10 Best PG-13 Horror Films

The Haunting of Hill House creator/ everyone's new favourite horror director Mike Flanagan has helmed a diverse variety of genre outings over the years, from the Lovecraftian Absentia, to the convoluted Oculus, to the sparse, harsh, and brutally simple slasher Hush.

But 2015's Before I Wake saw the helmer in unusually poignant form, a side of horror which The Sixth Sense proved the PG-13 rating can accommodate.

This slice of fantasy horror is as much a story of growing up and letting go as it is a piece of effective, but gore-free, horror cinema, as The Mist's Thomas Jane struggles with Room's Jacob Tremblay and his creepy dreams which seem to come alive in the night.

Tense and effective, Before I Wake is also a moving mystery whose creepy monster takes on a tragic significance in the film's closing scenes. It's a daring piece of emotionally resonant horror, and one which excels not only thanks to the phenomenal Tremblay's measured performance but also because the PG-13 rating ensures the action never becomes as brutally bleak as the director's later Netflix series.