Friday The 13th Forum

Re: At what age do you feel it is ok to let your child watch

2011-04-04T08:57:07+00:00

It's tough to say. I was 8 when started watching them on USA Up All Night. My parents were pretty cool about it since a lot of the violence and all of the nudity was cut out. I think the nudity bothered parents more when I was young. Nowadays people are so concerned that watching these movies will harm your child or make them a bad person. I've also watched professional wrestling since I was 6 and have never been in a fight in my life. I don't believe that these movies or any violent forms of entertainment are to blame as much as bad or lack of parenting. If they are old enough to understand that it's just a movie and that Jason doesn't really exist, I see no problem in showing F13 to them.

Statistics: Posted by deadcounselor — Mon Apr 04, 2025 8:57 am

Re: At what age do you feel it is ok to let your child watch

2011-03-08T23:20:01+00:00

I watch horror film since I was 4 years & im still normal. Back then I saw all these films from 4 to 10 years old I saw Pet Sematary, Hellraiser, Halloween 1, 4 & 5, Carrie, Psycho 1, 2 & 3, Evil Dead 2, It, Child's Play 1 & 2, The Thing, The Omen, The Silents of the Lambs, A nightmare on ELM street the first 5 & not least Friday the 13th parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 & 8. But before you let your child watch a horror film it is important that you explaned to the child like what right & wrong & what real & fictional. I know this person who is the same age as me but back then when he was around 7 years old he watch his first horror film it was Halloween but his mum or dad did not explaned to him what right & wrong, what real & what fictional & after he saw that film he just decided one day to copy Halloween he took a kitchen knife & almost stab & killed his older sister. Years later I ask him why did you do it?& he said to me Halloween was his first horror film he watch as his dad just let him watch it with out even explaneing to him. See how things can go wrong very easily so please be careful before you let your kids watch a horror film.

Statistics: Posted by martin-horror — Tue Mar 08, 2025 11:20 pm

Re: At what age do you feel it is ok to let your child watch

2011-03-07T06:20:23+00:00

agreed with stefKat, i first saw my first friday movie at 7 years old, and i loved them back then, my parents explained me the difference of fictional and reality, and it never affected me in any negative ways...its just entertainment, and i still think that way.... it does depend on the childs maturity and understanding...

Statistics: Posted by Sheriff_Garris — Mon Mar 07, 2025 6:20 am

Re: At what age do you feel it is ok to let your child watch

2011-03-07T06:09:36+00:00

I agree that it all depends on the kid's maturity. Some kids could watch it at 6 years old where a 15 year old would be affected in a bad way.

Statistics: Posted by stefKat — Mon Mar 07, 2025 6:09 am

Re: At what age do you feel it is ok to let your child watch

2011-03-04T13:11:38+00:00

I think you should be at least 15 before you start watching them.

Statistics: Posted by Farrell — Fri Mar 04, 2025 1:11 pm

Re: At what age do you feel it is ok to let your child watch

2011-03-04T11:26:10+00:00

I was 11 and were fine with all the violence and nudity. I'll probably let my kids see them when they're at that age as well. I never watched these movies with my parents though, so I may have to tell the kids to close their eyes when the more gory stuff is shown the first couple of times.

Statistics: Posted by Camp Blood Tenant — Fri Mar 04, 2025 11:26 am

Re: At what age do you feel it is ok to let your child watch

2011-03-04T08:12:41+00:00

I was 8 or so when I first saw Part 1 in 1980. It scared the hell out of me though. I had been watching Hammer movies and the like, but had never seen anything like f13 before.

Statistics: Posted by dollarhorror — Fri Mar 04, 2025 8:12 am

Re: At what age do you feel it is ok to let your child watch

2011-02-22T10:32:26+00:00

It's tough to say. My mom worked day and night raising me and my 3 sisters alone.. soo somehow I was watching horror movies as early as 4 years old. I didn't turn out to be a murderer so I guess things are ok but I cant say that for all young children lol. I definitely suffered from nightmares most of my life though!!!!

Statistics: Posted by Uncle Frank — Tue Feb 22, 2025 10:32 am

Re: At what age do you feel it is ok to let your child watch

2011-02-22T01:03:06+00:00

I was 13... Great number!

Statistics: Posted by johnfears — Tue Feb 22, 2025 1:03 am

Re: At what age do you feel it is ok to let your child watch

2011-02-21T18:27:39+00:00

I was 7 when I watched my first friday,it was part 7 and Ive been hooked ever since

Statistics: Posted by Killer-c — Mon Feb 21, 2025 6:27 pm

Re: At what age do you feel it is ok to let your child watch

2011-02-21T18:25:38+00:00

I believe I was around 6 or so when I seen my first Friday on the USA Network. I'm 34 now, so I'm old enough to remember the "Glory Days", and the intentions of the earlier films. Having 2 sons, I have already taught them the difference between movie violence & real life. I do censor them by telling to close their eyes for the scenes with nudity. These movies are a fun ride, and have been a big part of my life, which I feel like I'm passing the torch to my sons.haha

Statistics: Posted by CampBlood1980 — Mon Feb 21, 2025 6:25 pm

Re: At what age do you feel it is ok to let your child watch

2011-02-21T17:16:21+00:00

Don't let them watch them. Make it clear they're NOT allowed to wtach them because they're too young.

The day they sneak behind your back and start secretly watching horror films with their friends is when they're old enough.

- Scarecrow

Statistics: Posted by Scarecrow Cenobite — Mon Feb 21, 2025 5:16 pm

Re: At what age do you feel it is ok to let your child watch

2011-02-15T01:03:28+00:00

Well said Kane- i agree completely. Each child is different and its up to us as the parents and care givers to accomodate their needs appropriately.

Statistics: Posted by RangerMatt — Tue Feb 15, 2025 1:03 am

Re: At what age do you feel it is ok to let your child watch

2011-02-12T02:50:50+00:00

Being a father, I feel it is my responsibility to educate my children or any other child the differences between films like Friday the 13th and the real world. I don't want them thinking it is alright to go out and butcher people for the hell of it. I just want to make sure that they are at the age where they can tell right from wrong. Every child matures differently, so its really hard for me to give out a specific age.

I was around 7 or 8 when I first started watching horror films, and I done it so against my parents wishes. They didn't feel I was at the proper age, and to be honest with you I still had alot of immaturity back then because I was in the first grade when I got one of them glow-in-the-dark Jason masks from Wal-Mart and when I put that mask on, I became Jason Voorhees in my mind, or at least I thought. Maybe I wasn't ready to watch horror films at that age, but all I know is that I came out okay without ever hurting anybody. I mean when you're a child and you are fascinated by a character from a movie, you do your best to imitate that character up until you are that character.

I'm not one who believes that video games or horror movies cause 13 year olds and up, to start a killing spree because by that age those kids should have reached the maturity level to know right from wrong. But when you talk about kids between the ages of 6 and 9, that's really a big 'if' in my opinion. I'm not trying to tell anybody how to raise their kids, but I will advise any parent to carefully educate their children about these movies if they do decide to let them watch them at a young age. This is really a good topic to discuss among fellow parents and future parents because the word maturity plays a big role with this.

Statistics: Posted by Kane — Sat Feb 12, 2025 2:50 am

Re: At what age do you feel it is ok to let your child watch

2011-02-09T00:13:14+00:00

I started in early middle school and I showed my stepson when he was 6 or 7 but I explained it to him and also watched it with him. Now he loves the movies and he is not afraid of them.

Statistics: Posted by Bradp56 — Wed Feb 09, 2025 12:13 am