I saw Poltergeist when I was about 8.
My sister mocks me when I claim she scarred me for life, but seriously, she fed me horror films and horror novels from the time I was, like 6 or 7.
Changeling remains the scariest movie I've ever seen, though.
Yeah, but you're an amateur fry cook and I come from a long line of fry cooks that don't live past 25.
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P.M. Marc - Aug 11, 2009 7:53:57 pm PDT #3577 of 30000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Laga - Aug 11, 2009 7:56:42 pm PDT #3578 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I think a saturday afternoon TV airing of THEM is responsible for my lifelong ant squick.
Polter-Cow - Aug 11, 2009 8:16:36 pm PDT #3579 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Changeling remains the scariest movie I've ever seen, though.
I presume you don't mean the Angelina Jolie movie?
DavidS - Aug 11, 2009 8:24:40 pm PDT #3580 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
what are your most memorable (and early) horror movie experiences?
1. Jaws: Saw it with the backyard neighbor because I was underage and it was R. Vividly remember everybody in the theater lurching backwards when the head rolled out of the sunken boat.
2. Halloween: Saw it with high school friends. Could not enter a darkened room without flipping on the light for about three years.
3. The Shining: Saw the midnight showing with my friends Karen (Emmett's godmother) and Phil. Both of them sat on either side of me and repeatedly grabbed my arms during the scary scenes.
4. Alien: We showed up and were excited that there was an entire row perfectly situated to handle our group of 7. Then we smelled the vomit. We sat elsewhere and watched three more groups arrive, get excited about their good fortune, sit and then depart with the audience laughing louder each time. At the same time, it really built the sense that this movie was going to freak our shit. (Which it did.)
Typo Boy - Aug 11, 2009 8:45:43 pm PDT #3581 of 30000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Can I admit I mostly giggled at horror movies? If it was on a screen it didn't frighten me, but I did run screaming from clowns and Santa Claus.
P.M. Marc - Aug 11, 2009 9:04:34 pm PDT #3582 of 30000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
P-C, this one: [link]
Atropa - Aug 11, 2009 11:11:56 pm PDT #3583 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Oh yeah! I saw a double-feature of Alien and The Thing when I was 9. Which, oddly enough, I don't remember being really scared by. A bit grossed out, and I jumped at the startling bits, but I went home and slept just fine.
evil jimi - Aug 12, 2009 12:46:45 am PDT #3584 of 30000
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
quester ... Looks interesting but I'm not sure about the inclusion of The Edge. A mate of mine has some pretty derogatory things to say about Edge and his guitar playing but I think Bill Bailey sums it up best at this [link]
Theodosia - Aug 12, 2009 2:44:17 am PDT #3585 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Hell, I can remember getting frightened by the flying monkeys in The Wizard of Oz, and the moment when Dorothy is looking into the crystal ball and Aunt Em's face morphs into the Wicked Witch's.
Frankenbuddha - Aug 12, 2009 3:16:04 am PDT #3586 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I've mentioned this before, but seeing Suspiria at age 13 in a theater really freaked me out for days (or months, I dare say). It's been very rarely since that something in a movie has scared me or grossed me out (it had its share of both), at least in any lasting way.
Prior to that, I saw the Haunting when I was home alone around age 8, and stupid me wathced it with the lights out. All I had to do was think about the booming noises, or the whispery voices and I wouldn't be able to sleep. Oddly enough, the bulging door didn't register at the time, but lord knows that's a freaky moment when I see it now.