So weird how they were promoting this movie specifically to kids. Robots, Cops, explosions, action-figures what's not to love?
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OH YEAH, THE ULTRA VIOLENCE
wow. Good call. Totally forgot this movie. That blog you linked to is spot on. Just a bizarre, creepy feeling buried in a kids movie... and 'Boy' and his room? Nightmare fuel.
My contribution is from Creepshow 2:
The Raft
messed me up as a kid. I'd never get in a lake/pond after watching that. Fuck you, Stephen King!!!
Wow I remember these ones, It was fucking creepy for me as a child
This scene in Superman 3. I think I was about 8-10 years old. Gave me nightmares for many nights.
Holy fuck yes, pretty much the definition of nightmare fuel
Also, of course, Murphy getting shot, was just brutal
Short Circuit 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywzpo_sEeko&t=1m42s
I was crying rivers out. This was so brutal.
Also, Hunchback of Notre Dame was relatively messed up as well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywzpo_sEeko&t=1m42s
I was crying rivers out. This was so brutal.
Also, Hunchback of Notre Dame was relatively messed up as well.
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Valkendorm
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I don't remember the movie's name, but maybe you'll be able to tell me. The story turned around a telephone like this one, lying on the ground of one's motel room. People renting the adjascent room were hearing bangs on the wall and they went to ser what was going on. When they entered the room, it was completely empty, except for the telephone of course. When attemptig to look closer, the telephone would go berserk and strangle them.
It was more than 20 years ago. I was alone that night and my parents had a telephone like this. I went outside and didn't want to get back in. And for the following years, this telephone terrified me.
MurkyZebra2417
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After that, every painting watched me as a kid :/
Ugh, I remember seeing a picture of him in some tv magazine. Not having a clue what the film is actually about made it super creepy.
Yes! Ahah so good.
Fire in the Sky abduction.
years and years of nightmares. fuck that shit.
OMG WHY DID YOU REMIND ME. Scariest movie ever besides Exorcist, holy crap.
Glad to see I wasn't the only kid with ready access to inappropriate horror! The scene from The Omen with the photo reflection was a good one (probably because of the awesome Jerry Goldsmith score):
Also had a perfectly reasonable fear of garden shears after watching this git from The Burning:
Also had a perfectly reasonable fear of garden shears after watching this git from The Burning:
Yesss this !!
After that, every painting watched me as a kid :/
DragonKnight
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YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thought I was the only one!
shinobi602
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Fire in the Sky abduction.
years and years of nightmares. fuck that shit.
Shit one of my coworkers just showed me that scene a couple months ago and it still gave me the heebie jeebies...
The ruthlessness of the aliens and screams... >___>
when i was little, i was really into things like aliens, ghosts, and generally not-good things (such as disasters like mt. st. helens or the titanic).
my dad rented fire in the sky, and i really wanted to see it because it was about aliens and i thought it was going to be pretty cool. because i was seven years old, he didn't let me watch the movie. i tried sneaking a couple glances at the tv, but all i could see were distorted images from the curvature of the tv. no actual detail.
i still haven't seen it. it's probably a good thing i didn't, based on what people have said about that scene in particular.
edit: and the robot scene from superman 3 freaked me the fuck out. nothing else from that film stands out more because for my kid-self, it went from being superman movie to a horror film.
my dad rented fire in the sky, and i really wanted to see it because it was about aliens and i thought it was going to be pretty cool. because i was seven years old, he didn't let me watch the movie. i tried sneaking a couple glances at the tv, but all i could see were distorted images from the curvature of the tv. no actual detail.
i still haven't seen it. it's probably a good thing i didn't, based on what people have said about that scene in particular.
edit: and the robot scene from superman 3 freaked me the fuck out. nothing else from that film stands out more because for my kid-self, it went from being superman movie to a horror film.
And the aliens pulsating heads ugh, every time someone posts that image I can't sleep at night
Howard the duck. Don't remember exactly what it was but it's near the end and it scared the crap out of me.
Cats eye. That shock room they put him in for smoking and the breath stealing demon freaked me out.
Secret of Nymh scared me too.
Also poltergeist three. The swimming pool freezes over or something, hotel pools still unnerve me to this day.
Cats eye. That shock room they put him in for smoking and the breath stealing demon freaked me out.
Secret of Nymh scared me too.
Also poltergeist three. The swimming pool freezes over or something, hotel pools still unnerve me to this day.
Willkiller
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This scene, this fucking scene. Im not squemish by any means but something about a splinter in the eye makes me shiver.
Probably didn't help I was about 5 or 6 when my Dad showed me it.
Sixfortyfive
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I'm surprised there are multiple mentions of Mars Attacks, of all things. It's been forever since I've seen it but wasn't it a really cheesy parody/comedy? How old were you guys?
YOU CAN NEVER GO BACK.
The Hermit
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As an adult I don't really find them particularly scary. As a young kid they terrified me. lol
I almost vomited right now... also the blood is the elevator.
The party scene with the kids when you finally see an Alien in "Signs"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RGtC2S22Z0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RGtC2S22Z0
Spotless Mind
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Return to Oz was my nightmare fuel. Mombie's head display (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBfmR4rEeHU), the wheelers, Dorothy being taken to an asylum to get electroshock therapy (this is a fucking kids movie???!!) and lots of other parts scared the crap out of me. Yet, for some reason, i would watch it over and over.
It is, but, at the time (i was 10), there was something really disturbing about seeing all these recognizable actors getting killed off one-by-one in surprisingly mean spirited ways.
All Dogs Go To Heaven Charlie's dream sequence. Somebody really wanted to traumatize children with this movie.
If that wasn't enough; the VA of Anne-Marie was murdered by her father at the age of 10...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Barsi
Gabotron ES
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Watching The Cell when I was 7, movie was all kinds of fucked up.
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EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Yeah, fuck this.
Willkiller
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I only watched Robocop for the first time when Netflix hit the UK at the start of the month. For some reason I always thought it was just a silly kids action film.
Yeah, I was quite...well let's just say it wasn't what I expected. Loved it though, are 2 & 3 any good?
not really. 2 is worth a watch just for some scenes i suppose, but its basically a repeat of the original but doesn't really catch the mood, emotional or any of the intelligence of it. 3rd one is garbage.
ChuyMasta
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The ending sequence on the original Terminator. I was like...4 at the time? I was staying with my uncle and he was watching the movie and drinking beer.
He kept telling me to go away. So I hid behind the couch and watched pretty much all of this:
Movie ending spoiler:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXUUtLv4sCg
Skull crushing starts at 1:32. Very brief but I still remember how scared I was at that moment.
He kept telling me to go away. So I hid behind the couch and watched pretty much all of this:
Movie ending spoiler:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXUUtLv4sCg
Skull crushing starts at 1:32. Very brief but I still remember how scared I was at that moment.
The party scene with the kids when you finally see an Alien in "Signs"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RGtC2S22Z0
No matter how many times I watch this, it startles me every time.
RadioHeadAche
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Speaking of Robocop 2, the one scene that shows the brain (with eyes attached) in the tube really terrified me when I was younger. It does a close up where it appears to be staring right at you, and that was so unsettling for me. I watched it recently and it wasn't scary at all, but it was chilling back then.
ThankeeSai
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Murphy getting shot to shit.
Definitely THAT scene from Superman 3.
Don't be Afraid of the Dark - The original - The ending.
Don't Look Now - The ending.
The Wicker Man - The original, obviously - The ending.
Definitely THAT scene from Superman 3.
Don't be Afraid of the Dark - The original - The ending.
Don't Look Now - The ending.
The Wicker Man - The original, obviously - The ending.
My mum was overly protective so I didn't watch many horror films as a kid.
The one film that did "traumatise" me was The Mask. I was enjoying it until the big bad got a hold of the mask. He puts it on and instead of a nice smooth face like ol' Jim, it's all wrinkly and dripping. That image I can distinctively remember disturbing me greatly. Didn't help that when I got home I had a slightly metled Kinder Surprise to finish and my dad joked that it looked like the big bad's face. Put me right off.
The one film that did "traumatise" me was The Mask. I was enjoying it until the big bad got a hold of the mask. He puts it on and instead of a nice smooth face like ol' Jim, it's all wrinkly and dripping. That image I can distinctively remember disturbing me greatly. Didn't help that when I got home I had a slightly metled Kinder Surprise to finish and my dad joked that it looked like the big bad's face. Put me right off.
http://princesigns.ytmnd.com/
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