What was the most violent movie you watched as a kid?
- Thread starter darkwing-buck
- Start date
Dirtyshubb
Member
As many others have said, for me it was robocop, predator, aliens and a bunch of other horror films. Watched them all as a young kid but I watched them with my parents who made it clear it was just entertainment and nothing to be scared of.
For most kids you can show them pretty much anything as long as you take the time to explain things and give them the correct context with how to view it but the problem with a lot of parents is they don't do that and then wonder why their kids react badly to extreme subjects.
For most kids you can show them pretty much anything as long as you take the time to explain things and give them the correct context with how to view it but the problem with a lot of parents is they don't do that and then wonder why their kids react badly to extreme subjects.
First Blood, Rambo II, Kickboxer, Street Fighter, Terminator. Take your pick. My older cousins were a big fan and almost always when we visited them, they were watching these high-testosterone films. I was like only eight years old at the time.
Didn't have much of an impact on me though, but I did get nightmares from IT. That fucking clown. I watched that film when I was nine years old, and let me tell you, that's not a film for children, lol.
Didn't have much of an impact on me though, but I did get nightmares from IT. That fucking clown. I watched that film when I was nine years old, and let me tell you, that's not a film for children, lol.
DontBeThatGuy
Member
I probably saw most of them, including some shit like Henry: A Portrait of a Serial Killer. I saw the Exorcist, Robocop, Hellraiser, all the Arnold and Stallone flicks, Die Hard, etc... We ate that shit up.
You know what was most frightening though? The beginning of Unsolved Mysteries, lol.
You know what was most frightening though? The beginning of Unsolved Mysteries, lol.
Crimson-Death
Member
What was the most violent movie you watched as a kid?
I thank my parents I watched all of them. Nice memories of going to video rental stores and then watch some Sunday movies, or just whatever violence I could get on TV. My dad bought us the Rambo movies, some of the Nightmare on Elm Street movies. Arnold, Stallone, Gibson and Willis, and so many more. Such fond and nostalgic blood drenched memories of entertainment.
I am going to say that Robocop is my favorite now from those times, followed closely by Terminator, Aliens, and the Predator movies. But oh, so many, many more.
I thank my parents I watched all of them. Nice memories of going to video rental stores and then watch some Sunday movies, or just whatever violence I could get on TV. My dad bought us the Rambo movies, some of the Nightmare on Elm Street movies. Arnold, Stallone, Gibson and Willis, and so many more. Such fond and nostalgic blood drenched memories of entertainment.
I am going to say that Robocop is my favorite now from those times, followed closely by Terminator, Aliens, and the Predator movies. But oh, so many, many more.
PumpkinPie
Banned
I vividly remember Robocop 2 more than any other film, in particular the scene where they remove his limbs and his eyes are rolled back into his head. I saw Terminator when I was young too but Robocop 2 was the one that disturbed me.
Crimson-Death
Member
I remember cutting out the ads from the newspaper and eagerly anticipating Robocop 2 among others, like Gremlins 2. I can almost relive the magic of those days. So many people waiting in the theater to watch Robocop 2. I watched it countless times after that in VHS, loved the action and fights, and love its dark humor.
I remember taking a mini poster of it to school and then getting into a competition with the other artist kid in my class to see who could freehand copy it the best. The rest of the group declared a tie.
I remember taking a mini poster of it to school and then getting into a competition with the other artist kid in my class to see who could freehand copy it the best. The rest of the group declared a tie.
Any Questions
Member
You and me both. Must of been 9 or 10. Was shocked. Clearance haunted me for years.
Seraph_Nicholas
Member
My first TV was an old commodore monitor, but I didn't have RCA connectors for any of my games, so my parents let me use their old beta deck as an interface. I eventually wound up with their tapes, too - mostly home recorded versions of various movies. One day, I want to say I was around 7, I decided to watch a movie. 'Alien' sounded good. I liked E.T., after all.
I had to pause during the motion sensor chase, after the chestbursting, right before they open the locker. Nothing has ever terrified me like that since. In fact, I'm pretty sure it broke my ability to be scared by movies. The combination of an anxious child's imagination and the excellent tension ramping just set the curve higher than anything I can reach now.
It's still my favorite series, though.
I had to pause during the motion sensor chase, after the chestbursting, right before they open the locker. Nothing has ever terrified me like that since. In fact, I'm pretty sure it broke my ability to be scared by movies. The combination of an anxious child's imagination and the excellent tension ramping just set the curve higher than anything I can reach now.
It's still my favorite series, though.
Storm Raider
Banned
Saving Private Ryan, probably around 6-10? Not sure.
Either that or Schindlers List, a little before Saving Private Ryan. (although much less violent)
I think my parents let me watch parts of the films, but not the entire thing.
My grandpa was in WWII and I was was always very curious about it and I wanted to know more.
They told me some of the things might be exaggerated or different because it was a movie, but I already knew as I could obviously tell the difference between a movie and what's real.
Overall, I'm glad they did that. I went on to watch many older WWII based movies, and one of my favorites, 'The Great Escape'.
Either that or Schindlers List, a little before Saving Private Ryan. (although much less violent)
I think my parents let me watch parts of the films, but not the entire thing.
My grandpa was in WWII and I was was always very curious about it and I wanted to know more.
They told me some of the things might be exaggerated or different because it was a movie, but I already knew as I could obviously tell the difference between a movie and what's real.
Overall, I'm glad they did that. I went on to watch many older WWII based movies, and one of my favorites, 'The Great Escape'.
Octavianus
Banned
Full Metal Jacket or Robocop I guess. Must have been around 7 or 8 at the time.
Oh and Predator. I remember watching it at a friends house when I was around the same age.
Oh and Predator. I remember watching it at a friends house when I was around the same age.
I think The Terminator was the first R rated movie I saw. I was 5. But I watched a lot of action movies when I was young. The goriest, probably being Braveheart...I was probably about 9.
2edgy
2edgy
Napalm_Frank
Member
As a very little kid (6-7 years) it's probably Star Wars+James Bond+Burton Batman. 8 years onward all bets were off with all sorts of slasher movies.
Can't believe I forgot about ST. That was my go to titty movie under guise of sci fi masterpiece. I had my parents rent that movie so many times....
There was very few limits on what I could watch. I had seen predator,terminator,robocop,alien,the omen, Total recall and Halloween all by the time I was 8 or 9. As long as it wasn't full of sex and it was on the telly at 8-10 it was fine. Nearly every kid I knew saw all these films at the same time.
teruterubozu
Member
Jaws maybe? I'm an old geezer, can't remember.
Jawmuncher
Member
I never really watched horror movies as a kid, I recall I saw starship troopers with my parents in the theater though lol. Yeah in terms of being young that's probably the most violent, since I'm not gonna count anything from when I was pre-teen and such.
MrCunningham
Member
Put me on team Robocop. I mean, it was kinda hard to top that one when I was 8. I think one of the most violent movies that I saw many years after that was... Natural Born Killers... when I was like 12-13.
First Blood only had one death. It really was the most grounded of the Rambo movies and wasn't an action flick.
First Blood only had one death. It really was the most grounded of the Rambo movies and wasn't an action flick.
Terminator
Predator
Commando
Critters
Nightmare on Elm Street
Platoon
Robocop
Aliens
These were the movies I recall most vividly, even as a kid I knew they were a little too violent. I was probably around 10 years old. Most were watched on HBO at my friends house, the kind of house you could get away with anything, at any age. It was an exciting time.
The scariest movie without a doubt was the Exorcist. I literally did not sleep for a day or so. I've not watched it since. My mom actually allowed me to watch that one with her. Thanks mom!
Predator
Commando
Critters
Nightmare on Elm Street
Platoon
Robocop
Aliens
These were the movies I recall most vividly, even as a kid I knew they were a little too violent. I was probably around 10 years old. Most were watched on HBO at my friends house, the kind of house you could get away with anything, at any age. It was an exciting time.
The scariest movie without a doubt was the Exorcist. I literally did not sleep for a day or so. I've not watched it since. My mom actually allowed me to watch that one with her. Thanks mom!
SoldierIce64
Member
Starship Troopers, RoboCop and American History X.
For me it was
Don't how my parents let me see this movie.
Probably the same. I saw it for the first time in '01 at a friend's 11th birthday. My parents were a lot more strict than my friends' and I only got to watch (or play) inappropriate content when at their houses.
Gladiator I remember seeing part of during a history lesson at school when I was 13 or 14.
SonicMegaDrive
Member
Probably Hellraiser. I watched a ton of horror movies as a kid in the 80's but Hellraiser sticks out as being more violent than the rest.
Predator? Predator 2? Robocop? Starship Troopers? Aliens?
Take your pick. Granted I wasn't supposed to watch Aliens at 5, but I hid on the stairs behind the living room to watch it while my parents were. Probably a bad idea, Bishop becoming half the man he used to be spooked me greatly.
I also recall seeing Terminator 2 well before Terminator 1, and (taking Predator or Commando or others I'd seen into mind also) I simply couldn't comprehend throughout Terminator 1 that Arnold was the villain, not the hero. Total world upside down moment.
Very little of the violence outside of a few specific moments actually disturbed me (namely the skinned bodies in Predator, melting man in Robocop, aforementioned bisecting in Aliens, and the brain sucking in Starship Troopers).
Take your pick. Granted I wasn't supposed to watch Aliens at 5, but I hid on the stairs behind the living room to watch it while my parents were. Probably a bad idea, Bishop becoming half the man he used to be spooked me greatly.
I also recall seeing Terminator 2 well before Terminator 1, and (taking Predator or Commando or others I'd seen into mind also) I simply couldn't comprehend throughout Terminator 1 that Arnold was the villain, not the hero. Total world upside down moment.
Very little of the violence outside of a few specific moments actually disturbed me (namely the skinned bodies in Predator, melting man in Robocop, aforementioned bisecting in Aliens, and the brain sucking in Starship Troopers).
Fug Slanderson
Member
Probably Robocop...or Faces of Death which showed real people actually getting killed.
