Scream - 14 y/o DD

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Would you let your DD watch Scream at friend's sleepover. She's nearly 15 (it is a 15+) but she isn't overly mature and gets scared easily! She hasn't watched any scary films before and so it's a tough one to know whether she should go and watch it or not.

She's desperate to go and I can't remember how scary it is (I was terrified in my 20s!). WWYD?

I think that leaving it up to her is the right thing to do. I agree that it's good that she discussed it with you rather than just do it secretly and worry about it later.

Most 15yo would be fine with it and it's at a sleepover rather than the cinema so hopefully less quiet in the room so not so tense.

Has she never watched a scary film for Halloween? My kids seemed pressured to find something scary to watch every year.

You know your own child.

I love horror films and was young when I started watching them - I saw Halloween when I was 11 and have been into horror ever since. I was never scared and I'm a perfectly normal adult, I very much dislike real life violence!

The old 80s and 90s horror films are cheesy and camp, they're perfect for teens discovering horror really. More modern exploitation films like Hostel and The Devil's Rejects are very much adults only. But if she doesn't want to watch it, don't force her.

At her age I was working my way through all the most horrid “previously banned” section of blockbuster 😂

I watched Candyman, Texas Chainsaw Massacre and similar at a church youth club sleep over at 12 🙈😂

You know your child best. If she’s the type to be able to rationalise when knowing something isn’t actually real then Scream should be totally fine x

I agree 😬

All kids are different. I was also watching video nasties at 14 from under the counter, but my teens absolutely hate horror.

The point is the OP’s DD is desperate to go and if she’s anything like my 14 yr old DD, would NEVER forgive me if I forbade her from going because they are showing a 15 rated film.

Yes if she wanted to, she will either love it or hate it but if she hates it she'll get over it! It's not like she wants to watch the Exorcist, it's a teen horror.

Part of the fun of a young teen sleepover was scaring yourself silly with a film.

Imagine telling you mates you can't go to the sleepover because my parents won't let me watch a horror film?

I would've said it was fine.
Scream came out when I was 11 and doubt I was much older then that when I first watched it....

There's a website called common sense media which gives realistic ratings and reviews as to what age something is suitable for

Isn't scream 18 rating. As dc 14 is busting me to watch it

You know your child best, but if you have concerns watch it yourself beforehand, or even watch it with her first so she won’t be as bothered when you are not there.

I thought it was an 18. It certainly was when it came out in 1997/98

Original halloween is a 15 as dc started it last night.

I saw this at the cinema when I was 15. I loved it but it shit me up. It's still one of my all time favourites and still scares me!

If she scares easily then I would not recommend!

The Ring is rated PG-13 and is up there with one of the most disturbing films I've ever seen.

Static on TV still scares me now.

It's very dated so it will be much less believable for kids of today

They will find it funny not scary

It's a pile of old tosh

At 14/15 my friends and I were well past the point of parents dictating what films we watched

Yes! Scream is like a joke horror surely? It’s not very scary at all

Are people on here serious? Scream at 15? Of course that's fine.

Some very sheltered kids on Mumsnet!

Wow you're cool 😎

Of course if the OPs dd is keen to watch, then she'll be absolutely ok, and I'd be fine with it, but Scream is an 18 and not all teens will like it, particularly if they don't like watching women being terrorised and murdered.

Scream is definitely one of the lightest horror movies, it’s not Hostel or Saw or others I won’t even name.

Not about being cool at all. It's about being realistic. Come on a scary film at a sleepover, a pretty hilariously not scary one at that.

Jesus, at 15 it wouldn't have even occurred to me to ask my parents if I could watch a film.

Some of the posters on here have me feeling that I live in a different world.

I read the OP as more that the dd didn't like scary films and the mum was trying to find out if it was likely to scare her or not. I guess there's only one way to find out!

Also I can see the thread now

AIBU that they watched an 18 film at a 14 year old sleepover?!?!