Scary childhood memories

[GNDN]

I thought the Red Hour in Return of the Archons was pretty scary when I was little.

This.

And the woman screaming "BUUUUuuuuuuurrrrnn 'im, 'Eees a witch!" in All Our Yesterdays. Perhaps more eerie or unsettling, but definitely left an impression.

 

[KeepOnTrekking]

Speaking of crispy carcasses, it was the opening scene of "the Devil in the Dark" that freaked me out as a little kid.

 

[Bad Atom]

Say what you will about the cheesiness of Armus from TNG's "Skin of Evil", but he was pretty damn scary to my 6-year-old self. "Data, something's got me!!!"

 

[Silvercrest]

"The Lights of Zetar", where the characters made that weird croaking noise while they changed color. Always creeped me out.

The Space Vampire episode of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.

I saw that again recently. While I think the vampire is hokey, the scene where he's staring from across the room in the middle of a crowd, and no one else can see him, is still arresting. I'm not sure why.

 

[Saspearia]

TNG: Schisms scared the crap out of me as a kid. Probably because I've always found alien abduction stories scary.

Everything about that episode was designed to pull my triggers - the atmosphere, the way the aliens dressed, the noises they made, everything.

I'm with you there! I also found the alien boy at the end of Future Imperfect scary. The one who plays Rikers son, at the end he turns into is true form and he is a classic gray alien. I laugh now because its really cheesy but that freaked me out the first time I saw it!

 

[GNDN]

"The Lights of Zetar", where the characters made that weird croaking noise while they changed color. Always creeped me out.

Yes, and even creepier for me were the images of the dead researchers Romaine sees in her mind. The dark lighting and the inevitability of events to come.

 

[Gary7]

I'm not sure of the episode title or what season it was in, but the one in Space: 1999 where there's an alien hidden in this old derelict spaceship or station, with tentacles...

Dang thing would pull lifeforms/people into its "maw" (never seen due to the rating) then spit back out the burnt, crispy carcasses. Oh man, that was some creepy stuff!

Yes, "Dragon's Domain".
http://www.space1999.net/catacombs/main/epguide/t23dd.html

Yeah, that one freaked me out too. Scariest Space:1999 episode ever. Gave octopuses an added creepy dimension.

"The Lights of Zetar", where the characters made that weird croaking noise while they changed color. Always creeped me out.

About the only Star Trek episode that really scared me. Very creepy, because the Zetarians were so mysterious and lethal unlike anything I'd ever seen before. But what really put it over for me was the music. Very haunting sound track.