What was the first scary movie you saw? How old were you?

PoeticSilence · 10-23-2013, 08:47 PM

I would guess, that there were two shows I could easily name. But one was called Day of the Triffids, the film was made in 1962, but I watched it in '66, the year my grandfather died. In fact, that's HOW I watched it, all the adults were putting up the food neighbors had sent and all of that sort of horseshit, and I was watching television and it came on. The premise is that everyone on earth goes blind, and these plant things that look like thorny shrubs, came from a meteor or something and kill people. Noises like the ice cream man truck would draw their attention and they could get in houses and everywhere. I remember thinking about all the shrubs in my life, like behind the house, along the side of the house, boxing in one of my neighbors yards, the shrubs I passed on the way to church, and how ALL of these could be dangerous killers. I don't know if my parents realized I had watched that show, but having reseen it a few years ago now, I realize my little brain wasn't understanding the ending or really a lot about the movie, just the scarey ideals of it. That show would haunt me for years, especially when we delivered papers early in the morning in the wealthier neighborhoods LINED with tall boxy (and often thorny) shrubs.

Medusa · 10-23-2013, 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by PoeticSilence

I would guess, that there were two shows I could easily name. But one was called Day of the Triffids, the film was made in 1962, but I watched it in '66, the year my grandfather died. In fact, that's HOW I watched it, all the adults were putting up the food neighbors had sent and all of that sort of horseshit, and I was watching television and it came on. The premise is that everyone on earth goes blind, and these plant things that look like thorny shrubs, came from a meteor or something and kill people. Noises like the ice cream man truck would draw their attention and they could get in houses and everywhere. I remember thinking about all the shrubs in my life, like behind the house, along the side of the house, boxing in one of my neighbors yards, the shrubs I passed on the way to church, and how ALL of these could be dangerous killers. I don't know if my parents realized I had watched that show, but having reseen it a few years ago now, I realize my little brain wasn't understanding the ending or really a lot about the movie, just the scarey ideals of it. That show would haunt me for years, especially when we delivered papers early in the morning in the wealthier neighborhoods LINED with tall boxy (and often thorny) shrubs.

That book was creepy as shit too!!!

dykeumentary · 10-23-2013, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by PoeticSilence

I would guess, that there were two shows I could easily name. But one was called Day of the Triffids, the film was made in 1962, but I watched it in '66, the year my grandfather died. In fact, that's HOW I watched it, all the adults were putting up the food neighbors had sent and all of that sort of horseshit, and I was watching television and it came on. The premise is that everyone on earth goes blind, and these plant things that look like thorny shrubs, came from a meteor or something and kill people. Noises like the ice cream man truck would draw their attention and they could get in houses and everywhere. .

Argh! Did you have to remind me of that movie! Terrifying to little me!
*unsubscribing from this thread!!!!*

cara · 10-23-2013, 09:16 PM

First scary movie was Poltergeist. I was in first grade.

I don't watch many scary movies now. Haven't even seen famous scary films like the one where the little girl is possessed (name escapes me at the moment) or the Nightmare on Elm Street series. I don't mind suspense fims (Argo had my stomach in knots!), but I really don't like being terrified or grossed out.

DaddyNik12 · 10-24-2013, 06:11 AM

when I was 4 my mom told me I was a huge fan of Godzilla movies , I still watch them to this day

but the the scariest movie that I had nite mares over was Friday the 13th , cuz we used to go camping a lot , but as I gotton over my fear for some odd reason , I still wanna go camping lol'

GeeGina · 10-24-2013, 08:39 AM

First off, I love me some Godzilla. I especially love the very first one, full of wonderful allegory and symbolism.

As for the first scary movie I saw...that was "Alien" which is a favorite movie of my older brother. He let me watch it with him...and I spent the night in his bed. I was so frightened...

Luv · 10-24-2013, 08:41 AM

Dracula..I was 3

Venus · 10-24-2013, 08:52 AM

Nightmare on Elm Street. I don't remember how old I was exactly... but very young. Maybe six or seven? My older brother was supposed to babysit me and he watched it with some friends. Didn't care that his little sister was watching it, too. Scared the crap out of me!

BullDog · 10-26-2013, 07:48 PM

The religion I grew up in did not allow us to go to movie theaters. In the 7th grade I snuck out with 2 friends to see my very first movie in a theater on the big screen. It was JAWS, lol.

Jesse · 10-26-2013, 08:22 PM

I think the first scary movie I remember seeing is "The Birds", but the first one I saw at the movie theatre was, "Night of the Living Dead" with my four brothers, then we came home and camped out in the backyard...well that was the plan anyway. We were all too scared to sleep outside after watching the movie. lol

P.S. I was 10 at the time.

cinnamongrrl · 10-26-2013, 09:05 PM

I don't know if Porky's counts

We were at the drive ins...and my parents thought I was asleep...trying to explain that movie to my friends was...interesting...

if it doesn't count....

I'm pretty sure it was the original Friday the 13th movie...which my dad let me watch the week before I went away to camp for the first time.... I did NOT go in the water....thanks dad...

puddin' · 10-26-2013, 10:11 PM

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081505/

dis was da 2nd scariest...

RebelDyke · 02-21-2019, 07:51 PM

Cujo. My siblings made me watch it. I had to leave. I love dogs too much. I was about 6? And we were on a sleep over at my uncles

Glenn · 02-21-2019, 11:09 PM

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Cujo. My siblings made me watch it. I had to leave. I love dogs too much. I was about 6? And we were on a sleep over at my uncles

I admit, they scared me too and still do. My father took me to a couple of those poor horse and dog movies and we wound up leaving because they'd get hurt, then I'd cry and refuse to watch the rest of the movie, so he stopped taking me to animal movies. I still won't watch movies where an animal gets hurt in it.

C0LLETTE · 02-22-2019, 08:49 AM

"Where the Boys Are" (Connie Francis, 1960 ) ... I was 15 and I knew I'd never fit in.

cathexis · 02-22-2019, 11:28 AM

Rosemary's Baby, Cujo, Jaws, The Exorcist.............. nah.

How about the Original TZ when it came out...the one about the ventriloquist and the dummy. At age 3-4, I was terrified. A little kid with nightly nightmares!? Still have 'em... Don't know that it was just the episode, though.

Most bedtime stories were too scary for me. Main ones being the Grimm "fairy tales". Kids nowadays think Sleeping Beauty is like the Disney version........no, no.

Kätzchen · 07-21-2025, 10:07 AM

The Exorcist was out in theaters back then, in 1973, when I was 14 years old, but I didn’t see it until much later in life, when I was in my young 30s (the late 1980s, early 1990s).

Music Trivia: Mike Oldfield’s Tubular Bells is probably the most iconic soundtrack of any music track for a horror movie. It took him 2 years to produce it because it was Mike who played each instrument used for this recording. This soundtrack was the first pillar of fortune for that billionaire guy from the UK (Virgin Records, Richard Branson)

easygoingfemme · 07-22-2025, 04:52 AM

Pretty sure it was the Exorcist. Might have been 3rd or 4th grade? But a lot of it went over my head. Birds was in 5th grade. I remember the friend I was with was really freaked out but it didn't bother me. Same with The Fly a few years later. I started reading Stephen King novels when I was way too young, like 6 or 7 years old so my bar was high.

The first time I remember really being scared at a movie was in high school, Silence of the Lambs and Jacob's ladder.

GeorgiaMa'am · 07-24-2025, 08:03 PM

This may not really be considered a horror film, but it was Sybil. I was about 9 and I was terrified that something would happen to me or my baby sister. For years, if I heard my parents get up and go into my sister's room at night to check on her, I would get up and go to the bathroom just to let them know I was watching. I had no reason to think they would hurt her, but it was a compulsion. I should never have seen that movie at that age.

cinnamongrrl · 07-24-2025, 10:26 PM

My dad let me watch the original Friday the 13th…..

I was 11.

And it was the week before I went to camp for the first time…………

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PoeticSilence Member How Do You Identify?: dodges labels Relationship Status: Estranged Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Midwest Posts: 454 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 3 Thanked 919 Times in 277 Posts Rep Power: 10661585	I would guess, that there were two shows I could easily name. But one was called Day of the Triffids, the film was made in 1962, but I watched it in '66, the year my grandfather died. In fact, that's HOW I watched it, all the adults were putting up the food neighbors had sent and all of that sort of horseshit, and I was watching television and it came on. The premise is that everyone on earth goes blind, and these plant things that look like thorny shrubs, came from a meteor or something and kill people. Noises like the ice cream man truck would draw their attention and they could get in houses and everywhere. I remember thinking about all the shrubs in my life, like behind the house, along the side of the house, boxing in one of my neighbors yards, the shrubs I passed on the way to church, and how ALL of these could be dangerous killers. I don't know if my parents realized I had watched that show, but having reseen it a few years ago now, I realize my little brain wasn't understanding the ending or really a lot about the movie, just the scarey ideals of it. That show would haunt me for years, especially when we delivered papers early in the morning in the wealthier neighborhoods LINED with tall boxy (and often thorny) shrubs. __________________ Love is all you need.

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