What was the first horror movie you've ever seen?

[pumpkin_queen]

The first movie I've ever seen was Exorcist, I was 5, to this day it still scares the crap out of me!!

[alkytrio666]

I believe mine was Bride of Frankenstein, or at least that is my earliest memory.

[russ4lsu]

The first movie I remember seeing is Child's Play, and I had a My Buddy doll that looked just like Chuckie. After watching it, I threw him in my sister's closet so that if it did come alive it wouldn't get me first.;)

http://www.best-horror-movies.com/images/childs-play-movie-poster.jpg

[neverending]

War of the Colossal Beast - it excited me so much I begged to be allowed to stay up & watch it. Hooked on horror ever since.

http://home.blarg.net/~dr_z/Movie_Posters/image/War_Colossal_Beast.jpg

[Roderick Usher]

the first monster I fixated on was The Creature from the Black Lagoon, and that was when I was a toddler, but the first movie I remember really fucking me up was The Blob which I saw on the 4 O'Clock movie when I was 5 years old.

[Elvis_Christ]

Fright Night, House or Friday The 13th. Can't remember which one I saw first but it was one of those.

[Ferox13]

THE RAVEN with Lugosi and Karloff, stands out as a very early one. As does THE DEVIL RIDES OUT with scared the shit ou of me..

When I was younf the station BBC2 used to have a regular Friday night horror double bill. The first fil was usually a Universal film or an old B/W from around the 40s. The second was usually a colour one - often a Hammer film though I do remember SUperBeast being shown which I've never seen since..

Unfortuanally I used to fal asleep before the 2nd film started and I'd wake in my own bed pissed off I missed the Horror of Dracula or something similar :-)

[The_Return]

Dracula (1931, Bela Lugosi)

[Psycom5k]

House. I still remember watching it, I was like 5 or 6 years old. I had nightmares about that chopped up fat ghost lady for months. I watched it again recently and laughed because of how funny it was that that movie scared the bejesus out of me.

[urgeok2]

I'm not sure ..

when i was a kid my uncle and i used to watch the monster movie matinee that was on every saturday afternoon. Saw a lot of old B&W movies that scared the crap out of me then - would find them laughable now.

King Kong VS Godzilla was probably the 1st one in a theatre - more sci-fi i guess.

The Norliss Tapes (TV movie) was an early memory ..

Tales From the Crypt was an early one - in the theatre - and that one scared me so bad i went to the lobby and waited for it to finish.

funny to imagine it now :)

[ChronoGrl]

Oh, MAN this is a good question, but a tough one too... My dad was always into the old scifi films, so I saw a ton of those with him when I was younger.

Though the first movie that I remember scaring the HELL out of me...

Carnival of Souls.

http://brianbutko.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/ut_carnivalsouls.jpg

Psycho was also an early horror experience, though I still think that Carnival came first...

http://www.solarnavigator.net/films_movies_actors/film_images/Psycho_movie_poster_Janet_leigh.jpg



Other movies that creeped me out when I was younger:

The Thing From Another World (1951)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
The Invisible Man (1933)
The Wolf Man (1941)
The Haunting (1963)
House on Haunted Hill (1959)

[newb]

I think "The Wolfman" 1941

The one that scared the shit out of me was "The Shutterd Room" 1967

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062266/

http://i2.sell.com/2/123/155673/9/103/615418-m.jpg

[Dante'sInferno]

I don't remember the name but.my dad said I cried when the Dinosuar fell into the fire.It was black and white.There were other monsters in it too i think.Anyone know what it is?I was 4 maybe 5 when I watched it.


Mysterious Island.I was I was talking about.But the first horror movie i remember watching is Puppet Master when I was 4

[_____V_____]

A certain movie called Evil Dead, back in 1986. Barely 3 years old, and I was totally fascinated.

And hooked.

[ChronoGrl]

I think "The Wolfman" 1941

Saw it in the theater, didja? ;)

[_____V_____]

I remember, back then, my Dad renting 2 movies...for the new VHS player he had bought.

The first one was Disney's Jungle Book, which I loved a lot (still love it). The other one, was Evil Dead. He made me go to bed before starting it, but I snuck back out (can you blame me for being totally fascinated by our new player?) and watched it behind the living room door.

A couple months later, he took me to watch Alien in the theater. And I loved that too. He noticed that I absorbed such horrific imagery calmly without flinching, and I guess he knew rightaway that I would be a serious horror buff.

[hammerfan]

Can't remember the first one - too long ago!

[alkytrio666]

Can't remember the first one - too long ago!
That's a pretty kickin' banner in your signature, hammerfan!

[mordrid]

Nightmare on Elm St is the one I can remember, but I have been told I watch most of the universal monster films before that

[newb]

Saw it in the theater, didja? ;)

WHY YOU.......Is it time for a spanking again?

[Geddy]

For me it was either Creature From The Black Lagoon, or Godzilla: King Of The Monsters, I used to get them from the library.

[La Chat Noire]

My mom would never let me watch horror movies so I had to sneak watching Scream when I was ten or eleven. It's pathetic how scared I was. I was up the whole night drawing escape plans for myself if a serial killer came in the house. But I've been hooked on horror ever since.

[ChronoGrl]

WHY YOU.......Is it time for a spanking again?

mmmmmmmmmm... Pretty please? :D

[hammerfan]

That's a pretty kickin' banner in your signature, hammerfan!


Thank you, alky! ferretchucker did it for my birthday!

[ChronoGrl]

Thank you, alky! ferretchucker did it for my birthday!

I feel like I should know who's on it and/or what movie it's from... :o

[massacre man]

Halloween.

[neverending]

I feel like I should know who's on it and/or what movie it's from... :o

That was a joke, right?

You don't recognise Peter Cushing & Chris Lee???

[ChronoGrl]

That was a joke, right?

You don't recognise Peter Cushing & Chris Lee???

..................................... :o

[hammerfan]

..................................... :o



That's bad! You should definitely be spanked! Where's urge?

[Noah]

I believe it was the PG-13 rated "The Gate" when I was at or a little younger than 4 or 5. The eyeball in the hand scene scared the fucking shit outta me! I've gotta watch that fucker again. :)

[triciakitty]

I remember sneaking onto the staircase when I was like 5 yrs old or something to watch "The Bad Seed". My parents didn't want me to watch but I did anyway...heheh...

[crabapple]

Let me see. I do have memories of certain ones I saw waaaaaaay back.

I remember something with dinosaurs fighting each other. But this was such a long time back, I am not sure what the dinosaurs looked like. But the image of it was scary to me!

And I remember seeing some of the 1931 "Frankenstein" and noting what the inside of Frankenstein's la-BOR-atory looked like.

[illdojo]

The Blob (1956) on T.V. with my grandmother, when I was 5....way back in 1980. :eek:

The film that made me fall in love with the genre...JC's Halloween @ the age of 10. (I have cool parents)

[stubbornforgey]

happy birthday ronnie '

I never accepted any b/day invites for awhile after seeing that :o

[fortunato]

my earliest horror memory is of my uncle screening a copy of "i was a teenage werewolf" when i was maybe four or five.
i was hooked. i remember loving it and asking him for more.
then came the universal classics, halloween, night of the living dead, etc.

[Deep4est]

The Killer Shrews. (1959)

Watching the black guy getting killed, the shrews scratching through the walls and the barrel escape with all those sharp teeth scared the hell out of me as a child. Saw the movie on DVD recently and laughed my ass off at the simplicity of it all.

[jaybomb]

my first that i can actually remember that made me love horror was A Nightmare On Elm Street when i was 7

[VampiricClown]

The Creature From The Black Lagoon

Nuff' Said.

[ChronoGrl]

That's bad! You should definitely be spanked! Where's urge?

Ok, so you know what's funny? My boyfriend is a horror fan and I told him that I couldn't identify Peter Cushing and Chris Lee which, of course, made him laugh incredulously, "You don't know the stars of HAMMER FILMS?!"

...

And now I know where hammerfan's Screen Name comes from. heh. :o

It's all falling into place.



SMRT.

[hammerfan]

Ok, so you know what's funny? My boyfriend is a horror fan and I told him that I couldn't identify Peter Cushing and Chris Lee which, of course, made him laugh incredulously, "You don't know the stars of HAMMER FILMS?!"

...

And now I know where hammerfan's Screen Name comes from. heh. :o

It's all falling into place.



SMRT.


I'm speechless, utterly speechless! :D

[crabapple]

Ok, so you know what's funny? My boyfriend is a horror fan and I told him that I couldn't identify Peter Cushing and Chris Lee which, of course, made him laugh incredulously, "You don't know the stars of HAMMER FILMS?!"



Oh my God oh my God! :eek: :eek: :confused: :confused:

How comes you don't know them Hammer star?????????

Me scaredy :(

[newb]

Love me some Hammer

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v259/rockinmule/313.gif

[hammerfan]

Love me some Hammer

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v259/rockinmule/313.gif



I love you too, newb! :D

[ChronoGrl]

Oh my God oh my God! :eek: :eek: :confused: :confused:

How comes you don't know them Hammer star?????????

Me scaredy :(

I blame my parents.

No, wait, I blame the public school system.

No, wait - ... Yah, I have some catching up to do.

[Devil-Hunter]

I would like to know what was the first horror movie you guys ever watched?

Mine was Dawn of the dead (1978) I remember getting my video player then me and my dad went to a local video shop and we rented Dawn of the dead intervision tape I loved that movie and watched it in the night with my parents and then again in the morning before it had to go back to the shop.Dawn was my favourite horror movie back then and still remains my favourite now.

[ManchestrMorgue]

First horror movie I ever saw was Octaman (1971).

Not sure how old I was - but I know I was really young. From then on, I loved horror films. I did see it a few years later, and even at a young age realised it was a crap film, but the damage was done.

[Elvis_Christ]

Fright Night and Friday The 13th popped my horror cherry.

[Devil-Hunter]

Fright Night and Friday The 13th popped my horror cherry.

Fright night part 1 was a great movie.

[ManchestrMorgue]

Yeah it has a great atmosphere. Real 80's charm and character.

[Elvis_Christ]

Tom Holland is a great director. Psycho II is a really underated horror flick.
I'd like to see him put out something new. Last one I caught was Thinner but that was pretty average.

[Abominus]

Stuart Gordon's Dolls. Not sure how it happened, I was 7 and it started me on this downword spiral. It's still one of my favorites.

[The Mothman]

I dont think I can answer that. The earliest i can remember getting terrified by a movie was Robocop when the guy rolled through the toxic waste and melted. I had nightmares about that for months prior.

one of the earliest horror movies I remember seeing was Lord of Illusions though.

[Angra]

I don't think i remember... Captain Kronos, maybe.

[neverending]

War of the Collosal Beast

[urgeok2]

if anyone is good at the search facility - they can reference the last time someone asked this - a few months ago ... my answer is in there somewhere

[Festered]

if anyone is good at the search facility - they can reference the last time someone asked this - a few months ago ... my answer is in there somewhere

You mean that button that says SEARCH, and when you press it, all the other members get an email announcing another nOOb dipshit tried to use it. Yea, I gave it a whirl.

Can't remember the 1st one, but can remember the 1st one that scared the crap out of me, Honda's The H Man. Wish I could see it again. The Green Slime did too, but I saw it years later and it sucked(but the theme song still rocks :rolleyes: ).

[fortunato]

mine was i was a teenage werewolf. i was maybe four or five, but my uncle screened it for me. apparently, i loved it and was always asking him if i could watch it again.

oh, and here's urge's:

I'm not sure ..

when i was a kid my uncle and i used to watch the monster movie matinee that was on every saturday afternoon. Saw a lot of old B&W movies that scared the crap out of me then - would find them laughable now.

King Kong VS Godzilla was probably the 1st one in a theatre - more sci-fi i guess.

The Norliss Tapes (TV movie) was an early memory ..

Tales From the Crypt was an early one - in the theatre - and that one scared me so bad i went to the lobby and waited for it to finish.

funny to imagine it now :)

[urgeok2]

Nice shootin' Tex :)

[fortunato]

Nice shootin' Tex :)

haha :D .................

[SinfulEyez]

There are 2 that I can remember which are ANOES and Friday the 13th

[pre cert sniffer]

i used to watch hammer horror movies as a kid on TV so if i remember it was the hand or somthing like that...

but the first nasties were my bloody valentine,cannibal ferox a mate showed me them , first horror i rented was evil dead on palace label..loved it

[Cradle of Death]

I watched a lot of horror movies when I was 5-6 years old. I have two older brothers so they were always available.

I'm not certain which was my first, but my earliest memory is the 2 girls on tricycles in the Shining, so it may have been The Shining.

Others that scared me for years were Jaws, Friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elm Street, Return of the Living Dead, Prince of Darkness & the Exorcist.

[Devil-Hunter]

I watched jaws at a young age.

[scaryladi232]

The first 2 movies i ever watched as a kid were Friday the 13th's and Halloween the first one.

[La Chat Noire]

I saw Scream when I was 10 or 11. I had to sneak watching it after my parents were asleep because they were movie Nazis. I think most of my enjoyment from horror stems from the fact it used to be forbidden.

[jugchord]

The original Texas Chainsaw and Amityville Horror, I watched them the same day

[DeluzioNFX]

Halloween was my first, not sure if it was the first one but it was definately the first or second :)

[pumpkin_queen]

Oh wow!! I remember watching the gate, that same scene freaked me out too! I totally forgot about that movie!! I'm with you- I gotta watch it again, ha ha!!

[Leprucky Cougar]

Love me some Hammer

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v259/rockinmule/313.gif

I like MC Hammer too.

By the Way......You Can't Touch This. :D

[Nella]

The first I remember is "Let's Scare Jessica to Death." I only remember a few scenes. My parents wouldn't let us watch scary movies. THEY don't even watch them now. Haha!

[Devil-Hunter]

The first I remember is "Let's Scare Jessica to Death." I only remember a few scenes. My parents wouldn't let us watch scary movies. THEY don't even watch them now. Haha!

That was a great movie.

[ManchestrMorgue]

Yeah, a great way to start. No wonder you went on to like horror.

My first horror movie on the other hand was Octaman. In spite of this, I still like horror :D

[Kel-J-Firefly]

I saw American Werewolf in London when I was 3... I've been hooked on horrors and black comedies ever since :D

[monster123]

First movie for me was swamp thing. Very good film! haha

[sfear]

One of the earliest I remember is Roger Corman's Tales of Terror. I was eight and the sight of Vincent Price melting (or whatever it was) all over Basil Rathbone kept me up that night. I got over it.

[orangestar]

It was either Scream or Pet Sematary. I wish I could remember which was first...

[n3wt]

The original Psycho not that really bad re-make!

[Eat Horror]

The Evil Dead and I still love it

[AARN]

I have an older brother so when I was like 6 or 7 I saw Nightmare on Elm Street when he was watching it. I'm not sure exactly which one it was, but I think it was the first one. That movie scared the shit out of me back then, so did Candyman....good times.

[missmacabre]

Closest thing I can find to "What got you into horror?"

[Elvis_Christ]

what really god me into them was those tnt and usa up all night shit where they played b horror movies and monster vision. I ate this many cheeseburgers that night: http://tkcollier.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/krispy-kreme-bacon-cheddar-cheeseburgers.jpg


Do you have to go get a hug from your mom when you watch those scary movies you like so much?

[Elvis_Christ]

If you were a cheeseburger I'D EAT THE FUCK OUTAA YOUUUUU!!! http://www.strangevehicles.com/images/content/110985.jpg

Nice bike!

[Elvis_Christ]

thread derailment now?

Did you lean too much over to one side of it?

http://scrapetv.com/News/Images/fat%20guy%20in%20chair.jpg

[friday13thfan]

Elvis enough is enough damn it. Im not a fan of Beyomd either but right now ur making him look great. Seriously man stop.

[Elvis_Christ]

Ok I'm out...

[friday13thfan]

Thank you. Your a great member Elvis and i didnt wanna see u spiral down like that.

[newb]

http://www.horror.com/forum/showthread.php?t=26401&highlight=horror+movies

[friday13thfan]

http://www.horror.com/forum/showthread.php?t=26401&highlight=horror+movies

You Sir, are the victor.

[ferretchucker]

http://www.horror.com/forum/showthread.php?t=26401&highlight=horror+movies

Spot on, spot on.

[dkwrtw]

tough one, I think it was one of the Nightmare on Elm Street movies, can't remember which one though.

[mlauzon]

Prom Night, I was 4.

[Dream Warrior]

The first horror movie i ever watched was A nightmare on elm street. My aunty had it on tape and i used to beg her every time i went round to watch it, she finally give in when i was around 9 years old and bunking off school ( as she had a soft spot for me, and to this day still does 13 years later ) I loved this movie so much the scene with Jonny Depp being swalloed by his own bed was my favorite and the blood splashing around the room. The first kill was great to. Ever since then ive been addicted to horror movies, i have a great collection that are my pride and joy ( pre-cet being the most tresaured )


So what was the first horror movie you ever watched and how did it effect you?

[ToxicAvenger]

that Jonny Depp scene is so sweet! my first was probly the original Halloween... such a classic. i loved halloween because michale myers always walked and ALWAYS ended up catching his prey! the part when lori strode is sitting in her closet and michale comes through the door always stuck with me

[siorai]

The earliest one that I can remember would be Evil Dead. I was 8 or 9 years old, home alone during a horrendous thunderstorm, late at night watching Evil Dead. Yeah, I had nightmares after that. :p

[trx1]

creature from the black lagoon

[Laura6]

The Exorcist..I was about 8 or 9 and my brother made me go with him and his friends!! I was terrified!

[Doctor Loomis]

i saw IT when i was about 5 or 6

[ManchestrMorgue]

The first horror movie I ever watched was Octaman

[TheShape78]

Halloween. I was like 8 when I first saw it? Don't remember exactly, haha.

[Razorghost]

I'm not sure what the 1st horror movie I watched is I'd have to really think for that but for sure the 1st ever horror movie I owned was Night of the living dead on VHS got it at a Woolco way back when, I remember begging my mom to buy it for me and she did. The 60's version too.

After that I went on to collect hundreds of VHS horror movies and still collect horror movie dvd's to this day.

[The Money]

Halloween was my first. A true classic

[fuglystick]

I don't know the name of it, but when I was about five years old there was a black and white horror film on TV that had giant spiders in it. It was some cheesy 50's film I'm sure, but it was convincing enough for a five year old to give me the creeps for a long time.

[Elvis_Christ]

Think I've already posted in here but Fright Night or Friday The 13th popped my horror cherrie.

[orangestar]

I think it was Pet Sematary around the age of 10. The book was scarier, but the movie will always hold a special place in my heart.

[mlauzon]

I think it was Pet Sematary around the age of 10. The book was scarier, but the movie will always hold a special place in my heart.

I think I mentioned this on here before -- or was it another forum, I don't remember -- there was talk about remaking "Pet Sematary" to be more like the book than the original movie was.

[Mordum]

Pet sematary, was 10 years old, and was afraid to go to sleep for about 1 month:P

[Scarebaby]

First ever was Night of the Living Dead when I was 8 years old (thank you, dad) but the ones that got me into horror films on an entirely different level were Blood for Dracula, Street Trash and Bad Taste, when I was about 14 years old.

[fortunato]

Ugh, seriously?

[Scarebaby]

Isn't there already a thread like this?

[SodaGirl]

My 3 earliest horror movie memories are the original House on Haunted Hill, Amityville 3D, and Child's Play. I can't seem to remember the order though.

[Scarebaby]

Ugh, seriously?

Wait, was that to me? What were you ughing about?

[iSeymore]

The 6th Sense. I was probably 8 or 9 years old at the time, I remember it was when I was in grade 3 in elementary school and my parents went out on a date and I got stuck with a lame babysitter, she rented us a movie and ordered us a pizza and we watched this movie, couldn't sleep right for months! I was so scared!

[Putoems]

Nightmare on elm street, was 5 years old, saw the pub on the tv and asked my mom if i could see it... After the 1000th time, there i was after hours seeing with her eheh

[psycho d]

Not sure if memory serves me correctly, but the first one i remember scaring me was The Little Shop of Horrors (1960).
d

[iSeymore]

First couple of Horror movies that I actually sat up and watched were pretty much all Franchise horror flicks.

1) The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (1994) - I thought it was a pretty kick-ass horror film, I was only young when I watched it though.

2) Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988) - Was also young when I watched it, but it scared me a whole lot more than the Friday the 13th movies did at the time.

3) Freddy Vs. Jason (2003) - Yes, I was twelve years old when this movie was released in theaters, Couldn't watch it until it was released on DVD though due to my age, loved it nonetheless and it was my entrance movie into the Friday the 13th franchise.

[horrorman]

I think it was John Carpenter's "Christine", decent film, though book is much better, but movie never scared me. I also watched "the Unnamable" and the first part of "the Howling V" around the same time, but I prefer "Christine."

- Horrorman

[asoundmind]

A Nightmare on Elm Street. My older sister and her friend rented it when it first came out on VHS. Scared the hell out of me.

[scouse mac]

A Hammer horror, impossible to remember which one exactly but pretty sure it was a Christopher Lee Dracula

[Devastating]

Cant remember that far back..XD:D

Iam pretty sure the firt Horror movie I watched was The Thing(Kirt Russell);)

[AmericanManiac]

I remember this one well. I was six years old and my teenage sister was having a sleep over, I was told to leave them alone but you know how that goes. I snuck downstairs after the parents went to bed, and they were all watching "The Last House on The Left". Terrified me!

[dub2001]

I think it was The Creature From The Black Lagoon When I was about 5. I watched all the old horror flicks with my grandma and she loved to scare the shit out of me. There were so many back then they all run together, if not for her I wouldnt be the horror nut that I am. Learned things from her about the "Supernatural" that could break a person for the rest of their life. Ahh... Good Times.

[scarymoviefreak!!!]

I remember when I was seven the Freddy vs Jason movie was showing at the movies and how I was begging them to see it. they took me to the movies to see rugrats in paris. I was not Impressed

[robwar]

My first horror movie i remember that i saw it with my mom an dad. i was 6 and the name of the movie was people undr the stairs.