Why do you like horror and when did it start?

[Angra]

Originally Posted by ferretchucker

I miss The_Real_Linda. :(

Why?

She was soooo fake.

Her real name was Diana actually.

[krugger]

Watching Midnight Theater when my parents went to bed. Came on Friday nights and they showed late 60's mid-70's horror. Then my dad took me to see FRIDAY THE 13TH when I was 7 or 8 years old. From then on I could not get enough horror. Now I'm trying to get a good horror collection started.

[Laura6]

When I saw the Excorcist in the theatre about age 8 and a couple of years later seeing Jaws...I was scared out of mind and I have been trying to scare myself ever since!

[Kieran]

My first touch with horror, that I can recall, is watching one of the Critters movies on TV with my family when I was four years old. Holy crap, it was scary back then but I suspect it turned me into a horror fan, particularly of the supernatural. I wasn't allowed to watch just any kind of horror films as a young child, but almost any vampire or werewolf movie was fine and totally on my must-see list any time such would air on TV. Also, Hitchcok's The Birds was one that I remember viewing at primary school age, as a couple of disturbing scenes from it were burned into my mind right down to this day. Like, of course I've seen it a few times since but the mental snapshots that I get any time the movie is mentioned are from that first view. Great movie, one of my favourites of the genre.

I remember wanting to watch Pet Semetary and A Nightmare on Elm Street around age 10 or earlier but wasn't allowed, of which I'm very glad these days. The latter is one of my all time favourite horror films but it was terrifying enough when I first watched it when I was 13-years old, and that was when I first widened my view of the horror genre into the slashers and so on. As for the Pet Semetary, I first saw it as a teen and I absolutely love the theme of how far a human being might go in their grief and that it was done through a story about a father losing his toddler child, his only son, in such a brutal way. That's what I appreciate the most about the story while the main character's descent into madness is brilliantly executed, especially in the book which I read two and a half times as a teen. (Because I couldn't take it anymore at the third time. Because Rachel's sister is too much for me, though moreso in the movie.)

As a child I also read a lot, book series such as The Little Vampire, and if R.L. Stine's Goosebumps book had been translated to my language back then in the '90s I definitely would've loved them.

I've never really given any thought to why I love horror stuff. I just do. There's just that something about the feeling called fear and its thrill, when you get it while you know you're safe. And especially about all the interesting, fascinating stories and mosnters that have been and can be created for the genre. I think me being passionately creative/artistic soul may have something to do with my horror love - deep emotions and creative ideas appeal to me.

[Anthropophagus]

My love of horror started as a child much like most of us here.I am now 52 so quite a few years have passed.I started when we only had three tv channels to view and on Fridays they often had a horror movie.namely Frankenstein/Dracula type movies and the Hammer horrors.

Notable ones was The Gorgon and The Reptile,both of which i have seen countless times.As i said the early Franky and Drac flics were a staple for me.I also enjoyed many Sci-Fi movies,many which crossed over into horror.

Why do i love them,they are different and an escape from reality.I know those monsters do not exists and are made from imagination.The unusual,the scary,the eerie atmospheres are what i love.

Over the decades i have seen thousands of horror movies,some i love, some i hate.But i never bore of them and will watch them till i enter the big box in the ground.

[Disconser]

The first horror movie I ever watched was It. I wanted to watch it because I already liked the book. Two years later - in May 2015 - I suddenly had the urge to watch The Silence of the Lambs which isn't quite much of a horror movie but it was thrilling.

I also used to watch a lot of trash horror movies and one day I had the thought that I could watch a good one. It was in the holidays on October 20th when I watched A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010) which was followed by Halloween (1978). I completed watching both series within a few days. I'm still quite new to all of this though.

[Toddallthingshorror]

The first horror I ever watched was Jaws in the 8-9 range. I didnt become a horror nut (going to cons, reading everything I could, collecting VHS tapes) until I saw a VHS copy of Dawn of the Dead around 15 or 16. Ever since then I've been hooked.

I like horror because.....I dont really know why. I guess its that good vs evil thing. Seeing the hero get his shit together and save the day is great. But I also like seeing the bad guy win as well. Never really thought about why I liked horror.

[anglewitch]

I started watching horror at age 3. The first horror movie I watched when I was little was Hellraiser 2. I made a note to myself that said "When reincarnated again, remember that you're to young for that stage of horror".
Like hell I would listen to that note!