Natalie St. Denis
Editor
While not technically classified as a horror movie, “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial” was absolutely a memorable fright to elementary school me. Don’t get me wrong, I have nothing against aliens, but something about the lower quality definition of ‘80s movies and tactics used to create a realistic looking fictitious character made “E.T.” my first memorable horror movie. I remember my parents not understanding why such a wholesome movie was so terrifying to me. I was always fighting a battle within myself while watching the film because I sympathized with this poor, innocent, lost creature who really just needed a friend. I assume the directors were emphasizing the message of “don’t judge a book by its cover.” But then again, a part of me just couldn’t get past his burnt skeleton-looking appearance. While it’s something my family laughs about now, I actually haven’t seen the movie in quite some time. Maybe it’s time I give it another go. Hopefully I’m less petrified this time around.
Jesse Taylor
Editor
I watched my first horror movie when I was very young, although I cannot recall exactly what age I was. “Chucky” was the first horror movie I had ever seen. One fateful night after my father had put me to sleep, I awoke and walked downstairs to find him watching “Chucky.” Now, my father would never willingly let me watch that movie at that age, so I hid under the table and watched it without him knowing I was there. For the next six or so years of my life I was terrified of dolls of any kind.
Jessica Landman
Editor
The first horror movie I remember seeing was “Halloween” on Halloween. I was about 10 years old and it was a stereotypical “scary” night. I had gotten all ready to go trick-or-treating with my family around our village. We were only 10 minutes into our night of candy collecting and we were already soaked to the bone. The downpour flooded the street as thunder boomed in the distance.Suffice to say, my parents said we were done, despite my many protests. We got back to our house and began the rather lackluster event of sorting through the candy. I finished trading all the candy I didn’t like far too quickly, and I wasn’t ready for the night to end, so I turned on the TV to find something to watch. I was scrolling through the channels when I came across a movie called “Halloween.” At the time, I had no idea what this movie was, I just got excited because I could watch a movie called “Halloween” on Halloween. It took about 15 minutes for me to realize that this was a horror movie, but I actually really liked it, so I finished the movie and got to stay up way past my bedtime. Although I may not have been able to walk upstairs by myself that night, watching “Halloween” on Halloween has become one of my favorite traditions.
Kiyanna Noel
Staff Writer
The first horror movie I ever watched was “Freddy vs. Jason.” I was 9 or 10 years old when my then 11-year-old step brother bought the movie with our parents at Walmart. I insisted that I was old enough to handle it for weeks before we watched it. We sat on separate couches in our living room anticipating the most gruesome and thrilling film our eyes had ever seen. I watched for the first eight minutes before crying my eyes out in fear at Freddy Kreuger’s hole-infected skin and Jason’s chainsaw. The image haunted me for days and sleepless nights. Needless to say, I’ve loved romance movies and comedy films ever since.
Micky Mellon
Staff Writer
It was a midsummer day and I was around 6 years old in my childhood home. My older brother and I were building Legos in the living room while “Finding Nemo” played in the background. My dad had just come out of his room to check on us and said he had to go mow the lawn. My brother and I didn’t pay much attention to it and continued to play, but as brothers do, we wanted to get into some mischief. So my older brother led the charge to go investigate our parents room. The door was already slightly open so we made our way in. As we entered the dark room, a loud scream from the television caught our attention. Both of us made our way over to the TV to watch whatever movie was playing at the time. This movie was “The Hills Have Eyes” and was the first time I ever glimpsed a horror movie. My brother was enthralled with the film playing before us, while I was petrified. After only watching this movie for roughly 30 minutes I had gotten so scared I ran out of the room to find my dad. I ran to him crying and terrified of what I just watched. He laughed but reassured me that it was just a movie. I had nightmares for weeks after that and sometimes my dad will break my chops about that story. I did eventually come around to liking horror movies… probably because I am old enough to watch them now.
Jeremy Binning
Staff Writer
The first horror movie I ever saw was “The Exorcist.” I was with my parents and my dad put it on. I was about nine when I saw it and it was the craziest thing I ever watched at that stage of my life. I got nightmares for like a month and I couldn’t sleep without the light on. My dad did warn me, but I was trying to be cool about it. Now, I always watch it whenever I see it on TV.
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