What was the first scary movie you remember watching?

[Mayne]

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.

 

[nakedfrog]

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

 

[Mayne]

Yeah that was good..i was more amazed by the special effects though.

 

[William Gaatjes]

Some scary English movie as we had half a century ago .
Long ago, the bbc or some channel i forgot the name from always had scary movies after midnight.
During the morning, great kids series like Heman or Jayce and the wheeled warriors. And during the night horror movies.
Probably some dracula or ghost/ demon story with decent special effects. The old English B movies were very good in creating shock effects.
I could still watch a seventies horror movie today and have fun. Also because of great looking women at the time like Ingrid Pitt.
Way better than what people call scary these days.

 

[SphinxnihpS]

Alien

 

[Thebobo]

Honestly when I was a little kid and the original Wizard of Oz was on TV the witch and the monkeys scared the shit out of me. Not a big horror movie fan I guess the most memorable movie was Alien, Coming out the theater late at night walking to the car was freaky.

 

[Mayne]

thebobo you just reminded me of Willy Wonka now...stuff of nightmares.

 

[Thebobo]

thebobo you just reminded me of Willy Wonka now...stuff of nightmares.

yea that was freaky as well for a little kid.

 

[Carson Dyle]

The Dunwich Horror was one I that particularly remember. Pretty sure that I and my little brother saw it in the theater, for reasons I can't begin to imagine. Had absolutely no idea what was going on at the time, but I had nightmares for a couple of years.

 

[Mayne]

wow some crazy actors in there. Dean Stockwell

 

[DigDog]

watership down.

The Black Hole was also plenty creepy for my age.

funny story: i was scared witless by the kitchen scene in Gremlins, so much so that i had to walk out of the theater.

i was never really into horror, although i did like Dawn Of the Dead, i never found it scary. my first real impact with HORROR, was reading the collected works of Lovecraft, at circa 13yo.

 

[lxskllr]

Creature From The Black Lagoon. I was three or four. Didn't give me nightmares, but I remember being concerned with the curtains in the family room of the house. For some reason, I had the idea the creature would emerge from behind them :^D

 

[Thebobo]

watership down.

The Black Hole was also plenty creepy for my age.

funny story: i was scared witless by the kitchen scene in Gremlins, so much so that i had to walk out of the theater.

i was never really into horror, although i did like Dawn Of the Dead, i never found it scary. my first real impact with HORROR, was reading the collected works of Lovecraft, at circa 13yo.

Oh yea Watership down that old nasty rabbit General Woundwort lol.

 

[Mayne]

hah! good old watership down for the traumatizing..gotta love it.

 

[rh71]

Robocop. I was like 10.

 

[Mayne]

Creature From The Black Lagoon. I was three or four. Didn't give me nightmares, but I remember being concerned with the curtains in the family room of the house. For some reason, I had the idea the creature would emerge from behind them :^D

 

[SamQuint]

I think the first that I can remember was Carrie, I can never watch a Sissy Spacek movie without getting the creeps.

 

[FeuerFrei]

Pet Sematery

(not sure how it's spelled ... some odd spelling)

 

[Mayne]

the little boy freaked me the fuck out.

 

[lxskllr]

:^O

 

[Sonikku]

Ghostbusters.

Those demon dogs were scary.

 

[Mayne]

yet another film where I was amazed by the special effects...it sucks getter older.

 

[Muadib]

My cousin took my brother and me to see The Abominable Dr. Phibes. I was around 8, and started crying when my brother was screaming.
It was so bad they made us leave.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066740/?ref_=nm_knf_t1

 

[Mayne]

thats pretty awesome Muadib.

 

[DietDrThunder]

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

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