The 30 Best PG-13 Horror And Scariest Movies To Watch Now

What are some good horror movies with a PG-13 rating? The most popular horror film PG-13 keeps the fright coming from PG-13. Usually, horror movies are the ones that scare people.

This generally means focusing on visual and visceral options rated R, restricted &/or restricted to people older than 17. However, PG-13 has a long history of helping parents, and censors allow youth to watch PG-rating movies.

Here is a list you can enjoy!

30. Drag Me to Hell

Release Year: (2009)
Director: Sam Raimi
Cast: Alison Lohman, Justin Long, Lorna Raver, Dileep Rao
Ratings: 92%
Available at: Prime Videos, Apple TV

Drag Me to Hell has an average PG-13 rating for me. After a five-year web-slinging stint with the Spiderman series Sam Raimi stepped back into horror and brought back his kinetic ferocity, spitball humor, and gross-out gag.

Then again, in “Drag Me into Hell,” Raimi took the realm of demons to the Earth. Talk of older women and supernatural forces working in the viewer’s head. This R-rated classic will bring out emotional catharsis with its thematic material and gore gags.

29. Devil

Release Year: (2010)
Director: John Erick Dowdle
Cast: Chris Messina, Logan Marshall-Green, Geoffrey Arend
Ratings: 49%
Available at: Prime Videos, Apple TV, VUDU

The gang is trapped in an elevator with an evil spirit in it. In extreme and frightening events, the viewer must guess what unholy killer picked them off and how he picked them.

The story of the Devil offers an exciting concept that attracts audience participation and possesses quite an uncommon depth of theology. It may not have Harrison Ford and an alien invasion with partial nudity, but it got star power to dazzle a young boy and his friends!

28. The Grudge

Release Year: (2004)
Director: Takashi Shimizu
Cast: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jason Behr, William Mapother
Ratings: 40%
Available at: Prime Video

This story is about the story of our dearest friend, Karen Davis. In this case, she must confront a supernatural spirit that possesses all its victims and sometimes entails their untimely death. After numerous unavoidable and unexpected deaths, Karen has pledged not to repeat it.

The film was remade by director Takashi Shimizus Japanese Horror Film in 2002 called Ju-On: The Grudge. It shows personal tragedy, terrifying events, and some sexual references.

Don’t expect to see ghosts walking or sinister spider species with two photosensitive children walking around!

27. The Others

Release Year: (2001)
Director: Alejandro Amenábar
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Christopher Eccleston, Alakina Mann
Ratings: 84%
Available at: Prime Videos, Apple TV, VUDU

Alejandro Amenábar’s first English language film is a beautiful, elegant horror film with the kind of inherited talent which won him the almost unheard-of horror award recognition – led by Nicole Kidman’s commanding performance.

Kidman, a frightened mother of two photosensitive daughters, transports the audience through the freezing corridors during the night with compelling performances. The skeptical writer is making their way like Radcliffe’s struggling lawyer in the York hotel room. But, science fiction aside, this urban legend is all the hits you must watch.

26. The Gate

Release Year: (1987)
Director: Tibor Takacs
Cast: Stephen Dorff, Christa Denton, Louis Tripp
Ratings: 60%
Available at: Prime Videos, Apple TV, VUDU

This Tibor Takács directorial project stars actor Stephen Dorff and Paul Tripp as pivotal characters. This animated drama shows young people trying to release their evil demons. Even worse is that the monsters are buried under the house in eerie holes.

This supernatural horror feature film was produced in partnership with USA – Canada. It plays Ed Warren at intervals, and you may see children eating demons and praying on their guilt. Sometimes, you may see birds suddenly turning into evil spirits, leaving you with jump scares.

25. Killer Klowns From Outer Space

Release Year: (1988)
Director: Stephen Chiodo
Cast: Grant Cramer, Suzanne Snyder, John Allen Nelson
Ratings: 76%
Available at: Prime Videos, Apple TV, VUDU, HBOmax

This science comedy horror movie features actors Grant Cramer, Suzanne Snyder, John Allen Nelson, and John Vernon in essential roles. This film was written & produced by the Chiodas. The brother took over the practical effects for the film.

This horror film is an incredible story about the lives of a clan of vicious extraterrestrials. These aliens arrived on Earth as a means of the capture of an isolated place. They want humans killed to generate income. This movie has child actors playing the evil dead, making it the claustrophobic thriller it is.

24. Happy Death Day 2U

Release Year: (2019)
Director: Christopher Landon
Cast: Jessica Rothe, Israel Broussard, Phi Vu
Ratings: 71%
Available at: Apple TV, VUDU

It’s rare to come across PG-13 slasher movies, and Christopher Landon’s horror film Groundhog Day is probably the best. Happy Death Day stars Jessica Roth as Tree, a sorority girl trapped in her life where the night she was murdered will never return.

The film follows Tree Gelbman as the last person to survive the death of a sadistic man in the world’s oldest time loop. The movie’s kills are uncountable, but it lies beneath pure horror and tinges of deadly supernatural force like in some Marvel movies.

23. 1408

Release Year: (2007)
Director: Mikael Håfström
Cast: John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson, Mary McCormack
Ratings: 79%
Available at: AppleTV

Stephen King adaptations were notably tough to get. Director Mikael Hfström pulled them off by finding the line between what makes King’s work cinematic and those that don’t. Hfström makes the logical choice for his harrowing horror thriller—an unrestrained hotel room where he is trapped.

It is an intimate and disturbing world where the personal hells lie. It’s no monster movie like the skeleton key or some Stephen King short story.

But it has scary stories with family drama, like The Conjuring movies. If you are a weary horror fan, this ghost story can be one of the best horror films.

22. Lights Out

Release Year: (2016)
Director: David F. Sandberg
Cast: Teresa Palmer, Gabriel Bateman, Alexander DiPersia
Ratings: 75%
Available at: Prime Videos, Apple TV, VUDU, Hulu

Available for streaming at Hulu.com. Before Shazam’s starring role in a hit movie by David F. Sandberg, David directed Light Out, a film he filmed.

It focuses on a deadly specter that is only visible in the dark. It has proved to be a conceptually tricky story but has remained a popular horror movie in recent years. This horror genre is for you if you are looking for scary movies. It may not be our most beloved horror-comedy, but it is scary.

21. Cloverfield

Release Year: (2008)
Director: Matt Reeves
Cast: Michael Stahl-David, Mike Vogel, Odette Yustman
Ratings: 78%
Available at: Prime Videos, Apple TV, VUDU, HBOmax

This action-packed thrill park ride of a horror film found in the footage focuses on a group attempting to escape New York before it becomes a monster of monumental proportions.

While the mystery of what happens doesn’t have a definitive answer, horror fans enjoyed every moment of this savage ride. Surprisingly the film has not been rated R, but its tone is calm, and the violence is closer to the restriction line but not over that line.

20. Dracula Untold

Release Year: (2014)
Director: Gary Shore
Cast: Luke Evans, Sarah Gadon, Dominic Cooper
Ratings: 25%
Available at: Prime Videos, Apple TV, VUDU, HBOmax

Dracula Untold is a dark fantasy horror film based in Hollywood starring Gary Seay. The movie features Luke Evans, Sarah Gadon, Dominic Cooper, Art Parkinson, and Charles Dance.

The story reveals a Transylvanian prince named Vlad the Impaler, forced to become a vampire. What are the reasons for doing this? Protection against invasions by Turkish military forces.

19. Ouija: Origin of Evil

Release Year: (2016)
Director: Mike Flanagan
Cast: Elizabeth Reaser, Annalise Basso, Lulu Wilson
Ratings: 83%
Available at: Prime Videos, Apple TV, VUDU, NETFLIX

Michael Flanagan brings us a new classic horror film with a PG-13 rating. It follows a widow and two daughters using Ouija boards to connect with those who have died alone. They think they can help them through the pain of losing their loved ones, and they never grasp that a spirit is holding their daughter.

18. Before I wake

Release Year: (2016)
Director: Mike Flanagan
Cast: Kate Bosworth, Thomas Jane, Annabeth Gish
Ratings: 66%
Available at: NETFLIX

The famous director Mike Flanagan stars Kate Bosworth in crucial roles in the dark fantasy horror drama. The feature film tells the story of Jessie and Mark – a couple who decide to adopt Cody – a boy in a local boarding school whose son unfortunately dies. Upon returning to Cody, the two discover something surprising.

17. A quiet place

Release Year: (2018)
Director: John Krasinski
Cast: Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, Millicent Simmonds
Ratings: 96%
Available at: Prime Videos, Apple TV, VUDU

Moviegoers enjoy watching movies alone. I find this strangely painful feeling sitting in silence while the film does not include speech. It is also hoped to generate discomfort. In the movie, a peaceful place, the family is compelled to stay quiet due to sightless beasts trying to capture and kill all the sounds.

16. The Uninvited

Release Year: (2009)
Director: Thomas Guard, Charles Guard
Cast: Elizabeth Banks, Emily Browning, Arielle Kebbel
Ratings: 32%
Available at: Prime Videos, Apple TV, VUDU, NETFLIX, HBOmax

The Uninvited is a psychological horror-thriller that remakes the classic South Korean horror movie “A Tale of Two Sisters.” The film follows Anna’s life and struggles after leaving her mental institution to find her new home under challenging conditions. Eventually, the film shows Anna taking on her responsibilities to redress her mother’s death.

15. The Sixth Sense

Release Year: (1999)
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Cast: Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment, Toni Collette
Ratings: 86%
Available at: Prime Videos, Apple TV, VUDU,

Available in Prime Video The Sixth Sense is the film in which the line “See dead people” is incorporated into the film. The psychologist tries to get his friend to talk about the ghost.

No special effects are involved, but they create a sense of curiosity and build slow and exciting suspense and anticipation with a powerful finale that draws all viewers to revisit to see missing hidden clues.

14. Arachnophobia

Release Year: (1990)
Director: Frank Marshall
Cast: Jeff Daniels, Harley Jane Kozak, John Goodman
Ratings: 93%
Available at: Prime Videos, Apple TV, VUDU

Arachnophobia is the most incredibly underrated horror-comedy of the 1990s. The creepy-crawling creature has outstanding notes from Joe Dante. This film is about spiders who overrun the sleepy city. When Amazon spiders crossbred with brown recluses, the spawning flies into a crowded city full of unrepentant residents.

Soon more nettings are nesting than housing, which becomes a war between species. Good that John Goodman arrives as the flamethrower to level the playing field.

13. The Exorcism of Emily Rose

Release Year: (2005)
Director: Scott Derrickson
Cast: Laura Linney, Tom Wilkinson, Campbell Scott
Ratings: 44%
Available at: Prime Videos, Apple TV, VUDU, HBOmax

Available on Prime Video When horror movie fans hear the words Exorcism, they immediately think about William Friedkin, The Exorcist. All horror films that use a word in a title are automatically high standards. Scott Derrickson’s horror dramas have accumulated quite the fan base despite the initial ludicrous responses of critics.

The movie was created in the real-life Annelise Michel, diagnosed with epilepsy due to multiple vision or episode experiences. They tried to get her to the hospital but were unsuccessful, and after a church exorcism, they went to her house.

12. Insidious

Release Year: (2010)
Director: James Wan
Cast: Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Lin Shaye
Ratings: 66%
Available at: Prime Videos, Apple TV, VUDU, NETFLIX

It’s available for sale on Prime Video. James Wan created his second successful horror movie franchise. Patrick Wilson played Ed Warren in the Conjuring film. Rose Byrne is excellent as the fearful, determined parent of an old boy besieged by an evil spirit in the first proto-version of the interrelated supernatural universe.

Few filmmakers have had as consistent an impact on horror filmmaking as James Wan.

This frightening horror film was directed and written by Leigh Whannell, who made his highly anticipated debut on this project. The film attempts to trace her grief-inducing journey and finds a psychic capable of fulfilling her request.

11. Mama

Release Year: (2013)
Director: Andy Muschietti
Cast: Jessica Chastain, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Megan Charpentier
Ratings: 63%
Available at: Prime Videos, Apple TV, VUDU

Mama has some structural flaws in the final act, and the feature debut from IT director Andy Muschietti has the beating heart and heart of a charming old-school ghost tale that is both chilling and tragic. It’s easily visible that Mama has been attracting the attention of executive producer Giuseppe de Toro.

10. The Rite

Release Year: (2011)
Director: Mikael Håfström
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Colin O’Donoghue, Alice Braga
Ratings:
21%
Available at: Prime Videos, Apple TV, VUDU, NETFLIX

Mikael Hafström produces the horror film, featuring a cast starring screen performers, including John Censor and Robert C.

The film follows a grueling course for Michael from seminary to college. Interested in learning everything possible about Exorcism, he visits Italy to meet his father, Lucas. Michael and Father Lucas have a much-needed encounter changing.

9. Cat Eye

Release Year: (1985)
Director: Lewis Teague
Cast: Drew Barrymore, James Woods, Alan King
Ratings: 70%
Available at: VUDU

It was based on the book by Lewis Teague and starred actors Barrymore, Jim Wood, Alan King, Kenneth McMillan, Robert Hays, and Candy Clark. It features three distinct stories of suspense and horror, and the film is the first horror feature of this genre. It was most generally favorable when released, with several critics calling it clever and satisfying to watch.

8. Lights Out

Release Year: (2016)
Director: David F. Sandberg
Cast: Teresa Palmer, Gabriel Bateman, Alexander DiPersia
Ratings: 75%
Available at: Prime Videos, Apple TV, VUDU

David F. Sandberg’s directorial debut, Lights Out, started with a frightening internet short that turned out this concept was so strong and fuelled a fantastic and exciting PG-13 horror. Unfortunately, this supernatural spook is unable to find out anything but darkness.

There were scary set-pieces in this game that Sanberg happily embraced, but the movie is far from the novelty thanks to the script by Eric Heisserer.

7. Night of The Comet

Release Year: (1984)
Director: Thom Eberhardt
Cast: Catherine Mary Stewart, Kelli Maroney, Robert Beltran
Ratings: 79%
Available at: Prime Videos

The comedy night features actors including Robert Beltran, Catherine Mary Stewart, Kelli Maroney, Sharon Farrell, Mary Woronov, and Geoffrey Lewis. The story describes how comet destruction kills most people living on Earth. But they survive. Their survival is, however, threatened by battling a bunch of zombie gangs and a bunch of evil scientists.

6. The Skeleton Key

Release Year: (2005)
Director: Iain Softley
Cast: Kate Hudson, Gena Rowlands, John Hurt
Ratings: 38%
Available at: Prime Videos, Apple TV, VUDU

Skeleton Keys are a lost jewel. Maybe this is because the advertising made the film feel painfully generic, and critics dismissed it as lacking in narrative drive.

Still, it makes up for its humdrum hoodoo spookiness and is an excellent film. Kate Hudson stars in this new movie in New Orleans as a woman who gets a job as the caretaker for an older man. Available on the Peacock.

5. The Possession

Release Year: (2012)
Director: Ole Bornedal
Cast: Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Kyra Sedgwick, Natasha Calis
Ratings: 39%
Available at: Prime Videos, Apple TV, VUDU

This supernatural horror film offers one of the best interpretations of the urban legends of Dybbukk boxes. The result is an action film whose goal is to differ somewhat from the movies that one can see as being the normal ones they see in the past.

The film is directed by Oles Bornedal, using a character from Jewish history to create a desired frightening effect.

4. The Final Girls

Release Year: (2015)
Director: Todd Strauss-Schulson
Cast: Taissa Farmiga, Malin Akerman, Alexander Ludwig
Ratings: 74%
Available at: Prime Videos, Apple TV, VUDU

Available through Apple TV. The Final Girls shows a young girl emotionally still processing her mother’s sudden death as she’s trapped within a twisted slumbering trance. This is a fascinating deconstruction of the frequently chosen apart subgenre in the spirit of Wes Craven. But it has also surprised many weary Horror lovers.

3. The Woman in Black

Release Year: (2012)
Director: James Watkins
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Misha Handley, Roger Allam
Ratings: 66%
Available at: Prime Videos, Apple TV, VUDU

On the Showtime website, Movie fans shouldn’t think that the woman in Black focuses on the dark aspect of ghost stories just because of its theatrical roots.

On the contrary, a woman in Black might never reinvent the ghost tale but plays the hits, goes to maximum creepiness with her horrors without shame or hesitation, and deals with the darker aspects in the stories of Radcliffe, a struggling lawyer, and the haunted house where she resides.

2. The Visit

Release Year: (2015)
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Cast: Olivia DeJonge, Ed Oxenbould, Deanna Dunagan
Ratings: 68%
Available at: Prime Videos, Apple TV, VUDU

M. Night Shyamalan returns for another exciting horror film titled, The Visit. It’s been so much easier to get him into writing again. It tells the story of a young family planning to stay at their grandparents’ house for about a week. However, this catch was that these kids had not seen their grandparents. So suddenly, terrifying scenes begin after they arrive.

1. The Last Exorcism

Release Year: (2010)
Director: Daniel Stamm
Cast: Patrick Fabian, Ashley Bell, Iris Bahr
Ratings: 72%
Available at: Prime Videos, Apple TV, VUDU, Peacock

The film was rated PG-13 by the MPAA and featured disturbing violent elements such as sexual references, horror sequences, and theme-based material. The Last Exorcism managed to gain popularity at the box office but had no positive reviews. The cult supernatural horror flick was shot on found footage aimed at telling an evangelical pastor’s story.

When people see horror movies, people are primarily looking for something to scare the audience. Therefore, the more visible and vivid choice can usually be rated R restricted, and no one under 17 is allowed without the consent of parents or guardians.

But in the past decade, the rating of PG-13 was used to let children watch films with content they consider too expensive for family-friendly PG ratings. So which one of this horror fiction is your favorite? Also, did it make it into our list? We hope so!