Scary but not deadly: 7 horror movies without unnecessary sacrifices and blood

"Poltergeist"
- 1982
- USA
- Horror
- Director: Tobe Hooper
- Starring: JoBeth Williams, Heather O'Rourke, Craig T. Nelson, Beatrice Straight
- IMDb Rating: 7.3

The Freeling family encounters frightening phenomena in their home: reanimated trees attack and little Carol Anne is dragged into the netherworld. To save their daughter, loved ones must overcome a series of nightmares and unravel what evil lurks in the neighborhood.
"Quite a good movie, considering that it was made 42 years ago, it looks interesting", — AlisaZabluTshaya
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"The Entity"
- 1982
- USA
- Horror, detective, thriller
- Director: Sidney J. Furie
- Starring: Barbara Hershey, Ron Silver, David Labiosa, George Coe
- IMDb Rating: 6.7

Carla Moran's life turns into a nightmare: she is haunted by an invisible force that beats and rapes her. No one takes the woman seriously, until a parapsychologist appears in her fate, ready to help solve the terrible mystery.
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"The Others"
- 2001
- Spain, USA, France
- Horror, detective, thriller
- Director: Alejandro Amenábar
- Starring: Nicole Kidman, Fionnula Flanagan, Christopher Eccleston, Eric Sykes
- IMDb Rating: 7.6

Grace and her children, who suffer from a rare disease, move to a mansion on an island to wait out World War II. The house has a strict rule: always keep the rooms in semi-darkness. But with the arrival of new servants, order is disrupted, and Grace is confronted with mysterious and frightening events.
"I remember when I was little, watching everything on cassettes and TV. One day, sat with my parents until late in front of the TV, and then began to show "The Others". I wanted to go to my room (despite the small age, still understood that the movie is for adults), and my mother stopped me with the words: "you want to see a good movie, stay and watch. I was intrigued and stayed. Still have no regrets π", — SOWILDE
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"Stir of Echoes"
- 1999
- USA
- Horror, detective, thriller
- Director: David Koepp
- Starring: Kevin Bacon, Kathryn Erbe, Zachary David Cope
- IMDb Rating: 6.9

After being hypnotized, Tom Witzky begins to see frightening visions and encounters manifestations of the otherworld. His life becomes a series of nightmares, and unraveling the visions becomes a matter of life and death.
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"The Amityville Horror"
- 2005
- USA
- Horror
- Director: Andrew Douglas
- Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Melissa George, Jesse James, Jimmy Bennett
- IMDb Rating: 5.9

In the house where a young man shot his entire family a year ago, new tenants George and Kathy Lutz and their children settle in. They dreamed of a happy life, but soon realize that the house is engulfed by a sinister force that threatens them with mortal danger.
"I especially like horror with a positive ending, my brain is more comfortable to exist after all the tin) and in general read what the "true story" is the basis of the movie and stunned at how much is hidden behind the plot. and when watching the movie I thought that the real events - it's that trkrime at the beginning of the movie and the move of a new family to this house, and that's it.
now I'm interested in a couple more movies on the subject (separately curious to know the fact that since the story is real, there is no copyright on it, and that's why there are so many different movies from different companies with their own variations of plots and styles) their existence", — kira_anyutina
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"The Watcher in the Woods"
- 1980
- UK, USA
- Fantasy, horror, thriller
- Directors: John Hough, Vincent McEveety
- Starring: Bette Davis, Lynn-Holly Johnson, Kyle Richards, Carroll Baker
- IMDb Rating: 6.2

The Curtis family moves into an old mansion owned by the reclusive Mrs. Aylwood. The family's daughters begin to encounter eerie visions and sense the presence of a mysterious entity in the woods that is trying to make contact.
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"Flatliners"
- 1990
- USA
- Drama, sci-fi, horror
- Director: Joel Schumacher
- Starring: Kiefer Sutherland, Julia Roberts, Kevin Bacon, William Baldwin
- IMDb Rating: 6.6

A group of medical students decides to set up risky experiments, experiencing clinical death for the sake of learning the secrets of the afterlife. But each of them faces frightening consequences that haunt them upon their return.
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