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Honestly, almost anything PG-13. If it’s not R, it’s not going to scare me. The one exception I can think of is OG Insidious, because on first watch that movie scared the shit out of me. But it’s not necessarily a need for gore or swearing, but in my experience a movie doesn’t need those to be scary, or R. I’ve seen movies that are R because they’re so damn scary, like The conjuring. But even a lot of people’s favorite, Drag Me to Hell, was boring and predictable to me. More often than not I finish a PG13 flick asking why the creators even bothered.
I agree with you about Drag Me to Hell. I liked that movie but I didn’t think it was scary. It was fun though.
I think the only movie that actually creeped me out in the past decade was It Follows and Hereditary.
Hereditary was good separately on another level if a person enjoys the history of horror. Hereditary managed to write a story that pulled elements from the 1970’s Horror movie greats. So, it felt like a homage to those greats while also not being predictable. They went for it.
I agree with you about most horror—especially PG13 horror. Those kinds of “horror” are for teens to ignore on a date at the movies rather than an actual horror film.