Help me scare my 11 year old

I’m getting closer to finding a movie that actually scares my 11 year old.

On her scary scale, with 1 being not scary, and 10 being too scary:

Us = 7.3 1408 = 7

Scream = 3

Drag me to Hell = 3 (“but a 7 on the gross meter”)

No One Can Save You = 6

Five Nights at Freddy’s = 3.5

Wolfman = 1

Umma = 1.5

Invisible Man = 4

The Quiet Place series = 6

She says slightly scarier than Us is where she wants to be. Without getting into wildly inappropriate or over the top terrifying territory, what’s a couple notches scarier than Us?

Everything I can think of that’s scarier is way scarier, and I’m not trying to deeply traumatize her.

I’m thinking maybe 13 Ghosts or Ghostship next?

Nightmare on Elm Street?

At this point I’m on a mission to find something that actually scares the heck out of her.

So, give me your scariest picks that don’t have S.A. or massive amounts of gore - (no Martyrs/House of 1000 Corpses/Hellraiser/I Spit on Your Grave type-stuff.)

I’m thinking maybe Descent and As Above So Below might be ok?

What else you got? Thanks!

Posted Dec 7, 2025, 11:50 PM UTC

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