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Films you were not emotionally prepared for/traumatized by as a kid
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darkstar0155
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I go whitewater kayaking and that stretch of river(s) that movie was filmed on are classic. Some of the most gorgeous scenery out there.
megatronium
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The Elephant Man.
darkstar0155
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Glad someone else pointed this one out. So depressing. That and Requiem for a Dream were legit emotionally hard.
RageWaffles
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Old Yeller.
The boy has to shoot the dog himself after it gets rabies, but before that happened... The dog gets mauled and has to be stitched up. I remember the stitches looking really thick and dark and covering the dog entirely, like it was a bunch of body parts Frankensteined together. Freaked me the fuck out.
The boy has to shoot the dog himself after it gets rabies, but before that happened... The dog gets mauled and has to be stitched up. I remember the stitches looking really thick and dark and covering the dog entirely, like it was a bunch of body parts Frankensteined together. Freaked me the fuck out.
Pilgrimzero
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I was younger than 12 when I saw it. Terrifying.
Psycho when I was eight.
Specifically the staircase sequence, and even more specifically that top-down shot when Arbogast gets killed.
Everything about this shot is frightening. I wasn't used to this kind of framing and very slow, careful pacing, and then the music suddenly going "wee-wee-wee"... I wasn't ready for this stuff.
Specifically the staircase sequence, and even more specifically that top-down shot when Arbogast gets killed.
Everything about this shot is frightening. I wasn't used to this kind of framing and very slow, careful pacing, and then the music suddenly going "wee-wee-wee"... I wasn't ready for this stuff.
davidwhangchoi
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Transformers: The Movie
The Broken Ska Record
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I remember I was 10 and went to go watch Jurassic Park with some friends for one of their birthdays. My eyes were covered the entire time. The funny thing was that I eventually watched again like 2 years later and was fine.
TheGreatDirector
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Not a film, but Spongebob Squarepants fucked me up when I was a kid.
An episode about a cute little butterfly? This should be a nice, relaxing-
Needless to say, I had an unusual phobia ever since.
An episode about a cute little butterfly? This should be a nice, relaxing-
Needless to say, I had an unusual phobia ever since.
It's amazing how we all have our own stories for this question. How did we all as kids get access to such horrific horror films? 🤣
My answer is both IT and Freddy 3, I have no idea how or why I came to watch these, why my family was allowing this, but it definitely fucked me up at the age of 9 or 10.
My answer is both IT and Freddy 3, I have no idea how or why I came to watch these, why my family was allowing this, but it definitely fucked me up at the age of 9 or 10.
Poimandres
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The Fly (Cronenberg) when I was about... 7?
My uncle exposed me to some pretty out there stuff like The Thing, The Blob etc but The Fly really got to me. Things like the monkey getting turned inside out are so... Meaty. Really disturbed me.
My uncle exposed me to some pretty out there stuff like The Thing, The Blob etc but The Fly really got to me. Things like the monkey getting turned inside out are so... Meaty. Really disturbed me.
Same here. I must've been about 7 too. Freaked me out.
Unspoken90
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Child's Play is the reason I have a fear of dolls.
My parents somehow took me to see Boxcar Bertha (1972) at the drive-in. I don't think it was fresh off the press or anything, so probably part of a double-feature. Lots of bad R stuff, but I still have the dude crucified on the side of the car burned into my brain.
I also walked in on a bad scene in Gargoyles (1972) when I was young, not sure how old. I thought they were under my bed for years.
1972 movies were not kind to me.
I also walked in on a bad scene in Gargoyles (1972) when I was young, not sure how old. I thought they were under my bed for years.
1972 movies were not kind to me.
QuantumZebra
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Think I was like 5 or 6.
Didn't sleep for three days.
Sheeeeit
My mom was a cool mom but maybe too cool. I grew up on horror movies and weird cyberpunk shit from the 80s and 90s.
First film that really got me was Aliens at age 5. Had alien nightmares ever since, to this day (age 32).
Aliens is also my favorite film of all time so go figure.
Aquavelvaman
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This grim tale
Pilgrimzero
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A kid who grew up playing with and watching Transformers seeing Prime die was traumatic.
And they thought Rodamus could fill the void...
BrianRoyale
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"From Beyond" really freaked me out, the thing that pops out of one of the characters head was nasty.
TylerDurden4321
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But how do you guys feel when parents are super protective and selective with their 8-9yo kids. Like oh my god, no, you can't let him watch Die Hard.
In my opinion, it's best to not watch too hard over their shoulder, let them feel it out for themselves. Don't make it a crime, but definitely don't encourage them if they like brutal action movies. Play it like you don't like it that they know stuff like that until they are like 14 or so. Then help them see the difference between good stuff, unambitios-fun and bad trash.
In my opinion, it's best to not watch too hard over their shoulder, let them feel it out for themselves. Don't make it a crime, but definitely don't encourage them if they like brutal action movies. Play it like you don't like it that they know stuff like that until they are like 14 or so. Then help them see the difference between good stuff, unambitios-fun and bad trash.
PhantomZone
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I was convinced a shark would be able to come up from the drain on the bath after watching it.
My parents watched terminator with me when I was 9. It scared me a little, but I enjoyed it so much.
eso76
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I watched Poltergeist when I was very small, like 8 or 9.
No problem then.
I would have troubles watching it now, though, knowing how the little girl died
But then I have been watching zombies and splatter since very young and while I had no issue with those I do still have nightmares with zombies and stuff, so maybe they did affect me ?
The one movie I remember haunted me for a while is Class of 1984. The scene in which teacher Perry King throws the punk student on a circular saw cutting his arm off and then killing him.
I was 8/9 and that was just fucked up.
AHH, yes, that scene in Pinocchio in which Lucignolo turns into a donkey and you see his shadow as he's dragged away. Saw it in theatre, must have been 5.
Daughter saw it at 3/4.
Few days ago she told be she had this dream in which she turned into a donkey like Pinocchio.
I told her I'm sorry, must have been scary.
She said what, no it was great !
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All Possible Ways
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+1 for Child's Play. I was terrified of Chucky as a kid, he game me nightmares.
Also Neverending story, Gremlins, and probably many others I'm forgetting now.
Oh, and I was terrified of Alien, without watching it! Just the monster was enough to terrify me, I could never get the nerve to sit down and actually watch it!
Also Neverending story, Gremlins, and probably many others I'm forgetting now.
Oh, and I was terrified of Alien, without watching it! Just the monster was enough to terrify me, I could never get the nerve to sit down and actually watch it!
StrangeRoboMemory
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Saw A Clockwork Orange at 13 or 14, and wasn't quite ready for that.
DarkJediKnight
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I was scared shitless!!!
Oh, I remember another one: Alien Abduction: Incident in Lake County aka The McPherson Tape. It's that shitty found footage movie about a family that ends up being abducted by aliens, and my dumb-ass kid self thought it was actually real (because I had no idea about "found footage movies" as a genre) and the movie tried incredibly hard to seem real. Like, it had interviews with "UFO experts" and shit to break the found footage segments.
The whole descend into madness vibe, with things getting progressively worse just unsettled me. And then the ending... fuck. It got to me good, and I already had a trauma regarding aliens - it just made it worse. And after the movie "ends", they show pictures of each "disappeared" family member with a telephone number to call if you had any info about them. I was chilled and my trauma sorta got worse for a while
This, Fire in the Sky and Communion all had me fucked up and looking over my shoulder constantly. Could not sleep without a night light. Got really big into reading all the UFO conspiracy theory bullshit and was really convinced it was real.
My mom and her boyfriend played a really mean prank on us kids once thanks to this. I was in the backyard with some friends and this thing comes on the TV that is a special feature Fox was running to promote the movie Independence Day prior to its debut, basically a fake news report about the invasion in that movie, and she came running out and going "Quick you have to come see the news, aliens are invading!" And I was legit piss pants shook for the first while because of that, yeesh.
Dunedain_Ranger
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Creepshow
MrPing1000
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Don't watch AI when you're in you're 15 and depresed as hell and struggling with the realisation of your own mortality.
I don't think I've watched it since (I'm 31) nor do I want to.
Oh and I saw Mars Attacks when I was 11 and the multi coloured skeletons freaked me out big time.
I don't think I've watched it since (I'm 31) nor do I want to.
Oh and I saw Mars Attacks when I was 11 and the multi coloured skeletons freaked me out big time.
I was scared shitless!!!
Yeah this is another one which scared the shit out of me.
Robocop 2. I was 6 maybe 7 when I caught the brain stomping scene. Watching that scene combined with my brother telling me where meat came from led to me not eating any meat products for roughly a year. Mostly ate Kraft Dinner, cereal, and pizza. I was not the healthiest 7 year old.
E.T. - age 4 - When Elliot finds E.T. In the field and they both scream I used to get very scared. The scene with agents in astronaut suits breaking into their home used to freak me out too.
Halloween - age 6 - my moms work had a party and at one point the kids were told to go to the back room and watch a movie (probably so the adults could do drugs). The oldest kid picked out Halloween and we all watched it. Fucked me up for a while.
Halloween - age 6 - my moms work had a party and at one point the kids were told to go to the back room and watch a movie (probably so the adults could do drugs). The oldest kid picked out Halloween and we all watched it. Fucked me up for a while.
Aquavelvaman
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Don't spoil it for yourself if you haven't seen the movie, but this scene in Mulholland Dr. was probably the most traumatic event of my life.
The german animated movie Felidae was kinda fucked up, especially for a 6 years old.
Just some examples:
I remember this one running on TV on evening slots, because hey it's animated so it's for kids.
Yuuuuup. Me and my sister watched that on TV for some reason. Bonus crap fact: The author joined the alt-right.
Congratulations, your daughter is a furry.
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