...that you ever seen? :question:
Mine-
I saw FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE WOLFMAN on TV in 1967. I was 5.
At a theater- PLANET OF THE APES (1968). Unless you don't consider that horror and more sci-fi. Then it would be WILLARD (1971) at the Strand in Paw Paw, Mich. I was 9.
The Last Man on Earth (1964)
I didn't see this at the theater, but years later on TV. I was about 3 or 4 years old. The film traumatized me and gave me nightmares.
Theater:
Let's Scare Jessica to Death (1971). Not during its original run; this was again years later when I was about 6 or 7 years old. And yes, the film gave me nightmares. The ending was too intense for me, so we had to leave the theater.
HORROR EXPRESS and the TV movie BAFFLED with Leonard Nimoy on television.
In cinemas I think it was THE SHINING and you all know how I feel about that one 😳😉🐢
my older cousin showed me AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON when I must've been about 7 or 8...
Quote from: claws on November 19, 2025, 11:47:23 PMLet's Scare Jessica to Death (1971). Not during its original run; this was again years later when I was about 6 or 7 years old. And yes, the film gave me nightmares. The ending was too intense for me, so we had to leave the theater.
I only saw that this year and it freaked me out!
Friday the 13th and Friday the 13th Part 2.
I was probably 4 or so, late 80s.
I don't remember. I remember seeing short clips of Universal's Frankenstein and the Wolfman as a kid and being fascinated. The first one I remember seeing in the theater is THE SHINING, but I probably saw something before that.
Quote from: HappyGilmore on November 20, 2025, 09:26:02 AMFriday the 13th and Friday the 13th Part 2.
I was probably 4 or so, late 80s.
the first one I saw was part 8... maybe that's partly why it's my favourite? it's supposedly one of the worst (or even THE worst) but I love it
Quote from: zombie no.one on November 20, 2025, 10:49:07 AMQuote from: HappyGilmore on November 20, 2025, 09:26:02 AMFriday the 13th and Friday the 13th Part 2.
I was probably 4 or so, late 80s.
the first one I saw was part 8... maybe that's partly why it's my favourite? it's supposedly one of the worst (or even THE worst) but I love it
People seem to hate it, but I really like 8. I really didn't like Part 5 or 9. I appreciate they tried something different and having a fake-Jason in 5 with the ambulance driver Roy was a nice attempt to continue the series.
Parts 3,4 and X are actually my favorites, with 8 probably tying with X. I watch those 4 the most whenever I rewatch the films.
Quote from: RCMerchant on November 19, 2025, 10:13:13 PM...that you ever seen? :question:
Mine-
I saw FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE WOLFMAN on TV in 1967. I was 5.
My mom saw this when she was a little girl circa maybe 1950 and was so scared she threw up.
I don't know what the first horror movie I saw was but Piranha was an early one that I really liked.
Quote from: HappyGilmore on November 20, 2025, 06:33:07 PMQuote from: zombie no.one on November 20, 2025, 10:49:07 AMQuote from: HappyGilmore on November 20, 2025, 09:26:02 AMFriday the 13th and Friday the 13th Part 2.
I was probably 4 or so, late 80s.
the first one I saw was part 8... maybe that's partly why it's my favourite? it's supposedly one of the worst (or even THE worst) but I love it
People seem to hate it, but I really like 8. I really didn't like Part 5 or 9. I appreciate they tried something different and having a fake-Jason in 5 with the ambulance driver Roy was a nice attempt to continue the series.
Parts 3,4 and X are actually my favorites, with 8 probably tying with X. I watch those 4 the most whenever I rewatch the films.
yeah X surprisingly good! has the best death scene in the franchise... you know what one!
This is difficult to answer. There were a lot of horror movies playing on aerial/network on weekend afternoons in '79-'81, before we got HBO (and POLTERGEIST played non-stop for months in '82 or '83). I can't place most of the earlier ones, but among them were definitely LEGEND OF BOGGY freaking CREEK and CREATURE FROM BLACK LAKE, as well as an array of Universal monster movie stuff (DRAC, FRANK, CREATURE FTBL) and the Vincent Price HOUSE OF WAX. Probably some other popular 70s stuff that I saw again on TV slightly later and so remember less clearly from toddlerhood (I definitely recall seeing PIRANHA many times).
Then of course my parents watched AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON in prime time in (I'd guess) late '81 or sometime in '82 and that opening scene and then the home invasion sent me screaming out of the room. The original FRIDAY THE 13TH was also on TV around this time, and I could only keep watching until "Crazy Ralph" delivered his famous warning, and that was too much for me. AMERICAN WEREWOLF was definitely uncut so maybe those were on HBO quickly after my parents subscribed.
It was one of the classic Universal monster films from the 1930's, but I don't recall which one - I was really young, and it was over 50 years ago. Maybe FRANKENSTEIN? Even as a kid, I loved those things!
Quote from: zombie no.one on November 21, 2025, 04:29:23 AMQuote from: HappyGilmore on November 20, 2025, 06:33:07 PMQuote from: zombie no.one on November 20, 2025, 10:49:07 AMQuote from: HappyGilmore on November 20, 2025, 09:26:02 AMFriday the 13th and Friday the 13th Part 2.
I was probably 4 or so, late 80s.
the first one I saw was part 8... maybe that's partly why it's my favourite? it's supposedly one of the worst (or even THE worst) but I love it
People seem to hate it, but I really like 8. I really didn't like Part 5 or 9. I appreciate they tried something different and having a fake-Jason in 5 with the ambulance driver Roy was a nice attempt to continue the series.
Parts 3,4 and X are actually my favorites, with 8 probably tying with X. I watch those 4 the most whenever I rewatch the films.
yeah X surprisingly good! has the best death scene in the franchise... you know what one!
Solid death scene. I even dig the design of uber-Jason. I always wished we'd get another with that design but the movie performed poorly, apparently, so.
The Friday series is my second favorite horror franchise.
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c7/Friday_the_13th_Part_VIII_-_Jason_Takes_Manhattan_%281989%29_theatrical_poster.jpg)
saw this on tv as a kid, though it was so bad that it turned me off horror films for a long time
According to my mum, as a toddler I loved watching The Blob and The Wolfman on a projector they received as a wedding present. I don't remember that, but I guess one of them would have been my first.
I do know Ash's first horror film (Howl. He woke up early one morning while I was watching it and the rest of the house was sleeping). The first story I read to him was James Herberts The Dark, because again everyone else was sleeping and it was the only book I had to read to him while he lay on my lap in the hospital.
WHAT A COOL STORY about reading James Herbert to a newborn! :thumbup:
I am unclear on my early childhood relationship to THE BLOB but my Mom (who was 11 or 12 when it was released) says she was terrified that it would come under the door while she was in the bathroom and devour her on the toilet.
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saw this on tv as a kid, though it was so bad that it turned me off horror films for a long time
:bluesad:
Makes me sad. Love it. I get it though.