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If you are having movie night on Halloween with a bunch of teen boys, what do you watch?

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FaithManor

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I need ideas.

 

We watched Age of Ultron last night. Would love to stream Ant Man but Amazon doesn't have it available yet. When I suggested Transformers I was given looks, and these were not good looks! LOL

 

We aren't horror film people. Alien, they have watched the alien movies, but BLECH! THE MOTHER IS NOT WATCHING ALIEN TONIGHT!

 

So, if you were me, what would you be watching?

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FaithManor

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Hadn't thought about Silence of the Lambs, would probably creep me out too much, LOL. But, it occurred to me that they probably haven't seen the old Jeff Goldblum "The Fly" which could be cool. Our basic rule is no nudity, no graphic sex. So I think that one would work.

 

Keep the ideas coming though. I have to choose from whatever is available for streaming on Amazon or Netflix - we don't mind renting from Amazon. We haven't had a fun night like this in a really long time, and with everything that has transpired with my parents, I think my boys need to have their friends over and have a really good time.

 

Candy, ice cream, pop corn, lemonade, apple cider, donuts, nachos, and to appease my mind, salads.  :D

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Another truly scary film...

 

It Follows

 

It is creepy, startling scary. My son dragged me to it and I hid under my coat for much of it. I texted DH (under my coat) and told I loved him bc I was going to die of heart failure. I didn't want to drive home.

 

Additionally, it's filmed in Detroit and the blight and decay is its own horror.

 

Oh, I didn't originally see the no nudity, no sex. Yeah, skip this then. But for others for whom it is OK, it is a great scary movie.

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But, it occurred to me that they probably haven't seen the old Jeff Goldblum "The Fly" which could be cool. Our basic rule is no nudity, no graphic sex. So I think that one would work.

 

Keep the ideas coming though. I have to choose from whatever is available for streaming on Amazon or Netflix - we don't mind renting from Amazon. We haven't had a fun night like this in a really long time, and with everything that has transpired with my parents, I think my boys need to have their friends over and have a really good time.

 

Candy, ice cream, pop corn, lemonade, apple cider, donuts, nachos, and to appease my mind, salads.  :D

 

Oddly enough, I'm pretty sure I do remember The Fly having a graphic sex scene and nudity in it. I haven't seen it since junior high, though! 

 

I like the early M. Night Shyamalan movies--The Sixth Sense, The Village, and Signs. Unbreakable was okay, too. Boys would probably like it.

 

Hope you have fun!

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That is a good one.  I watched part of it on TV a few weeks ago and felt so unsettled through the whole thing (if that is what you are looking for, LOL).

There is one very sexual scene in it, if you mind that.

 

We watch the usual Shyamalan movies, Lost Boys, World War Z, Edward Scissorhands, everything Tim Burton including Sleepy Hollow.  For this year we also have The Exorcist, Blair Witch Project, and Children of the Corn.

 

Here are some more ideas.  Asterisks mean on Netflix or Prime. Note-what you are ok with as a parent might differ.  My dh vetoed Nightmare on Elm Street and The Shining.  The red ones are ones I usually ok for younger kids that are ok with horror/gore/creepy stuff.

 

  • Sixth Sense*
  • The Village*
  • Halloween
  • Nightmare on Elm Street
  • Friday the 13th
  • Mimic
  • Candyman
  • Children of the Corn*
  • Firestarter
  • Poltergeist
  • Sleepy Hollow*
  • The Relic
  • Supernatural (episodes)*
  • The Shining
  • Prophecy*
  • Child’s Play
  • Gremlins*
  • Cat’s Eye
  • Walking Dead*
  • Z Nation *
  • Scream *
  • X-Files*
  • The Crow*
  • The Others
  • Silence of the Lambs*
  • Interview With A Vampire
  • Carrie
  • IT
  • House on Haunted Hill
  • Wes Craven New Nightmare*
  • The Ring
  • Final Destination
  • I know what you did last summer
  • Corpse Bride
  • Nightmare Before Christmas
  • Hocus Pocus
  • Edward Scissorhands
  • The Awakening
  • World War Z (Teens, adult)
  • Lost Boys
  • Blair Witch Project
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I need ideas.

 

We watched Age of Ultron last night. Would love to stream Ant Man but Amazon doesn't have it available yet. When I suggested Transformers I was given looks, and these were not good looks! LOL

 

We aren't horror film people. Alien, they have watched the alien movies, but BLECH! THE MOTHER IS NOT WATCHING ALIEN TONIGHT!

 

So, if you were me, what would you be watching?

 

what age?

 

We're watching the first Maze Runner with 14yr olds.

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Okay, so the teens are all assembled and have made these choices, rather an eclectic list, but it seems to meet everyone's wishes.

 

Currently watching Harry Potter 2

 

The others are Sixth Sense, Ghostbusters, and Signs.

 

Thanks everyone! You guys put together a great, great list. I'm saving these suggestions for next year.

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For next year's list:

 

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1955)

Godzilla (2014)

Warm Bodies -- great for a mix of teen boys and girls (a zombie love story, with humor, plus evil skeleton zombies)

Shaun of the Dead -- humorous zombie movie (a fair bit of 4-letter words, but no s*x)

The World's End -- sort of a pod-people movie with humor (a fair bit of 4-letter words, but no s*x)

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Okay, so the teens are all assembled and have made these choices, rather an eclectic list, but it seems to meet everyone's wishes.

 

Currently watching Harry Potter 2

 

The others are Sixth Sense, Ghostbusters, and Signs.

 

Thanks everyone! You guys put together a great, great list. I'm saving these suggestions for next year.

 

I was going to suggest one of the later HP's or Indiana Jones.

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