I was WAY too young when I watched that movie.

[CTC2 2,791]

I can’t remember the name of the movie but Long Dong Silver was in it and I was @ 10.  My feelings of inadequacy lasted a lifetime. 
 

I pretty much learned how to properly use curse words after sneaking into Every Which Way But Loose. 

Edited October 23 by CTC2

[Underdog 28,544]

^ most disappointing Dear Penthouse ever. 

[Jerry Callo 8,694]

11 hours ago, Deej said:

Worst threesome ever.

I assume any threesome I'm a part of would end up similarly with two women laughing at me.  

[pacmanmakesitrain 91]

I don’t think I was traumatized but my first R rated movie was The Running Man with Schwarzenegger. I guess my uncle didn’t feel comfortable leaving 6 year old me at home alone.

It looks like that movie is being remade with Glen Powell, Josh Brolin, etc. and dropping at the end of next year.

[NorthLoop 14,180]

Jesus is Glen Powell in every remake? 

[Skipper44 4]

My old man took me at 7 years old to see Sudden Impact at the dollar theatre.  

The gang rape scene that opens the movie was bad but a worse scene was the front seat of his Caprice after i threw up orange soda, popcorn and hot tamales on the way home.

[Gene Parmesan 4,002]

At what age will you or did you let your kids start watching R rated movies?  I posted earlier that I saw Porky's around 8.  For horror, Nightmare on Elm Street, Halloween, and Friday the 13th were all seen at various spots before I turned 12, nobodies parents really cared what we rented at sleepovers.  I let me kids watch Army of Darkness really early, but I have no idea how that movie is R rated.  My daughter has no desire to watch a scary movie, but I let my son watch pre selected R rated horror movies at around 10 

[Rip76 4,924]

I have 3 that I can really remember.

1.  The Boogeyman. 

 

2.  The Groove Tube.

 

3.  Altered States (saw it at the movies with a babysitter)

 

[yoladu 4,090]

Bugs Bunny turning into Mr. Hyde (Dr. Jekyll and Hyde) gave me childhood nightmares.

[MrX 722]

The Lost Boys. I think I was 7. 

[dogbreath 434]

HBO in the mid 70s as a ninth grader.  Besides Clockwork Orange, watched this French movie.  

Going Places: After a consensual threesome with a female ex-convict, they are surprised when she commits suicide by shooting herself in the

Spoiler

pussy

Took French sophomore year and that worked out well. 

[AUS-97HORN 11,756]

when I was 12, I babysat for the neighbors two boys who were like 5 and 8.  Their base housing was less than a 2.5 minute walk from my house, but it involved walking over a small creek bridge to get to. so, close, but far enough away that anything I saw or witnessed in the housing wasnt going to be reported to my parents ( unless I royally fucked up).

  all I can remember is they were PITA kids to deal with, and their parents never fucking came home on time.  Mom let them know I could stay till 9p on a weekend ( not uncommon back then, I would guess they always went to dinner).  I remember having to call mom a few times at 9 telling her the "Smiths" werent home yet, and to report when I was finally OTW home.

anyway, turns out the Captain was a huge fan of horror movies on VHS, its how I first saw Red Dawn (kickass!!!), and a few other movies.   But one time the Smiths were like hyper late enough that they had already called saying they wouldnt be home till 10ish and the kids were already in bed by 730.

so I saw a VHS  titled My Bloody Valentine.  put it in... and was fascinated by the gratuitous nekkid sex scene... right up until Harry Walden skewers them with a pickax, and then guts them.

whole movie involved Harry tracking down and killing teens who are fucking with a pickax - with his signature move being him skewering the guys back through the girls stomach and then ripping their guts out of their chest.

uh......

yeah......

watched the whole thing, put it away, got home around 1015 and I didnt sleep until 10p the next night.... tried sleeping stayed up the entire night, was a zombie in church and the rest of Sunday, until I fell asleep from pure exhaustion... complete with pickax murder dreams.

I hate all horror films now as a result.

 

 

[destroya 374]

I saw A Clockwork Orange and Tommy (the rock opera by The Who) when I was 9.  My dad rented them for my older brother but didn't care that I watched them, too.  ACO was too weird to make much sense to me.  But the scene in Tommy where the boyfriend kills the presumed KIA father when he comes back from the war really fucked with my head for a few years, considering that my parents had separated the year before. 

[BonzoMontreaux 1,036]

I remember watching the early 70s Dirty Harry movies at the drive-in. Boobs, bearded clam, and good old fashioned violence sprinkled with torture is what stood out. One of those movies featured a topless Suzanne Sommers.

[TrashMaster G 17,537]

Jaws - saw it during its original theater run at age 6. To this day I am wary of being in the ocean.

[High Plains Drifter 11,024]

 

Parents took me to see Jaws at the old drive in on Ben White, which was near the intersection with I-35, iirc. Movie came out in 75(I think?) so I was probably about 9. The Towering Inferno was the second movie, which actually scared me more for some reason. I remember a scene where an elevator opens and the fire bursts in and burns up all the people in the elevator. 

 

Also saw Smokey and the Bandit for the first time at that drive in. 

 

Any of you old timers remember that drive in? @Armybrat ?

[High Plains Drifter 11,024]

1 hour ago, BonzoMontreaux said:

I remember watching the early 70s Dirty Harry movies at the drive-in. Boobs, bearded clam, and good old fashioned violence sprinkled with torture is what stood out. One of those movies featured a topless Suzanne Sommers.

 

Magnum Force is a great movie. 

 

[Jiggy-Z 3,432]

I was 10 years old and on a cruise with my folks back in 77.  My brother and I were going to watch Blazzing Saddles for a matinee l, but the cruise staff fucked up and was showing this violent porno flick called "Clay Pigeons " instead. We stayed for the whole thing and BS the next day. Good times.

[Mez2 4,023]

10 hours ago, Gene Parmesan said:

At what age will you or did you let your kids start watching R rated movies?  I posted earlier that I saw Porky's around 8.  For horror, Nightmare on Elm Street, Halloween, and Friday the 13th were all seen at various spots before I turned 12, nobodies parents really cared what we rented at sleepovers.  I let me kids watch Army of Darkness really early, but I have no idea how that movie is R rated.  My daughter has no desire to watch a scary movie, but I let my son watch pre selected R rated horror movies at around 10 

My son has started seeing  R horror movies over the past couple of years or so and we let it slide, probably around 9sih. I've seen most of the ones he's watching anyway, so know when to skip over, or divert his attention. 

Return of the Living Dead is the big one I remember catching me and the wife off guard with him, but that movie made us laugh so much it didn't even register. He's 11 now but has seen a bunch of R stuff - exorcists series, Texas chainsaw series, just started the scream movies, etc. 

[Dennis Taylor 18,807]

Body Heat 1981, I was 12. Mid 20s Kathleen Turner was fucking smoke 

[T’Boo Ted Marshall 2,731]

On 10/23/2024 at 11:06 AM, Gene Parmesan said:

 I let me kids watch Army of Darkness really early, but I have no idea how that movie is R rated.  

Solid parenting as this movie is hilarious.  

[F250 28,761]

On 10/21/2024 at 1:27 PM, Surly Bevo said:

I'll take this a different direction and say "The Color of Money". I was 10 when it came out, my mom loved Paul Newman and it had Maverick in it so we saw it.  At 10 years old the concept of hustling was WAAAAAAAY over my head.  I kept sitting there trying to figure out why Fast Eddie was so pissed at Vince for beating ass.  I had watched Tom Cruise kick some ass in an F-14 a few months prior and didn't get why he shouldn't be kicking ass here.  

I had a similar experience when my mom took me to see Terms of Endearment. I was about 8/9 and remember being bored out of my mind. At some point, due to my complaining my mom handed me a handful of quarters so I could play video games and walk around the arcade.

[Ten Bears 2,479]

On 10/21/2024 at 1:51 PM, Dbeasy said:

Jaws when I was 11. Led to pretty much a lifelong fear of the ocean. 

I was 10 and talked my mom into taking me to see a Jaques Cousteau style documentary about sharks called Jaws. I was absolutely traumatized from the nightime swimming girl on.

That night I dreamed I was Peter Benchley's son at an Amity beach cabana. Nothing to do with sharks but someone starts shooting at us and I woke up screaming while in full body convulsions. I remember my mom lying on me to stop the shaking.

Next weekend I'm running trotlines at night with my dad and he's fucking with me over it, making the babump babump noises and shit. Fucking asshole.

On 10/22/2024 at 12:43 AM, mininghorn88 said:

I was around 8 years old and it was the weekend and I was staying up to watch the Late Movie that came on TV on the weekend after the local news. This particular summer night (~1974) they aired The Gargoyles. Scared me to death. To this day, some 50 years later, that is the only horror movie that I have ever seen start to finish.

All I remember about watching this was being traumatized by the gargoyle attacking a car.

[Dbeasy 15,039]

There was a movie in the 1970’s, I think called Frogs, where people get overrun by Frogs. I had nightmares for awhile after that one. 

[Pato del Muerto 52,484]

12 minutes ago, Dbeasy said:

I think called Frogs

 

12 minutes ago, Dbeasy said:

people get overrun by Frogs.

Sounds like a good guess. 

[kingkoopa6 8,344]

Showgirls and striptease 

I was 11 and 12. 

Was with my gay aunt. The cool aunt really. 
 

prolly was def to young to watch. But I remember she did the “ don’t tell your mom” ( I was an only child, to a single mom)

no idea what I was watching, but seeing boobs on screen rather than the late night channel with the fuzzy picture cuz we didn’t have the channel boobs, was awesome 

Maybe it’s why I’m a sucker for a great rack. 

[Iceman 2,690]

On 10/21/2024 at 4:15 PM, Prepuce of Doom said:

Altered States in the theater at age 7. I eventually had enough so my mom and I left to hang out in the lobby of the theater while my dad finished the movie. 

This was my answer, except it was at my Grandparents' house. I was about 11, and it was a little bit scary, but more, "WTF?"

 

 

[Bevo&Pevo 5,120]

The original Texas Chainsaw Massacre when I was 8.  Two years later The Town that Dreaded Sundown.  I'm over it now.

Honorable Mention-The Legend of Boggy Creek

Edited November 10 by Bevo&Pevo

[Planet Houston 4,930]

I probably watched Porky’s and Beverly Hills Cop a half dozen times each before I was 9. Always at one friend’s house for Porky’s, and another friend’s house for BHC. I have no idea what the parents were thinking but it fucking rocked. 

[DDD Dad 14,323]

On 10/21/2024 at 1:47 PM, Butch Had Not said:

Is this limited to horror? Swaml thing was kind of traumatic for me.

Bachelor Party... maybe 8 years old was nothing i had ever imagined before. 

Animal House for me. 

Also OG Jaws scared the shit out of me. 

Edited November 13 by DDD Dad

[ChuckNorrisActionJeans 2,662]

Went to a sleepover in 2nd grade and watched a double-header of Salem's Lot and this:

As soon as Magic ended, the dad of the house jumped out at everyone with a freaking ventriloquist's dummy, I shit you not. Not much sleep at the sleepover ensued.

[gofuckyourself 8,195]

On 11/10/2024 at 7:57 PM, Planet Houston said:

I probably watched Porky’s and Beverly Hills Cop a half dozen times each before I was 9. Always at one friend’s house for Porky’s, and another friend’s house for BHC. I have no idea what the parents were thinking but it fucking rocked. 

If this was in the 70s/80s like my childhood, the parents gave zero shits.

We had satellite TV in 1985, one of those giant 12 foot dishes, and my dad never changed the default code number that blocked the porn channels.

So to answer the OPs question:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:1980s_pornographic_films

[Billy Pilgrim 1,960]

I watched The Godfather in middle school or early high school and thought it was soooo boring but definitely appreciate it rewatching  it as an adult.

[jetsfan76 710]

On 10/21/2024 at 1:12 PM, Parliament said:

For a 5th grade Parliament it was Nightmare on Elm Street.  Sleepover at a friend who was raised basically ferrel.  Was gonna camp in the back yard but heck with that.

I watched it at 7 or 8 with 2 of my older brothers and my dad, because "I was a big boy!" Yeah, at Tina's death, I ran scared to my mom's room. That started my love affair with horror movies, and I've been trying to chase that feeling ever since.

[Saint Tacky 1,614]

Young Frankenstein

[dcbc 14,464]

I already mentioned the Shining when I was about 7 and Airplane shortly thereafter.  Truth be told, I saw a ton of age inappropriate movies throughout my childhood and even wrote a parody of Life's Little Instruction book if all of the life lessons were learned from movies I watched as a kid on TV /CSB

 

Anyway, when it came to my older son, I let him watch a lot of age inappropriate movies including Jaws at age 8.  He liked it.  Around that time, we watched Ghostbusters.  My wife watched it with us.  We didn't think much of it.  But at about 2 a.m. that same night, he work up screaming.  I ran into his room and he looked like he'd seen something horrific.  I asked him what was wrong and, through sobs, he said, "That lady turned into a dog."

 

Oops.  Sorry.

[Deej 76,750]

On 11/10/2024 at 12:29 PM, kingkoopa6 said:

Showgirls and striptease 

I was 11 and 12. 

Was with my gay aunt.

Try not to think about what she was doing to herself in the seat next to you. 

[dcbc 14,464]

55 minutes ago, Deej said:

Try not to think about what she was doing to herself in the seat next to you. 

Speak for yourself.

[Pato del Muerto 52,484]

1 hour ago, dcbc said:

I already mentioned the Shining when I was about 7 and Airplane shortly thereafter.  Truth be told, I saw a ton of age inappropriate movies throughout my childhood and even wrote a parody of Life's Little Instruction book if all of the life lessons were learned from movies I watched as a kid on TV /CSB

 

Anyway, when it came to my older son, I let him watch a lot of age inappropriate movies including Jaws at age 8.  He liked it.  Around that time, we watched Ghostbusters.  My wife watched it with us.  We didn't think much of it.  But at about 2 a.m. that same night, he work up screaming.  I ran into his room and he looked like he'd seen something horrific.  I asked him what was wrong and, through sobs, he said, "That lady turned into a dog."

 

Oops.  Sorry.

Couple of years later and he’d have been focused on the ghost bj. 
 

Edited Friday at 10:19 PM by Pato del Muerto
Added context

[dcbc 14,464]

2 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Couple of years later and he’d have been focused on the ghost bj. 

I'm sure he's rewatched it a few times by now.

[dcbc 14,464]

2 hours ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Couple of years later and he’d have been focused on the ghost bj. 
 

That movie, notably with a killer soundtrack, holds up really well.

[safe sex 11,696]

I saw the 90s TV version of It when I was about 4.5yo, and yes I am still scared of clowns

[Horn80 6,114]

Saw Bonnie and Clyde in 1968 as young kid.  Gene Hackman scene when he got shot in the head and the ending was way too much.

[Iceman 2,690]

Fatal Attraction when I was 16/17.  I had heard things about sex with the cray-cray woman; but I promptly crossed it off my list of things to do after watching that flick.  Even at that age, with zero things to lose relative to Michael Douglas' character; yeah, let's just avoid the scorched earth ladies, shall we?

" i won't be ignored!" scared the shit out of me, whether or not that was well-founded fear or not.

[Dr. Teeth 5,843]

Fortress. The masks haunted a young 8 year old then and I still think about it. 
 

Edited Saturday at 02:55 PM by Dr. Teeth

[Captain Ron 12,862]

On 10/21/2024 at 2:19 PM, Chewbacca said:

The Shining.  Only movie that ever scared me.  Also watched it at a sleepover in middle school.

 

This is mine. The family is having a debate of which of my sisters (6 and 11 years older than me) took 6 year old Captain Ron to see this in the theater.

[dogbreath 434]

The Japanese movie Audition. I was a freshly divorced 45 year old. 

[Goredho 17,394]

"Apocalypse Now" in the theater at age 9.  I guess my parents thought it was going to be a John Wayne style of war movie or something.  The week after, my parents got called by my teacher who overheard me talking to other kids about " The heads. You're looking at the heads. Sometimes he goes too far. But... he's the first one to admit it."

I probably wasn't too young to watch it, but I took Mary Jane Rottencrotch on a first date to see John Carpenter's "The Thing" without knowing much about it.   I just thought scary movie, she'll be leaping into my arms for comfort. It scared the fuck out of both of us so much I had the ignoble honor of being the only kid I grew up with to not even get to first base with her.