What was the first horror movie that really got to you?

[SwikLS]

Candyman Candyman Cand....

 

[mtinner]

not a horror movie, but In Cold Blood with Robert Blake

 

[Chewie]

Island of Terror (1967). Watched it in the theater in Madison and had nightmares for weeks. I still think about it once in awhile and see parallels with modern medical research.

 

[JCSR]

Not for the scare factor but An American Werewolf In London is my favorite and a damn fine movie. This transformation was way ahead of it's time.

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[indiucky]

Trilogy of Terror
The Legend of Boggy Creek
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark

 

[Cameramonkey]

I’ve seen plenty of real horror in my life. I don’t watch many anymore.

I'm with you. Ever since the world got super serious post 9/11 I'm in no mood for drama or horror.

 

[spencer rifle]

"Mothra" scared the crap out of me when I was 6.

Spent the entire original "Halloween" movie yelling "Cut his hands off!"

Halloween 3 had Stacey Nelkin!

 

[printcraft]

There have been a few. CFTBL (and the sequels) when I was really little. Another Vincent Price movie, "The Pit and the Pendulum". Then there was the made for tv, "Trilogy of Terror" with 3 short stories. The one with the little Zuni doll that came to life and terrorized Karen Black really got to me. I was watching it back in my bedroom on the old black and white Zenith tv set and it really freaked me out, and I was 15 at the time!

Trilogy of Terror
The Legend of Boggy Creek
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark

I forgot about that one, maybe I blocked in out... freaked me out when I was little... I called it the "yah yah doll" for the sounds it made.

 

[Super Bee]

The original Wolfman with Lon Chaney got me. Watching him change was scary!!

Don

This right here. I remember my dad renting these from the library on the old real to real, I was just a kid.

 

[sparky32]

Its not old 2009 but the first one that kinda made me think was The Fourth Kind. Ive read its not real but the movie is suppose to be somewhat of a documovie of real events.

 

[Emerson Dambiggins]

Hillary

 

[MrSmitty]

The Tingler, and The Hand, creepy b&w movies they showed on Saturday afternoon TV......

 

[shibumiseeker]

The Tingler, and The Hand, creepy b&w movies they showed on Saturday afternoon TV......

I just listened to a podcast on “The Tingler.” I do want to see it as I love me some Vincent Price!

 

[EyeCarry]

Sammy Terry's showing of Frankenstein back in the sixties. I was probably eight years old. Scared to death of what might be under the bed. Sammy lead to my love of Lon Chaney, Bela Lugosi and old black and white horror movies. I still can't turn down most Dracula movies. The Lost Boys probably being the most fun of all.
There is one sci-fi/horror(?) black and white film that I have never tracked down. All that I remember of it is someone getting a "transfusion" and the liquid in the tube was white. Anyone hear or know of this? PM me so as not to hijack the thread.

I do clearly remember the societal panic of The Exorcist. Hollywood effects started coming on strong and people couldn't handle it.

 

[NKBJ]

Black Sunday (1960) with Barbara Steele had some scary spots.

 

[mbkintner]

The first Hellraiser movie. Those chains with hooks flying out and tearing flesh made me cringe.



I also find musicals extremely frightening.

 

[MrSmitty]

There have been a few. CFTBL (and the sequels) when I was really little. Another Vincent Price movie, "The Pit and the Pendulum". Then there was the made for tv, "Trilogy of Terror" with 3 short stories. The one with the little Zuni doll that came to life and terrorized Karen Black really got to me. I was watching it back in my bedroom on the old black and white Zenith tv set and it really freaked me out, and I was 15 at the time!

Yes!!! Trilogy of terror is on my list of scared the **** out me!! when she tries to stop the knifem when the doll is in the suitcase.......oh hell yeah I was freaked! As an aside, when I was a teen ager I was watching The Exorcist in our kitchen, my mom snuck around the counter and grabbed my leg....I just about pooped.....I jumped 3 feet!

 

[actaeon277]

Showgirls.

 

[churchmouse]

Karen black in the Trilogy....yes, very scary.

 

[JCSR]

Showgirls.

Yes, nekkid women are scary at first. I worked hard to overcome that fear.