Changeling remains the scariest movie I've ever seen, though.

I presume you don't mean the Angelina Jolie movie?

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.)

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-C, this one: [link]

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.

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]

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.

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.

I wasn't allowed to see horror movies as a kid. I specifically remember not being allowed to see Jaws or Alien. (But the winged monkeys scared me, as you can't run away from them.)

I did see Friday the 13th Part 3 in 3D and Jaws 3 in 3D in the theaters, and thought they were both goofy.

Still haven't seen any of the Nightmare on Elm St. movies, despite having the same last name as the killer....

I never really watched horror movies, and as a child I was scared by Grover, the Flying Monkeys, Puff the Magic Dragon, The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe and the Sound of Music.