The Evil Dead (1981)
I snuck watched it without my dad knowing. I remember it had me creeped out for weeks, still one of my favourites to revisit though.
How about your guys? How old werw you when you started watching?
I can’t really remember. It might have been The Frighteners, which is still a really fun movie.
Probably doesn’t count as horror for most, but when I was 6 or 7, my step-dad let me watch Terminator 1.
That shit traumatized me for years… the stop-motion scenes, Arnie cutting out his eye…
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre when I was 8. Not a good idea for an 8yo.
Not bad. The one that gave me nightmares was Pet Semetery. And not even the evil super natural shit, but the flashback scene where the mom remembers her sick sister in bed.
Zombie kids and cats aren’t real. But getting sick is. My mom used to let me know that Wizard of Oz scared me as a kid, too. But not the flying monkies or the witch; I was afraid of the tornado.
I really don’t remember. I know Creepshow must be one of the oldest ones and Tales from the Crypt. Jaws might be, too. And the 50’s version of The Fly and Asphyx are old ones but I can’t remember when I’ve seen those myself. Long enough ago to not remember. Let’s say under 10 anyway, most likely.
My first was the network-televised version of Poltergeist. Being a kid, it was still plenty scary. My dad waited h til I was in bed, then came down the hall scratching the wall. I nearly shit myself.