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Films That Scared You As A Child
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pauljeremiah
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Which is weird as Disney made sequels to all their other classics, nobody wanted a sequel to Bambi or Cinderella but they gave them to us, actually I think Cinderella had two sequels.
Combichristoffersen
Combovers don't work when there is no hair
The Great Mouse Detective sequel was in the talks, and got scrapped, long before Disney started shitting out straight to video sequels no one asked for or wanted though, from what I can remember.
Also, it wasn't a film, but this episode of Are You Afraid of the Dark?, called "The Tale of the Ghastly Grinner."
This I remember much more vividly. It was the most scared I've ever been. I was watching it with my dad, and when this guy appeared, I screamed for him to turn it off. I was silly with fear. I remember he was confused, just thought it was funny, but he turned it off.
Edit: A few years ago, I revisited it and watched the whole episode on YouTube. So I'm over it.
This I remember much more vividly. It was the most scared I've ever been. I was watching it with my dad, and when this guy appeared, I screamed for him to turn it off. I was silly with fear. I remember he was confused, just thought it was funny, but he turned it off.
Edit: A few years ago, I revisited it and watched the whole episode on YouTube. So I'm over it.
LoneTraveler
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I know I'm probably alone on this one, but Edward Scissorhands totally scared the hell out of me when I was little.
British Monsoon
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The Supreme Being from Time Bandits freaked me out, I distinctly remember having nightmares about it;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ut23WARAm7A
Also, I saw Dune when I was about 7 or 8, and Baron von Harkonnen disturbed me for understandable reasons;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWq15lDh8yM
And not a film, but I regularly got scared by episodes of Doctor Who when I was really young, especially Davros;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TscbqLmCzo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ut23WARAm7A
Also, I saw Dune when I was about 7 or 8, and Baron von Harkonnen disturbed me for understandable reasons;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWq15lDh8yM
And not a film, but I regularly got scared by episodes of Doctor Who when I was really young, especially Davros;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TscbqLmCzo
I'm pretty sure it was Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.
Still:
Fuck this guy.
Dark Knyght
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Apologies.
In that case, it's this -
Woman getting turned into a robot in Superman 3.
Was gonna say this.
This Times 100.It.
that specifically, friends and I use to play near sewers and sometimes went in them to get out balls and stuff...
And also creep show 1/2. But I would always watch these films.
MarkMclovin
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Nightmare on Elm street - Dude getting sucked into bed scene in particular fucked me right up.
Thriller music video
The Hulk - tv show
Poltergeist
V - TV show, just the parts where they had a baby? And when their skin could come off.
Thriller music video
The Hulk - tv show
Poltergeist
V - TV show, just the parts where they had a baby? And when their skin could come off.
Also, it wasn't a film, but this episode of Are You Afraid of the Dark?, called "The Tale of the Ghastly Grinner."
Oh f a whole bunch of that guy! I had that completely blocked out of my memory.
Wasn't he killed with a giant eraser that said 'big eraser for big mistakes'?
Featheredkitten
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Gremlins. Fuck that shit.
Just fuck you.
exactly. Anyone else remember that monsters under the bed one? where if light hit them they'd turn into dirty clothes? That was pretty terrifying as well.
Edit: It's called Little Monsters.
DoomGyver
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I was also terrified of E.T. I believe I was 5 years old when it came out. Although part of the reason I was scared was because my two older sisters had the E.T. doll and would hide it in my room, under my blanket, in the closet, at the end of the hallway staring at my door, you get the idea.
It.
that specifically, friends and I use to play near sewers and sometimes went in them to get out balls and stuff...
Fucking IT! Clowns don't creep me out just IT in general. Also this movie...
Watched it as a kid and freaked me out. Watch it now and I find it funny.
JumpingTheGun
Banned
Stephen King's It
Salem's Lot (the original 1970s version)
(stillt he scariest movie Ive ever seen and it was aTV movie for christs sake)
Salem's Lot (the original 1970s version)
(stillt he scariest movie Ive ever seen and it was aTV movie for christs sake)
Poltergeist II. Especially this guy:
Edit: damn should've read the OP better. Meh.
This. Fucking THIS.
TheRagnCajun
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Return to Oz!
Unlike a lot of scary movies in this thread, this was supposed to be for all ages, but damn.
-starts out with Dorothy getting hooked up to some freaky electricity machine.
-Wheelers
-The room full of heads, and the headless queen
Unlike a lot of scary movies in this thread, this was supposed to be for all ages, but damn.
-starts out with Dorothy getting hooked up to some freaky electricity machine.
-Wheelers
-The room full of heads, and the headless queen
teruterubozu
Member
Watership Down.
Shit was not for kids, but for some reason it was considered OK back then.
pauljeremiah
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Yeah what child doesn't love rabbits that slaughter each other.
Perfect Blue
Banned
LOL holy crap I remember this shit, scared me so much. Another episode that I vaguely remember was one that took place in some sort of factory(?) but it was kinda futuristic and with robots. I remember the main character being stuck there at the end of the episode.
Also this:
ffffffffff
thecouncil
Banned
The Wizard of Oz
The Fly ('86)
Terrifying stuff for a little kid, apparently?
The Fly ('86)
Terrifying stuff for a little kid, apparently?
megamerican
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The Large Marge scene from Pee Wee's Big Adventure scared the shit out of me as a little kid. I loved the rest of the movie so I would constantly watch it only to run out of the room whenever that scene would approach.
Even watching it now it kind of creeps me out.
Even watching it now it kind of creeps me out.
Chip N Chance
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The Witches still till this day makes me very uncomfortable. And its a kids movie!
Watched it as a kid and freaked me out. Watch it now and I find it funny.
This one freaked me out too. I was 13 when I saw it in theaters.
I have a feeling I'm gonna have some nightmares tonight!
TheJollyCorner
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another.... odd.... choice that was considered acceptable for kids (at least in my elementary school) back in the mid-80s:
Again, not a 'kid' movie, but they had all of us kids watch it due to the possibility of a nuclear threat from Russia.
Ahhh... the good ole' days.
Movie fucked me up.
Again, not a 'kid' movie, but they had all of us kids watch it due to the possibility of a nuclear threat from Russia.
Ahhh... the good ole' days.
Movie fucked me up.
Watership Down.
Shit was not for kids, but for some reason it was considered OK back then.
It still is I think. Which is pretty bizarre if one is familair with the book/movie.
Stephen King's Misery
I've only watched it once as a kid. I'm 32 this year, and only 2 days ago I was recalling the entire plot to my mother. When we used to watch supernatural themed movies my parents would drill the fact that the ghosts and stuff were fake so I didn't have to be afraid. But this movie, this goddamned movie, completely changed my perception of what horror means. Till this day, I still think that humans are infinitely more terrifying than anything else in the world.
I've only watched it once as a kid. I'm 32 this year, and only 2 days ago I was recalling the entire plot to my mother. When we used to watch supernatural themed movies my parents would drill the fact that the ghosts and stuff were fake so I didn't have to be afraid. But this movie, this goddamned movie, completely changed my perception of what horror means. Till this day, I still think that humans are infinitely more terrifying than anything else in the world.
pauljeremiah
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The Witches, hahaha... I'm in love with angelica houston.. while its a little scary, Its somehow overridden by my passion for her, even as a kid.
Legend had nothing but terrifying creatures.
And Troll was terrifying. With Julia Lewis Dryfus.
Doesn't she have some weird naked dance in that film?
"In case you kids don't know how supremely fucked you would be in the event of nuclear war, watch this."
Nemesis121
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It.
that specifically, friends and I use to play near sewers and sometimes went in them to get out balls and stuff...
They remaking this bitch to scare a new generation of kids...
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
The Witches.
Jim Henson's farewell piece of work. Nicolas Roeg's direction. Dahl's genius.
Godlike film. Even if the ending is a cheap alteration.
<3
TheJollyCorner
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Haha, pretty much this.
Also the school drills, i.e. get under your desk and wrap your arms over your head, because, you know, that will protect you from the apocalyptic blast.
IT made me piss my pants in kindergarten because I was too afraid to go to the bathroom and piss.
Got to go home though, so that was sweet.
Movie haunted me through my childhood, I often had dreams that my brother and I had captured Pennywise and hung him up in my closet...and sometimes I'd go into my closet and let him out and he'd terrorize me again.
In the 8th grade, I finally watched it again and it healed my problem because it was stupider than I had remembered.
This begs the question, what the fuck were my parents doing letting me watch it at 4/5?
Got to go home though, so that was sweet.
Movie haunted me through my childhood, I often had dreams that my brother and I had captured Pennywise and hung him up in my closet...and sometimes I'd go into my closet and let him out and he'd terrorize me again.
In the 8th grade, I finally watched it again and it healed my problem because it was stupider than I had remembered.
This begs the question, what the fuck were my parents doing letting me watch it at 4/5?
soundscream
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TheJollyCorner
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dude, I wanted to ride a Landstrider so badly as a kid!
Things were awesome!!!
Things were awesome!!!
teruterubozu
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The roaches in Creepshow had me traumatized for awhile.
Poltergiest
Aliens
Ghostbusters 2 (dude in painting, his minion and also the slime)
My defence, I was something like under 10 and was told ghosts, god and shit was real. What I was not told was stuff on TV was not real. I believed humans did live in space and shit.
After Aliens I lived in literal fear for 2 month. Had to be in a room with an adult.
Shits scary yo. Anyhow watched prometheus shit is STILL SCARY!
Aliens
Ghostbusters 2 (dude in painting, his minion and also the slime)
My defence, I was something like under 10 and was told ghosts, god and shit was real. What I was not told was stuff on TV was not real. I believed humans did live in space and shit.
After Aliens I lived in literal fear for 2 month. Had to be in a room with an adult.
Shits scary yo. Anyhow watched prometheus shit is STILL SCARY!
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