KnockBack, Episode 12: Movies We Shouldn't Have Watched as Kids
Added 2018-05-03 16:00:01 +0000 UTCWe all have movies that stick with us as we move through life. Some films inspire us and make us happy; others provoke thought or make us sad. And some are movies we had no business watching as children, and stuck with us simply because of how terrified they made us. Today's episode of KnockBack is dedicated to just that: The movies our parents shouldn't have let us see, movies that have lingered in our minds for decades.
Comments
Another great episode! Dressing up younger siblings is definitely a universal older sister activity. There are definitely pics of me in a dance outfit with a tutu and makeup.
Colin Moriarty
2024-06-03 19:37:21 +0000 UTCI remember watching the original Japanese version of One Missed Call when I was a teenager, which is a very good movie in general, but what scared me afterwards was the phone rang once it was over and there was no name on the caller ID and there was one missed call. Yeah, that was scarring for a while.
xxxx
2019-08-08 18:16:38 +0000 UTCThe question is: Is this still your favorite episode? LOL.
Colin Moriarty
2019-01-08 23:15:55 +0000 UTCPlane crashes are always horrifying. Always. On that uplifting note, thank you for listening!
Colin Moriarty
2019-01-08 23:15:46 +0000 UTCJust don't watch Fire in the Sky, whatever you do.
Colin Moriarty
2019-01-08 23:15:25 +0000 UTCThat was a frightening movie for me, too. Summer of '99, as I recall.
Colin Moriarty
2019-01-08 23:15:10 +0000 UTCSo far my favorite episode! All the movies you guys have mentioned except Fire in the Sky I saw from the ages 7-10. All because of my mom and on one hand she's nuts but on the other these are films I love today even though they were traumatizing. The films Signs, Darkness Falls, Jeepers Creepers, The Blair Witch Project, and Halloween. Btw I watched the clip from Fire in the Sky....Jesus Christ bro I'm sorry damn man
Marcus Brown
2018-06-03 01:27:51 +0000 UTCDude, just talking about Johnny Got His Gun gave me the creeps... I wasnt even a kid when I saw that monster of a film. Some odd ones scarred me as a kid, one being La Bamba. The plane crash when the kids were playing basketball gave me nightmares. The other movie, which I cant even glance at to this day is Mask with Cher. The dude's face is so deformed. I think movies that are "real" give me the creeps. Great podcast! Love the brotherly chemistry!
Bobby Bell
2018-05-25 00:32:37 +0000 UTCHa! it's funny that Dagan says that about Poltergeist, cause the same exact thing happened to me. Despite being an "older" movie at that point, I saw it on daytime TV in an older house without my parents home as an elementary kid and damn, that movie creeped me out for months. And yes, I couldn't watch a static TV at night alone for a loooong time! Also, Fire in the Sky sounds absolutely horrifying to me....Alien horror gets me bad. I would've been scarred as well for sure Colin!
Derek
2018-05-19 11:47:38 +0000 UTCMy scary movie experience was the Blair Witch Project, it was a VHS copy. I was alone, it was bleak weather wise and I only got 3 mins into the movie before immediately turning it off.
Daniel Gonzalez
2018-05-16 08:04:34 +0000 UTCDon't I know it.
Colin Moriarty
2018-05-09 22:51:24 +0000 UTCI've only seen the abduction scene from Fire in the Sky, and it's the most terrifying thing I've ever seen in a movie.
Cody Manninen
2018-05-09 01:11:42 +0000 UTCI still haven't seen Arachnophobia. I don't think I'd handle it well.
Colin Moriarty
2018-05-08 23:31:46 +0000 UTCHahaha. What a movie!
Colin Moriarty
2018-05-08 23:31:26 +0000 UTCLoved this episode I too was terrified by Alive(1993) and I'm sure my mom rented it from the library because we loved White Fang with Ethan Hawke and she probably saw snow on the cover starring Ethan Hawke and thought "the boys will like this!" LOL I had nightmares about having to eat my family after crashing in a plane for a couple years for that film. Aliens(1986) specifically identifying with the little girl hiding from the alien freaked me out Arachnophobia(1990) while I got over my fear, my younger brother is probably still scared of spiders to this day for this film; he's 32 haha. The Omen(1976) and A Thief in the Night(1972) my parents were very religious and these two gave me nightmares and no kid should ever have watched them; I still give them shit for letting me watch movies about things like Armageddon and the Antichrist when I was a little kid. I thought everyone I loved was gonna die for a while thanks for the complex mom and dad. And some TV movie about killer bees don't remember the exact version it may have even just been the 70's film aired on TV.
Christopher Hopkins
2018-05-08 14:40:02 +0000 UTCHahaha, that's fucking awesome.
Colin Moriarty
2018-05-07 16:59:37 +0000 UTCLoved this episode! We're similar aged Colin, but I have cousins that are 10-20 years older than me, that was my intro into this...world. I remember being a cocky little shit about watching 'scary movies' so my mum - in her best parenting moment, hands down - made me watch The Exorcist. I must have been 8 or 9. Horrifying enough, but not satisfied with just that, she made sure to tell me it was a true story... I slept with a crucifix over my bed for a year...
hugplx
2018-05-07 04:15:40 +0000 UTCHahaha!
Colin Moriarty
2018-05-07 01:09:19 +0000 UTCIt must have happened to all of us. What a bait and switch!
Colin Moriarty
2018-05-07 01:09:05 +0000 UTCGod help you.
Colin Moriarty
2018-05-07 01:08:47 +0000 UTCI'm really glad to hear that. Thanks for listening!
Colin Moriarty
2018-05-07 01:08:36 +0000 UTCI remember the poster for that movie, strangely, but I don't think I saw it.
Colin Moriarty
2018-05-07 01:08:20 +0000 UTCSmart thinking. Funny how we'd have to outsmart our parents in those more analog days.
Colin Moriarty
2018-05-07 01:07:55 +0000 UTCTerminator never got to me, either. I think I took to the dystopian nature of it. I didn't see Alien until I was a teenager.
Colin Moriarty
2018-05-07 01:07:34 +0000 UTCFor sure. The Large Marge scene in PeeWee is probably the most scared of a movie I've ever been in my life.
Colin Moriarty
2018-05-07 01:07:03 +0000 UTCHahaha. Again, it's all about arbitrary decisions with parents.
Colin Moriarty
2018-05-07 01:06:28 +0000 UTCWhile listening to you guys, I tried really hard to think of something I'd seen too young, but kept coming up empty. However, my wife and I took our son to see Me, Myself, and Irene when he was about 8. O.o We went with some friends and didn't pay attention to the rating. I was in shock and remember having to explain to my son what a dildo was. Haha, so embarrassing.
Jason Stafford
2018-05-06 22:05:05 +0000 UTCGreat list guys. I was born in 80 so all these hit the same way. The Good Son cracked me up. I have the memory of a friends mom renting it for us one a summer afternoon because “it’s a McCauley Caulkin movie.” That was a rough afternoon lol
Josh in Tampa
2018-05-06 20:50:01 +0000 UTCI haven't watched Fire in the Sky but after this talk and the many times you have mentioned it in the past I think I finally need to bite the bullet and ruin a night and the rest of my life by watching it :P
AscendDaily
2018-05-05 18:33:24 +0000 UTCI loved this episode! I am really starting to turn around on Knockback. This has been really fun!
John Nelson
2018-05-05 09:15:22 +0000 UTCCompletely agree about The Good Son. I remember when Henry reveals he drowned his baby sister in the bathtub. Super fucked up. One of the movies I saw way too young was a movie called 8MM. It came out in 1999 and I was 10 or 11. It has Nick Cage who is a P.I. and is asked to investigate a videotape of a possible real snuff film. He has to go into a seedy underground of sex, murder, pedophilia, human trafficking and other horrible things. It also has Joaquin Phoenix and James Gandolfini.
Alex Ball
2018-05-05 09:12:23 +0000 UTCBrilliant idea for a podcast fellas! Took me right back to watching movies I shouldn't have with the N64 turned on, so I could quickly switch over to Goldeneye when my parents came into the back room. I'm very intrigued by Alive; will be checking that out ASAP.
Phillip Guglielmo
2018-05-05 05:50:55 +0000 UTCA lot of these lined up with mine - The Shining, Alive, Misery, Poltergeist and of course... Fire in the Sky; all of them were so upsetting. I was never rattled by Alien or Terminator though, I think I processed them both as action movies, but upon viewing them as an adult, they are both very heavy in the horror.
Marc Boggio
2018-05-04 20:42:35 +0000 UTCLoved this episode. I saw The Thing remake, The Shining and Cujo way too young and they scared the hell out of me (in a good way. I adore The Thing and The Shining). I saw The Exorcist young (on pirate as it was banned in the UK then.) It didn't scare me at all. I enjoy the film but it does nothing for me as a scarefest. The only films I remember being scary as a kid were Pinnochio and Empire Strikes back, because those films have scary moments when you are seven or eight. I always tended to find non-horror with scary moments far more terrifying as they came at you when your guard is down.
Peter Campbell
2018-05-04 10:02:59 +0000 UTCThis was a great topic. The Shining is the first to jump to my mind. Saw it when I was around 6-7. My mom would make me cover my eyes during the bathtub scene, but I guess the man in a bear suit blowing the Butler was fine.
Koray Savas
2018-05-04 05:30:27 +0000 UTCThat's the one!
Colin Moriarty
2018-05-04 01:17:01 +0000 UTCArt Bell! that was the coast to coast show you were thinking of.
Erik Peterson
2018-05-04 00:50:52 +0000 UTCHorrific. Just horrific.
Colin Moriarty
2018-05-04 00:26:50 +0000 UTCNothing to apologize for, ma. We wouldn't be who we are without these unfortunate events. =D
Colin Moriarty
2018-05-04 00:26:40 +0000 UTC100% Agree that Fire in The Sky is an absolutely terrifying movie, made all the more unsettling by the fact that, supposedly, the logging crew have taken multiple polygraph tests and passed and their story hasn't changed once over the years. For some reason - The Exorcism of Emily Rose really freaks me out. I'm not religious at all, but something about that movie makes me want to yell "I'm out!!" Half-way through.
Justin Matkowski
2018-05-04 00:18:13 +0000 UTCOh God. If I’ve never done this, my sons, I’ll do it now. Sprey to scare you to death at young ages Yikes. But I’ll say this: Alive, I thought would be an interesting airline flick- no one told me about the cannibalizm. I thought it was about survival after a crash. 😐 And to help put some things in perspective- while in Europe on our honeymoon- Dad and I shared books that we wanted to read. The exorcist was one of them. Pretty romantic, right?! I still remember where I was when I read it... a little ‘old’ guest house in Switzerland. Book scared the hell out of me- no pun intended. And to be in a strange place too... yikers. Wasn’t sure you were aware of that. ❤️❤️ Ans keep in mind...’ no wire hangars’ 😬🙄
BettyAnn Moriarty
2018-05-03 23:55:06 +0000 UTCIt's so funny, dude. Totally arbitrary.
Colin Moriarty
2018-05-03 23:49:03 +0000 UTCI watched the abduction scene for the first time in 20 years the other day, and immediately texted Dagan and told him not to make the same mistake. Somehow WORSE than when I was 8.
Colin Moriarty
2018-05-03 23:48:48 +0000 UTCI love hearing you guys talk about arbitrary rules from your parents. My mom and aunt were adamant that we not watch Rugrats growing up. I watched some of the most gory and vulgar films since a very young age but Rugrats? Not a damn chance.
Brent Lindquist
2018-05-03 23:22:25 +0000 UTCDie Hard is always one that sticks out for me. The scene where he shoots the guys knees from under the table and some of the other violence I was way too young for. I think I was 8 when my dad let me watch Terminator 2 is another that stuck with me. And I agree Fire in the sky is terrifying
Britton Dowers
2018-05-03 22:02:10 +0000 UTCI'm not familiar enough with Ruffalo to have heard the similarity!
Colin Moriarty
2018-05-03 21:58:09 +0000 UTCI've never seen Arachnophobia. Spiders... yeah. No.
Colin Moriarty
2018-05-03 21:57:53 +0000 UTCDo yourself a favor and don't. LOL.
Colin Moriarty
2018-05-03 21:57:37 +0000 UTCI just realized who Dagan sounds like! It was bothering me for a while. He sounds extremely like Mark Ruffalo! (for newer people, The Hulk actor). Have him read a small part of the script from any of his movies! This is very interesting!
Dav9834
2018-05-03 21:37:35 +0000 UTCArachnophobia.... I know it's a comedy, but that haunted me well into my adult years after seeing it when I was like 5. Another, around the same time I saw was The Thing, now that was a masterpiece, and ya terrified me.
Dav9834
2018-05-03 21:22:22 +0000 UTCThis is definitely one of my favorite episodes! I love it when you guys talk about movies! The Good Son sounds very unsettling... I’ll have to check it out sometime.
Will Hahn
2018-05-03 20:06:36 +0000 UTCNo comment.
Colin Moriarty
2018-05-03 19:10:16 +0000 UTCMonty Python (and History of the World) are things my dad showed me that I definitely shouldn't have been watching... but it wasn't gratuitous or anything!
Colin Moriarty
2018-05-03 19:10:09 +0000 UTCThat's high praise, and I really appreciate it. Also glad you're not living under communism anymore. LOL.
Colin Moriarty
2018-05-03 19:09:44 +0000 UTCBefore both "waves" of recordings, we revealed the topics to $2+/month subs here on Patreon, and solicited questions/comments/memories. You can find those posts by sorting by price level, if you wanna see 'em. I'm gonna post Wave III in the coming weeks.
Colin Moriarty
2018-05-03 19:05:23 +0000 UTCThank you so much! That means a lot to me (and to Dagan).
Colin Moriarty
2018-05-03 19:04:42 +0000 UTCI liked it a lot. =D
Colin Moriarty
2018-05-03 19:04:09 +0000 UTCYeah. Slept with the light on.
Colin Moriarty
2018-05-03 19:03:53 +0000 UTCSo did you end up reading exorcist stuff at 230 or nah?
Chad Lewis
2018-05-03 18:49:38 +0000 UTCYou guys are talking about weird subliminal shit, and at exactly 1:18:00, Dagan says "I want to talk about a few movies that I saw young.." And I can't tell if its Colin, away from the mic, saying "okay," or if its some weird spooky demon shit saying Dagan's name.
Ian (616Entertainment)
2018-05-03 18:30:54 +0000 UTC24:00 in and I already love this one. I should clarify my comment in the beginning, about my dad letting us watch Blazing Saddles and shouting over the N bombs, that was the one word that he thought was too much for us, haha. He specifically showed us the scenes where all of the guys are eating beans and farting around the camp fire. Around the same time, he showed us Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Great memories!
Ian (616Entertainment)
2018-05-03 17:18:54 +0000 UTCit's hard for me to describe how utterly relaxing most of these Knockback episodes are for me. out of all audio and video content I consume, this is almost the only one where I get to kick the fuck back and curl into a happy place for a bit. I didn't realize how much I wanted something like that. I’m from Slovakia and we got US pop-culture with some delay after the iron curtain had been lifted, so I actually had a lot of experiences similar to those you describe even though I‘m quite a bit younger. Honestly, this is the most I have ever felt genuinely nostalgic about stuff since AVGN.
Michal Dudic
2018-05-03 17:04:48 +0000 UTCWhere are you getting the fan comments? Noticed in a couple knockback episodes you reference some patrons comments. Just curious what posts to look for to participate in the future -- I saw terminator and terminator 2 when I was under 10 years old. And while the violence has never really affected me, it's the language. I learned how to cuss from Terminator and my dad was not a fan.
Owen
2018-05-03 16:33:10 +0000 UTCExcellent so far!! I love KnockBack, dude, the more you put out, the more it's kicking ass. Keep it up you two!
Michael Ferrari
2018-05-03 16:27:19 +0000 UTCMost people in the UK see that pretty young. I saw it by about 10. You're expected to have seen it at school.
Peter Campbell
2018-05-03 16:13:28 +0000 UTCI have four words for you: Rocky Horror Picture Show
Yair Shafir
2018-05-03 16:08:17 +0000 UTCFriday the 13th part 6 and Nightmare on Elm st at age 12 round my mates house lol Looking forward to my morning commute now!
Martin
2018-05-03 16:02:08 +0000 UTCThis is gonna be a great one!
Abe Moukhtar
2018-05-03 16:00:54 +0000 UTC
