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(53,235 posts)kairos12
(12,892 posts)livetohike
(22,169 posts)Archae
(46,369 posts)Scared the patooties out of me!
(Saw it on TV in the early 70's.)
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)We had a neighborhood theater and would go every Friday night. I saw all those hokey old horror movies from the 1950s and '60s. I remember a lot of the Vincent Price movies, too. Those were better quality, as I recall.
Joe Shlabotnik
(5,604 posts)Still love that movie. Still want 'the Car'.
2theleft
(1,136 posts)And not even at the movie theater, but on TV. Wasn't supposed to watch it, was in 4th grade. Did any way and it scared me to death!
Ron Obvious
(6,261 posts)I see now that that's called The Haunting. I may be mixing it up with the Legend of Hell House, but I'm pretty sure it's the older of the two in B&W.
Scared the crap out of me at the time. Saw it again as an adult some years ago and, well, meh...
TexasBushwhacker
(20,232 posts)The one that I remember making an impact on me was the original "The Haunting" (1963). I was probably 8 or so when I watched on TV . I especially remember this scene
Skittles
(153,261 posts)generally in these kind of threads I post first and then read other responses
Glorfindel
(9,740 posts)Scared the life out of me!
onehandle
(51,122 posts)Last edited Sat Oct 31, 2015, 12:59 AM - Edit history (1)
I think I peed myself a bit when the head popped out of the boat hull in one of the diving scenes.
Archae
(46,369 posts)Said I levitated seeing that scene.
TexasBushwhacker
(20,232 posts)When that head popped out, he threw ice all over the people behind him!
eppur_se_muova
(36,317 posts)If you haven't seen VOTD, don't read the Wiki -- total spoiler.
I was too young to understand what HHSC was about -- just remember lots of dark, shadowy scenes and suspense.
Skittles
(153,261 posts)still the best
PADemD
(4,482 posts)dilby
(2,273 posts)My mom used to let me stay up to watch it every Halloween as a kid, became kind of a tradition.
bigwillq
(72,790 posts)cyberswede
(26,117 posts)I saw it on tv when I was 7 or 8 - had no idea what it was or who the actors were, but certain scenes stuck with me. I looked it up years later to find out about it.
CBGLuthier
(12,723 posts)Came in during the wedding scene which ends very, very surprisingly especially if you don't know the name of the movie is Homicidal.
sharp_stick
(14,400 posts)I was just a kid but we got into the theater somehow. I think a friends brother was working and he let us in. I don't think I slept for a week
I saw this unedited on TV awhile ago and was amazed at how little blood there actually was. The number of times Jamie Lee-Curtis could have easily escaped or actually killed Michael Myers is hilarious.
lame54
(35,343 posts)Ron Obvious
(6,261 posts)The one with all those teenagers in it?
If so, I haven't seen that one.
frogmarch
(12,160 posts)Invaders from Mars (1953) I was 9 when I saw this movie, and I eyed my family warily for a very long time afterwards.
(full movie - incorrectly tagged on YT as "Invasion from Mars"
It Came From Outer Space (1953) I wanted to marry Richard Carlson when I grew up, because...I don't know.
(full movie)
Them! (top-grossing movie of 1954) It was at Christmastime when I saw this movie. Id just turned 10. I remember looking up at the sky from my bedroom window on Christmas Eve as Id always done, but this time I wasnt looking for the Christmas Star. I was looking for giant freaking flying ants. I was never quite right after seeing this movie.
(trailer)
Codeine
(25,586 posts)The first horror film I remember actually scaring me was The Changeling, with George C. Scott -- terrified me like nothing before or since.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)on late night TV.
Frankenstein, the Werewolf, Creature from Black Lagoon, came next.