Kiddie Horror

[hammerfan]

Originally Posted by Goathead

Wow, am I the only one starting seriously to watch horror movies with like... 18? xD My parents didn't want that I watch horror movies, I remember when the Blair Witch Project was coming to TV when I was like maybe 11 or 12 and they sent me to my room while they were watching and afterwards told me how horryfying it was and how good that I didn't see it. Maybe until the age of 10 I was only watching cartoons, I was not interested by live action movies, I found it boring to see actual people in the TV, and during my teenage years I was not watching horror either cause my father despises them and when they were shown in TV I was already in bed sleeping. So it was only starting when my parents divorced when I was 17 that I watched some movies with my mum in TV, but in Germany horror movies are not often shown in TV xD

Now my girlfriend, a horror junkie herself, makes me discover my love for the genre. But yes, I am actually very pissed that I seem to be the only one not watching horror movies as a child xD Wish my parents would have been like you Jake.

Speaking for myself, I'm a lot older than you, Goathead (57). So, when I was a kid, the movies that were coming out weren't as graphic as the movies 10 years ago. The worst one was The Exorcist (which still scares the shit out of me today). I grew up watching the Hammer films, the Saturday afternoon horror movies on TV were always the old Universal and giant creature movies. I actually don't care for the slasher films. I don't equate gore with horror. It's just gore. I prefer creatures/monsters/spooks, etc. There have been a few newer movies that I like, but not many.

[Goathead]

Originally Posted by hammerfan

Speaking for myself, I'm a lot older than you, Goathead (57). So, when I was a kid, the movies that were coming out weren't as graphic as the movies 10 years ago. The worst one was The Exorcist (which still scares the shit out of me today). I grew up watching the Hammer films, the Saturday afternoon horror movies on TV were always the old Universal and giant creature movies. I actually don't care for the slasher films. I don't equate gore with horror. It's just gore. I prefer creatures/monsters/spooks, etc. There have been a few newer movies that I like, but not many.

Horror movies the afternoon? Awesome. I first came in contact with Universal movies like maybe three years ago caused I bought a Bluray Collection of Dracula, Frankenstein, Wolf Man and so on...shame we don't watch that so often, my girlfriend doesn't like black and white movies :/

But still, there were not only gory horror movies in TV when I was a kid, but my parents didn't let me. I think my first horror movies that I watched were Final Destination and Darkness Falls and it creeped the shit out of me. I am not sure if the infant mind is able to digest the happenings in a horror movie (Universal films aside). I don't know how it's like in America but in Germany horror movies have an age restriction of 16, sometimes 18 if it's gory. France is not so strict though (living in France now), here horror movies can be seen mostly with age of 12.

[Jake.Ashworth]

Originally Posted by Goathead

Wow, am I the only one starting seriously to watch horror movies with like... 18? xD My parents didn't want that I watch horror movies, I remember when the Blair Witch Project was coming to TV when I was like maybe 11 or 12 and they sent me to my room while they were watching and afterwards told me how horryfying it was and how good that I didn't see it. Maybe until the age of 10 I was only watching cartoons, I was not interested by live action movies, I found it boring to see actual people in the TV, and during my teenage years I was not watching horror either cause my father despises them and when they were shown in TV I was already in bed sleeping. So it was only starting when my parents divorced when I was 17 that I watched some movies with my mum in TV, but in Germany horror movies are not often shown in TV xD

Now my girlfriend, a horror junkie herself, makes me discover my love for the genre. But yes, I am actually very pissed that I seem to be the only one not watching horror movies as a child xD Wish my parents would have been like you Jake.

AWWWW Thanks! Lol, my dad got me started early and I turned out pretty darn good, figured it was best for me to do the same for my boys.

[Jake.Ashworth]

Originally Posted by hammerfan

Speaking for myself, I'm a lot older than you, Goathead (57). So, when I was a kid, the movies that were coming out weren't as graphic as the movies 10 years ago. The worst one was The Exorcist (which still scares the shit out of me today). I grew up watching the Hammer films, the Saturday afternoon horror movies on TV were always the old Universal and giant creature movies. I actually don't care for the slasher films. I don't equate gore with horror. It's just gore. I prefer creatures/monsters/spooks, etc. There have been a few newer movies that I like, but not many.

I miss Saturday TV so much. I remember sitting in the living room watching Saturday morning cartoons and then watching some of the classics during the day. To go along with that, Up All Night on USA when I was a teenager was THE SHIT! Please tell me some of you remember that?

[hammerfan]

Originally Posted by Jake.Ashworth

I miss Saturday TV so much. I remember sitting in the living room watching Saturday morning cartoons and then watching some of the classics during the day. To go along with that, Up All Night on USA when I was a teenager was THE SHIT! Please tell me some of you remember that?

Yeah, I miss Saturday afternoon TV, too. Although, this new channel, Comet, seems to be picking up the slack.

Up All Night isn't ringing a bell. When was it on? If it was the 80s, I was too busy protecting my country and getting drunk every night.

[MichaelMyers]

Originally Posted by Jake.Ashworth

I miss Saturday TV so much. I remember sitting in the living room watching Saturday morning cartoons and then watching some of the classics during the day. To go along with that, Up All Night on USA when I was a teenager was THE SHIT! Please tell me some of you remember that?

Yes I remember watching slashers, Planet of the Apes, sci-fi etc. interspersed with 1-900 number ads. It would end at 5am so I wouldn't be worth a lick on Sunday.

[Jake.Ashworth]

Originally Posted by hammerfan

Yeah, I miss Saturday afternoon TV, too. Although, this new channel, Comet, seems to be picking up the slack.

Up All Night isn't ringing a bell. When was it on? If it was the 80s, I was too busy protecting my country and getting drunk every night.

OMG, Up All Night was the SHIT!!!!! It ran from 89-98, it was hosted by Gilbert Gottfried and Rhonda Shear.

This is a partial list of movies on Wiki

Partial list of movies shown during USA Up All Night
Assault of the Killer Bimbos
Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death
Class of Nuke 'Em High
Class of Nuke 'Em High 2: Subhumanoid Meltdown
Cool World
Creepshow
Critters
D.C. Cab
Dead Reckoning
Dr. Alien
The Evil Dead
Far Out Man
Flesh Eating Mothers
Fright Night II
Hell Comes to Frogtown
House Party
House Party 2
I Was a Zombie for the F.B.I.
Joysticks
Miracle Beach
My Bloody Valentine
Nightmare on Elm Street
Nightmare Sisters
The People Under the Stairs
Porky's
Once Bitten
Reform School Girls
Short Circuit
The Shrimp on the Barbie
Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama
Street Smart
Summer Job
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze
The Toxic Avenger
Vampire on Bikini Beach
Vice Academy

Originally Posted by MichaelMyers

Yes I remember watching slashers, Planet of the Apes, sci-fi etc. interspersed with 1-900 number ads. It would end at 5am so I wouldn't be worth a lick on Sunday.

Im so happy I am not the only one who remembers this, god it was my favorite night of the week.

[hammerfan]

Ah, so, they played a lot of Troma!

[TheBossInTheWall]

Originally Posted by Jake.Ashworth

I miss Saturday TV so much. I remember sitting in the living room watching Saturday morning cartoons and then watching some of the classics during the day. To go along with that, Up All Night on USA when I was a teenager was THE SHIT! Please tell me some of you remember that?

Jake I do not remember USA doing that. I remember Saturday Nightmares on the network though.

[Jake.Ashworth]

Originally Posted by hammerfan

Ah, so, they played a lot of Troma!

Lots of Troma, on TV!!!! Lol. No one would let that happen these days. Could you imagine Class of Nukem High on TV?