Kid Charlemagne
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JoeBlank said:
I was hiding behind the couch after the witch showed up on top of that house...
Films that terrified you when you were a child...
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I was hiding behind the couch after the witch showed up on top of that house...
barsoomcore
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Yeah, Wizard of Oz was very terrifying to the young barsoomcore. As was Snow White -- my mom had to take me out of the theatre I was screaming in terror so much.
They used to make SCARY kid's movies. You don't see that so much anymore which is a shame I think.
On TV I remember Jaws being pretty bad. That, and The Blob -- the original Steve McQueen version. Did not sleep either of those nights.
Of those, only Jaws still possesses much power over me. The other three are still fine movies, but don't keep me up at night. Phew.
They used to make SCARY kid's movies. You don't see that so much anymore which is a shame I think.
On TV I remember Jaws being pretty bad. That, and The Blob -- the original Steve McQueen version. Did not sleep either of those nights.
Of those, only Jaws still possesses much power over me. The other three are still fine movies, but don't keep me up at night. Phew.
Cannibal_Kender
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Watcher in the Woods- I was 8 and I couldn't finish that movie.
Dark Crystal- Those vulture people were scared the hell out of me as a kid.
Dark Crystal- Those vulture people were scared the hell out of me as a kid.
Iron_Chef
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"The Children": about a schoolbus full of kids that passes through a toxic cloud. Their fingernails turn black and they want to hug you... which causes you to melt! A stupid, terrible movie now, but totally horrifying as a kid.
"Night of the Living Dead" (1968 B&W version) gave me zombie invasion nightmares for three months straight!
"Alien" I saw in 2nd grade, and my dad took me out right after Brett died (I was watching through my fingers, my younger sister was under the seat cringing in terror). I had to buy the photo-novel and Heavy Metal Illustrated Version to find out what happened...
"The Nightwalker": William Castle film. Still creepy today.
"Willy Wonka": Oompa-Loompas were creepy!
"Bumble" The Abominable Snowman in that Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer stop-motion animated Christmas special terrified me. Island of Lost Toys maybe?
The Patterson "Bigfoot" footage really freaked me out! I saw a Aliens/Loch Ness/Bigfoot/Abominable Snowman docu-movie (with recreations) when I was a kid... The Bigfoot recreation had a woman knitting in her living room while her husband was watching football. She heard strange noises and saw a giant shadow outside her window through the curtains, called her husband up to investigate, and when he opened the front door.... BAM! Bigfoot was standing there! I think it was implied he killed the entire family, but maybe that's my imagination. It really kept me up for nights, worried Bigfoot was gonna get me!
"Night of the Living Dead" (1968 B&W version) gave me zombie invasion nightmares for three months straight!
"Alien" I saw in 2nd grade, and my dad took me out right after Brett died (I was watching through my fingers, my younger sister was under the seat cringing in terror). I had to buy the photo-novel and Heavy Metal Illustrated Version to find out what happened...
"The Nightwalker": William Castle film. Still creepy today.
"Willy Wonka": Oompa-Loompas were creepy!
"Bumble" The Abominable Snowman in that Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer stop-motion animated Christmas special terrified me. Island of Lost Toys maybe?
The Patterson "Bigfoot" footage really freaked me out! I saw a Aliens/Loch Ness/Bigfoot/Abominable Snowman docu-movie (with recreations) when I was a kid... The Bigfoot recreation had a woman knitting in her living room while her husband was watching football. She heard strange noises and saw a giant shadow outside her window through the curtains, called her husband up to investigate, and when he opened the front door.... BAM! Bigfoot was standing there! I think it was implied he killed the entire family, but maybe that's my imagination. It really kept me up for nights, worried Bigfoot was gonna get me!
Andrew D. Gable
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Thank you Iron Chef! It was The Children that scared the bejeezus out of me when I was little. And Bug, about these weird sow bug-looking things that set your hair on fire. I used to be terrified of fire. Videodrome, specifically the part when the weird mutilated people jump out of like a closet or something. Most of the old Hammer movies, vampires used to scare me crudless.
And of all things, the old Frank Langella Dracula movie, when he turned into a wolf and jumped through a window. Scared the crud outta me.
And of all things, the old Frank Langella Dracula movie, when he turned into a wolf and jumped through a window. Scared the crud outta me.
When I was little, I made the mistake of starting to watch The Blob (the original version) on TV, and then I turned it off when it got too scary. As a result, I didn't see the Army take care of the blob by dumping it into the Arctic, where it would be helpless. So, as far as I was concerned...the blob was still alive, out there somewhere, anywhere -- POSSIBLY UNDER MY BED RIGHT NOW!
I also agree that Don't Be Afraid of the Dark was, and is, a creepy movie. Oh, and how about the third section of Trilogy of Terror when that African doll comes to life and starts stabbing the hell out of Karen Black? Yipes.
Johnathan
I also agree that Don't Be Afraid of the Dark was, and is, a creepy movie. Oh, and how about the third section of Trilogy of Terror when that African doll comes to life and starts stabbing the hell out of Karen Black? Yipes.
Johnathan
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Killer Clowns from Outer Space and Howard the Duck. I still hate clowns and cotton candy gives me the chills but luckily I have no lasting phobia of water fowl.
barsoomcore
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Your dad took you to see Alien when you were SEVEN YEARS OLD? WITH YOUR YOUNGER SISTER???!!!!
I mean, we were all reading the Alan Dean Foster novelization, and I was in, like, sixth grade. Your dad took you to see it? How did he get you in? Wasn't he arrested or something? Why haven't you sued him?
Holy crap.
Okay, so I'm totally jealous.
The Patterson footage freaked me out, too. I had a bad Bigfoot thing going on for a while. I remember this account in some monster book about a group of miners that were trapped in a cabin by a whole family of hairy monster men, throwing rocks and climbing up on the roof, sneaking up to the windows at night...
Okay, now I'm freaking myself out.
What a stupid thread.
I mean, we were all reading the Alan Dean Foster novelization, and I was in, like, sixth grade. Your dad took you to see it? How did he get you in? Wasn't he arrested or something? Why haven't you sued him?
Holy crap.
Okay, so I'm totally jealous.
The Patterson footage freaked me out, too. I had a bad Bigfoot thing going on for a while. I remember this account in some monster book about a group of miners that were trapped in a cabin by a whole family of hairy monster men, throwing rocks and climbing up on the roof, sneaking up to the windows at night...
Okay, now I'm freaking myself out.
What a stupid thread.
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