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Maybe it's just me but doesn't it seem like there's not a lot of horror movies on TV these days?

Now I'm not talking about all the horror flicks we get to see on premium channels, or the Masters of Horror series. But man when I was a kid it seemed like there were horror movies on all the time.

I guess we could say that's because it's not the 80's anymore, and we are no longer in a horror movie mania craze.

There used to be USA Up All Night, USA Saturday Nightmares, Super Scary Saturday on TBS (hosted by Grandpa Munster), Commander USA's Groovy Movies (man USA network used to be soooooo cool). And stuff like that. Does anyone else remember these? Share your stories here. smile

I became a horror movie fan when I was a kid. Spending weekend afternoons watching them with my Dad, and sometimes even late nights watching them with one of my older brothers. I even had a sister in law who liked them. (She's got a hillarious Exorcist story btw)

When I was in Elementary school, there was hardly a kid who didn't know who Freddy and Jason were. Even some girls I knew watched these films. At lunchtime and on the playground me and my buddies used to talk about who would win in a fight between Freddy and Jason.

For a horror movie fan, there was nothing like growing up in the 80's.

Waaay back in the day(before the 80s wink ), they also showed weekend 'creature features'(Friday night and Saturday afternoon) I watched those religiously.
I don't remember my parents being rabid horror fans, but my mom adored Dark Shadows and Kolchak the Night Stalker and she let me watch them with her.
Every Sunday morning I'd go out with my dad and we'd buy donuts and wander over to the book shop to pick up a newspaper and the latest horror anthology magazine(stuff like Vampirella or Eerie).
They weren't terribly vigilant as to what I watched, so when we got pay channels....I watched anything that was listed as horror.
I also developed a passion for horror books and especially Famous Monsters of Filmland and Fangoria magazines.
It's hard to find a good outlet for horror appreciation nowadays. It's been forever since I've seen a 'creature feature'(I'll admit, not having cable doesn't help that situation...hehehe) and all the internet horror sites just want to squee over The Ring or Scream, or whatever Hollywood Horror/Slasher flick is currently *in*...

I think I've become a bit of a Horror Snob! *le sigh*

Man, I feel like a really late bloomer. I didn't begin exposing myself to horror movies until I was about sixteen (four years ago) and decided to watch Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers on AMC's Monsterfest (or whatever they call that). I turned into such a horror junkie after watching that movie that my mother thought I was psychotic; I must have rented almost every single horror film at the local Blockbuster (not including the obvious foul-ups like Jack Frost 2) within a year.

Man im old lol, i graduated from high school in 94.


I remember those days tyger, god i miss them. They were great, and hell a week or so before halloween and the day of they would show so many horror movies. Hell this year they barely had any other then the ones on cinimaxand those hcannels. Hmmm i cant remember the first horror movie i saw, i know the first kinda scarey one was jaws, and i saw that when i was 4 years old, so could be considered scarey.

When I was little, I used to watch this show called "Action Theater" and they'd show all the Vincent Price movies and all the old horror movies.
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The one I remember best was one where all these people were fighting over some inheritance money and somebody fell down the stairs into a pirhana tank and got gobbled up! I have no clue what that movie was to this day.
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Also, my mom liked science fiction, so horror was just a lateral slide for me. I didn't get to watch Hellraiser until I was 18 though. I was raised on the old stuff.
I was watching a movie a long time ago called "Gates of Hell" where this girl pukes up her intestines and a big sack of guts and my friend I was watching it with couldn't stop dry heaving! rofl I laughed hard that day!
And it's not that I don't like a little romance in my life, but I always like to see somebody get skewered for having sex. Makes the romance more tolerable. And way more funny.

And,hey!
That's Joe Bob Briggs you're talking about! The main man of drive in movies! I heart Joe Bob! He wrote cool movie reviews forever. I suggest "Joe Bob Goes to the Drive In" as an excellent read for cheesy horror fans.

I don't care if you call me a kid, but I'd prefer adolescent! rolleyes

I really wish I was a teen in the 80's, because I would have experienced the awesomeness that is that decade. Not only in horror movies, but I also love 80's style and 80's music.

Oh well, I still had a good childhood in the 90's.

i became a horror fan because of my sister, because she is older than me she had to act less like a whimp(which she is) so i watched a horror film which she was to scared to watch and i really enjoyed it and have loved horror film since.

*shrugs* I liked Jason X. Which one ended up being your favorite? It's part 6 for me.