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Originally Posted by Goathead
Wow, am I the only one starting seriously to watch horror movies with like... 18? xD My parents didn't want that I watch horror movies, I remember when the Blair Witch Project was coming to TV when I was like maybe 11 or 12 and they sent me to my room while they were watching and afterwards told me how horryfying it was and how good that I didn't see it. Maybe until the age of 10 I was only watching cartoons, I was not interested by live action movies, I found it boring to see actual people in the TV, and during my teenage years I was not watching horror either cause my father despises them and when they were shown in TV I was already in bed sleeping. So it was only starting when my parents divorced when I was 17 that I watched some movies with my mum in TV, but in Germany horror movies are not often shown in TV xD
Now my girlfriend, a horror junkie herself, makes me discover my love for the genre. But yes, I am actually very pissed that I seem to be the only one not watching horror movies as a child xD Wish my parents would have been like you Jake.
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Speaking for myself, I'm a lot older than you, Goathead (57). So, when I was a kid, the movies that were coming out weren't as graphic as the movies 10 years ago. The worst one was The Exorcist (which still scares the shit out of me today). I grew up watching the Hammer films, the Saturday afternoon horror movies on TV were always the old Universal and giant creature movies. I actually don't care for the slasher films. I don't equate gore with horror. It's just gore. I prefer creatures/monsters/spooks, etc. There have been a few newer movies that I like, but not many.