THE EXORICIST, THE OMEN, THE SHINING, THE CHANGELING, HALLOWEEN.......
[ 04. December 2006, 07:01: Message edited by: mamamiasweetpeaches ]
Posted by pettyfan (Member # 2260) on :
Phantasm scared the sh!t out of me when I was a kid. I swear, I had nightmares for a month. That Tall Man sure was a freaky thing. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (the original) scared the crap out of me too.
Movies don't really scare me now. However, I watched Wolf Creek a few weekends ago and it was just freakin' disturbing. I guess what made it so bad was that it was supposed to be based on actual events.
Posted by Cotter (Member # 5081) on :
Hmm... Halloween 4 did a number on me way back when. Just watched it today, and it almost had the same effect.
Posted by slyman30 (Member # 5119) on :
Children of the Corn was one of the scariest. Also the Stuff was pretty scary as a kid.
Posted by The Malster (Member # 2411) on :
Have to say that An American Werewolf In London scared the crap out of me as a kid and couldn't watch it till i was much older. The part when Jack gets ripped apart at the beginning on the moors. I think it was more his screaming that did it. It sounded too realistic!
And Halloween as well. Especially the shock at the beginning when you see its Michael as a child that kills in the beginning!!!! But nowadays i love horror!
Posted by Riptide (Member # 457) on :
Jaws has to be a movie that still gets me scared. Such a great film and it still holds up. Even though they are old fiilms, still the freaky ambience in films like the Shining, the Omen, Poltergeist, and the Excorcist still gets to me.
Posted by Mrs Larusso (Member # 4417) on :
Nightmare on Elm Street
Scared the s**t out of me. I still have nightmares now! But Freddy is my idol - and I am meeting Robert Eugland next week and having my picce took with him!!! Posted by Jessie the Sunflower Goddess (Member # 1877) on :
What scared me the most about Children of the Corn was Malachi and the preacher kid. Yikes!
I was also freaked out by Hellraiser, PINHEAD!
Posted by pettyfan (Member # 2260) on :
quote:Originally posted by Jessie the Sunflower Goddess: What scared me the most about Children of the Corn was Malachi and the preacher kid. Yikes!
I was also freaked out by Hellraiser, PINHEAD!
"Question me not, Malachi!"
Posted by Baseball_Fury06 (Member # 4514) on :
the movie that really got me as a kid was called "Magic" with Anthony Hopkins.
Posted by paranoidlemur (Member # 5128) on :
definitly children of the corn... the malaki crap was too much for me!! arg
Posted by mamamiasweetpeaches (Member # 1715) on :
I didnt really like CHILDREN OF THE CORN (Dont even get me started on the sequels) but, yes, some of those kids were damn freaky! Whoever casted that thing gets a big round of applause! (They had on BRAVOS SCARIEST MOMENTS the guy who played Malaki (Courtney Gaines) saying that THAT was the first movie he was ever in.
Posted by SHOGUN (Member # 477) on :
American werewolf in London ..the beginning..
the dream sequence where david is like a Demon!!!
the screaming and trsnformation of david into a werewolf!!
Posted by SHOGUN (Member # 477) on :
quote:Originally posted by Baseball_Fury06: the movie that really got me as a kid was called "Magic" with Anthony Hopkins.
awww man with that dummy, lol, caught me off guard also!!
another film taht scared was THE HAND with Micahel cane!
Posted by Blake (Member # 75) on :
the peanut butter solution dont ask me why it just did
Posted by kells (Member # 5139) on :
Mines would have to deffo be the omen when i was a kid and even now i havent seen the remake i do believe it should have stayed as it was!!
Posted by abigail (Member # 5170) on :
Poltergeist.God that really scared me.
Posted by shaggy56 (Member # 5173) on :
Now be honest. How many of you can truly being able to watch The Shining at night. Me and my wife still cant and I have the movie.
Posted by noikz (Member # 1000) on :
I remember freaking out during the library "shhhh" scene in Ghostbusters. How embarrassing. Posted by AdventuresInGooniesitting (Member # 1882) on :
Poltergeist and The Shining freaked me out as a kid...
Also, Goonies and Gremlins sorta scared me as well. I had come across both movies on HBO, and the scenes that were playing at the times I first put them on were some of the creepier parts of the films. With Goonies, it was when Chunk first meets Sloth. With Gremlins, it was when Billy's mother was alone in the house, fighting off the gremlins.
I can't say that any modern movies scare me, but the thought of watching VH1's Totally Awesome for a second time gives me the willies...
Posted by Chris the CandyFanMan (Member # 3197) on :
To the second grader I was when they brought in the tape for a winter recess session, The Secret of N.I.M.H. was a very disturbing film. Having the spector of death hanging over pretty much everyone (and as it is literally in Nicodemus's ultimate case)throughout the picture is almost too much for a seven year old, and the last 15 minutes or so were almost too unbearable to watch; even today if I catch it on TV (which hasn't been for about 8 years now), I select carefully the parts I observe.
And if that wasn't enough on my wounded psyche, we then got to see The Little Mermaid once its VHS release hit stores, and I was practically in mental fits when Triton blasts Ariel's grotto to pieces. Certainly prejudice and poor anger management skills aren't something you expect from a good guy, especially one who for a brief moment appears to be borderline insane (so who can blame Sebastian for feeling immediate guilt over having blurted everything out?). It was years before I could bring myself to watch that part in full. The rest of the film wasn't easy either; as noted in other threads, Ursula's polyping habits can be uneasing to witness, particularly when Triton allows it on himself for redemption for his actions, and I still have nightmares on occasion that a large dark set of hands will yank my voice out of my throat if I'm not careful.
[ 02. December 2006, 22:17: Message edited by: Chris the CandyFanMan ]
Posted by Hallucinogenic_lipstick (Member # 5211) on :
The dark crystal lol
Posted by Chris the CandyFanMan (Member # 3197) on :
Precisely. I didn't include it above since I was 12 when I first saw it, but I went home from school that day shivering quite a bit. While Henson deserves lots of praise for trying to break out of the family friendly stereotype with it, you can understand why it didn't have a great theatrical run.
Posted by imawalkingcorpse (Member # 1675) on :
The Shining did me in back then. That was about the only one.
Posted by drelisabeth (Member # 5246) on :
the last unicorn was creepy as a kid and it still disturbs me that my parents rented it for 7 year old me. strangely enough, i could watch nightmare on elm street and the exorcist without flinching, but when 'the red bull' chased all those uincorns into the sea and all the waves were actually unicorns cresting...i had to cover my eyes or run out of the room.
Posted by Big Kahuna (Member # 5278) on :
The Exorcist....I will not watch it - even today.
Posted by Mane1980 (Member # 4240) on :
The Exorcist Nightmare on Elm Street Halloween Dark Crystal
Posted by MONSOON (Member # 335) on :
Night of the Living Dead. I seen at a Drive In when I was around 5. Just a little too much for a 5 yr old. Id have to agree with an earlier post about Jaws. Seen it at the drive in as well. I am still not a big fan of the ocean because of it. Scanners freaked me out also.
Posted by imawalkingcorpse (Member # 1675) on :
Jaws kind of weirded me out, too.
Posted by Jonathan Smith (Member # 5482) on :
Watership Down.
It might be a film about bunnies, but it feels like it holds a truth about death which is both beautiful and horrifying. Had nightmares for weeks when I saw this as a child.
Posted by Kaspian (Member # 5503) on :
Nightmare on Elm St......scary stuff...I could not sleep the night I watched it.
Posted by jayeh1969 (Member # 4654) on :
quote:Originally posted by pettyfan: Phantasm scared the sh!t out of me when I was a kid. I swear, I had nightmares for a month. That Tall Man sure was a freaky thing. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (the original) scared the crap out of me too.
Movies don't really scare me now. However, I watched Wolf Creek a few weekends ago and it was just freakin' disturbing. I guess what made it so bad was that it was supposed to be based on actual events.
Posted by jayeh1969 (Member # 4654) on :
Speaking of Phantasm, part 2 was on Space Channel (Canada)last night. Angus Grimm was (is) pretty creepy. "You play a good game, boy". Pretty cheesy but likable actors. I'd love to see a modern remake (original)with a half decent budget.
The scariest movie for me though was the original Tales From the Crypt (1972). People go into a cave tour, 5 get separated and each of 'their' story is told. Joan Collins is in the 1st part, kills her husband while her young daughter (who can't sleep) waits for Santa Christmas eve. After she kills him, she hears on the radio that "there is an escaped homicidal maniac on the loose". Guess where he shows up? Scary stuff for an 11 yo. Way ahead of its time.
Posted by Tobey (Member # 2275) on :
quote:Now be honest. How many of you can truly being able to watch The Shining at night.
Yeah, it scared me too when I was a kid. Saw it again not too long ago, and it... sucked.
The Exorcist was, and still is, the scariest, but the one I remember most vividly as a bringer of bad dreams is a European movie called "De Lift". Recommended, but stay away from the American version from 2001 (even though it's the same director); "Down"!
Posted by P.S It's Paul... (Member # 1022) on :
Now - not many (I'm not a horror fan, so really don't watch movies for the scare factor)
As a kid: easy. The single scariest character in any movie, any era if you're a kid has to be The Child Catcher in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
Posted by mamamiasweetpeaches (Member # 1715) on :
OhmyGod, my sister and her kids were over for dinner a few months ago and as I was putting out cake and cookies for desert I called "CHILLLLL-DRRRENN!!!!" (which I have done to them since they were toddlers , knowing full well they are afraid of that guy!) My sister- who had never heard me do it before- shot up in her chair with a terrified look on her face and she said "ohmyGod, you sound just like The Child Catcher guy from CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG. That guy always scred the Hell out of me!" and I said "Me too!" (But watching it as an adult I now wonder why I thought he was so scary.)
Posted by doodlebug (Member # 732) on :
I would have to say Children of the Corn definitely. I'm sure there were more but I can't name them off hand.
Posted by Phanstar (Member # 4235) on :
I remember Amityville horror scaring the poop out of me when I was really little.
Posted by Mary-Jane (Member # 5599) on :
"The Shining" back in the day but I watched it again recently and nothing,no thrill at all. "Nightmare On Elm Street" freaked me out and I have never rewatched it. Now when I was really little mum was watching a movie (don't know what it was)and in a scene a face wearing an African tribal mask jumped up at a window and startled the people inside. Well for years after that I kept expecting a scary face to jump out at me in windows especially the small toilet window which you had to put your back to. It's strange the things that stay with ya!
Posted by slayathon (Member # 3752) on :
Hell Night with Linda Blair
Posted by The Mouse Avenger (Member # 4406) on :
quote:Originally posted by Chris the CandyFanMan: To the second grader I was when they brought in the tape for a winter recess session, The Secret of N.I.M.H. was a very disturbing film. Having the spector of death hanging over pretty much everyone (and as it is literally in Nicodemus's ultimate case)throughout the picture is almost too much for a seven year old, and the last 15 minutes or so were almost too unbearable to watch; even today if I catch it on TV (which hasn't been for about 8 years now), I select carefully the parts I observe.
And if that wasn't enough on my wounded psyche, we then got to see The Little Mermaid once its VHS release hit stores, and I was practically in mental fits when Triton blasts Ariel's grotto to pieces. Certainly prejudice and poor anger management skills aren't something you expect from a good guy, especially one who for a brief moment appears to be borderline insane (so who can blame Sebastian for feeling immediate guilt over having blurted everything out?). It was years before I could bring myself to watch that part in full. The rest of the film wasn't easy either; as noted in other threads, Ursula's polyping habits can be uneasing to witness, particularly when Triton allows it on himself for redemption for his actions, and I still have nightmares on occasion that a large dark set of hands will yank my voice out of my throat if I'm not careful.
Actually, The Secret Of NIMH never scared me; in fact, I became obsessed with it for a long while. I was, however, afraid of The Little Mermaid for a time (Ursula was to blame), but I eventually got over it.
But the one movie I love more than anything now, The Great Mouse Detective, was super-scary to me when I was little; couldn't watch it for over a decade. (I must admit--Ratigan & Fidget are the creepiest animated villains in history!)
Posted by bobcat_816 (Member # 2768) on :
Any Friday the 13th.
Posted by roth (Member # 5622) on :
There was 2 i remember vividly, upsetting me to the point of nightmares....the brother from another planet and believe it or not the dark crystal lol.
Also i think it was called the pit...had monsters and a pervy kid in it?!
Posted by pettyfan (Member # 2260) on :
quote:Originally posted by roth: There was 2 i remember vividly, upsetting me to the point of nightmares....the brother from another planet and believe it or not the dark crystal lol.
Also i think it was called the pit...had monsters and a pervy kid in it?!
Yeah, I saw The Pit...it was pretty good, as I remember. Reminded me a little bit of The Gate.
Posted by Lee3 (Member # 4567) on :
The Omen scared me.....
Posted by valleygirl (Member # 5628) on :
THe exorcist the shining halloween..mainly 1&2 cause after awhile its like ok when is this dude going to die? nightmare on elm street
i still cant really watch these or most other horror movies at night..gives me the willies. Posted by Meesh 26 (Member # 5648) on :
Fright Night and The Ghoulies scared me most. I thought Chris Surrandon was going to come crashing through my cieling to suck my blood and I couldn't sit on a toilet seat forever after seeing ghoulies 3.
Posted by melissa7783 (Member # 5653) on :
the movie ghost scared me so bad as a child. especially when demi moores dead husband goes inside whoopi. the whole movie was just to much for me to comprehend as a child. i still to this day havent watched it. and iv never been able to listen to the song unchained melody. just recently put it all together...brings back bad memories or that creepy movie.
also this scene from dumbo really freaked me out too, i think dumbo was dreaming or somethings and all these wierd colorfull elephants were dancing and singing all over the place. creepy!!
Posted by The Mouse Avenger (Member # 4406) on :
quote:Originally posted by melissa7783: the movie ghost scared me so bad as a child. especially when demi moores dead husband goes inside whoopi. the whole movie was just to much for me to comprehend as a child. i still to this day havent watched it. and iv never been able to listen to the song unchained melody. just recently put it all together...brings back bad memories or that creepy movie.
also this scene from dumbo really freaked me out too, i think dumbo was dreaming or somethings and all these wierd colorfull elephants were dancing and singing all over the place. creepy!!
Why is it that everyone I know is scared of the Pink Elephants scene? *glares in mock annoyance*
Posted by Chris the CandyFanMan (Member # 3197) on :
I wasn't. It was bizarre but not scary.
Posted by imawalkingcorpse (Member # 1675) on :
quote:Originally posted by Meesh 26: Fright Night.
That one kind of got me the 1st time I saw it too. I remember seeing it in Theatres simply because I loved the poster.
Posted by Mario G. (Member # 5005) on :
Coma, and Bells was pretty scary. I was scared to go to the hospital or answer phones for a while. Creepy.
Posted by Smayt Shatner (Member # 1500) on :
HOUSE BY THE CEMETERY scared the hell outa me when i saw it the first time,bear in mind i was kinda underage though.My uncle had a ''knack'' of getting copies of banned video nasties as they were apparently called.Ive since seen that movie quite a few times since and it is a Fulci classic,but it still gives me the creeps.
Posted by DEE1980 (Member # 5766) on :
American Werewolf in London and Critters
Posted by Smayt Shatner (Member # 1500) on :
Ooh I got another one for anyone who aint so keen on spiders..... KINGDOM OF THE SPIDERS starrin' my papa. Much much creepier than Arachnophobia.Bleak ending too.
spiders... Shatner... and big collared shirts.... what more could ya ask for. Posted by mamamiasweetpeaches (Member # 1715) on :
Ah yes, love that scene where the woman shoots her hand off because she's trying to get a spider off of it! D'oh!
Posted by The Mouse Avenger (Member # 4406) on :
quote:Originally posted by Smayt Shatner: HOUSE BY THE CEMETERY scared the hell outa me when i saw it the first time,bear in mind i was kinda underage though.My uncle had a ''knack'' of getting copies of banned video nasties as they were apparently called.Ive since seen that movie quite a few times since and it is a Fulci classic,but it still gives me the creeps.
Video nasties? Why do I get the feelings I've heard about that before...*scratches chin*
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