That Film(s) Which Got You Into Horror (Page 1 of 2)

Nightmare on Em Street!

The Exorcist: I had never been scared like that before from watching a movie. After seeing it I was hooked on horror!

I was a casual genre viewer as a kid, mostly just the Universal classics and Godzilla flicks.  But I spent the weekend at my best friend's house in 9th grade, and he was a massive horror fan, and treated me to a horror movie marathon.  From that weekend on, I was hooked.  I don't remember every movie we watched that weekend but some were:

Terror Train
The Toxic Avenger
Suspiria
Friday the 13th Part 2
Blood Diner
Street Trash
Evil Dead II

And there were several more, though they escape me at the moment.  But I'd say it was those which cemented me as a horror nerd.

Universal flicks were always a fave, but watching Hammer films in my pre-teen years really got me 'hooked' on the genre.

also The Shining and Salem's Lot left big-time impressions on me as a youngster.
ie: they scared the bejeezus out of me 

When I was 6 or 7 I got my dad to rent me the first 4 jaws movies (not all at the same time) because I love sharks and the box cover always intrigued me at the video store.

BUT I would say it officially started when I was 9 I watched I Know What You Did Last Summer with my cousins and their cousins at their cottage and I was hooked (pun?). I fell in love with slashers and Sarah Michelle Gellar.

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growing up my mom didnt see any problem with me watching the friday the 13th series. so when i'd come home from AM kindergarten, when all the other little girls were watching my little pony or whatever the hell it was the other girls watched, id be watching my favorite jasons mostly #3 and #4!!!
which would explain my heightened mood when i met kane hodder twice this year - the man is amazing!!!

I was watching movies on Elvira at a real young age. old B’s and creature features still hold a warm place for me.

Night of the living Dead (1968) - as a kid, I got to stay up late with my brother and watch it on a Saturday night.

I dont remember doing it but my mom said when I was 5 I  would watch Childs Play over and over.....I dont really remember watching that many until I was in the 9th grade (had a strict Christan mom) but when I did start watching them again I watched Hostel and Silent Hill at like 3 in the morning after that I wanted to see any and all horror movies

Watched Salems Lot when i was about 9. scared the crap out of me for weeks ( kept thinking someone was tapping on my window) ever since then I was hooked.

It is so odd to me how many of us here had this exact same experience, and list this as one of our most influential movies.  That part of Salem's Lot stood out for years as one of the scariest scenes I had ever seen.  Loved it.