I didn't see a lot of scary movies or movies out of my age-range when I was a kid, but one movie scene that freaked me out a bit was Fantasia's Night on Bald Mountain, with Chernabog.
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Scary movie scenes when you were young
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killerpenguin
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A few that stick in my memory (all have been previously posted with images):
- Chucky: Stupidly watched Child's Play II when I was 8 or so. After that for a long time I had fears of him coming out of my wardrobe and stuffing a sock down my throat.
- The Darby O'Gill banshee: Maybe it's because I live in Ireland and was already terrified of the banshee legend, but this freaked the shit out of me. It's a feckin' universal rated film too!
- I.T.: I only saw about 10 minutes of this when I was a kid. It was enough for me to know not to watch any more of it. Clowns in general scared me (still not keen on them); hell, even Zeebo from Are You Afraid of the Dark creeped me out a little.
- The Exorcist: Absolutely terrifying. My friends all laughed at the end and said it was crap, boring and not scary. I bet every one of them was lying to themselves and shitting their pants.
- Terminator 2: As someone else mentioned, any scene with the terminator in it (Robert Patrick that is, not Arnie) scared the shit out of me. Pretty sure I didn't sleep that night and had to get my parents to calm me down.
That's all I can think of at the moment. I'm sure more will come to mind later.
- Chucky: Stupidly watched Child's Play II when I was 8 or so. After that for a long time I had fears of him coming out of my wardrobe and stuffing a sock down my throat.
- The Darby O'Gill banshee: Maybe it's because I live in Ireland and was already terrified of the banshee legend, but this freaked the shit out of me. It's a feckin' universal rated film too!
- I.T.: I only saw about 10 minutes of this when I was a kid. It was enough for me to know not to watch any more of it. Clowns in general scared me (still not keen on them); hell, even Zeebo from Are You Afraid of the Dark creeped me out a little.
- The Exorcist: Absolutely terrifying. My friends all laughed at the end and said it was crap, boring and not scary. I bet every one of them was lying to themselves and shitting their pants.
- Terminator 2: As someone else mentioned, any scene with the terminator in it (Robert Patrick that is, not Arnie) scared the shit out of me. Pretty sure I didn't sleep that night and had to get my parents to calm me down.
That's all I can think of at the moment. I'm sure more will come to mind later.
Yea It scarred me so bad that I had a clown doll that I threw in the basement because I was terrified that the doll would come out of my closet and kill me. Then I was afraid of going into the basement. I eventually threw the doll out. Later when I was 13, I tried reading the book It and while it wasn't really that scary, I was crying while I was reading it because of the damage from the childhood memories.
What scared me so much about the book and movies isn't so much the clown part but the fact that she can become anything you fear. 'It' truly is fear incarnate and for a child that is absolutely terrifying.
What scared me so much about the book and movies isn't so much the clown part but the fact that she can become anything you fear. 'It' truly is fear incarnate and for a child that is absolutely terrifying.
Host Samurai
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killerpenguin said:
I have to say some episodes of AYAotD were pretty damn creepy watching them as a kid. Not scary, just a bit creepy. I remember an episode where some kid was stuck in a pin ball game and he thought he was in a mall.
GhettoGamer
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Had me scared to even got outsidefrankie_wilde said:
Host Samurai
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This was creepy in The Shining and I have no idea what it meant, but the part in the movie when the women is trippin out is pretty nuts.
quinntendopower
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Large Marge scared the shit out of me
Temple of Doom face melter REALLY SCARED the shit out me
and that weird dog blowing the rich guy scene in The Shining
wow, so many people share my horror!
Temple of Doom face melter REALLY SCARED the shit out me
and that weird dog blowing the rich guy scene in The Shining
wow, so many people share my horror!
TheRagnCajun
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Pretty much all of return to Oz was fucked up.
No movie has fucked me up more as a kid than Pee-Wee's Big Adventure. Large Marge, Clown Dreams, Devil Francis, even the waving robot clown Pee-Wee chains his bike to...
My parents took me with them to see it in the theater when it came out, I was 5 and I had no idea who Pee-Wee was. I had nightmares for weeks...and yet now, as an adult, it might be one of my absolute favorite movies evah.
My parents took me with them to see it in the theater when it came out, I was 5 and I had no idea who Pee-Wee was. I had nightmares for weeks...and yet now, as an adult, it might be one of my absolute favorite movies evah.
8BitsAtATime
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Puppet Master
It scared me but I still continued to watch it. I love the series now...well except that shitty SyFy Puppet Master vs Demonic Toys movie.
Out of all the puppets Leech Woman freaked me out the worst.
What was this from?TheWiicast said:
I seem to remember some scenes from what may be two separate movies but they all got jumbled up in my memory:
* A poltergeist style haunted house movie that takes place in space-- either on a human or alien space ship
* A kid, at the very end of the movie, wakes up thinking everything was a nightmare and goes to his parents room (either because he was scared or because he heard/saw something) and when he walks in their room they are getting eaten (or were already eaten) by monsters/aliens
Again, I can't remember if these were unrelated scenes or if they were from the same film. One of my uncles had a huge stash of 70s/80s low-budget/grindhouse films so it could have been anything.
bloodydrake said:
Salem's Lot ..scared the bejesus out of me as a kid.The worst was that kid scratching at the brothers window..Shudder!
And the Master definately had a place in a many a nightmares
This. Jesus this movie when I was young. Also Golem from the Rankin and Bass Hobbit. We had that shit on vinyl and I swear to god golem's voice would have me up at night.
I also throw this into the mix as the bad guy was pretty scary to me as a child as well. There was a darkness to the film that kinda haunted me.
Count Dookkake
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Gattsu25 said:
Probably Tobe Hooper's remake of INVADERS FROM MARS.
four pages and no "pizza man" from House?!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDZoPxi7r64
I guess it's more funny than scary now, but when I was a little kid.. hooolyy shitt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDZoPxi7r64
I guess it's more funny than scary now, but when I was a little kid.. hooolyy shitt
digita1alchemy
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Took me awhile to find it, but this scene from the 80s made for TV Alice in Wonderland movie really freaked me out as a kid: http://youtu.be/g7dxhbHAGRE
Quite possibly one of the most memorable, creepy instants of film. The utter lack of explanation and shocking appearance is really brilliant.Host Samurai said:This was creepy in The Shining and I have no idea what it meant, but the part in the movie when the women is trippin out is pretty nuts.
There is an explanation, mind you, but it still works without it.
oh and tv movie i guess works.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7dxhbHAGRE
my sister and i just happened to turn on the tv right as the link above started (right after the last commercial break). we could guess it was alice in wonderlandy, but i think we were waiting to watch some other show. when the jabberwocky shows up OUT OF GODDAMN NOWHERE, i think both of us froze up for a sec before i rushed to turn the tv off. now it's really, really silly looking, but it was terrifying back then.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7dxhbHAGRE
my sister and i just happened to turn on the tv right as the link above started (right after the last commercial break). we could guess it was alice in wonderlandy, but i think we were waiting to watch some other show. when the jabberwocky shows up OUT OF GODDAMN NOWHERE, i think both of us froze up for a sec before i rushed to turn the tv off. now it's really, really silly looking, but it was terrifying back then.
Summary Man
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It's not a movie (it's from Sesame Street, of all things), but as a child I was absolutely terrified of the Bert and Ernie skit when they explore a pyramid.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nSmWHHZpVE
The sound, the atmosphere, everything in the scene was pretty creepy. Now to go back through the thread and see if anyone else has mentioned it...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nSmWHHZpVE
The sound, the atmosphere, everything in the scene was pretty creepy. Now to go back through the thread and see if anyone else has mentioned it...
RisingZan said:No movie has fucked me up more as a kid than Pee-Wee's Big Adventure. Large Marge, Clown Dreams, Devil Francis, even the waving robot clown Pee-Wee chains his bike to...
My parents took me with them to see it in the theater when it came out, I was 5 and I had no idea who Pee-Wee was. I had nightmares for weeks...and yet now, as an adult, it might be one of my absolute favorite movies evah.
omg, this!
My brother would always do the creepy clown part, he still does it now even though we are in our 30s...
Shit still creeps me out. Remember when vampires were actually kinda scary?bloodydrake said:
Salem's Lot ..scared the bejesus out of me as a kid.The worst was that kid scratching at the brothers window..Shudder!
And the Master definately had a place in a many a nightmares
SlipperySlope
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DrFunk said:
That freaked me out for a week. Just so brutal. No mercy.
Another thing that used to freak me out was the lady in Captain EO.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AstW05bDiQU&t=7m0s
Freaked me the fuck out.
SlipperySlope
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AniHawk said:oh and tv movie i guess works.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7dxhbHAGRE
my sister and i just happened to turn on the tv right as the link above started (right after the last commercial break). we could guess it was alice in wonderlandy, but i think we were waiting to watch some other show. when the jabberwocky shows up OUT OF GODDAMN NOWHERE, i think both of us froze up for a sec before i rushed to turn the tv off. now it's really, really silly looking, but it was terrifying back then.
Oh god this. Nightmares for months.
I thought I was the only one that watched this movie.
I remember this old Tales from the Darkside episode in the 80's, had something to do with a curse if a family member dies on Halloween, you had to write all the family members names on rocks and the rocks had to remain untouched by human hands through All Saints Day. Well this kids grandmother dies (after she tells him and his sister this and helps him with the prep work). Well the boy and girl agree to leave the stones alone in the living room. Somehow they get scattered and the girl picks one up. It has the boy's name on it. For the duration of the show he keeps seeing a creature with red glowy eyes coming to kill him. It didn't end well and scared the absolute fuck out of me. I refuse to look it up
CitizenCope
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Wow first reply nailed it. I had nightmares for YEARS about looking out my bedroom window and seeing someone floating there.bloodydrake said:
Salem's Lot ..scared the bejesus out of me as a kid.The worst was that kid scratching at the brothers window..Shudder!
crazy monkey
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I saw this movie when I was in grade 2 or something. It left quite a bad taste in my memory.
Typographenia
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Since people are posting non-movie moments too...
There used to be an old anime series that retold Grimm's Fairy Tales, and quite faithfully, really. Probably too faithful... Most of the time, they scared me really badly, but they were so well animated, acted, and written that I always wanted to keep watching. I had two or three VHS tapes of the series, and one of them had the story of Hansel and Gretel on it.
The witch in this show scared me so badly it wasn't funny.
She starts out harmless enough.
Then she starts to get scary...
I DON'T WANT TO EAT CANDY EVER AGAIN!
OH GOD, WHY?!
I always knew I was going to be freaked out, but I just loved it too much. Must have been all the good looking food.
There used to be an old anime series that retold Grimm's Fairy Tales, and quite faithfully, really. Probably too faithful... Most of the time, they scared me really badly, but they were so well animated, acted, and written that I always wanted to keep watching. I had two or three VHS tapes of the series, and one of them had the story of Hansel and Gretel on it.
The witch in this show scared me so badly it wasn't funny.
She starts out harmless enough.
Then she starts to get scary...
I DON'T WANT TO EAT CANDY EVER AGAIN!
OH GOD, WHY?!
I always knew I was going to be freaked out, but I just loved it too much. Must have been all the good looking food.
bsb said:
Man I will never forget that scene... I must have been like 4 or 5 and it was night (back then my bed time was around 7-8ish). It was the weekend and I remember sneaking down the hall near the living room to see what everyone was watching (this was back when people still used VHS and I was still curious about things).
What I saw..... I'm not sure how I was able to sleep again lol (I'm not sure how I didn't bust out screaming... guess the Belt > Freddy Kruger... maybe).
AniHawk said:oh and tv movie i guess works.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7dxhbHAGRE
my sister and i just happened to turn on the tv right as the link above started (right after the last commercial break). we could guess it was alice in wonderlandy, but i think we were waiting to watch some other show. when the jabberwocky shows up OUT OF GODDAMN NOWHERE, i think both of us froze up for a sec before i rushed to turn the tv off. now it's really, really silly looking, but it was terrifying back then.
Oh my god, I'm not the only one...
Great show but wtf with this scene? no nightmares, but almost.
Kard8p3 said:
I had forgotten how elaborate were death scenes in Freddy movies, looking at them they look terrible and goofy, but at those times... christ I couldn't sleep for days, a nightmare with Freddy is the worst kind. They could make a great psychological thriller using that dream theme and teenagers fears, too bad something like that is impossible to happen.
MikeE21286
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Jesus Christ almighty.
I almost didn't wanna do the google search to get the pic. Scary. As. Hell.
Edit: beaten I see. Regardless though.....
SlipperySlope
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Lionel Mandrake said:
God the woman in this movie is hot... and pure naked for half of it!
SlipperySlope
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I should have posted a picture when I noted Captain EO.
Her claws came through the screen at you. For a kid in the 80's, it was scary shit.
Her claws came through the screen at you. For a kid in the 80's, it was scary shit.
Count Dookkake
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icarus-daedelus said:
No, it's from House 4.
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