The First film(s) you weren't supposed to watch

[Flick James]

Since the topic's not either about good movies of bad movies exactly, bad movies won the coin toss.

Before I was of rated "R" age, I will confess to some naughty indiscretions. When I was about 12 or 13 I bought a PG ticket with a friend and snuck in to see "Porky's." I'm dating myself here. That was the first "R" I ever snuck into. I snuck into one or two more before reaching the age of 17, but oddly enough, I only remember the first one. Additionally, I did my fair share of "sneaking" to see films I wasn't supposed to see back in the days of ONTV and SelecTV. Does anyone remember those? They were PPV competitors to CableVision that offered a single channel with first-run movies and other specials. My parents had SelecTV which included late-night horror movies and non-rated softcore adult movies, some of which were actually hardcore pornos with the hardcore shots edited out of them. No parental controls back then. Just a young man in the midst of puberty sneaking out to the living room when the folks went to bed and watching with the volume at near silent. Too many to count, but such films as Phantasm, Mother's Day, come to mind, as well as just about every film starring Sylvia Kristel (yes, the Emmanuelle movies).

Anyway, what were some of the first films you had to "sneak" to see, whether in the movie house or otherwise? 

[SPazzo]

When I was 4, I told my babysitter that I was allowed to watch the first Batman (with Jack Nicholson); I wasn't.  The first thing I did when my parents came home was tell them what I did.

For some reason that babysitter was never asked to watch me again.

[fortunato]

I remember being traumatized at an early age (six, maybe) when Mel Gibson sticks the gun in his mouth in Lethal Weapon.  I also remember quivering with fear when my dad watched Evil Dead II in 1988 or 1989.

[Trevor]

In my case, it was Phantasm in 1978 when I was eleven and The Shining when I was thirteen. I also saw Race With The Devil at the age of eight.

[InformationGeek]

While technically bad movies, I remember watchin Troll 2 and Nothing, But Trouble when I was about 4 or 5.  The rollarcoaster scene & Junkyard scene of Nothing, But Trouble and Troll 2's girl melting in a green pile of goo actually scared the hell out of me.  Can't believe my parents' did try to stop me from watching it with them.

[Phaedrusz]

It was Porky's for me too, and thus jumpstarted my puberty and begun my downward spiral into social awkwardness.

[hellbilly]

Lucky me I was allowed to watch everything, including R-Rated movies :)

[joejoeherron]

Firts ones I saw was Phantasm and Evil Dead. Still trying to recover from the scare . Only thing good on cable around here in the 80's was cinemax a.k.a skinamax.Loved watching Laura Gemser late at nite.

[Rev. Powell]

Like jlb, I would sneak into the living room at 3AM in the morning to watch Showtime.  I would check the TV listings for anything that promised a glimpse of boobies.  The first title I can remember seeing was SWEET SUGAR, the women-in-prison flick about women being forced to work in sugar cane fields.  I remember vividly that the heroine was tied to a post, a guard shot his pistol so that the barrel got hot, then he stuck it in her shorts... it warped me, in ways I'm now thankful for.  Other memories include YOUNG LADY CHATTERLY, and something with Koo Stark...

[JaseSF]

Salem's Lot (1979). It was on television. I was only a little kid who had kept on and on at his parents to let me stay up late only to wind up thoroughly terrified by this creepy little TV mini-series directed by Tobe Hooper. It kept me away from Horror movies for about a decade it scared me so bad but in the end, I think it contributed to me being the big fan of Horror I am today.

[WingedSerpent]

Comming to America for nudity and foul language.  I remember my older brother showing it to me, and not wanting our mother to find out.

[Skull]

Hmmmmmmm....

I'm not sure how old I was... But I remember my mom taking me to see Beyond the Door and Beyond the Door 2... Strange IMDB said the Beyond the Door 2/Shock was released in the US in 1979. I know I didnt see it in 1979 because I was 9 and at that time my mom remarried and I dont recall going to the show with my step father. But when I did see Beyond the Door 2 [recently] I remember seeing some of the parts when I was younger. I'm guessing I'd seen it in 1977 titled as Beyond the Door 2 and not Shock and Imdb is referring to the Shock release and not the Beyond the Door 2 release date... I guess that makes sense...

When I was 11 my step mother took me to see Tarzan, the Ape Man (1981)... Something was wrong with that lady.

Although, when I was 13 my dad took me to see Return of the Alien's Deadly Spawn (1983) thinking he was taking us to see Return of the Jedi... Something was wrong with that man too...

[lester1/2jr]

I'm almost 35 and I'm still probably not supposed to watch "helter Skelter"

[voltron]

I remenber watching The Beast Within when I was young - actually my grandmother watched some of it with me (!). Scared me s**tless. I also remember watching Death Ship when I was little - the bloody shower scene freaked me out. One movie I vaguely remember seeing was called This House Posessed - I'm pretty sure it was a made-for-tv movie, but I cannot remember it for the life of me.

[Criswell]

I guess a few slasher films on t.v when i was in middle school.