What movies caused you to be scared when you were a child?

[Skaloop]

Aw, I loved Gremlins as a kid. I thought it was funny.

Yeah, looking back on it now it seems strange to have been scared by it. Especially since I had already seen actual horror movies, like Nightmare on Elm Streeet and such, that had actual scariness in them. But I had no problems with that. Finger knives? Hockey mask and machete? Bring it on! But man, was I scared that there was a cute fuzzy little mogwai waiting around for an after-midnight crumb to nibble on.

 

[Willtor]

Yeah, looking back on it now it seems strange to have been scared by it. Especially since I had already seen actual horror movies, like Nightmare on Elm Streeet and such, that had actual scariness in them. But I had no problems with that. Finger knives? Hockey mask and machete? Bring it on! But man, was I scared that there was a cute fuzzy little mogwai waiting around for an after-midnight crumb to nibble on.

I grok. Sometimes kids react differently than one might expect. I had a negative reaction to the movie, Clue. I had nightmares for at least a week after I saw it at a friend's house.

 

[Singermom]

Everyone makes a big deal about the scene with the mother in "Bambi"...but the part that STILL gets to me is the scene with the quail in the tall grass...It didn't terrify me, but to this day that scene does make my heart speed up.

 

[Jerlene]

Chuckie used to scare me, in fact, if I watched him to day I would probably stil lget scared.

 

[alexier]

I watched this movie called Demons when I was little and I was scared witless - saw it again a couple of years ago and it was pants!

 

[Charlie Milles]

The Exorcist scared the poop out of me.

 

[If Not For Grace]

Solent Green (Charleston Heston)

 

[LYP]

The Exorcist for sure...still to this day will never watch it again. But then again I don't watch any horror movies anyways.

 

[pilgrimgal]

It was called "The Smiling Ghost" but so long ago I can't remember the details or even who was in it. I remember my older brother and sister teasing me about being scared..obviously they weren't and didn't take it seriously..all I remember was having nightmares later..

 

[Aimiel]

I was really frightened by the prospect of ugly flying monkeys, who could carry me away to the witch's castle. I had a nightmare after seeing The Wizard of Oz, and still don't trust monkeys.

 

[puppetmaster]

The Shinning & Amityville Horror

 

[Skaloop]

The Shinning & Amityville Horror

Bart - "You mean shining."
Groundskeeper Willy - "SHH! Wannae get sued?"

 

[puppetmaster]

Lol yeh

 

[SoccerCoach]

Jaws

 

[Singermom]

The Shinning & Amityville Horror

May I share a story about "The Shining"?

My younger brother was obsessed with this movie when he was young...10, 12-ish. He watched it over and over (always modestly turning his head at the bathtub scene...I actually saw him when I knew he didn't know I was there). One time my oldest sister asked him why he was so attached to the movie. She was expecting some answer like the cool special effects or something like that. His answer startled her:

"It's because, at the end, the little boy got away."

My brother ended up diagnosed manic-depressive at 13, committed suicide at 21. Going through his room, my sister found his copy of the book; she took it, and in the front cover wrote, "because he got away". I went home and did the same to my copy.

 

[puppetmaster]

Sorry to hear about your brother & thank you for sharing your story.

 

[GNews4BadTimes]

I'm so sorry to hear of your loss of your brother, Singermom.

You have to hand it to the make-up artists for doing an excellent job of turning ordinary actors into any kind of monster. None of this CGI hardly compares to it!

The original Fright Night sent me up the wall when I was young.
The Exorcist ranks up there for giving me red eyes also. But I'm older and wiser now.

....
Fright Night was another one but mostly due to the horrible teeth on the vampires ...

 

[SparkyMaddie]

Signs..I think I saw some of Halloween before my parents caught me in doorway and I really was frightened. I recall seeing a film called Chucky too that scared me..

 

[Michel Ponting]

I am very scare to watch horror types of movies.In childhood i am very scare from Final Destination movie.This movie look like real.

 

[SparkyMaddie]

a film called Robo Cop