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What movies scared you as a kid?

posted 16 years ago by TalesfromTheCryptfan
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For me i'm an 80's child, born in June in the early 80s which is the year this movie came out and i had it on video since i was 2 as this one scared me when that Big Rat at the entrence appeared.

Other movies that scared me as a kid:

"Making Contact (a.k.a. Joey)": Who remembers this dark and bizarre German horror fantasy movie? about a 9 year old boy who gains psychic and telekinetic powers and battles a demon possessed ventriloquist dummy and other demons. I saw this movie in a theater when i was 4 in St. Louis back in 1986 when it came out here in the states and it scared the living crap out of me especially that creepy little bastard of a dummy.

"Magic": Remember this creepy 1978 horror thriller with Anthony Hopkins and an evil dummy? this other dummy horror movie scared the piss out of me when i was 4 the same year in 1986 but i rented this on video and it scared me crapless.

"Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night": Remember this creepy 1987 animated movie? i saw this in a theater after christmas in 1987 when i was 5 and it creeped me out big time especially that terrifying scene where an evil puppeteer who is the minion of the title villain tortures and turns pinocchio back into a puppet.

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[–] TedKnightShyamalan 12 years ago

Superman III when the evil woman gets sucked in the super computer and turned in to a robot. Holy crap did that haunt me for a bit. Also, Mr. Boogedy a Disney film.

[–] sharon-straka 11 years ago

Ugh I hate that movie!!!!!!!!!!!! That was freaky, Superman III.

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[–] Galagatron 12 years ago

I did not like "Watership Down". It was just too serious. I remember going to see an animated movie "The Mouse and His Child" and not liking it for some reason. Typically I wasn't scared of any movies I saw since I didn't see many horror movies anyway.

[–] JohnQuincyPublic 11 years ago

Too many to list....

THE SECRET OF NIMH had it's frightening moments, lol.

I got news for 'em. There's gonna be hell to pay. 'Cause I ain't Daddy's little boy no more.

[–] TheBloke23 11 years ago

Jurassic Park
Troll in Central Park
Batman Returns
Little Nemo
The Pagemaster
The Flight of Dragons
The Black Cauldron

and my number one: THIS MOVIE

Here's a slice of pizza for ya

[–] LadyMiraculous 11 years ago

The Brave Little Toaster
It
Child's Play
Pinocchio
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
FernGully: The Last Rainforest
Matilda
Jumanji
Beetlejuice
Pee-Wee's Big Adventure
All Dogs go to Heaven
The Great Mouse Detective

Let the storm rage on, the cold never bothered me anyway...
[Formerly CosmosX9]

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[–] Unvoiced-Apollo 9 years ago

Fantasia (Night on Bald Mountain)

An American Tail (Mouse of Minsk scene)

If you're happy and you know it, go sit in the corner and think about your life.

[–] brittannie19 9 years ago

We have almost the same birthday JohnMcClane, I was born 3 days later. :)

Several that have already been mentioned:

A Mouse and His Child - the toy getting torn up and destroyed, for some reason the never-ending repeat of mirror images.

Return to Oz - Wheelies and hall of heads

The Peanut Butter Solution - scary as hell. Creepy old dude kidnapping all the kids in town and doping the one up to make paintbrushes from his hair.

Unico - The entire town being turned into weird spongy block people.

The Secret of NIMH and Darby O 'Gill had parts that scared me, but the aforementioned movies creeped me out the whole way through and gave me nightmares.

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[–] zsofikam 8 years ago

I've never been scared to the point of nightmares by a movie but these managed to creep me out even though I loved them.
Snow White & The Seven Dwarves-When Snow White is lost in the woods and there's all those eyes.
Fantasia-Night on Bald Mountain
Dumbo-Pink elephants
The Wizard Of Oz-The witch
Sleeping Beauty-Maleficiant
The Brave Little Toaster-The part with the firefighter clown. I blame this movie and Poltergeist for my fear of clowns.
Beetlejuice-I don't remember much about this one but I remember it being really creepy.
Ferngully-Hexxus
Return To Oz-When Dorothy wakes up the head, the other heads scream, and she gets chased by headless Mombi.
Care Bears Movie-This is going to sound weird but that demon in the book.
The Dark Crystal-The skeksis (vulture people)
Watership Down-Capt. Holly's flashback
All Dogs Go To Heaven-Charlie's nightmare
The Secret Of NIMH-The testing flashback
Poltergeist-See above comment about clowns.
Jaws-I thought there was a shark in the bathtub lol.
Alien-The title creature
Mirror Mask-Am I the only one who remembers this movie? Me and a friend saw it when it first came out.