Cinematic Gems for the Faint of Heart: 10 Movies That Promise Entertainment Without the Scare

Gremlins shares a story about a cute little Mogwai named Gizmo.

It draws on legends of mischievous folkloric creatures that cause malfunctions known as, Gremlins. Gizmo is the cutest little furball, but there are rules with Mogwais: do not expose them to light, don't get them wet, and don't feed them after midnight.

After violating the rules, a group of wild, murderous gremlins terrorizes a town. 

Tremors is a scary movie franchise spawning six sequels, a TV series, and a video game. But the first one is the cult classic and incredible watch.

It tells the story of underground creatures that can sense vibrations and attack from below.

A small isolated town is terrorized by them as the Tremors pick them off, one by one.

The Burbs is a comedy horror story about a strange family who moves into an eccentric culdesac. These neighbors isolate themselves, don't take care of their yard, and are caught digging in their backyard in the middle of the night.

The neighbors begin to suspect something isn't right with them and work together to uncover the truth. 

Freaky puts a comedy horror spin on Freaky Friday. The story follows a teenage girl who unintentionally swaps bodies with a middle-aged male serial killer. Once she discovers that she has less than 24 hours before the change is permanent, she and her friends work together to undo the switch and stop the killer before he offs all of their friends. 

I Know What You Did Last Summer is the first in the franchise of slasher films. It follows four teens stalked by a hook-wielding maniac, one-year after the anniversary of killing a man in a car accident and covering it up. 

Killer Clowns From Outer Space is a sci-fi horror comedy that follows a group of evil aliens who resemble clowns invading a small town. They plan to capture, kill and harvest the human inhabitants for sustenance.”

The Blair Witch Project is the first in a five-film franchise. It tells the story of three film students who set out to document the Blair Witch, a local legend in Maryland. The students disappear, but their video footage is found a year later. The reputedly recovered footage is the movie viewers' experience. 

The Faculty follows unusual occurrences on a high school campus. A journalism student witnesses the school nurse being killed and then sees she's alive again. Then, other teachers and students begin acting strange. He bands together with a group of unlikely friends to investigate and overcome The Faculty.

The original two-part miniseries follows a group of kids who an evil clown terrorizes. However, the clown can take the form of whatever their fears are, but adults don't see It. One of the gang loses their little brother to the monster, and the group vows to stop It before it gets them first.

Poltergeist is a cult classic spawning two sequels and a remake. It tells the story of a family that moves into a brand-new haunted home with malevolent ghosts who abduct their five-year-old daughter. 

Did people online get this right, or are there other horror films you'd introduce preteens to the horror genre with that aren't mentioned?

This article originally appeared on Wealth of Geeks.

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