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Tower of Terror

(1997, Rated NR, Horror, Starring Kirsten Dunst, Steve Guttenberg, Nia Peeples)
  • Is it age appropriate?

    About our ratings

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    Not age appropriate for kids under 8, age appropriate for kids over 10; suggested age 10.
  • Is it any good?

    2.0
  • Common Sense says

    A tame, cliched spooker for tweens and up.

Why We Rated This on for Ages 10 and Up

What to watch out for

  • Messages:

    Not an issue.
  • Violence:

    Tame for a ghost story, but a headless ghost does threaten the main characters with a knife and ghosts frighten the living throughout. One of the ghosts is a little girl.
  • Sex:

    Not an issue.
  • Language:

    Not an issue.
  • Consumerism:

    Not an issue.
  • Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

    A ghost sips champagne.
 

What Parents Need to Know

About Tower of Terror

Parents need to know that there are mild scary moments in this film and that the ghosts turn out to be more than just the characters' run-away imaginations. A headless ghost threatens the main characters with a knife. A scary nanny ghost pokes her head through a mirror. Five people are "trapped between this world and the next" after being struck by lightning, and a woman speaks of them being banished to hell "for an eternity of pain." Eerie green rain falls down on the ghost of a little tap-dancing girl.

Read our full review by Maria Llull

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