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Horror Movies With Nothing Sad Or Heavy With Friends

Horror movies with nothing sad or heavy with friends. Includes The Incredible Shrinking Man, The Skin I Live In, Dawn of the Dead and more, curated by Moviepiq.

Good films don't have to be hard. These prove it.

The Incredible Shrinking Man movie poster
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1957 · ★★★½☆ 7.5/10

A dangerous combination of radiation and insecticide causes the unfortunate Scott Carey to shrink, slowly but surely, until he is only a few inches tall. His home becomes a wilderness where he must survive everything from spiders living in the cellar to his beloved cat.

No difficult endings. No grief to sit with afterward. Safe viewing.

The Skin I Live In movie poster
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2011 · ★★★½☆ 7.5/10

A brilliant plastic surgeon creates a synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession.

No difficult endings. No grief to sit with afterward. Safe viewing.

Dawn of the Dead movie poster
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1978 · ★★★½☆ 7.5/10

During an ever-growing epidemic of zombies that have risen from the dead, two Philadelphia SWAT team members, a traffic reporter, and his television-executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall.

Stays on the right side of the line. Nothing heavy sneaks through.

The Innocents movie poster
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1961 · ★★★½☆ 7.5/10

In a mid-19th century Essex country house, a young governess for two children becomes convinced that the house and grounds are haunted by ghosts and that the children are being possessed.

Stays on the right side of the line. Nothing heavy sneaks through.

Suspiria movie poster
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1977 · ★★★½☆ 7.5/10

An American newcomer to a prestigious German ballet academy comes to realize that the school is a front for something sinister amid a series of grisly murders.

No difficult endings. No grief to sit with afterward. Safe viewing.

No weight, no grief, no difficult third acts. These know where the line is and stay on the right side of it.

Skip tonight. Wrong night for it.

Holds a group without requiring everyone to be fully locked in.

Frankenstein movie poster
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1931 · ★★★½☆ 7.5/10

Henry Frankenstein pieces together body parts in the hope of bringing a human-like creature to life. The mad scientist’s dreams are shattered by his monstrous creation awakening with rage to a world that hates and fears him.

Stays on the right side of the line. Nothing heavy sneaks through.

Sinners movie poster
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2025 · ★★★½☆ 7.5/10

Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.

Stays on the right side of the line. Nothing heavy sneaks through.

The Devil's Advocate movie poster
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1997 · ★★★½☆ 7.5/10

Aspiring Florida defense lawyer Kevin Lomax accepts a job at a New York law firm. With the stakes getting higher every case, Kevin quickly learns that his boss has something far more evil planned.

Stays on the right side of the line. Nothing heavy sneaks through.

Thesis movie poster
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1996 · ★★★½☆ 7.5/10

While working on a thesis about audiovisual violence, film student Ángela finds a snuff video where a girl is tortured until death. Soon she discovers that she was a former student in her university, and that the authors of the video are not very far either.

Stays on the right side of the line. Nothing heavy sneaks through.

Invasion of the Body Snatchers movie poster
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1956 · ★★★½☆ 7.5/10

A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.

No difficult endings. No grief to sit with afterward. Safe viewing.

The right film for the right state is a specific thing. These are specific.

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