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Re:top five movies that scared the crap out of you as a kid

nikolarulz — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:55:01 GMT

OK, so here are mine:

1. Beauty and the Beast - OMG, especially the first five minutes with the creepy prologue... It really was scary!

2. Amadeus - The part when Salieri poses as Mozart's father... Guess I was too young to understand the concept, so I was ultra scared!

3. Titanic - Especially the opening underwater shots, with the broken doll on the ocean floor.

4. The Lion King - Of course, the part when Scar kills Mufasa.

5. Cabaret - When the two lesbians roll in the mud, and outside the Nazis beat the owner of the cabaret. Also, the scene when Liza Minelli thinks about the future child, sitting alone on the stairs.

Re:top five movies that scared the crap out of you as a kid

mercurial — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 07:17:19 GMT

My older brother was the devil. Seriously, Beelzebub living in the room next to mine. Growing up he would be my babysitter and force me to watch every single scary film the local movie store had on video.

1.) Sharks (Jaws, et al) - Living on the West Coast less than twenty minutes from the beach, it was a safe bet that after watching all of these our family trips to the beach kept me securely on the dunes as far away from the water as possible. I sadly hold sharks (specifically Great White sharks) as my one and only honest to goodness irrational fear to this day.

2.) Psychopaths (Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, Halloween) - Lumped together due to that fact that growing up I never kept track of which one had the machete or knives for hands or wore a mask since I was basically screaming and crying the whole time, begging my brother let me go to my room and hide safely under my blanket with my stuffed animals.

3.) Scantily Clad Older Women & Michael Douglas (Basic Instinct & Fatal Attraction) - Not only was my brother pretty sick, my parents should have used more discretion in the movies that they took me to at the local cinema. My mother made sure to cover my eyes during the nude/sex scenes but strangely allowed me to watch the boiled bunny, bathtub and ice pick scenes from these two films. I remember screaming and locking myself in my room when my parents got me a babysitter that somewhat resembled Glenn Close with that crazy ratted blonde hair.

4.) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom - The cave o' bugs, the heart pulled from the chest, the buffet of monkey brains & baby snakes and the whipping of little boys pretty much sums up why this was not entertaining for me as a child.

5.) Cocoon - Something about all those inexplicably energetic old people in the pool with the creepy eggs and the naked gold aliens popping out of them in the end for whatever reason scared the poop out of me and made me fear old people for quite some time after watching it.

That's about it.

Re:top five movies that scared the crap out of you as a kid

leeroy711 — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 23:22:23 GMT

I'm surprised only one person mentioned Something Wicked This Way Comes

- My dad was a big Ray Bradbury reader so we watched that one all the time.The scene when the little boy wakes up and his floor is covered with tarantulas got me every time.

And I had totally forgotton about The Peanut Butter Solution - I don't remember much of it but I remember something about when he was being held captive and all those little bells atached to strings as an alarm.

Also, I can't remember what the hell it was, but I saw some movie when I was little and at the end, it turns out that everyone was a robot or cyborg or something. I have no idea what movie it was, something from the mid 70s but I often convinced myself that I was the only real human on Earth and it freaked me the hell out.

I wish I had more but I was pretty shelted as a youngin' and by the time I was old enough to start watching scarier stuff, it wasn't very scary to me,

Re:top five movies that scared the crap out of you as a kid

indieabby88 — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 15:19:39 GMT

Smooth_J:
4. The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad: I don't even remember why this ever even scared me. But I remember hating it beyond belief.

Perhaps it was the Bing Crosby songs in "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow?" *wink* No, actually I remember this movie creeping me out as a kid, too. That headless horseman was enough to give a little kid the heebie-jeebies, I think.

Re:top five movies that scared the crap out of you as a kid

Dr_Gor — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 01:21:45 GMT

Laurie Strode : "That was the boogeyman."

Dr. Loomis : "As a matter of fact, it was.":

Re:top five movies that scared the crap out of you as a kid

Smooth_J — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 23:11:12 GMT

1. Rock-a-doodle: I don't know if anyone's ever seen this, but those fricken owls trying to eat the poor little farm animals...it was just so surreal and creepy. Traumatizing...haha

2. Childs Play: I saw one scene, and couldn't sleep for months. Dolls still scare me.

3. Snow White: The witch is so fricken weird. I still can't watch that movie for real, because I still think of how many nightmares that witch gave me.

4. The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad: I don't even remember why this ever even scared me. But I remember hating it beyond belief.

5. Halloween: I still can't really think of this movie. I thought I was all cool watching it when I was like eight, and instead I just didn't sleep for a couple weeks. Because I thought Michael was going to come into my room because he was never caught.

Re:top five movies that scared the crap out of you as a kid

Anonymous — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 12:25:33 GMT

Here is order are the movies that scared the living daylights out of me as a child.

1. The Haunting (original 1963) No creature, no monster, complete suspense from start to finish. Scariest part is when Nell wants to know why Eleanor is squeezing her hand so tight, then looks and no one is holding her hand at all. Also the door breathing in and out as the (ghost) is trying to get into the main room. I still have nightmares about this one.

2. Invaders from Mars (original) Everyone the boy trusts becomes the enemy. Scariest part is when the police officers go to check things out and get sucked into the ground.

3. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (original) People becoming things overnight after falling asleep and are replaced by pods. Scariest part is when lead character's girl falls asleep and become one herself and gives him away.

4. The Blob (original) Thing from outer space that can't be stopped. Teenagers no one believes the only witnesses. Grocery store scene with blob chasing them into freezer is the scariest part for me.

5. Hardest one to decide on as there are many good ones to consider but lastly I would have to go with "Invisable Invaders" (original) where the creatures take over dead bodys and reanimate them chasing the living into a bunker where they must catch one of the creatures to find out how to destroy it.

Re:top five movies that scared the crap out of you as a kid

laststarfighter — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 12:49:52 GMT

I feel bad being quite a bit younger than most people in this thread.

but the top five movies that scared me as a kid:

-The FIRST Scream.
God, for years, i hated walking alone or sleeping alone. I figured some guy in a mask was out to stab me. I still can't stay anywhere near open windows/ glass doors.

-THIRTEEN GHOST.
honestly, after watching it over now, it's not as terrifying as i thought it was. But as a kid (and sometimes still now), i was a big ghost beleiver. There was something about those spirits and those ghost eeeh..

-The Abyss.
To this day i can never finish it honestly. I don't know what it is about the film but everytime i try and put it on it gives me the eebie jeebies and i get incredibly sick. Part of me thinks it might be the fact my father's a submariner.

-the FIRST FRIDAY THE 13TH
this only semi-counts. I was maybe 14 at the time when i saw this and it honestly didnt scare me, atleast not until the end. It's the only film that i KNOW made me scream ....and it was the scene where the girl is in the riverboat and thinks everything is okay and than BAM JASON VHOREHEES.

and lastly:

This wasn't actually a film but a television show in the eighties/nineties called GHOSTWRITER. There was this 2-3 part episode about this purple bubblegum monster that would....eat kids. god, i couldnt sleep for ages.

Re:top five movies that scared the crap out of you as a kid

robertsmor — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:47:28 GMT

Hrmm...In no particular order

1)The Ghost and Mr. Chicken

2) Santa Claus Conquers the Martians

3) The Night on Bald Mountain segment from Fantasia

4) The Sound of Music...and it still scares the crap outta me.

5) The "Dragon's Domain" episode of Space: 1999. Yeah...technically not a movie, but the monster scared the bejeezus outta me.

Re:Re:Re:top five movies that scared the crap out of you as a kid

Dr_Gor — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 01:28:40 GMT

And I didn't even mention The Godfather , Deliverance , Mandingo , The Texas Chainsaw Massacre or The Haunting ...

(5 more...)

Re:Re:Re:top five movies that scared the crap out of you as a kid

Dr_Gor — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 01:06:47 GMT

indieabby88:
Somehow I feel like this explains a lot about you, Gor...

Ya think?

Re:Re:Re:top five movies that scared the crap out of you as a kid

indieabby88 — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 05:01:05 GMT

Somehow I feel like this explains a lot about you, Gor...

Re:Re:Re:top five movies that scared the crap out of you as a kid

Dr_Gor — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 03:53:32 GMT

The Top 5 Movies that scared the hell out of me when I as a kid. Like Puhnner, I am from a different generation than most of you. So, the very first movies that scared the hell out of me are a bit different than yours... in fact, because my Dad started taking me to the drive-in when I was still in diapers, I have seen many so called 'classic' Horror movies during their initial release! For the purposes of this group, I will exclude The Exorcist , which I saw at the ripe young age of 13 and is STILL the scariest movie ever made , and The Wizard Of OZ , which seems to be on everyone's list...

5. The Legend Of Hell House ; a little too close to home...

4. Last House On The Left ; Oh, my, God ... this movie is just not right!

3. Frankenstein ; 'nuff said!

2. Psycho ; see above...

1. Night Of The Living Dead ; see above...

Re:Re:top five movies that scared the crap out of you as a kid

Risselada — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 23:08:50 GMT

asnakeofjuly:
All the ones that I remember have already been mentioned. Willy Wonka, Gremlins, Alien, Child's Play, but I also remember one night I stayed up and caught Akira on television. The scene with Tetsuo's ' hallucinations' of the giant toys spewing milk gave me nightmares for years to come before I finally saw it again when I was older.

Wow yeah, I wouldn't show Akira to any young kids for many reasons, but mostly for that halucination scene. That creeped me out as an adult!

Re:Re: top five movies that scared the crap out of you as a kid

indieabby88 — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 14:45:10 GMT

paul:
AndyLabryn! So true. I can't believe I forgot Time Bandits. If midgets in hell aren't scary enough, the kid's parents blow up in the end. I watched this movie again last year and Terry Gilliam commented that kids laughed when the parents blew up. He must have been screening it with juvenile offenders.

No way! I've loved that movie since I was a wee thing. I remember being kind of shocked by the ending (the fact that the kid is just sort of left there after his parents die was kind of troubling) but it didn't scare me. I remember that the part where Evil cracks his head open and morphs into a carousel of death creeped me out. But nevertheless, Time Bandits was my favorite movie when I was a kid.

Anyway, my five:

1. Beethoven. This was the first movie I ever saw on the big screen (I was four), and the part where the little girl fell into the swimming pool scared me so much, I had to be carried screaming from the theater.

2. The trailer for Bride of Chucky. I saw it one afternoon, and shortly thereafter, the doorbell rang. I was convinced that Chucky was on the other side, and had to force myself to believe it was okay and open the door.

3. The Goonies. I couldn't watch this movie the whole way through the first time I saw it. A bunch of my friends (all boys) told me I had to watch it, so I rented it. I was scared almost from the first frame of the movie. It took me two years before I could watch it again.

4. Something Wicked This Way Comes. I don't remember what it was about this movie that scared me so much, as it's been years since I watched it. I just remember it being very creepy overall, and kind of Twilight Zone-ish.

5. Annie. This was a movie I couldn't watch all the way through the first time either. Miss Hannigan scared the bejeezus out of me.

The Rescuers comes a close sixth, for the same reasons as Annie.

Re:top five movies that scared the crap out of you as a kid

asnakeofjuly — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 17:51:33 GMT

All the ones that I remember have already been mentioned. Willy Wonka, Gremlins, Alien, Child's Play, but I also remember one night I stayed up and caught Akira on television. The scene with Tetsuo's ' hallucinations' of the giant toys spewing milk gave me nightmares for years to come before I finally saw it again when I was older.

Re: top five movies that scared the crap out of you as a kid

Risselada — Sat, 16 Dec 2006 20:15:17 GMT

paul:
AndyLabryn! So true. I can't believe I forgot Time Bandits. If midgets in hell aren't scary enough, the kid's parents blow up in the end. I watched this movie again last year and Terry Gilliam commented that kids laughed when the parents blew up. He must have been screening it with juvenile offenders.

Mom, Dad, it's evil! Don't touch it!

Re: top five movies that scared the crap out of you as a kid

paul — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 21:26:03 GMT

AndyLabryn! So true. I can't believe I forgot Time Bandits. If midgets in hell aren't scary enough, the kid's parents blow up in the end. I watched this movie again last year and Terry Gilliam commented that kids laughed when the parents blew up. He must have been screening it with juvenile offenders.

Re: top five movies that scared the crap out of you as a kid

AndyLaBryn — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 21:25:58 GMT

Yeah, I completely forgot about Phantasm. I just saw a quick ad for it once on showtime or something, and that was enough to scare me.

Almost forgot to add Creepshow to the list. Now on my top 20 favorites, the crate always scared me pretty bad.

Re: top five movies that scared the crap out of you as a kid

Indie — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 20:20:58 GMT

I wish my parents would have let me watch horror movies when I was little.. It stopped for me when I watched them. I remember the idea of those little slicer balls in Phantasm scared the crap out of me, but after I watched it, I thought it was dumb.

Re: top five movies that scared the crap out of you as a kid

AndyLaBryn — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 18:45:10 GMT

Iceman(1984) - Scared the crap out of me knowing ice people might be out there.

Predator - Had many a dream of the predator coming to lay down his swift justice

Child's Play - Obvious reasons here people, I was born in 81, the movie came out in 88 being that I was 6/7 when I first saw and owned a doll that closely resembled chucky... mmmm

Friday The 13th - Again obvious reasons

Time Bandits - Had a few dreams of my wall moving in and a head chasing me

Obviously my parents and extended family didn't care too much about what I watched. And being a kid I was far more concerned with being cool, so I'd stick it out through these terribly scary movies and just quietly live in fear.

I did also catch Platoon and Full Metal Jacket a soon as they were released to video. I guess along with this lack viewing control, I owe my love of film to my negligent family.

Re: top five movies that scared the crap out of you as a kid

Rock — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 21:39:24 GMT

Guess it depends on the age.

#1 film that scared me was Evil Dead but this was in 8th Grade. At a friends birthday part with all the lights out in mixed company. UGGGHHH...I want my mommy. <curling up in the fetal position>

As a younger kid, Wizzard of Oz and the Incredible Hulk (yes I know it was a TV Show. but still scared me when I was around 5).

How about Halloween III when the bugs came crawling out of the mouth of some person. UGGGH.

Re: top five movies that scared the crap out of you as a kid

Risselada — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 13:05:42 GMT

Jymkata:
Here's a link to some screen shots. That does look like the creepiest Punky Brewster ever, it's even got the always odd Vincent Schiavelli in it!
http://www.angelfire.com/80s/punkysplacestills/

Woah yeah it is Vincent! I'm sure I didn't know who he was when I saw that as a kid.

Man some of that stuff was super freaky! I'm picturing the context and animation of some of it. What the heck were they thinking? Why did they want to freak kids out so bad? Heck, it would still freak me out.

Re: top five movies that scared the crap out of you as a kid

Jymkata — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 04:00:44 GMT

Risselada:

I didn't think about TV shows, but there was a two part episode of Punky Brewster that totally gave me the creeps.

I wish I could find screen snaps of these episodes titled "The Perils of Punky". I'm not sure if anyone ever watched this show as a kid, but in these episodes the kids go on some camping trip, get lost and go into some cave. There's all kinds of freaky shit in the cave. I'm not sure what else to say, but people also get possessed and their eyes go weird as I remember, kind of like the same kind of thing that freaked me out in Superman III.

Here's a link to some screen shots. That does look like the creepiest Punky Brewster ever, it's even got the always odd Vincent Schiavelli in it!

http://www.angelfire.com/80s/punkysplacestills/

Re: top five movies that scared the crap out of you as a kid

Risselada — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 03:24:42 GMT

I didn't think about TV shows, but there was a two part episode of Punky Brewster that totally gave me the creeps.

I wish I could find screen snaps of these episodes titled "The Perils of Punky". I'm not sure if anyone ever watched this show as a kid, but in these episodes the kids go on some camping trip, get lost and go into some cave. There's all kinds of freaky shit in the cave. I'm not sure what else to say, but people also get possessed and their eyes go weird as I remember, kind of like the same kind of thing that freaked me out in Superman III.

Re: top five movies that scared the crap out of you as a kid

Mully — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 13:15:01 GMT

I can only remember :

1. Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory - I saw this in a theater and had my eyes closed for most of the time

2. The Witches - I had nightmares about those purple eyes for weeks

Yeah, Roald Dahl movies really messed up my childhood.

Re: top five movies that scared the crap out of you as a kid

Indie — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 21:08:24 GMT

Do you remember the Halloween epi w/ Mrs. Olsen's head on a tray? It was mean and it did not belong there.

Re: top five movies that scared the crap out of you as a kid

paul — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 03:39:04 GMT

Um, I think this is the greatest discussion ever.

Jymkata, nice to have you here. Little House on the Prairie was actually full of trauma. I thought the series finale was actually when Almonzo blew up the house. Can anyone verify?

I am familiar with the notorious rape episode. My mom caught wind of this episode and didn't let me watch it, but for most women I know, it was the moment terror truly entered their lives.

I found the synopsis for the two part episode (Part 1, Part 2) and it is truly F-ed up:

In the first episode of a two-part story, Albert (Matthew Laborteaux) develops a crush on his classmate Sylvia (Olivia Barash), a 14-year-old girl who has developed early. Sylvia's stern father disapproves of Albert's affections and orders his daughter to ignore the boy. Later on, Sylvia is raped by a masked assailant, whereupon her father demands that she keep her "shame" a secret. The situation worsens when Sylvia discovers that she is pregnant.

In the conclusion of a two-part story, Albert's classmate Sylvia (Olivia Barash) has been impregnated by a masked rapist, whereupon her "disgraced" father forcibly removes her from town. Already suspected of being the father of Sylvia's unborn baby, Albert (Matthew Laborteaux) courts further scandal by helping the girl run away from her intolerable home situation. Unfortunately, Albert unwittingly tips off the rapist to the girl's hiding place, leading to a terrifying denouement.

Aaaaaaaaahh! Holy Moses! No wonder Albert developed a morphine addiction in the final season.

Re: top five movies that scared the crap out of you as a kid

Jymkata — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 01:02:50 GMT

Wow, you people are making my childhood nightmares revisit me - flying monkeys from The Wizard of Oz, the ear leeches from Khan,the heart ripping scene from Temple of Doom, and the general puppet creepiness of The Dark Crystal.

I have some weird choices, but everything affects people differently, right?

1.) I think it was the original Superman that had General Zod and his partners first confined to the spinning mirror prison thing. When they swooshed by screaming it made me feel really uncomfortable as a child.

2.) When Ralphie visited that surreal Santa and elf in A Christmas Story and got kicked down the slide, I got creeped out by that too. I might have still believed in Santa back then and it was weird.

3.) When that Nazi with the glasses had his face melted off in Raiders of The Lost Ark. Holy crap!

4.) Anybody remember Anna to the Infinite Power? The dreams and Nazi prison camp scenes scared me to death.

5.) The shipwreck scene in The Black Stallion really frightened me when I saw it in the theater (I was only 6 at the time). Man, I love that movie.

Does anybody that grew up in the 80's remember a later episode of The Little House on The Prairie when the girls had grown up. It was a two-parter and I think the story was about a circus that had come to town. There was this man that had mime makeup and he ended up stalking and raping one of the girls in town. The image of that guy in white-face popping his face up in a window almost ruined my childhood and it was shown in primetime on a "family" show. My younger sister saw it with me and to this day we shiver when we talk about that guy.

Also, I cannot say "Candyman" three times while standing in front of a mirror!

Re: My Top 5

Indie — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 00:10:04 GMT

My poor reputation --Tiffany Amber Theisan isn't related to the daughter from Just the Ten of Us, her last name is Theiss. (life-long misconception cleared)

Re: My Top 5

Indie — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 23:55:38 GMT

I just checked it out, and the daughter was kristy swanson?! I don't remember her at all, and apparently I replaced her in my mind w/ Tiffany Amber Theisen's big sister (from Just the Ten of Us).

Re: My Top 5

Indie — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 23:49:32 GMT

SkyPilot:

3. When I was about four years old there was a movie on tv about a family working together to fight the boogie man, which I remember as a ghostly-looking (but corporeal) gray wraith. It seems to me like they filled their vacuum cleaner with ping-pong balls and put the airflow in reverse to shoot them at him. Does this sound familiar to anyone?

Yes!!!! I rememeber the ping-pong balls in the vacuum. That's Mr. Boogedy or something like that. I also remember them playing with his slimy foot prints and sticking them around the room like colorforms. The family had some kind of novelty shop and thought it was all a joke. The blonde daughter from Just the Ten of Us was in that, I think. It must have been so hokey but it got me too, man. I remember when the ghost appeared the first time he went Boogedy Boogedy-BOO! That's all I got. I could be off on some of the details, but I think that there was a sequal.

Re: top five movies that scared the crap out of you as a kid

SkyPilot — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 05:27:43 GMT

Indie and Risselada: thanks for helping me track down that Boogie Man movie!

Re: top five movies that scared the crap out of you as a kid

quint — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 21:48:46 GMT

1. The Thing - WIthout a doubt number 1. My brother and I snuck out at 2am to watch this on Channel C (What would become HBO). Holy crap. This is why our parents wouldn't let us watch these movies.

2. Looking for Mr. Goodbar - My mom was watching this on TV and I was doing my homework in the other room, not supposed to be paying attention. I remember alot of moaning and sighing that I could not equate with love, only some weird violence.

3. Alien - Wow. Belly-busting nightmares.

4. Wizard of Oz - crazy flying monkeys got me every time.

5. Dawn of the Dead - I was 15 I think, sneaking into the midnight movies. First time I ever saw a head explode. Thought I would never be the same. Still marvel at the trauma.

Re: My Top 5

patches — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 19:50:47 GMT

1.) Poltergeist (http://www.spout.com/films/Poltergeist/27026/default.aspx) wasn't allowed to stay in the room when "the adults" watched this during a family get together, but I hid behind the couch and watched anyhow, scared the **** out of me for sure.

2.) Dark Crystal (http://www.spout.com/films/TheDarkCrystal/8006/default.aspx) Ugh... don't get me started here...

3.) E.T. (http://www.spout.com/films/ETTheExtraTerrestrial/9997/default.aspx) When the older brother finds ET in the river... he's all white a sick... there's a raccoon trying to eat him... damn, that messed me up for months.

4.) Labrynth (http://www.spout.com/films/Labyrinth/19459/default.aspx) I'm a fan of David Bowie now, but when that first came out, I was terrified.

5.) The Last Unicorn (http://www.spout.com/films/TheLastUnicorn/19753/default.aspx) With voices by Christopher Lee for heaven's sake.

Re: My Top 5

Risselada — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 22:07:55 GMT

Yeah, I never was a fan of E.T. I wanted to beat the shit out of that nasty lookin freak. And I'm not usually a violent guy.

Adam, I wonder if that Boogie Man movie is that same one that Indie mentioned earlier. It sounds familiar to me as well.

Re: My Top 5

SkyPilot — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 04:27:58 GMT

1. The Wizard of Oz--The Wicked Witch is single-handedly responsible for making me use a night-light for about seven years. I also couldn't fall asleep unless the covers were over my head, effectively hiding me from the Witch or anything else should they visit me at night. I used to practice holding my breath in preparation for a time when the Witch might be listening for any signs of life. I also practiced stopping my heart, which didn't go very far. For some reason I thought this was the key--exhibit no signs of life beneath the covers. I didn't think the Witch would look under them for some reason?! Yes, the Wizard of Oz had a very loooooong lasting effect on me.

2. Indiana Jones & the Temple of Doom--whenever I went to see my grandparents I'd ask my grandfather to put this movie on. The was that their T.V. was in the basement, so if I wanted to watch it, I'd have to watch it alone while the rest of the family did catching-up upstairs. I could usually make it through the unnerving snake-eating scene, but NEVER through the scene where the sacrifice gets his heart pulled through his chest!

3. When I was about four years old there was a movie on tv about a family working together to fight the boogie man, which I remember as a ghostly-looking (but corporeal) gray wraith. It seems to me like they filled their vacuum cleaner with ping-pong balls and put the airflow in reverse to shoot them at him. Does this sound familiar to anyone?

4. E.T. -- I didn't think he was cute, I thought he was the creepiest thing I'd ever seen. And I remember being bothered by the waste of Reeses Pieces.

5. A different boogie man story, but I remember where this one came from. The animated Ghostbusters took on the Boogie Man who traveled through spacetime via closet doors. Anyone remember this? That yellow-skinned, harpy-voiced Boogie Man was the other thing I'd imagine trying to detect signs of life in my room!

Re: My Top 5

Indie — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 16:17:15 GMT

I was just reminded of one last night. The Wrath of Khan - lizard bugs in the ear made me wish I could sit under the couch.

Re: My Top 5

Indie — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 19:26:05 GMT

1. Superman 3- I didn't think that would end up being a common fear but yeah the machine swallowing the old woman and making her freaky about did me in.

2.Willy Wonka- The nervous breakdown on the boat- too out of left field. Thats when I figured Willy was messing with stuff I didn't want to know about.

3. Evil Dead 2- I watched it when I was 11or 12 because at that point I thought I was impervious, but the laughing deer head got me bad.

4.Mr. Boogedy (sp)- it was a Disney thing on ABC when I was very small. My parents let me watch it after they made me promise it wouldn't scare me. I don't think I've ever told anyone that it actually freaked me out.

5. Dark Crystal- Eye-popping old lady + Giant Beetles= one squirming kid

close 6. The Secret of Nimh- because the great owl for some reason has wierd demon eyes and crunches on live animals (I know owls do that, but come on!)

Re: My Top 5

fitzcarraldo — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 17:25:23 GMT

1. The Blob
The scene where the blob has an old man's hand engulfed in it's suffocating mass of death gave me childhood nightmares. Although Steve McQueen rocks in this one, "CO2!"

2. War of the Worlds
The original version: I woke up sweating one night in my bunkbed...I swear I saw one of the three-eyed death machines hovering in my bedroom.

3. It's Alive
A claw hanging out of a baby basket? 'Nuff said.

4. A Nightmare on Elm Street
The original Freddy Krueger...mustn't sleep...must...stay...awake...

5. The Amityville Horror
Consider buying an older home? Make sure there were no brutal murders there in the recent past...

Re: top five movies that scared the crap out of you as a kid

Puhnner — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 15:26:57 GMT

From another generation, here are 4 that gave me the creeps and nightmares and generally scared the bejezzus out of me;

Invaders from Mars

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

The day the Earth Stood Still

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Re: top five movies that scared the crap out of you as a kid

pippin06 — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 17:06:19 GMT

Oh yeah, I forgot about Superman III! That robot wrapping part totally scared me. Way more than Jabba the Hutt. I second that. Put that on my list instead of Jedi.

E.T. didn't really scare me as much as it disturbed me and made me cry. I felt bad for E.T. and cried a lot when I watched him turn into a slab of beef and also when he was dying and Gertie was crying. Hell, I still cry a lot when I see that movie. Just one reason why Spielberg made my top 5 directors.

Re: top five movies that scared the crap out of you as a kid

paul — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 14:59:39 GMT

I suppose I should explain links since the question was raised. While writing your post, highlight a film title, click the button that has a little chainlink graphic with a globe behind it (what does that mean?), then copy and paste the URL of the film's page on Spout into the box that drops down. Whenever you link to a film in a discussion or a blog post, it will show an excerpt of what you wrote on the film's page. Nice, eh?

Alright, I take my Spout Customer Care shirt off. Scary as *** movies....

1) Dreamscape with Dennis Quaid. There's just nothing more scary than truly being stuck in a nightmare. A nightmare with a Snake-man.

2) The trailer for House. A skull with bat wings flew right at me from the TV late one night and I couldn't sleep for two days. I really couldn't. I cried.

3) E.T. - The screeching in the cornfield and crane neck was bad enough, what when he passed out next to that stream and turned into a raw slab of beef, I couldn't take anymore.

4) Superman III - ditto on the giant computer wrapping people in wires and turning them into robots. Robots with SILVER EYES!!!

5) The Wiz - Oh yay! Michael Jackson in a movie! (This is shortly after the Thriller album came out.) That flick was messed up. The creepy tiled parking garage where the support columns break out with arms and start chasing Diana Ross and MJ. Freaky deaky.

Re: top five movies that scared the crap out of you as a kid

tmoney — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 18:34:44 GMT

hey Risselada, how did you make links to all those films?

Re: top five movies that scared the crap out of you as a kid

Risselada — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 17:53:59 GMT

Yeah Willy Wonka, the part where they ride that boat through the tunnel and Wilder sings that freaky song and there's all kinds of disturbings images projected up on the wall.

I remember when I was a kid, Judge Doom scared the crap out of me when he turned into a cartoon as well. Now Roger Rabbit is one of my all time favorite films.

Tmoney, I just read your blog on The Peanut Butter Solution. That does sounds like one of the freakiest things around.

I was totally frightened of black wolves in movies. So I would always run out of the room when the wolf parts would come on in Benji the Hunted or The Neverending Story. The most chilling part of Benji was when Benji tricks the wolf into running off of that cliff to his demise. The wolf howl haunted my nightmares.

I think it was Superman III. There was some part with a giant computer that would grab people and turn them into evil androids. I caught that on TV once and couldn't get the terrifying image out of my head.

I think I was fairly young when I saw the Jaws movies as well. The part in Jaws 3 when all the people get sealed in that transparent underwater tube system was the most unsettling part.

Re: top five movies that scared the crap out of you as a kid

pippin06 — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 17:37:05 GMT

Since this is about admitting silly movies scared you as a kid, I can totally offer up some options. I had a very overactive imagination and was very suggestable as a child. Now, four out of five of these movies are some of my favorites of all time, though.

1. Gremlins - The bad gremlins were scary and gross, ok? It was very traumatizing to see cute Gizmo and his friends transform into those nasty little devils.

2. Return of the Jedi - Jabba the Hutt scared the crap out of me as a child. I saw this on my birthday in the theater and the big laugh scared me. I wasn't too fond of his pet rancor either. I got over it after the first viewing, but it was major at the time.

3. Ghostbusters - When Dana Barrett and Louis Tulley change into the keymaster and the gatekeeper (ok, so, she's a dog) and go stand in front of Gozer's big gate, I was not happy about it.

4. The Wizard of Oz - The Wicked Witch of the West is awful! I grew out of it, but she's not nice.

5. Raiders of the Lost Ark - Again, it was all in once scene: Belloch opens the Ark, and his and the ***' faces melt. C'mon, that was pretty gross and scary wrath of God stuff! I didn't handle Temple of Doom too well either with all the creepy crawlies and monkey's brains.

Re: top five movies that scared the crap out of you as a kid

tmoney — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 14:54:55 GMT

This is a great topic. I have so many but here's 5.

1. The Peanut Butter Solution (read my blog)
2. Little Monsters (Dude, there were monsters.)
3. The Burbs (I didn't know it was a comedy back then. it scared the crap out of me)
4. The Lady and the Tramp (for the "We are Siamese if you please" scene alone. That still gives me the chills)
5. Pinnoccio (when they turn into asses and get whiped and sold into slavery).

But moose, your list is pretty good. on the thought of Dumbo, how did you like the heffalumps and woozles song on whinne the poo? Yeah that was scary too.

top five movies that scared the crap out of you as a kid

Moose — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 06:45:27 GMT

1. Dumbo (the pink elephants on parade made me run out of the room in fright. It is my earliest childhood memory)
2. Return to Oz (That crap'll give you nightmares)
3. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (It's all disturbing plus my sister taught me to fear little people)
4. E.T. (His freaky glowing heart, that awful noise he makes, I hate E.T.)
5. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (The bad guy at the end with the high voice and eyeballs that turn into knives)