Scenes that scared the crap out of you as a kid.
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This very much this, and when Dr. Forester and Sylvia are trapped in the farm house and the Martian comes up from behind her.
Oh Boy oh Boy. That always got me as a kid. I still feel the 'old creeps' when i see those scenes now
Also the scene in Forbidden Planet when the crew is guarding their ship and its surrounded by forcefields and the invisible Id Monster attacks. Man.....the music and the feel of the whole attack had my head under the covers whenever I would watch it late at night or hide behind whatever chair was available when I watched it with my folks.
Still creepy now to me as a grown up
I snuck into Alien when it first came out, I was just twelve then and boy was I taught a lesson. Though I did all right with the chest burster scene the scene that got me was Dallas in the freaking air shafts!
"NOT THAT WAY DALLAS" ....
Yeppers nightmare city after that one
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Oh yeah...where the Martian cops a feel was pretty awesome too.
I liked those aliens. I wish we could have gotten a better look at them...the three faceted eyes totally creeped me out.
Ditto on Forbidden Planet. There was another one, about people exploring Venus, that scared the bejesus outta me but I can't remember the name...some monster flash-fused this guy's eyes.
And Alien is at the top of the all-time great horror movies.
Was waiting for somebody to mention Mr. B.
For me it was the jail cell scene where he suddenly pops up in all his glory. I swear I saw the face beside my bed for YEARS after that.
Terrifying shit to a nine year old.
Ok, don't laugh (as so many other have said)....
Oh, OK- go ahead and laugh (I am!)!
When we first see the Abominable Snowman in "Rudolf".... where Burl Ives is narrating and "Bumble" pulls himself up into view over those craggy peaks and he the camera zooms in as he shows ALL those teeth and lets out a roar that blows his hair up out of his face.....
The Gremlin peering in through the plane's window at Shatner in "Terror at 20,000 Feet" on the Twilight Zone. It is a pretty laughable monster as I look at it now, but at the time it scarred the crap out of me (and since I did not look at that particular instant in reruns for years, it took a long time for me to realize how stupid the Gremlin looked...).
"Helllp Meeee! "Helllp Meeee!" That gross spider waiting, then lunging forward and chomping down on the head of poor little Fly/Captain Crane.... err- I mean Fly/David Hedison was too much to take as a kid! I do not even like to watch it now. HA!
Oh, OK- go ahead and laugh (I am!)!
When we first see the Abominable Snowman in "Rudolf".... where Burl Ives is narrating and "Bumble" pulls himself up into view over those craggy peaks and he the camera zooms in as he shows ALL those teeth and lets out a roar that blows his hair up out of his face.....
The Gremlin peering in through the plane's window at Shatner in "Terror at 20,000 Feet" on the Twilight Zone. It is a pretty laughable monster as I look at it now, but at the time it scarred the crap out of me (and since I did not look at that particular instant in reruns for years, it took a long time for me to realize how stupid the Gremlin looked...).
"Helllp Meeee! "Helllp Meeee!" That gross spider waiting, then lunging forward and chomping down on the head of poor little Fly/Captain Crane.... err- I mean Fly/David Hedison was too much to take as a kid! I do not even like to watch it now. HA!
This very much this, and when Dr. Forester and Sylvia are trapped in the farm house and the Martian comes up from behind her.
Oh Boy oh Boy. That always got me as a kid. I still feel the 'old creeps' when i see those scenes now
yeah that one got me. i saw it on tv as a young kid.
and in wizard of oz the scene in the dark woods with the monkeys attacking them and the scare crow being ripped apart.
I won't laugh. That Abominable Snowman freakin' freaked my freak!
My sister's big scare was the Wicked Witch of the West in Wizard of Oz. I wasn't too phased by it.
I think my biggest scare was Hexxus in Ferngully. I just recently watched the movie again after several years and damn if that thing creeped me out still!
My sister's big scare was the Wicked Witch of the West in Wizard of Oz. I wasn't too phased by it.
I think my biggest scare was Hexxus in Ferngully. I just recently watched the movie again after several years and damn if that thing creeped me out still!
Well when I first saw Ghostbusters, it was at a Drive In ('memba those?) and there were screens all around. There was Ghostbusters which my folks and I went to see and then on the screen behind it was, I think, Annie. And I made it up to the point where Slimer came at Venkman at the Hotel the whole "Ray... he's looking at me." "Ugly little spud isn't he?" "I think he can hear you Ray." "Don't move. He won't hurt you." then Slimer starts charging Venkman "Ahhh ahhhhhh" "Venkman!" that part just about made me pee. I turned around and started watching the other movie out of the back window of the station wagon.
Then a few short years later, after it was on HBO and my dad taped it... it became my favorite movie. Watched that movie CONSTANTLY. Then I became a huge GB fanboy. Had the toys, the Halloween costume, the proton pack, the whole nine yards.
So yeah that was probably the one thing that scared the living crap out of me. I was a pretty brave kid.
Although the alien earwigs from Wrath of Kahn rate a very close second!
Then a few short years later, after it was on HBO and my dad taped it... it became my favorite movie. Watched that movie CONSTANTLY. Then I became a huge GB fanboy. Had the toys, the Halloween costume, the proton pack, the whole nine yards.
So yeah that was probably the one thing that scared the living crap out of me. I was a pretty brave kid.
Although the alien earwigs from Wrath of Kahn rate a very close second!
Well when I first saw Ghostbusters, it was at a Drive In ('memba those?) and there were screens all around. There was Ghostbusters which my folks and I went to see and then on the screen behind it was, I think, Annie. And I made it up to the point where Slimer came at Venkman at the Hotel the whole "Ray... he's looking at me." "Ugly little spud isn't he?" "I think he can hear you Ray." "Don't move. He won't hurt you." then Slimer starts charging Venkman "Ahhh ahhhhhh" "Venkman!" that part just about made me pee. I turned around and started watching the other movie out of the back window of the station wagon.
Then a few short years later, after it was on HBO and my dad taped it... it became my favorite movie. Watched that movie CONSTANTLY. Then I became a huge GB fanboy. Had the toys, the Halloween costume, the proton pack, the whole nine yards.
So yeah that was probably the one thing that scared the living crap out of me. I was a pretty brave kid.
Although the alien earwigs from Wrath of Kahn rate a very close second!
Then a few short years later, after it was on HBO and my dad taped it... it became my favorite movie. Watched that movie CONSTANTLY. Then I became a huge GB fanboy. Had the toys, the Halloween costume, the proton pack, the whole nine yards.
So yeah that was probably the one thing that scared the living crap out of me. I was a pretty brave kid.
Although the alien earwigs from Wrath of Kahn rate a very close second!
I snuck into Alien when it first came out, I was just twelve then and boy was I taught a lesson. Though I did all right with the chest burster scene the scene that got me was Dallas in the freaking air shafts!
"NOT THAT WAY DALLAS" ....
Yeppers nightmare city after that one
Also 12 when I first saw Alien, and, crap did the air shaft sequence where Dallas meets his end freak me out. Hell, it still freaks me out.
The Flying Monkeys in the Wizard of Oz were and still are the most visceral terrifying thing I have ever seen on-screen. Sure I was just 5-6 at the time, but nothing else in film has ever scared me like them.
The Witch however didn't scare me at all for whatever reason.
The Witch however didn't scare me at all for whatever reason.
Me too.
And the Balok puppet that showed up in the end credits of TOS. Had to change the channel before they showed that.
I remember seeing Jaws in the theater as a kid, and I was so scared, I actually pulled my feet off the floor. The scene where the dead body pops out of the sunken boat scared the crap outta me.
I also remember being scared by a version of A Christmas Carol. I don't remember which version; I just remember Marley's ghost was yelling and I hid behind a chair and wouldn't come out until he was gone.
I also remember being scared by a version of A Christmas Carol. I don't remember which version; I just remember Marley's ghost was yelling and I hid behind a chair and wouldn't come out until he was gone.
The first Halloween film. Traumatized me so bad that till this day I still cant watch slasher type horror movies, not even silly ones like Scream.
The Little Mermaid. Yes, The Little Mermaid. When Ariel makes the pact with Ursula, which you just know is a terrible idea, and then the manic, diabolical expression on her face as she takes Ariel's voice, the flashing lights and booming noise and evil laughter... I was in tears. Refused to watch the film for years afterwards.
On the topic of children's films--not a persistent fear, but the biggest 'jolt' I recall, was in Land Before Time. When Cera finds what she believes is Sharptooth's corpse, starts prodding him, then just as she makes a long charge against him, his vitreous yellow eye opens. My little heart missed a beat there. I don't know if the theatres had surround sound at that point, but we didn't need it: every kid there was screaming along with Cera.
More traditionally horror... I stumbled onto Beetlejuice once, at the scene where they're performing the séance and the couple are floating in their wedding clothes, washing away. I had no idea what was going on and quickly moved along, but the image haunted me. Exorcist--I generally tell people I have no idea why this movie is considered scary, and I don't: the demon is usually tied to the bed, its main weapons appear to be levitation, foul language and spewdom, pretty tame overall. What freaked me out was the medical scenes in the beginning, and that huge fucking needle they stick into Regan. I closed my eyes for that.
The Shining... the book had already scared me when it came to Room 217, particularly when Jack was investigating, had assertained there was nothing wrong in the bathroom, then hears the shower curtains close and sees the silhouette there--King reality captures the sanity-bending nature of the event. Then in the miniseries, when the kid gets stuck in the room, finally escapes into the hallways, stops and breathes a sigh of relief telling himself it was 'just like pictures in a book'... and then the dead bitch suddenly reaches out and yanks him by the neck back into the room. I swear, that entire night was spent listening to the faucet drip in the bathroom, not daring to stir from the bed.
Fictitiously yours, Trent Roman
On the topic of children's films--not a persistent fear, but the biggest 'jolt' I recall, was in Land Before Time. When Cera finds what she believes is Sharptooth's corpse, starts prodding him, then just as she makes a long charge against him, his vitreous yellow eye opens. My little heart missed a beat there. I don't know if the theatres had surround sound at that point, but we didn't need it: every kid there was screaming along with Cera.
More traditionally horror... I stumbled onto Beetlejuice once, at the scene where they're performing the séance and the couple are floating in their wedding clothes, washing away. I had no idea what was going on and quickly moved along, but the image haunted me. Exorcist--I generally tell people I have no idea why this movie is considered scary, and I don't: the demon is usually tied to the bed, its main weapons appear to be levitation, foul language and spewdom, pretty tame overall. What freaked me out was the medical scenes in the beginning, and that huge fucking needle they stick into Regan. I closed my eyes for that.
The Shining... the book had already scared me when it came to Room 217, particularly when Jack was investigating, had assertained there was nothing wrong in the bathroom, then hears the shower curtains close and sees the silhouette there--King reality captures the sanity-bending nature of the event. Then in the miniseries, when the kid gets stuck in the room, finally escapes into the hallways, stops and breathes a sigh of relief telling himself it was 'just like pictures in a book'... and then the dead bitch suddenly reaches out and yanks him by the neck back into the room. I swear, that entire night was spent listening to the faucet drip in the bathroom, not daring to stir from the bed.
Fictitiously yours, Trent Roman
Darby O'Gill and the Little People, a live-action Disney movie starring Sean Connery. I saw it back in the 60s when I was maybe 6 or 7. The banshee gave me nightmares for a few years. And the Death Coach was pretty disturbing, too. Even after all these years, they still creep me out.
When I became a parent, that experience taught me to watch every movie before exposing my kids to it -- even Disney and other allegedly safe "kids' fare".
When I became a parent, that experience taught me to watch every movie before exposing my kids to it -- even Disney and other allegedly safe "kids' fare".
The scariest thing I've ever seen in a movie is from "Witches." It's the story about the girl who got trapped in a painting and no one knew, and she kept appearing in different places in the painting.
I shudder just to think about it.
I shudder just to think about it.