What was the first scary movie you remember watching?

[BarkingGhostar]

The Sentinel. Only forward to me young self that neighbors can not be trusted.

 

[monkeydelmagico]

Jaws

Ruined the ocean for me for a while.....

 

[purbeast0]

Jaws

Ruined the ocean for me for a while.....

Jaws also did a lot of damage to the shark population.

 

[tynopik]

the original one of course

 

[monkeydelmagico]

Jaws also did a lot of damage to the shark population.

well yeah. A shark that big has gotta eat something else besides bikini girls..... those are just snacks.

 

[Mai72]

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Fantasia. I didn't trust the broom under the stairs for years.

 

[JoeyM]

Jaws

Ruined the ocean for me for a while.....

Jaws.
When the head popped out of the boat I jumped out of my seat.

Joe M.

 

[MixMasterTang]

Probably the first Poltergeist. Gave me nightmares, I was all of 5-6.

I couldn't think of what my 1st scary movie was until you mentioned this. Spot on, I am guessing you are in your mid to upper 30s?

 

[Ichinisan]

I was traumatized after I caught this scene from David Cronenberg's Videodrome at a baby sitter's house:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xa1IKLIGdaw#t=2m20s
(jump to 2 minutes 20 seconds)

The first one I recall watching from the start was an old War of the Worlds movie which also terrified me.

[edit]

This movie scared the crap out of me when I first saw it as a kid. I had nightmares for weeks afterwards.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9T9f3UbGuo

Man, have times changed. Now this would be a rated G movie.

Yup. This one probably. For some reason, drains in the bathroom sink and bathtub terrified me -- as if one of those martian heat ray fighting machine things would emerge from it.

 

[MTDEW]

Sssssss
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50sFQ5rnx94

A college student becomes lab assistant to a scientist who is working on a serum that can transform humans into snakes.

 

[Muse]

The Creature from the Black Lagoon

And later, Psycho

 

[Mayne]

all i know is i was scared my whole childhood.

 

[William Gaatjes]

I think this was one of the scariest for me at the time :
The creeping flesh :

As a kid, i would put on a wollen sweater and look through the holes when it got scary.



edit:
How could i forget Xtro :

 

[mrblotto]

the original Don't Be Afraid of the Dark. I watched it when it was first broadcast on TV. It Scared the crap out of me.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don't_Be_Afraid_of_the_Dark_(1973_film)

Oh dear Jeebus.......gave me the willies for sure!

".....Sally.........Saaaaaaalllyyyyyyy........" ugh!

omg, I thought I've seen all the Hammer films, but just caught this one last night. Gotta love Cushing and Lee!

Jaws.
When the head popped out of the boat I jumped out of my seat.

Joe M.

I saw that with both of my sisters when I was 8 years old. We were staying a week at my Grandma's house and I guess she wanted us out of the house for a while 'cause we were prolly driving her nuts.

I remember walking into the theater. There was a big Jaws around the door and you walked thru the mouth to get in lol. Yeah...that flick scared me big time.

This has reminded me of another poster here...of course I can't remember, who mentioned he was scared real bad from this movie.....I think it was made for TV.....*shrugs*

Oh hell, and I CAN'T forget 'The Manitou'...starring none other than Tony Curtis!

Dang, when that thing came outa that ladie's neck/back...........aaaaaaaarrrrrrrghh!

 

[AMD64Blondie]

Sorry for the thread revival...but I'd say Jurassic Park.

 

[Zanovar]

Friday the 13th (1980).That part were he jumps out of the water fucked me up for a few weeks.

 

[Genx87]

this has to be the first for me...just a little tyke at the time, if i wasn't sleeping with my brother it was my sisters for the next few years.

Probably Friday the 13th. Though even at a young age I found it more comical than scary. The first movie I remember that truly scared me as a child was Cujo.

 

[Avalon]

Predator, when I was 5. Awesome freaking movie!!

 

[Zanovar]

Madman (1981).This scared the piss out of me too.

The Burning (1981) Ditto.

 

[AlanWade]

The Excorsist ( about 1973, I think)