your earliest horror movie memory

[leezuki]

Do You Remember The First Horror Film You Saw? mine would have to be dawn of the dead,first horror i remember well,we had an old vhs with spring top my parents rented it out i must have been only seven,i sneaked down one night and watched it,i had a really bad nightmare that night.

[The Villain]

Probably Child's Play. It scared the hell out of me and gave me nightmares. Nothing scared me more then Chucky as a kid. That's probably why its my favorite horror movie now.

[leezuki]

Probably Child's Play. It scared the hell out of me and gave me nightmares. Nothing scared me more then Chucky as a kid. That's probably why its my favorite horror movie now.

did not know that was your fave horror villain,i only liked the first two chucky movies.did not know what the fith movie was about lol.

[The Villain]

The first three are the only goods ones. The fourth tried to add comedy and the fifth was almost a parody of the other ones. It was all comedy.

Another memory i have of is waking up one morning, turning on the tv and The Gate was playing. That didnt scare me but i really liked it and its a fond memory of mine.

Also my brother used to watch Tremors all the time and i would watch that with him. I love that movie.

[leezuki]

The first three are the only goods ones. The fourth tried to add comedy and the fifth was almost a parody of the other ones. It was all comedy.

Another memory i have of is waking up one morning, turning on the tv and The Gate was playing. That didnt scare me but i really liked it and its a fond memory of mine.

Also my brother used to watch Tremors all the time and i would watch that with him. I love that movie.

yea i have fond memory of those.

[Anthropophagus]

Showing my age here but for me it was either the Reptile or maybe Bride of Frankenstein,about the mid seventies and i would have been about 10 or 12.

[Ferox13]

There used to be double bills on BBC2 every friday night when I was a kid. First film was always an old (mostly Universal) horror film. Second was an older colour one, often AIP or Hammer but other odd stuff showed up..

I remember the Lon Chaney Werewolf films really well - He was my fave when I was a kid. I usually fell asleep for the second film (I was 5 or 6) but I do remember the gorey opening scene for Superbeast.

When Jaws came out in the cinema (I was 6) - it chnaged my life. I was shark obsessed. I collected bookson em and knew a million facts about them. The Hammerhead is still my fave. I wanted to be a Marine Biologist too..

[leezuki]

There used to be double bills on BBC2 every friday night when I was a kid. First film was always an old (mostly Universal) horror film. Second was an older colour one, often AIP or Hammer but other odd stuff showed up..

I remember the Lon Chaney Werewolf films really well - He was my fave when I was a kid. I usually fell asleep for the second film (I was 5 or 6) but I do remember the gorey opening scene for Superbeast.

When Jaws came out in the cinema (I was 6) - it chnaged my life. I was shark obsessed. I collected bookson em and knew a million facts about them. The Hammerhead is still my fave. I wanted to be a Marine Biologist too..
jaws was really scary when i was a kid, i was about 6 i first saw that on tv bout 1981.

[Ferox13]

Weirdly I didn't find it scarey with the exception of BEN GARDENERS HEAD STRAIGHT OUTTA NOWHERE...It made me fascinated with sharks though.

The Devil Rides out scared the bejaysus out me as a kid though.

[Fearonsarms]

I grew up watching on tons of late night horrors on tv there are far too many to list here and therefore I have no idea what the first one was but I'll give shout outs to-

The Shining
Amityville 2
The Omen (original)
Halloween (original)
Friday The 13th part 4
Hellraiser
The Burning
A Nightmare On Elm Street 1, 3,4
Night Of The Creeps
From Beyond
Day Of The Dead
Sweeny Todd The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street (original)
The Fog (original)

[Fearonsarms]

Oh and weirdly-Spontaneous Combustion-I couldnt sleep for weeks-my sisters couldnt understand how that film scared me so much when I'd seen what they thought were much scarier movies-In fact I haven't ever been able to watch it again.

[leezuki]

Showing my age here but for me it was either the Reptile or maybe Bride of Frankenstein,about the mid seventies and i would have been about 10 or 12.

bride of frankenstein is my fave out all of the frankenstein movies.

[The revoltingbob]

My Dad took me to see Prince of Darkness.
I still remember exactly how seeing Alice Cooper standing there with all the bugs coming out made me feel. I was scared out of my MIND.

I saw Alice Cooper at Horrorfind Weekend a few years ago and got that same feeling when I got up to him in line. I was waiting for the roaches to start spilling out!!

[zOMGbies]

I remember back when I was in elementary school everyone was saying Friday the 13th was the scariest movie ever and how Jason was real which scared the hell out of me. Anyways, it was Friday the 13th and they were airing a marathon of the movies so my brother, a friend, and I stayed up to watch one of them. We didn't get much sleep that night, especially since my backyard faces a woodland area, so we were paranoid that he was right outside the window. I look back and laugh, because I remember the feeling of being terrified and I can no longer experience that now with movies since I'm much older. Good times.

[hueyisme]

This is really showing my age, it was about 1950 or 51 Dracula and Frankenstein were playing at a drive-in in the town where we lived. I kept bugging my mom and dad to take me to see it, they finally gave in. I thought they were the greatest movies ever made at that time. Mom and Dad thought they were stupid but I have to give them credit, they stuck with them all the way through. Then about a month later The Bride Of Frankenstein came to one of the town theatres and I was able to see that on my own. After seeing that one I was in a daze for about a week after. I still think The Bride is one of the best films ever made.

[SodaGirl]

I was terrified of horror movies when I was a kid and even remember calling my parents to come get me when my cousin was going to watch a horror movie while I was having a sleepover with her.

The earliest horror memory I have is seeing a movie that I'm not sure what it was and I haven't seen it since. There was some sort of goo puddle (pink, I think) in the basement of a house and I remember people either going on or coming out of the puddle. It has been suggested that it may have been one of the Amityville movies, 3D perhaps? I was not exactly a willing participant in watching that movie, but it was also at a relatives house.

The first time I chose to watch a horror movie was Child's Play. My dad was watching it and I remember sneaking in behind him and watching. I learned that day that movies weren't all that scary and I've been a fan since.

I only saw parts of those 2 movies. My first full horror movie was the original House on Haunted Hill - one of my dad's old favorites. I still have a soft spot for it to this day.

[kelvecion]

The earliest horror movie memory for me is listening to the Hitchcock's The Birds while my parents watched it on TV. The first horror movie I saw was, I think, The Beast in the Cellar.

[ManchestrMorgue]

First horror film that I ever saw was Octaman (1976) - a pretty poor film, but great to my impressionable young mind.

I really loved the Hammer films when I was growing up - there was a period when there was a Hammer or Amicus film once a week on Sydney TV, and I would always try to stay up late to watch them. Later on, the old Universal horrors were televised on a different channel on Friday nights, and I tried to catch all of those as well (or at least videotape them and watch them the next day).

The Blob was also a special film for me. I remember waking at about 3 in the morning to watch it on TV more than once.

[leezuki]

My Dad took me to see Prince of Darkness.
I still remember exactly how seeing Alice Cooper standing there with all the bugs coming out made me feel. I was scared out of my MIND.

I saw Alice Cooper at Horrorfind Weekend a few years ago and got that same feeling when I got up to him in line. I was waiting for the roaches to start spilling out!!

lol prince of darkness is good,i like alice cooper.

[Nini_luv5]

Sneaking into the back room of my house at night when i was 10 to watch Nightmare on Elm Street<3
Thus a horror freak was born.

This was also my inspiration for getting my Freddy Krueger tattoo, and loving it ever since

[Ferox13]

Sneaking into the back room of my house at night when i was 10 to watch Nightmare on Elm Street<3

I remember getting into see Friday the 13th Part III when I was 13 or 14 in the cinema. The first 3D film I ever saw. The film was rated over 18s.

[ABjerg]

Don't know what it's called, but I made a thread about it if someone wants to help me out --> http://www.horror.com/forum/showthread.php?t=58196 Can't fuckin' remember what it's called!!

[The revoltingbob]

lol prince of darkness is good,i like alice cooper.

Yeah He was so awesome in person here is a pic from horrorfind weekend http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3200/2886417708_048791f2ff.jpg

no roaches or worms still creepy:)



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I have watched that movie a few times since I was nine and its not as scary now lol

[AmericanIdiot]

When I was young they used to have this thing called Project Terror on sat night. They would show maybe one or two horror flicks. I recall watching The increadible two headed transplant an i believe Motel Hell. Shit that was a long time ago...................Dave

[Fearonsarms]

[QUOTE=SodaGirl;898251]I was terrified of horror movies when I was a kid and even remember calling my parents to come get me when my cousin was going to watch a horror movie while I was having a sleepover with her.

The earliest horror memory I have is seeing a movie that I'm not sure what it was and I haven't seen it since. There was some sort of goo puddle (pink, I think) in the basement of a house and I remember people either going on or coming out of the puddle. It has been suggested that it may have been one of the Amityville movies, 3D perhaps? I was not exactly a willing participant in watching that movie, but it was also at a relatives house.
QUOTE]

That was Amityville 1992:It's about Time. Oh happy memories :)

[The Villain]

I just thought of another one and i have no idea how i didnt remember it.

Killer Klown's From Outer Space. My whole family used to watch that all the time and i've loved it since i can remember.

[Nini_luv5]

I just thought of another one and i have no idea how i didnt remember it.

Killer Klown's From Outer Space. My whole family used to watch that all the time and i've loved it since i can remember.

I love the Theme music from that movie... soo 80's :cool:

[Geddy]

I remember being really young and having an unhealthy obsession with the Universal monster movies. The library used to rent out the VHS copies of them, along with all the original Godzilla films.

Also, I remember seeing Stephen King's It when I was very young and A Nightmare on Elm Street with my brother one Halloween a long ass time ago.

[The Villain]

I love the Theme music from that movie... soo 80's :cool:

Me too. The Theme is awesome

[leezuki]

Don't know what it's called, but I made a thread about it if someone wants to help me out --> http://www.horror.com/forum/showthread.php?t=58196 Can't fuckin' remember what it's called!!

u not found this movie yet, i am intrigued to know what it is ?

[hueyisme]

The first horror movie I remember was one I saw with my parents in a theatre, I was 5 or 6 at the time. It was called Scared To Death with Bela Lugosi. One part this woman opened a box and there was a head in it, that scared the living shit out of me, I had nightmares over it. I found the same movie on dvd a while back, and after all these years it was kind of a silly movie.

[leezuki]

The first horror movie I remember was one I saw with my parents in a theatre, I was 5 or 6 at the time. It was called Scared To Death with Bela Lugosi. One part this woman opened a box and there was a head in it, that scared the living shit out of me, I had nightmares over it. I found the same movie on dvd a while back, and after all these years it was kind of a silly movie.

not silly,just that horror movies were alot better to watch when ur a kid :D

[ABjerg]

u not found this movie yet, i am intrigued to know what it is ?
No, still don't know it. :( PLZ SOMEBODY!!

[leezuki]

No, still don't know it. :( PLZ SOMEBODY!!

i aint got a clue,i tried working it out with some of the clues u left.

[ABjerg]

i aint got a clue,i tried working it out with some of the clues u left.
Oh well, thanx for tryin' bro. It's just that I've wanted to know since I was 7-8 and I'm 16 now. :( Wish I'll find out some day.

[Kokujo]

I think one of my first horror movies was Child's Play. I do know, though, that my older sisters used to torture me with them. So who knows what it could've been?

[hexen]

Yeah He was so awesome in person here is a pic from horrorfind weekend http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3200/2886417708_048791f2ff.jpg


Whoa. You met Alice Cooper? To be honest I am more fond of his music than movies. Wouldn't mind meeting a rockstar though? Did you get his autograph?

I just thought of another one and i have no idea how i didnt remember it.

Killer Klown's From Outer Space. My whole family used to watch that all the time and i've loved it since i can remember.

Yea. I remember that movie. Ugh. Killer Klowns. Clowns have always freaked me out. Anything with clowns in general has definitely stuck out in my mind. IT, Captain Spaulding, Jack Nicholson as the Joker. etc.

[The Villain]

Yea. I remember that movie. Ugh. Killer Klowns. Clowns have always freaked me out. Anything with clowns in general has definitely stuck out in my mind. IT, Captain Spaulding, Jack Nicholson as the Joker. etc.

Clowns are pretty freaky. There needs to be more horror movies about killer clowns in my opinion....well more good ones. There are a lot of bad ones.

[neverending]

As I've posted in the dozen or so other threads we've had on this subject, the first horror film I saw was War of the Colossal Beast.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3033/2515121404_0025d28643.jpg

I heard some strange sounds from the TV in the other room on my way to bed, and peeked in to see this horribly disfigured giant man about to eat a cow. I was mesmerized instantly. I begged my mother to let me stay up and watch it, and I've been hooked ever since.

[Straker]

As I've posted in the dozen or so other threads we've had on this subject, the first horror film I saw was War of the Colossal Beast.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3033/2515121404_0025d28643.jpg

I heard some strange sounds from the TV in the other room on my way to bed, and peeked in to see this horribly disfigured giant man about to eat a cow. I was mesmerized instantly. I begged my mother to let me stay up and watch it, and I've been hooked ever since.

That movie looks awesome...

Not sure what my earliest horror movie memory is... Dracula: Prince of Darkness, the final scenes where Dracula is cornered on the ice have always stuck with me. Hammer horror movies were on the tv regularly when I was growing up so most of my earliest horror memories are hammer related. :cool:

[The revoltingbob]

Whoa. You met Alice Cooper? To be honest I am more fond of his music than movies. Wouldn't mind meeting a rockstar though? Did you get his autograph?

Yeah I meet him at Horrorfind in 2003, They have a really good costume contest on sat night I was sitting next to the exit for the contestants, I look over and right on the other side of the contestant walk way was a guy dressed like Alice in full make up, He thought he was sneaking in lol
I forgot my copy of army of darkness So I got Waynes World signed instead :D

[SodaGirl]

When counting more than movies, Alice Cooper is actually my first horror memory... My dad was/is a big fan and he had AC concerts on video and they scared the hell out of me. I'm not a fan of his music, but I think of him as a brilliant stage performer just because of the nightmares he gave me.

[The revoltingbob]

Yea. I remember that movie. Ugh. Killer Klowns. Clowns have always freaked me out. Anything with clowns in general has definitely stuck out in my mind. IT, Captain Spaulding, Jack Nicholson as the Joker. etc.

Captain Spaulding aka Sid Haig is another one that just has the look. Every time I have meet him I always wonder if he actually has an alligator boy in his basement. He just looks and sounds creepy, he is so intimidating. He is going to be at horrorfind this year with Bill Mosely. Gonna get my spaulding talking action figure signed "and most of all dont forget to take home some of my tasty fried chicken "
:D

[hexen]

Captain Spaulding aka Sid Haig is another one that just has the look. Every time I have meet him I always wonder if he actually has an alligator boy in his basement. He just looks and sounds creepy, he is so intimidating. He is going to be at horrorfind this year with Bill Mosely. Gonna get my spaulding talking action figure signed "and most of all dont forget to take home some of my tasty fried chicken "
:D

You've MET HIM? What's horrorfind? Or should I say, where?
As freaky as that guy is i'd brave my fear of clowns just to get my dvd of House of A Thousand Corpses signed.

[The revoltingbob]

You've MET HIM? What's horrorfind? Or should I say, where?
As freaky as that guy is i'd brave my fear of clowns just to get my dvd of House of A Thousand Corpses signed.
Its a horror con in gettysburg pa.

I let my 6 year old son watch (some) of House of a thousand Corpses and he loves Capt Spalding, before anyone bashes me I earmuffed and blind folded for the hardcore stuff ;). I think that's the first horror movie I let him watch I wonder what his "your earliest horror movie memory thread" post will say in 12 years lol.

I am taking him with me to Horrorfind for this.
http://horrorfindweekend.com/2011/sidpic.jpg

[leezuki]

Its a horror con in gettysburg pa.

I let my 6 year old son watch (some) of House of a thousand Corpses and he loves Capt Spalding, before anyone bashes me I earmuffed and blind folded for the hardcore stuff ;). I think that's the first horror movie I let him watch I wonder what his "your earliest horror movie memory thread" post will say in 12 years lol.

I am taking him with me to Horrorfind for this.
http://horrorfindweekend.com/2011/sidpic.jpg

that is cool,wish icould go, but i live in the uk :(

[horrorluvr]

This is actually my FIRST POST here on horror.com.
YAY!!!

The first horror film I saw was Friday the 13th. I actually sent a letter about this to HORRORHOUND magazine and they published it.
My divorced mother took my sister and I (I was 7 years old at the time) on a date back in 1980 and the second film showing was Friday the 13th. I have no clue what the first film was, but that second one changed my life. I remember peeking around the front seat, while I was supposed to be sleeping mind you, and watching in awe as people had their throats slit, arrows thrust through their throat, a hatchet to the forehead and a decapitation. I am also sure that it was the first time I had ever seen a breast. Because of all this violence I slept on the floor next to my mother's bed for 3 months and I've been looking for that same scare for the last 31 years.

Horrorluvr (Donnie)

[Fearonsarms]

I think I might revisit the friday the 13th movies (seen them all except 3 and 7) at some point.

[leezuki]

I think I might revisit the friday the 13th movies (seen them all except 3 and 7) at some point.

a like 3, i think that was one of my fave out all of them.

[johann]

my first horror movie that I remember watching was The Exorcist. I was about 5 or 6. watched alone on a rainy October night and freaked my self out. Some years later I started watching it with my friends and to my surprised I now think the exorcist is the best satanic comedy ever.

[leezuki]

my first horror movie that I remember watching was The Exorcist. I was about 5 or 6. watched alone on a rainy October night and freaked my self out. Some years later I started watching it with my friends and to my surprised I now think the exorcist is the best satanic comedy ever.

i liked exorcist never scared me, i think it gets over rated as a scary movie, just a good horror movie.

[The Villain]

i liked exorcist never scared me, i think it gets over rated as a scary movie, just a good horror movie.

You cant just judge a horror movie on its fright capabilities. Everyone seems to do this with The Exorcist. What makes it so good and what makes it so frightening is that the movie really pulls you in. The story, the acting, the whole entire feel of the movie adds to the drama of what you are seeing and makes you feel like you're a part of it. I think that's where the fear comes in and even though i was never scared i loved the movie.

[hammerfan]

You cant just judge a horror movie on its fright capabilities. Everyone seems to do this with The Exorcist. What makes it so good and what makes it so frightening is that the movie really pulls you in. The story, the acting, the whole entire feel of the movie adds to the drama of what you are seeing and makes you feel like you're a part of it. I think that's where the fear comes in and even though i was never scared i loved the movie.

I saw it in the theater when it came out (I was about 13 - same age as Linda Blair) - and it scared the bejesus out of me!

[The Villain]

I saw it in the theater when it came out (I was about 13 - same age as Linda Blair) - and it scared the bejesus out of me!

I remember reading that when it first came out, people fainted, vomited and ran out of the theater. Any of that happen when you saw it? ;)

[hammerfan]

Yeah, me! I left the theater before the movie was even over! LOL!!

[The Villain]

Yeah, me! I left the theater before the movie was even over! LOL!!

Now that's a good experience lol

[leezuki]

You cant just judge a horror movie on its fright capabilities. Everyone seems to do this with The Exorcist. What makes it so good and what makes it so frightening is that the movie really pulls you in. The story, the acting, the whole entire feel of the movie adds to the drama of what you are seeing and makes you feel like you're a part of it. I think that's where the fear comes in and even though i was never scared i loved the movie.

that's what i am saying, people watch it and expect the movie to terrify them, i love the movie aswell, but i never watched it expecting it to terrify me.i found it scary in other ways, and the movie was very daring for the time it was made. alot of youths watch it today expecting it to terrify them, then moan saying it is rubbish that it did not scare them, which realy anoys me, it's a good horror movie with a very good story.when i first watched it i found it very shocking, i had never heard language with swearing like that before, and the blasphimy which is mainly why it got banned, i dont know why cus it's good vs evil and good wins.my wife hates the movie it unsettles her and scares her, so i think if u get into the story and if u believe in heaven and hell it can be a very scary movie.

[hammerfan]

Now that's a good experience lol

And I slept with the light on in my room for months afterward!

[Uncle Squid]

My earliest horror memory is of throwing my My Buddy doll into the basement after watching Childs Play.

[leezuki]

My earliest horror memory is of throwing my My Buddy doll into the basement after watching Childs Play.

lol did u have a buddy doll ?

[The Villain]

And I slept with the light on in my room for months afterward!

Movies just dont scare people like that anymore

[leezuki]

hey hammer, i still have a bit of fear of the dark.
dont think i should have said that on here :o