(Cover) - EN Showbiz - Danny DeVito's older sisters forced him to watch horror movies when he was a child.

The American star can vividly recall being petrified when he attended the cinema with his siblings. He used to crouch down so he couldn't see the films in all their gory glory.

"I have two older sisters and they've scared the hell out of me all my life. They'd bring me to horror movies, even when I was a little boy," he told Empire magazine.

"I'd immediately drop onto the sticky floor of the theatre and peek through the cracks in the seats."

It took the 67-year-old a long time to pluck up the courage to watch some of the films for a second time. When he did so, he couldn't understand what he'd made such a fuss about.

"The first one they took me to was The Thing [From Another World], with James Arness. Then there was a real B movie with Lon Chaney, called Dead Man's Eyes. Ho-o-o-ly c**p! I've seen it since and it's nothing compared to how I remember it." (C) Cover Media