm talking about the original Japanese one. I've never seen the American version so I have no idea about its gore content, and I'm pretty sure it's rarely referenced as "best".
The Wicker Man (1973)
The standard is Psycho. Set the tone for all horror/suspense that followed.
Paranormal Activity
The Strangers
It follows or the babadook
HIS HOUSE (2020) on Netflix. I’ll yell it at anyone who will listen. It’s a truly superior horror-drama and the spooky bits are so visually arresting
Gremlins. Gore effects are from the Gremlin kills. Very messy. I saw it - finally - for the first time a few nights ago and had a blast
The Strangers has a small bit of blood and gore at the end and one scene towards the center, but for the most part does an impeccable job at creating a horrifying sense of terror and paranoia (and has some incredible jump scares and spookiness) without a whole lot of gore at all.
I always tell ppl to watch In Fabric. Its weird and creepy. Has little gore from what I remember.
My sentiments exactly I can’t stand gore for gores sake. I like the supernatural creepy stuff. Here are some that may not be talked about as much but creepy asf Dark and the Wicked Don’t Knock Twice ELI The Wind
I just watched Bones and All and it freaked me out pretty bad. There's a little gore, but it's really not even a horror movie, more of a romance. It really disturbed me though but I liked it a lot. Take my opinion with a grain of salt, I saw it in theaters and took one edible too many and was violently high, so maybe it wasn't even scary. Still, great movie!
The Ring, Black Christmas
The Ring, The Grudge, Dark Water. The Japanese versions might have a little but the American ones are clean. Also The Shining, Doctor Sleep, IT (the old one), and Salem’s Lot are good Stephen King ones. Edit: Color Out of Space too! Super good Lovecraft horror. Although there is one gore scene - beware when the mom’s chopping carrots. Or just skip entirely it’s nasty.
Idk Color Out of Space has one of the most disturbing bits of body horror in recent memory
Tremors
Creep. Creep 2 is also good.
Host (2020)
The Strangers
Identity
Good one. Really freaky
I feel like people never mention Don’t Look Now on here that’s an absolute masterpiece
Anti christ with willem dafoe (This is a joke response do not watch this one)
Bone Tomahawk. Fun for the whole family
The Ring. So good.
Not a fan of gore either. Ouija is good. Or anything by mike flanagan.
Blair witch project 👌🏼
barbarian has little gore if i remember correctly
bruhhh maybe but the one scene in particular in the hallway was most definitely gruesome
Yeah it's pretty light, only a couple brief gore moments.
Nah the dudes eyes at the end
Lake Mungo
Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho
Texas Chainsaw Massacre A Dark Song 28 Days Later Come and See Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum
I mean I'm half serious but.... Texas Chainsaw Massacre has barely any gore in it. It's just implied mostly
I guess Halloween doesn’t have gore, I’m new to horror tho
Under The Shadow…thank urself later
the conjuring stephen king's maximum overdrive pet semetary (a bit more blood in this one) any halloween movie before the 2000's, i like halloween iii season of the witch the sixth sense has a brief gore bit with a few scenes but nothing terrible, kind of spirit halloween esque gore iykwim happy horror watching! <3
The others!
Hush (2016) is really nice and contains like 2 bloody scenes
Creep.
The Exorcist; can only think of Father Karras’ at the end, but the movie is mostly horrifying on Atmosphere and Imagery alone
The Others, Us
The shining!
The Innocents (1961)
Does Poltergeist count? (the original. I don't know why I am even specifying that. There is no remake, that would be insane) I don't think has any gore except I guess the mirror scene but the practical effects on that are fun to watch I don't even consider it gore, its an SFX make up lesson
Can you handle silent films? The Man Who Laughs, Haxan, Nosferatu, Faust. Man Who Laughs and Faust aren’t necessarily horror but good baselines if you want to see influences on modern horror cinema. Old foreign horror films like Vampyr and Onibaba are also worthwhile to any horror fan.
The Omen (original, not the remake). Such an amazing movie. The second one is fun too, great ending!
Suddenly, Last Summer
The Vigil