My first horror movie memory. What's yours?
Posted Apr 26, 2022, 4:09 PM UTC
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Unfortunately it’s Reagan screaming at Father Karass and I am still as a 30 some year old man afraid of The Exorcist. It’s the one film out of the thousands that still makes me noticeably uncomfortable and I can watch Mondo and Japanese stuff without flinching
As a kid I would watch Inside Edition with my mom at night and one evening they were talking about The Exorcist anniversary and briefly talking to Friedkin and they showed some clips from the movie.
It fucking ruined me.
My second horror memory which happened at the same time (sometime in 1997) is equally as clear in my mind.
It’s Ash in the pit with the witches in Army Of Darkness getting his chainsaw and the shooting / blowing them to chunks. My oldest brother was watching it and told me to come see. I am a life long Evil Dead fan because of that. Even as a 7 year old I thought it was hilarious and badass and wanted to be Ash for Halloween
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I grew up in a ultra religious household before I was in my teens, so the exorcist was basically banned lol.
Saw Evil Dead later in life and those are some of my favorite movies to this day, especially the remake.
Always thought it was odd how Raimi had the 1st one be serious, then 2 and army were funny, then the only thing funny about 2013 was their dog being named Grandpa, followed by Ash vs Evil Dead not taking itself seriously whatsoever.
Heard there was a new one coming out, not following anything about it though. I'll go in blind for that
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Ahhh finally someone who also likes the remake.
I saw it three times in theaters and still really love it to this day. I think Alvarez did a great job with it and I loved the more serious tone use of the lore
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The Blob (1958) oozing up the old man's arm. I was 6ish. Couldn't eat Jello afterwards....
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The factory worker getting his eyes replaced with Good Guy eyes in Child's Play 2
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I was lucky enough to have the OG Nightmare on Elm Street be my first horror movie. Freddy walking down the alley with the long arms is my first horror memory.
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It was the mirror scene from the movie House from the 80’s.
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Jaws, when you see the kid on the raft get eaten. I cried for days.
Also kudos to your username OP. SP is a staple for me haha
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I still haven't seen Jaws yet, I feel like it's been talked about so much it's been ruined for me, sucks.
Thanks, same, SP has been consistently good, hard not to love it.
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My partner says the same about a few movies too. He won’t watch Super Troopers or Grandma’s Boy with me because they are talked about and quoted so much.
Jaws was my first horror movie, I was 7. I love the movie! The book is also a solid place to start if you’re still not feeling it. It’s also the main reason I started studying sharks on my own 😅.
New season of SP was so good. I wish it wasn’t so short tho.
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Holy hell, are you me? I was just going to write this exact thing. I remember coming into the living room where my mom was watching this, and before she could shoo me out I saw this scene. I came completely unglued and inconsolable. Instant permanent memory imprint.
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Glad I’m not alone when I was freaking the fuck out. I didn’t swim in the ocean for years.
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Watching An American Werewolf In London when I was too young. The nightmare sequences stuck with me.
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Does that movie holdup? My buddy has it on his plex server and i always think about checking it out
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I watch it regularly. The SFX still hold up.
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The Mangler. Saw it way too young and loved it.
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Gremlins. I think it was the first horror movie I watched.
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Watched Poltergeist with my grandma on cable. She had a tree like the one in the movie. And I slept on the couch that night...
Same year is one of the weekends my parents borrowed my aunts vhs player and we would rent movies for the weekend. It was a big deal. My parents rented The Thing. I ended up watching it by myself that saturday morning. 😳
Been a horror fan ever since.
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The window scene in Salem's Lot.
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Is this from the movie Jack Frost?
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Yeah hahaha, rented this on a regular basis as a kid, I wasn't even 10 yet lol
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"You've got the body... I've got the brain!"
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I tried to watch this a few months back and just couldn’t Lmao
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Dead guy sitting up in the bathtub from Diabolique 1955.
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13 ghosts.The whole movie. I saw it with my bf, i was 10 or 11, she was 7 years old.After the movie we can’t go to the bathroom alone😅
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The car scene. 1973 Don't Be Afraid of the Dark.
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Gage getting run over by an 18 wheeler.
Ugh. As a parent, this is the worst. However, my first horror movie memory was Nightmare on Elm Street. I have been a fan of horror movies ever since. Even though it's not 'canon', Aliens is my favorite horror/suspense movie of all time.
What's that from?
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