Maybe this thread belongs in the SciFi/Fantasy forum, I'm not sure, feel free to move.
I thought it would be fun to go back in time to our childhoods and talk about Movies that scared the Bejesus out of us as kids, why they scared us, and what wacky imaginary horrors our little kid brains imagined laying in bed in the dark. (bonus points if you still have habits or things you avoid as a result of it!) I had quite a few movies that scared me, some were pretty campy by todays standards, some weren't even meant to be scary.....
The first movie I ever saw that scared the crap out of me was the original Steve McQueen version of "The Blob", I was 6 years old, My parents later told me that they let me watch it because they assumed I wouldn't find it scary because it didn't look scary (i.e. no blood/guts/freaky looking monsters, just cherry goo being dumped on people.) Man, I will tell you, the concept of being digested alive was not lost to me as a kid....it terrified me...I was afraid of Jellies and Jams after that movie, and the fact that it could get under doors, climb walls, go through vents, etc. I would just lay in bed for hours it seemed at night, staring at the crack in my bedroom door, any little shadow, shift in the light, etc. would cause my heart to stop. My Dad and Stepmom were pointing fingers at each other over that. I watched the remake in the 80's, and all the little kid feelings churned to the surface walking into the theater. I was in the 8th grade then, and on a date with my first "real" girlfriend. So I was trying to play it cool but I was feeling like 6 year old me inside. I rewatched the original last month, first time I had seen it since I was 6, It was more fun this time, and therapeutic, as I was just laughing at Steve McQueen playing a highschooler, when he obviously looked to be in his 30's. I even tried a bit of Jam the other Day.....
I thought it would be fun to go back in time to our childhoods and talk about Movies that scared the Bejesus out of us as kids, why they scared us, and what wacky imaginary horrors our little kid brains imagined laying in bed in the dark. (bonus points if you still have habits or things you avoid as a result of it!) I had quite a few movies that scared me, some were pretty campy by todays standards, some weren't even meant to be scary.....
The first movie I ever saw that scared the crap out of me was the original Steve McQueen version of "The Blob", I was 6 years old, My parents later told me that they let me watch it because they assumed I wouldn't find it scary because it didn't look scary (i.e. no blood/guts/freaky looking monsters, just cherry goo being dumped on people.) Man, I will tell you, the concept of being digested alive was not lost to me as a kid....it terrified me...I was afraid of Jellies and Jams after that movie, and the fact that it could get under doors, climb walls, go through vents, etc. I would just lay in bed for hours it seemed at night, staring at the crack in my bedroom door, any little shadow, shift in the light, etc. would cause my heart to stop. My Dad and Stepmom were pointing fingers at each other over that. I watched the remake in the 80's, and all the little kid feelings churned to the surface walking into the theater. I was in the 8th grade then, and on a date with my first "real" girlfriend. So I was trying to play it cool but I was feeling like 6 year old me inside. I rewatched the original last month, first time I had seen it since I was 6, It was more fun this time, and therapeutic, as I was just laughing at Steve McQueen playing a highschooler, when he obviously looked to be in his 30's. I even tried a bit of Jam the other Day.....
When I got back home is when I started having nightmares about the shark coming after me.
