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My mother took me to see this when I was 4

posted 12 years ago by sultrystarlet05
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I always remembered going to the movies and being so completely freaked out by a scene where a man was placed in a tub of ice that we had to leave. I never could recall anything else about the movie until recently when I rented this title. I was *so* amazed when I saw the scene again; the flood of memory was incredible...but then I thought,"Why did my mom think this was an apporpriate movie?"...but then I remembered seeing "The Silence of the Lambs" and "House Party 2" in theaters as well....anyone else remember seeing something that they probably shouldn't have when they were small?

[–] wowsville22 12 years ago

Sounds like something my parents would have done. They took me to Serpent and the Rainbow when I was 5. Also, Freddy's Dead, The Guardian, Fatal Attraction... My dad would also rent all the horror franchise movies like Nightmare on elm st., Child's Play, Friday the 13th, and we'd watch them all in one night with my younger sisters. I don't think I would let a child watch any of those, but none of it ever bothered me. They weren't young parents but I still don't understand their reasoning...

[–] AfroGeek 12 years ago

It's possible that they had a feel for what kind of a kid you were and didn't think you were the nightmares type.

Amy: I swear to God...I swear to God! That is NOT how you treat your human!

[–] buddytesla-1 12 years ago

I remember seeing Born Losers when I was about 3 or 4. This movie was a prequel to Billy Jack and had a scene where a woman is Gang raped by bikers and another where a guy is shot between the eyes. When I was about 12 my sister took me to a movie called The Ruling Class with Peter O Toole. This movie Included a scene of autoerotic asphyxiation and was at least a weird as Jacob's Ladder.

[–] DSo1976 12 years ago

I watched virtually anything I wanted when I was a kid... My mom (single) was really good at pointing out the difference between reality and what we see on the screen.

I watched the entire Jaws series, Nightmare on Elm St. series, Friday the 13th series, Halloween series, Porky's 1 & 2, long before most parents would have let their kids watch them. I'm pretty sure I was only 6 or so when I saw Porky's.

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[–] leon_and_mathilda 12 years ago

i remembered watching The Signs when i was nine, scary as hell.

[–] Icecutter 12 years ago

well I might as well be the first to say something like, that sounds fxcked up

[–] ribby45 11 years ago

OP -

Interesting topic.

Not a chance - Mum (still around) & Dad (z'l) were as strict as it gets.
Now she disagrees, of course.

Apparently, I wouldn't walk past a police box when I was 6 or thereabouts - I must have seen Doctor Who & expected a Dalek or something to come bowling out.

After that, they didn't take any chances.

(Sorry. This post will won't make much sense unless you're (a) a Brit (b) over 50)

[–] davidsena 11 years ago

A double bill of Night of the Living Dead and Flesh Eaters when I was six, The Godfather at eight, Deathwish and Serpico when I was about ten and a few other pretty violent movies before I was a teen. Needless to say my parents weren't the brightest when it came to this.

[–] jhandy83 11 years ago

My father was very loose about movies, i remember watching all sorts of movies at a young age i probably should'nt have. Aliens, Hellraiser, Poltergeist, Nightmare on Elm movies, Evil Dead 1 & 2, The Exorcist etc. I saw so many horror movies by the time i was a pre-teen i was pretty jaded and not able to be scared at any horror movies...Until i saw Jacob's ladder at around eleven, and it scared me 5hitless. I still get chills when i think of this movie to this day.

[–] Redux006 11 years ago

I saw it when I was 9, some family member rented it. When I was about 5 my older sister had me watch The Exorcist. I watched The Leprechaun when I was 8, when I was 4 my sister watched Pet Cemetery with me, and when I was 10 I somehow ended up watching Hellraiser alone. All this probably explains why I'm so messed up and twitchy today.

You'd think I'd have a thick skin after being exposed to that so young. But I think it's like boxers, they don't get tougher the more hits they take. Instead they get weaker and weaker and get knocked out more and more easily. I'm the easiest person in the world to scare now, and will jump a foot in the air every time my cell phone rings even. Sort of like that Tom Cruise character in Born on the 4th of July, heh.