When I was small, The Wizard of Oz scared the crap out of me. There's a lot of really freaky stuff in that movie...take your pick, there is something creepy in every scene, almost. Scarecrow having his guts pulled out, melting witch, nightmare tornado, flying monkeys, floating Wizard head...

Hmmmm, never thought of it that way. But you make a very good point. Maybe that's why I always loved that movie too!

I was pretty scared of that movie. It was the witch that scared me.

hee hee. The question is: Why don't more babies come equipped with chainsaws???

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As for me... My senior year in high school I REALLY started to take an interest in movies, FILM as an art form... I started analyzing and close-reading films. I took interest in specific directors, actors, etc.

I realize, however, while I was building my vast tome of movie knowledge, there were a few genres that I was missing. HORROR was one of the.

SO, my Horror exploration began with, "Well, if I'm going to call myself a movie buff, I should be exposed to ALL film genres," so I started a QUEST to find good scary movies. THEN:

Freshman year in college: Took a "Philosophy of Film" class and read "Philosophy of Horror" and started to really meditate on WHY people like being scared.
Sophomore year in college: Watched Halloween and it scared me so much I had to leave the theater to pee so as not to piss myself.
After College: Started watching more and more horror.

Honestly, I am FASCINATED by films that make me FEEL - Make me laugh, cry, ruminate... I am also fascinated by films that make me scared. I have a lot of respect for directors who do it well.

And I can ramble a lot more on the topic of getting into and enjoying, but I'll spare you guys for now. :p

Oh, and it helps that my current boyfriend LOVES horror movies (my last one didn't and scoffed at my movie tastes - FUCKHEAD)... So that helps.

Hi!

My first horror movies were in the 1950's.

It was Frankenstein, Dracula and the Wolf Man I first saw, however these were on the late show on TV and not at the movies. Also we had a horror movie host called Morgus The Magnificant who presented these films as well but at an earlier time.

I got into Sci Fi in the 50's with Them, War of the Worlds, When Worlds Collide and The Day The Earth Stood Still. I saw these at the movies either with my parents or my buddies.

When I first saw The Bride of Frankenstein on TV and when the face came out with that mechanical movement it scared the living hell out of me. I had to go change my bloomers!


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Morgus the Magnificent is known to a lot of horror host fans. He had his own locally-produced movie, too, The Wacky World of Dr. Morgus or something like that. Very rare film.

Old movies.

That reminds me... First horror movies that my parents showed me:

Carnival of Souls. SERIOUSLY scared the HELL out of me.
Psycho. Scared me. But not as much as Carnival.

I also remember them showing me Killer Klowns from Outer Space... That scared me too.

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i've pretty much loved horror my entire life. i've always loved halloween and reading ghost stories, so as i got a bit older it just naturally bled over into my film interests too.

specifically, my uncle used to let me borrow tapes of old 50s monster movies and other assorted ones. i remember always wanting to watch bride of frankenstein and i was a teenage werewolf.