How did YOU become a HORROR fan?

I was just wondering how you came to be a fan of horror movies?

When I was a kid, I hated horror movies. They really scared me. When I got to college, some friends of mine rented a bunch of the famous movies like Nightmare on Elm Street and Friday the 13th. When I watched them, I saw that there was nothing to be afraid of, and I just started getting really interesting in watching all the ones I missed out on growing up. Eventually I started buying them. Now I'll watch any horror movie I can get my hands on.

What about you?

i dont know, ive always been fascinated by them. When i was a kid, and a horror movie would be on tv, i wouldnt be able to watch it. so that alone made me very curious about horror movies, kinda like the forbidden fruit so to speak, i wanted it just cuz i couldnt have it. of course, the time came when i saw that halloween 5 was on tv at 4 am, i was about 5 or 6 years old, and i heard about these movies. so i decided to wake up early and watch it secretly. i awake in time that morning, snuck up and watched it, i thought it was awesome, even though it didnt scare me one bit, even as a kid. ever since then ive always loved horror movies, ive always been fascinated and intrigued by them. i always thought that there is nothing quite like watching a truley great horror film, the way it makes you feel deep down, its undescribable to me.

I can't remember when i started to like horror movies (though it is probably when i was allowed too), i like most horror movies just not lame ones with killer dolls or clowns (Stephen King's IT excempt),i like to watch all from the quite disturbing (e.g. TCM,The Shining and Amytiville Horror) to more light hearted (e.g. Dog Soldiers,Evil Dead and Scream) the 1990's has been pretty poor for genuinley good horror movies thats not to say they are rubbish my personal fav's of the 1990's are Dog Soldiers,28 Days Later,The Others and Final Destination although the rest of my all time favs are from earlier (i.e. Psycho,Dawn of the Dead,Amytiville Horror,Aliens,Halloween and Jaws to name but a few).

i became a cannibal when i was at the age of 3 * long story * and after than i was fasinated with horror movies. lol 🙂

cant wait to hear this story.

I was always a nervous and fearful child. You might think that would turn me off horror, but it only drew me to them. My parents eventually forbade a lot of my horror stuff because I never STOPPED being fearful- I would wake them up almost every night screaming. But they couldn't stop me- I was and still am obsessed, and I snuck things all the time. (Easy job that, as I was a latchkey kid)

As I got older and entered school, my obsession grew. Ostracized by my peers, I spent more and more time reading and watching movies. Naturally, I grew to especially like movies like Carrie and Willard, where the taunted misfit gets revenge on the world- although both characters die.

when i was 9 or 10 1 of my friends had a sleepover we didn't watch very scAry movies we watched i know what u did last summer, it, scream, and childs play 1 and 2 then the next week i rented evil dead and a few others and since then horror movies have been 95% of what i watch

well as for me, as usual when i was a kid always heard all those folklore about ghost and demon then started watching all those classic 70's horror movie then of we go to the presents... and always been stuck with it... cheers!!

I became a horror fan after the first time I saw the Shining

i started liking horror like just a couple months ago...b/c i became friends with some different girl, and we are best friends now, and she loved horror and always went to the theatre. and so like she was like lets go see *i cant remember whicih one we saw* but she was like lets go see it..and i had never heard of it..and i was like god i dont wanna see it, cuz i was in love with movies such as..lizze mcguire movie, from justin to kelly, etc...and so we watched it...and then we would rent like the ring, ghostship..etc..and stuff..and it was just awesome...