Did you watch 18s movies when you were a kid?

RedXIV · 04-03-2011 12:35PM

IT was the one that freaked me out the most.

My dad used to confiscate loads of pirate videos in work and then bring them home. they'd nearly all be over 18s with enough smut to keep a 10yr old happy

MagicSean · 04-03-2011 12:37PM

The ones I remember from my preteen days are Terminator, Flashdance, Robocop2 and American Warewolf in London.

EDIT: Gremlins, Critters and IT too

billymitchell · 04-03-2011 12:38PM

'member the day I watched Basic Instinct for the first time, I was about 11-12. Loads of bewbs and other stuff. The worst thing about watchin films with boobs back then was the crappy pause feature on the VHS. Couldnt see nothin when the tapes were paused

seafood dunleavy · 04-03-2011 12:56PM

I used to hate when I found a porn site and then had to turn it off because it said I had to be 18.

Dick Burns · 04-03-2011 01:00PM

i remember i was mad to watch the first scream tink i was 8/9,so i got my mam to tape it,she found out what it was and wouldnt let me watch it, and hid it,so one morning i was up early for school i went to get bread outa the breadbin and BOOM there it was watched the first 15/20 mins before school i was scared s**tless going into school

also i got mam to tape terminator 1 for me n when she seen the sex scene she flipped n recored 20 seconds of eurosport over the sex so now i have holland v germany from the 70's in the middle of terminator ha

good times

edward scissorhands was 18 but scared the beejayus outa me!!!

_feedback_ · 04-03-2011 01:06PM

Back then, movies weren't as accesible as they are now. The only movies we watched were those that were rented from "Dial-A-Video". No chance we were getting any over 18's.

And by jaysus, you'd rewind it before it is returned or there would be trouble!

Riddle101 · 04-03-2011 01:09PM

Kiera wrote: »

My parents wouldnt let me but i remember my mates older brother making us watch Nightmare on Elm street when we were about 8. Was convinced Freddy was under my bed for years after that

Same thing happened for me when I heard about Gary Glitter

Seriously though. Terminator 1 & 2, Robocop, Predator, Con Air, All the horror movies such as Friday 13th, Halloween, Nightmare on Elm Street, Scream, IT, The Shining and many others.

Dick Burns · 04-03-2011 01:15PM

is it just me or does the 18's mean nothing now?like remember in the TV guide years ago it wud say 15/18 n u wud tried scribble it out so the mother didnt see it

i think 18's theses days everyone watches them no matter what age

i wudnt let anyone youn watch any the paranormal activitys wud scar them for life

podgemonster · 04-03-2011 01:17PM

Parents used to let me watch Gremlins up until they stopped being cute, i was always intrigued as to what happened in those cocoons.

Edward Scissorshands freaked me too, the music the darkness of it all, was too much for a little kid.

Apart from that I was aloud watch all the blood and violence once I was over 10 but as my mother used to say 'as long as there are no bed scenes'

Mr Freeze · 04-03-2011 01:21PM

LighterGuy wrote: »

Also remember watching Predator around the same time. Freaking ... me ... out.

your stories?

Yip, used to watch 18 movies all the time as a kid, back in the 80's the guy in the one video shop in town, would rent me any flick. But my parents used to go mental when they'd find the film case and see it was 18's. I woulda been around 8 at the time watching them, did me no harm.

I remember getting in trouble for watching Critters 2, and Predator 2. Parents weren't happy.

Even though I was allowed watch Predator 1 when it was on UTV, but it was cut to shreds, no cursing, and no Carl Weathers arm getting zapped off, and loads of other great bits cut.

Dick Burns · 04-03-2011 01:38PM

CKWPORT wrote: »

Yip, used to watch 18 movies all the time as a kid, back in the 80's the guy in the one video shop in town, would rent me any flick. But my parents used to go mental when they'd find the film case and see it was 18's. I woulda been around 8 at the time watching them, did me no harm.

I remember getting in trouble for watching Critters 2, and Predator 2. Parents weren't happy.

Even though I was allowed watch Predator 1 when it was on UTV, but it was cut to shreds, no cursing, and no Carl Weathers arm getting zapped off, and loads of other great bits cut.

i remember watching predator 1 on utv n couldnt believe the mount that was cut out like if they think its too violent why boardcast it??

do ya think watchin an 18's while young wud have any affect on you in later life?i think it would man you up if anythin (could prob start another thread out of this)

mike65 · 04-03-2011 01:51PM

****s up your spelling no end....

galah · 04-03-2011 02:26PM

they used to have proper porn on tele back in the 80ies in Germany (they probably still do) - pretty much every evening after 10 pm. Used to watch it when the parents were out - never laughed so much in my life....;-P

Dick Burns · 04-03-2011 03:52PM

galah wrote: »

they used to have proper porn on tele back in the 80ies in Germany (they probably still do) - pretty much every evening after 10 pm. Used to watch it when the parents were out - never laughed so much in my life....;-P

Laughed or pulled youself around the room as much??

ucdmike · 04-03-2011 04:28PM

Planet of the Apes scared the bejesus out of me when I was a child

Mike 1972 · 04-03-2011 04:35PM

When I was a kid films got an 18 cert (or even banned outright) on even more ludicrous grounds than they are now so yes I did watch 18 films as a kid with the full knowledge and approval of my parents.

Oddly though the TV listings back in those days didnt give age ratings for films. It was generally understood that films scheduled for late night broadcast were not intended for kids but this was only a rough rule-of-thumb and not particularly reliable (contrary to popular misconception the "9pm watershed" doesnt apply in Ireland) meanwhile US cop shows of the era (a staple of early evening schedule on RTE/ITV back then) often featured a lot of gratuitous violence but this was all fine and dandy as long as nobody said any naughty words.

CKWPORT wrote: »

Even though I was allowed watch Predator 1 when it was on UTV, but it was cut to shreds, no cursing, and no Carl Weathers arm getting zapped off, and loads of other great bits cut.

My Dad refuses to watch films on UTV for this very reason. RTE for all their flaws rarely cut films they either show the damn thing in its entirity or dont show it at all.

Does anyone remember the Today tonight (eighties RTE current affairs series big into moral panics) "investigation" into "Video nasties" ? Most of the subject matter would be considered laughably tame these days. Back in the days when there was actually something worth watching on Channel 4 it was a regular target of the Daily Mail's condemnation (probably the best endorsement one can get) unfortunately at the time hardly anyone could get the bloody signal where I lived

In the absence of Channel 4, German satellites or a video the closest thing to televisual porn was the weekly subtitled film on RTE2 :eek:

admiralofthefleet · 04-03-2011 04:39PM

yeah i watched robocop when i was around 9 or 10. good night sweet prince

youcancallmeal · 04-03-2011 04:50PM

Candyman when I was about 10.
Couldnt look in a mirror for years after that!

Up-n-atom! · 04-03-2011 05:19PM

My older cousins used to babysit me and my brother and watched whatever the hell they wanted. I seen Bloodsport and Robocop, but not horror films, thankfully - I don't think I'd be able to sleep if I did. It was bad enough watching alien abduction films/tv programmes. I used to think I'd find a little green man staring in the window when I went to bed, and I stayed up for ages one night thinking that an airplane was an alien spacecraft coming to get me!

Azureus · 04-03-2011 06:18PM

I dunno what rating it was, but I do remember watching The Shining as a young kid and not being able to sleep for weeks.

First argument I ever remember between my parents was 'WHY THE HELL DID U LET HER STAY UP AND WATCH THAT!!'

One of my fave films of all time now though, I was a wimpy 7 year old

Mike 1972 · 04-03-2011 06:21PM

Azureus wrote: »

I dunno what rating it was, but I do remember watching The Shining as a young kid

Watched that one with my Grandmother (I $h1t you not)

Nevermind_ · 04-03-2011 06:36PM

Freddie Kruger and nightmare on elm street freaked the fcuk out of me when i was a kid.
Other than that i never had nightmares or anything like that from a movie.

One_Armed_Dwarf · 04-03-2011 08:47PM

I watched a lot of 18's films when I was a kid but the one that really messed me up was Pet Semetary, I seen it when I was about ten and I couldnt sleep for months thanks to the flashbacks of the deformed sister

Did you watch 18s movies when you were a kid?

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