What films scared you most as a child

Kwack · 14-09-2012 10:10AM

Just realised salems lot was mentioned! What about hellraiser? The dude with the pins coming out of his head....

cassiedoll · 14-09-2012 10:11AM

Gremlins, Chucky, Poltergeist, Nightmare on Elm Street and of course Halloween and even Jaws -i havent seen any of these films from start to finish

I used to have to turn off some episodes of the X-Files

Irishcrx · 14-09-2012 10:16AM

cassiedoll wrote: »

Gremlins, Chucky, Poltergeist, Nightmare on Elm Street and of course Halloween and even Jaws -i havent seen any of these films from start to finish

I used to have to turn off some episodes of the X-Files

Oh the opening scene in the x-files with that bloody music , the bit where the ghost can be seen walking about and then the 'duh duh duh duh duh duh...diddle d diddle didde' terrifying!! I do love the X-files though...

ruthloss · 14-09-2012 10:19AM

Colmustard wrote: »

ruthloss wrote: »

It was the scene of the vampire scraping the window that got me. Mahhh when ever a car went by and cast a shadow. I was terrified, I still came back for more.

Nah, it was the scene where the 'Master' first appeared, he swooped in to the prison cell and his face flashed up on the screen and the music was screaming!!!!...Oh sweet Jazus!!!! :eek:

cassiedoll · 14-09-2012 10:23AM

Irishcrx wrote: »

Oh the opening scene in the x-files with that bloody music , the bit where the ghost can be seen walking about and then the 'duh duh duh duh duh duh...diddle d diddle didde' terrifying!! I do love the X-files though...

the episode that sticks out the most to me was The Host - the thing that lived in the sewer

Gavlor · 14-09-2012 10:26AM

Stephen kings IT. I hate that film, hate clowns, hate drains and hate balloons all because of that freak Stephen king!
"down here they all float!"

previous user · 14-09-2012 10:33AM

scarecrow

Funglegunk · 14-09-2012 10:43AM

Any film that had toddlers in danger as I had two younger brothers. Labyrinth, Ghostbusters II, Willow.

Special mention to the Dark Crystal and the spider soldiers the Skeksis had. UGHHHHH

Brendan Flowers · 14-09-2012 10:46AM

Herbie. A Volkswagen with a mind of its own. Driving all over the place and going mad. If that isn't scary, I don't know what is.

14-09-2012 11:04AM

Not so much a film, but Bill Bixby used to have me ****ting myself from behind a curtain when his eyes turned white before the Hulk came.

Cabaal · 14-09-2012 11:05AM

Aliens....and now its one of my fav films

SEPT 23 1989 · 14-09-2012 11:05AM

Bam Bam Mickey wrote: »

Not so much a film, but Bill Bixby used to have me ****ting myself from behind a curtain when his eyes turned white before the Hulk came.

I had nightmares of the fcuker chasing me around the house:(

podgemonster · 14-09-2012 11:09AM

Ernest Scared Stupid: Basically Ernest releases a Troll who runs around after kids and turns them into wooden dolls, when he puts the dolls in his tree it started growing more fecking trolls! This scared the living shíte outta me!

Never even went as far as to see the ending so to me eyes the troll was never caught.

wonderfullife · 14-09-2012 11:14AM

Not a film but Unsolved Mysteries used to freak me out, soon as i heard the theme music was time to hide behind the couch!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2S6ZQn9lvk

In terms of films, watching Arachnaphobia when it came out on video in '91 as a 9 year old was pretty scary stuff!!

Sykk · 14-09-2012 11:19AM

Lon.C wrote: »

I know its not a kids movie, but I watched IT when i was about 10. That clown scared the shyte out of me.
To this day clowns really freak me out.

Came in here to post this.. Watched IT when I was 8. Thanks ma... :mad:

csallmighty · 14-09-2012 11:24AM

Not a film but that old tv program about the family of cavemen. Can't remember the name of it, but it was an animation made from plastisene models, like how Wallace and Gromit were made. For some reason it creeped the sh1te out of me. Speaking of Wallace and Gromit, the penguin was also very creepy.

Run_to_da_hills · 14-09-2012 11:26AM

H G Wells Time Machine scared the crap out of me as a child.

podgemonster · 14-09-2012 11:29AM

Sykk wrote: »

Came in here to post this.. Watched IT when I was 8. Thanks ma... :mad:

I read the book as an adult and its scared the bejaysus outta me. Something so creepy about a cannnibalistic clown.

Caveman1 · 14-09-2012 11:32AM

I remember watching the hand that rocks the cradle years ago and its not so much a scary film but that childminder frightened the life out of me, crazy bitch

eire-kp · 14-09-2012 11:37AM

The children of the Corn and those horrible, horrible Dentist films!!

Maldesu · 14-09-2012 11:40AM

The Mangler. My brother made me watch it once when we were away on holidays. I'd to share a room with him and there was nowhere to hide.

Ash.J.Williams · 14-09-2012 11:50AM

Return to Oz....

man for a start, here's the opening line from IMDB: "Dorothy, saved from a psychiatric experiment by a mysterious girl"
what kind of kids film involves being locked up in an asylum!!!

and i was in my late 20's when this freaked me out!!

dodderangler · 14-09-2012 12:07PM

Anyone who seen the film the dark crystal as a kid will agree with me
Remember the skecsis
They were like half vulture and half lizard or something

ollie1 · 14-09-2012 12:08PM

This scared the crap out of me when I saw this

Was about 6 when I watched it.

pookiesboo · 14-09-2012 12:11PM

ollie1 wrote: »

This scared the crap out of me when I saw this Was about 6 when I watched it.

I was just about to post this too! Was about the same age also when I saw it, the part where the guy scratches his own face off had me in hysterics (not haha hysterics)

Dyr · 14-09-2012 12:17PM

Freaks by todd browning, never expected it from an old B&W movie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sALWUsvL4X4

neemish · 14-09-2012 12:19PM

Darby O'Gill and the little people. Still not allowed to be shown if I'm in the house.

JamieKCCO · 14-09-2012 12:22PM

My cousin made me watch the Omen, I was traumatized

James and the Giant Peach gave me nightmares as well!

keano_afc · 14-09-2012 12:24PM

Haven't read the entroe thread but I'm sure someone mentioned Darby O'Gill and the Little People. Frightening scenes, the banshee and the coach at the end in particular. Scariest thing in the whole film is Sean Connery's accent though.

admiralofthefleet · 14-09-2012 12:24PM

return to oz was a very dark film

the rooftop scene with the chimney sweeps in mary poppins freaked me out for some reason as well

What films scared you most as a child

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