Hey Unk! Just wanted to say that I love Kindertrauma…so much. What I love the most about the site, is that Kindertrauma actually gets me excited and makes me want to watch the films it talks about. As if the excitement and wonder of when you were discovering horror films as a child somehow got transferred into the site itself.

It's a Horror to Know You: Matt Sunshine

1. What is the first film that ever scared you?

That would be without a doubt, the made-for-TV movie "Ants" (1977). Also, Annie Ross being pulled into a computer and turned into a robot in "Superman III" (1983), one of the first films I experienced in a movie theater. As well as some of the moments I was able to sneak a peak at of "Carrie" (1976) and "Children Of The Corn" (1984) while on the 8 o'clock movie in the 80's.

2. What is the last film that scared you?

"INLAND EMPIRE" (2006)

3. Name three Horror movies that you believe are underrated.

I doubt I'll be introducing anyone here to anything new. I'm pretty sure my choices won't be making me any friends either. I was going to go with "Near Dark" (1987) and "Don't Look Now" (1973) but I figured by now, the artistic importance of these 2 films has been well documented.

1. "Poltergeist II: The Other Side" (1986) – A Vomit Creature. Braces that attack you. Freelings. Speaking to ghosts, or something else, over a toy phone. Heather O'Rourke. Jerry Goldsmith's score. And Julian Beck as Kane – one of the most intense and frightening characters I've ever seen.

2. "The Mephisto Waltz" (1971) – Another great Jerry Goldsmith score. Some eerie scenes. I love that late 60's/early 70's look and feel. I can't look at Alan Alda or Pamelyn Ferdin and not think of the 70's. There will never be another film that looks like this again, it's simply stuck in 1971.

3. (a) "Halloween II" (1981) – Has been overly criticized for its extra supply of blood and gore, as well as its so-called likeness to the countless imitations of the original film. One of my favorite things about this film is that it shows us all the things horror movies never show us. Like where the villain goes when he escapes, the reaction in the community, the news reports in progress of the earlier events on TV and radio, the victims being taken to the hospital. This sequel continues so naturally.

(b) "Halloween III: Season Of The Witch" (1982) – Hated it the first time I saw it. Should have been released as "Season Of The Witch." Atmospheric. Terrific score. A Halloween favorite.

Honorable Mention: "Phantom of the Paradise" (1974) and "The Beguiled" (1971) Not sure they're horrors, but the latters poster is on this site, so I'm counting it. Also, "Cujo" (1983).

4. Name three horror movies that you enjoy against your better judgment.

1. "Deadly Friend" (1986)

2. "Poltergeist III" (1988)

3. "The Night Child" (1975)

Honorable Mention: "Curtains" (1983) and "Children Of The Corn" (1984).

5. Send us to five places on the Internet!

If you are on Kindertrauma, then you are already on the best film site on the Internet.

It's a horror to know you: Apocalypsejunkie!

1. What is the first film that ever scared you?

Actually it was a movie trailer I saw on television for The Shining, when Torrance is chasing Danny through the maze with an ax. Something about that really got into my head and since I was too young at the time to go see the movie, my imagination ran wild with that scene.

2. What is the last film that scared you?

The Last Exorcism, those last ten minutes were so off the rails and unexpected, I just sat there with my jaw agape thinking," WTF just happened here? What did I just see?".

3. Name three Horror movies that you believe are underrated.

1.Event Horizon: the thought that the ship was…. somewhere else for all those years and brought something back with it, creeps me out to no end.

2. Wolfen: People thought it was ridiculous at the time, wolf creatures in New York City undetected? PFAH! Yeah, how many Coyotes have been spotted recently? Exactly!

3.In the Mouth of Madness: I always think this is a Clive Barker film, it has that other worldly/dimension vibe to it. When the two eventually collide, and how do they ever, it is pure madness! "How do you like the book?'. WHACK! I must have something for Sam Neil…

4. Name three horror movies that you enjoy against your better judgment.

1. Tombs of the Blind Dead: Even Elvira made fun of this one, but there really is something horrifying about mummified knights riding silently and in slow motion across the Spanish countryside, brandishing swords ready to lob your head off.

2. City of the Living Dead: All of Fulci's films are disjointed messes when you get right down to it, but nobody does atmosphere quite like him and this one is no exception. Each scene stands on its own, like a vignette of nightmares.

3.Poultrygeist:Night of the Chicken Dead: So gross, so stupid, so finger licking funny!

5. Send us to five places on the Internet!

Sorry, I'm lazy and use your suggestions for this one most of the time.

It's a horror to now you: Tom Steeber!

1. What is the first film that ever scared you?

There were a number of films I saw early on that gave me the heebie-jeebies or had short lived scares but the one that stands out is the classic Kubrick film, The Shining. I saw it when I was thirteen and it scared me so badly that I actually started to cry. Naturally now I consider it the masterpiece that so many others do.

2. What is the last film that scared you?

This would be the made for TV movie, Alien Abduction: Incident in Lake County. Even knowing it was fake, it never the less scared me like no other movie had before or since.

3. Name three Horror movies that you believe are underrated.

1. J.T. Petty's Soft For Digging. It's a pot boiler that many consider boring. I find it fascinating and extremely eerie. And the fact that he was able to make it on a $6000 budget and get it accepted in Sundance is an inspiration to me as a fellow filmmaker.

2. Hukkle, from Hungarian director, Gyorgi Palfi. Not many people I've talked to have seen this. It appears as a series of unrelated events that evntually lead up to a disturbing conclusion.

3. Home Movie. This is probably my favorite of the "evil children" sub genre. What starts out as a normal home movie of an upstate New York family, becomes total nightmare fuel as we see just how demented the kids in the family are.

4. Name three horror movies that you enjoy against your better judgment.

1. 8MM. Nicholas Cage. End of story.

2. The Devil's Gift. Stupid, stupid, stupid movie about a killer toy cymbal monkey. I like it simply because I collect the ugly bastards.

3. They. The one about the aliens made in the 1970's. Completely terrible movie in which you never see any aliens even though there is this huge invasion.

5. Send us to five places on the Internet!

1. The Hustle. Home of The Hustle. A friend's comedy podcast.

2. UFO Phil. The personal webpage of alien abductee and songwriter, UFO Phil. I was in his movie.

3. Cinema Head Cheese. A horror movie review site.

4.Paleofuture. Pokes fun at the predictions of the future written in the past.

5. Listverse. A new top ten list every day.

It's a Horror to Know You: Lottie of Millhaven!

1. What is the first film that ever scared you?

That would either be Return to Oz (Which I now love!) or House (1986)

2. What is the last film that scared you?

The weird otherworldly scene in Insidious kinda creeped me out, as did The Strangers.

3. Name three Horror movies that you believe are underrated.

1.Ice from the Sun (Really low budget, some iffy acting, but has some amazing atmosphere and some really good ideas.)

2.Necromentia (See above. ALso, I'm still freaked out by The Mr. Skinny Show segment.)

3.The Supernaturals (not only is it pretty spooky, but it has LeVar Burton in it!)

*Special bonus film!* House of the Devil (Totally digging the 80's vibe here!)
*Special bonus film pt 2!* Darkness (2002)
*Special bonus film pt 3:The revenge!!!* Phantasm (1979)

4. Name three horror movies that you enjoy against your better judgment.

1.The Mangler (There is sooo much wrong with this movie,but somehow, its sooo right)

2.Bloody New Year (Which is totally watchable due to utter insanity)

3.Santa's Slay/Leprechaun/Rumpelstiltskin (All pretty much the same movie, all pretty much terrible, but I'm a sucker for that kinda thing)

It's a Horror to Know You: Kinderpal Mickster!

1. What is the first film that ever scared you?

Trilogy of Terror (1975)-Zuni fetish doll anyone? Four-year-old Mickster was traumatized by the "Amelia" segment. I also have a vivid memory of the Zuni fetish doll being on the cover of the TV Guide.

2. What is the last film that scared you?

Insidious (2011)-I was spooked for a least a week after seeing this one at the theater even though I wasn't satisfied with the ending.

3. Name three Horror movies that you believe are underrated.

Let's Scare Jessica to Death (1971)-I saw this super, creepy gem on late night TV as a kid. Movies like this fed my fascination with vampires at an early age. It still satisfies.

The Thirst (1979)-Another creepy, unusual flick I caught late night when I was young. I watched because I love vampires and I kept watching because I found this take on vampires intriguing.

House on Sorority Row (1983)-I saw this for the first time at a high school slumber party. My most vivid memory at the time was the head in the toilet. Upon subsequent viewings, I find this movie to be a cut above cookie cutter slasher films (even though I find most all slasher films entertaining).

4. Name three horror movies that you enjoy against your better judgment.

Terror Train (1980)-I just cannot resist David Copperfield performing magic for a "rock crowd" on New Year's Eve not to mention the huge crush I have on Ben Johnson!

Halloween III Season of the Witch (1982)-How can I possibly withstand that jingle, "Eight more days till Halloween! Silver Shamrock!" or the awesome Tom Atkins?

5. Send us to five places on the Internet!

Like Totally 80s. It is a great place for 80s nuts like me!

Retroland. Another one for nostalgic fiends like myself!

Plaid Stallions. Do you enjoy looking at old catalogs like me? Then head on over to Plaid Stallions!

Made For TV Mayhem. My pal Amanda by Night is the only person I know that is more nostalgic than me!

I don't have a fifth because I want to say Kindertrauma, but you are already here.

One of our favorite folks, good ol' The Mike of From Midnight, With Love is participating in the "It's a Horror to Know You!" challenge at his home base HERE! Click on over because he's got some excellent picks including 1960's THE CITY OF THE DEAD aka THE HORROR HOTEL which you can watch below in its entirety! If you've not checked it out before please do. It should provide a perfect Sunday afternoon view! Thanks The Mike!

It's a Horror to Know You: Wednesday's Child of Deep Red Rum!

1. What is the first film that ever scared you?

The Changeling (1980) was the first. granted it was one of the first I saw, around '81, but it still scares me now. All I have to do is think of the sound of the EVPs saying, "my father, my medal" and I get a little freaked out.

2. What is the last film that scared you?

The 2009 Australian film Lake Mungo got to me in a big way. It raises all sorts of what ifs about fate, psychic abilities, and the horror of being trapped as a ghost on Earth.

3. Name three Horror movies that you believe are underrated.

Curtains, the 1983 Canadian slasher. The relational aggression between the female characters plus the fear of insanity are enough to make this one a scary must see.

Event Horizon from 1997. Everyone I know who has seen this was scared silly by it, even if they saw it as an adult; the trouble is, not that many people saw it!

1989's Beyond Dream's Door. Ignore the low-budget rubber monster, this movie perfectly captures the cyclical, fatalistic feeling of your worst nightmare, the kind that sticks with you long after you wake up.

4. Name three horror movies that you enjoy against your better judgment.

Pieces (1983). What can I say? I love the dance class, the stupid kung-fu fighter, Lynda Day George yelling "Bastaaaaard!" and Jack Taylor as a bitchy red herring.

Ghosthouse AKA La Casa 3 (1988). As with The Changeling, it's the sound effects that get me, every time that clown doll plays that stupid nursery rhyme.

The Dark Power (1987). I can't recommend it to anyone but those who like bad movies because they're bad, but it's in heavy rotation at my house. Plus, there's a hilarious handyman minor character who exemplifies why I love hilarious minor horror characters.

5. Send us to five places on the Internet!

Aloha Mister Hand – This girl is one of the most prolific horror bloggers out there, and she has good taste.

At the Mansion of Madness – I love discovering the best of Italian horror with Giovanni Susina.

Goregirl's Dungeon – This lady watches all the movies, she knows her stuff and she puts so much work into her site with videos of her reviewing in costume as well as her excellent YouTube Channel with soundtracks. I'm sending you to two places with this one blogger!

Wide Weird World of Cult Films – This guy is freakin' hilarious! Yes, he's also my husband, but that doesn't make me biased, it makes me lucky.

It's a horror to know you: Arbogast of Arbogast on Film!

1. What is the first film that ever scared you?

The first time I can remember clapping my hands over my eyes for fear of what I was about to see was DRACULA HAS RISEN FROM THE GRAVE, at that moment when the Count wraps his cloak around Zena the Barmaid. That may have been the last time I ever shielded myself from what I was about to see, or not see, in a horror movie. I was pretty hearty through my first ten years of horror movie viewing but the first reel of DAWN OF THE DEAD had me so full of dread that I actually turned to my friend and said "Want to leave?" Priceless.

2. What is the last film that scared you?

Horror films don't often scare me and a fear response isn't my top priority. The last horror movie that disturbed me was probably Tom Shankland's THE CHILDREN, because it really took its time to set things up and give you a nice sense of cause and effect, enmeshed with a healthy dose of what-the-fuck. The last movie to make me gasp audibly was THE OTHERS, over a decade ago.

3. Name three Horror movies that you believe are underrated.

Name *only* three horror movies that are underrated? Talk about your Sophie's Choice! Actually, we can get ourselves into a semantic suckhole here – are we saying generally underrrated (like, say, LET'S SCARE JESSICA TO DEATH or CARNIVAL OF SOULS) or underrated within the horror fanbase, by people who should know better but so often don't? I'll assume we're talking the latter and I would nominate in this category Armando Crispino's AUTOPSY (1975), which makes a meal of illusion versus reality, John Hough's THE LEGEND OF HELL HOUSE (1973), which is a deceptively frank look at family dynamics and the hidden cruelties of language, and Stuart Walker's WEREWOLF OF LONDON (1935), which is just such a beautiful tragedy about the price of curiosity and how fate can turn people of inherently good will against one another.

4. Name three horror movies that you enjoy against your better judgment.

Ray Danton's THE PSYCHIC KILLER with Jim Hutton is so sleazy-looking that it was initially hard to see past that… and yet when I was able to kick the kitsch factor, I found the movie incredibly moving and tragic. I love all of the RESIDENT EVIL movies but probably the first one the best. I think M. Night Shyamalan's THE HAPPENING is very interesting, if not entirely successful; people jump on this guy's shit but he's one of the few horror filmmakers who thinks globally and puts people into arguments for purposes other than dividing heroes from villains.

5. Send us to five places on the Internet!

Jason Willis' SCAR STUFF blog is no longer being updated but there's an incredible fund of information there about vintage Halloween and horror recordings. Due to a cease and desist order, he has had to pull most of the links to the actual recordings but if you're a good Internet detective you can still track a lot of this stuff down.

Howard S. Berger and Kevin Marr's DESTRUCTIBLE MAN blog is a great place to sit and read and reconsider movies both cherished and new (to you). You may not agree with all of their assessments but you can't fault their footwork or their devotion. Exhaustive is only the beginning.

(HERE)'s a site of Vincent Price recordings, which should be in your listening device-of-choice.

It's always nice to put a name to a face and if you like Euro-cult movies, you should find value (HERE)…

(HERE)'s an interesting article about cemeteries in the Manhattan outer borough of Queens. Think CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD.

It's a Horror to Know You: Jaakko of The Groovy Age of Horror!

1. What is the first film that ever scared you?

A Finnish comedy horror musical called Lepakkolinna. The whole thing is on Youtube, and here's the clip that scared the me the most:

At around 4:00 Dracula enters a room with his mouth open, and that made the six-year-old me whimper with fear. What can I say, I had never seen anything like a horror movie before.

2. What is the last film that scared you?

The original Japanese version of Dark Water managed to somehow kick me in the nuts, I thought it was boring and cliche, until suddenly it wasn't.

3. Name three Horror movies that you believe are underrated.

4. Name three horror movies that you enjoy against your better judgment.

Hmm, well, I feel that two out of three sequels are better than the original, I guess that answers both questions better than any list would. I'm more of a horror gamer, anyway, so I'll give you three horror games that I think are underrated:

1. Rule of Rose

2. Fear Effect

3. Galerians

5. Send us to five places on the Internet!

Outside gaming blogs, every blog I follow is already on your sidebar. Can't send you anywhere new, sorry!

It's a Horror to know You: Chuckles72!

1. What is the first film that ever scared you?

Escape to Witch Mountain (1975). Not a scary film unless you are four years old and have no idea what is going on. I could not understand why these authority figures were intent on doing bad things to the kids. Completely freaked me out.

2. What is the last film that scared you?

Honestly, the last horror film that got my heart pounding was The Blair Witch Project (1999). I found myself alone, deep in the woods a few days after watching it and basically had a panic attack.

While not terrorized, I was very, very creeped out by Lake Mungo (2008).

3. Name three Horror movies that you believe are underrated.

There are so many but….

a. John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness (1987). IMHO the most underrated horror film ever.

b. Trick 'r Treat (2007). I am confounded that this excellent film did not get more hype.

c. Angel Heart (1987). Everybody was obsessed with the steamy scenes, but this is a very unsettling and gruesome film.

4. Name three horror movies that you enjoy against your better judgment.

a. Seed of Chucky (2004).

b. Night of the Comet (1984).

c. The Craft (1996).

5. Send us to five places on the Internet!

a. Retronaut

b. Awful Library Books

c. Haunted Monkey Paw Island

d. Scary Horror and Mindf*ck Games List (oft updated):

e. Oglaf My favorite, bizarre web comic. NSFW! NSFW! (did I mention NSFW?)