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| Above, yours truly with actor David Hedison at the 2010 Monsterpalooza. He was billed as "Al Hedison" in The Fly. |
The Fly (1958) was released on July 16, 1958. As far as I can remember, that was the first horror/science-fiction movie my parents took me to see in the theater. I was four years old at the time. That movie left a big impression on me, particularly the movie's spider web scene near the end. I later interviewed the star David Hedison for G-FAN and then met him at the 2010 Monsterpalooza in Burbank. He autographed the book, The Fly At Fifty at the show.
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| Above, The Fly At Fifty with David Hedison's autograph. |
The only other horror movie I can remember going to see in the theater way back then was the 1959 House On Haunted Hill.
One may ask, Didn't those movies give me nightmares at such a young age? Actually, no. My parents were movie-goers and I generally was brought along. Thanks to my mom in particular, those movies (and others) made me the horror/science-fiction fan I am today.
The first giant monster movie I remember seeing in the theater was Gorgo (1961) at the age of seven. It was on a double-bill with the Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon Babes In Toyland. My mom told me in later years that they took me to see Godzilla, King of the Monsters (1956). I was too young to remember it. I finally got to see it (which got me hooked on Godzilla movies) in 1962 on television.
Two years before my mom passed away, I did reciprocate and took her to see Cloverfield. She enjoyed it. That same year (2008), I think I took her to see Quantum of Solace at the theater. Either that, or I loaned her my DVD. She remarked about the fight scenes of actress Olga Kurylenko near the end of the movie.
I also was introduced to James Bond when my parents took me to see a double-bill of Dr. No and From Russia With Love. Those, plus Goldfinger in 1964, got me hooked on Bond movies.
Thanks to my parents, I became a movie fan at a young age, which endures in my geezerhood.
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