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What was the first scary movie you remember watching?

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The Sentinel. Only forward to me young self that neighbors can not be trusted. 😛
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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
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The first one I recall watching from the start was an old War of the Worlds movie which also terrified me.

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Cepak said:
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.
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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.
 
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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.



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How could i forget Xtro :

 
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Iron Woode said:
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)
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Oh dear Jeebus.......gave me the willies for sure!

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

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

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

Joe M.
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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!

 
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Mayne said:
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.

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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.
 
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