Which films did you see at too young an age?

MakeEmLaugh · 26-07-2015 10:35PM #1

What are some films – or scenes from films – which you saw at too young an age, and which frightened or disturbed you? For me, there are lots, but two off the top of my head...

Murphy's dead – Robocop

The scene in which Murphy (Peter Weller) is shot to death in Robocop disturbed the hell out of me. When Boddicker (Kurtwood Smith – Red from That '70s Show) blows Murphy's hand off with a shotgun, and his goons burst into laughter... man did that freak me out when I was about 9 or 10.

The scene was later extended in the 'Director's Cut' which included more bullet wounds, etc, but the hand literally disintegration with the blast was by far the most extreme moment.

The Silence of the Lambs - Buffalo Bill's dance

Also, the scene in The Silence of the Lambs when transvestite (or possibly transgender) serial killer Buffalo Bill (Ted Levine) dances in front of the mirror to 'Goodbye Horses' by Q Lazzarus, tucking his genitals between his legs... I definitely should not have seen that when I was 7 or 8, or however old I was.

P_Cash · 26-07-2015 10:36PM

Phantom of the opera

Dubl07 · 26-07-2015 10:36PM

Bambi. I howled so loudly and for so long after his mother died that I had to be removed from the cinema.

P_Cash · 26-07-2015 10:40PM

Dubl07 wrote: »

Bambi. I howled so loudly and for so long after his mother died that I had to be removed from the cinema.

Ur mid 30s to? Lol. That was my first cinema movie

seankb · 26-07-2015 10:45PM

Nightmare on elm street not a good idea didn't sleep for a while after that.

Right Turn Clyde · 26-07-2015 10:45PM

My father was terribly irresponsible when I was a kid. The only 70s/80s horror film that I didn't see by the time I was 10 was The Exorcist, and that's only because it wasn't available at the time. To that you can add all of the usual Hollywood thrillers and violent action films.

Then there's Clint Eastwood. My dad would wake me up at 1am because one of the Dirty Harry films was starting. He'd start frying sausages and we'd just sit there stuffing our faces watching Harry Callahan dishing out his right-wing justice to sex-pests. I couldn't have been more than 8 at the time.

Honestly, I think it was the making of me. When I was a teenager and all of my mates were trying to sneak into American Pie, I was at home watching 70-year old gangster flicks and spaghetti westerns. I'm still a huge film fan today and I owe it all to my dad and his idiosyncratic 'parenting'.

MakeEmLaugh · 26-07-2015 10:55PM

P_Cash wrote: »

Phantom of the opera

Which version?

phobia2011 · 26-07-2015 10:56PM

Animal Farm!!!!

Dirty Dingus McGee · 26-07-2015 11:01PM

First film I ever saw in the cinema was Ace Ventura Pet Detective.

I was 7 or 8 and I didn't really understand that one of the characters was a man dressed as a woman (at least I think that's what it was I haven't seen the film since then

ahnowbrowncow · 26-07-2015 11:03PM

Right Turn Clyde wrote: »

My father was terribly irresponsible when I was a kid. The only 70s/80s horror film that I didn't see by the time I was 10 was The Exorcist, and that's only because it wasn't available at the time. To that you can add all of the usual Hollywood thrillers and violent action films.

Then there's Clint Eastwood. My dad would wake me up at 1am because one of the Dirty Harry films was starting. He'd start frying sausages and we'd just sit there stuffing our faces watching Harry Callahan dishing out his right-wing justice to sex-pests. I couldn't have been more than 8 at the time.

Honestly, I think it was the making of me. When I was a teenager and all of my mates were trying to sneak into American Pie, I was at home watching 70-year old gangster flicks and spaghetti westerns. I'm still a huge film fan today and I owe it all to my dad and his idiosyncratic 'parenting'.

Least you didn't turn out to be a serial killer..... right?

ButtersSuki · 26-07-2015 11:06PM

Right Turn Clyde wrote: »

My father was terribly irresponsible when I was a kid. The only 70s/80s horror film that I didn't see by the time I was 10 was The Exorcist, and that's only because it wasn't available at the time. To that you can add all of the usual Hollywood thrillers and violent action films.

Then there's Clint Eastwood. My dad would wake me up at 1am because one of the Dirty Harry films was starting. He'd start frying sausages and we'd just sit there stuffing our faces watching Harry Callahan dishing out his right-wing justice to sex-pests. I couldn't have been more than 8 at the time.

Honestly, I think it was the making of me. When I was a teenager and all of my mates were trying to sneak into American Pie, I was at home watching 70-year old gangster flicks and spaghetti westerns. I'm still a huge film fan today and I owe it all to my dad and his idiosyncratic 'parenting'.

I think your dad is my dad...

enda1 · 26-07-2015 11:08PM

IT

I saw this at far too young and impressionable an age. The only recurrent nightmares I've ever had were because of this. Truly terrifying for a young me. I'm 30 now and many of my friends went through the same 'right of passage'.

eet fuk · 26-07-2015 11:11PM

Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »

First film I ever saw in the cinema was Ace Ventura Pet Detective.

I was 7 or 8 and I didn't really understand that one of the characters was a man dressed as a woman (at least I think that's what it was I haven't seen the film since then

I actually only watched that again a few nights ago as I was feeling nostalgic!

There is so much in it that went straight over my head as a kid. As an adult though - it really is a phenomenal flick! You should re-watch it now that you've lost your innocence!!!

quarryman · 26-07-2015 11:12PM

Watership Down.

Sheeeeit · 26-07-2015 11:12PM

The Exorcist when I was around 10, had nightmares for months.

Sam Kade · 26-07-2015 11:14PM

Not a film, wanderly wagon that fox was a scary b@stard when you're 5 or 6

antodeco · 26-07-2015 11:15PM

IT definitely!

Also can add The exorcist, Poltergeist, Gremlins!

26-07-2015 11:15PM

50 shades of grey, its full of riding.

Cianmcliam · 26-07-2015 11:15PM

The original 1980 version of 'The Fog'. Saw it when I was around 8 or 9 and after the scene where the demonic dead people are cutting through a locked bedroom door to try and kill the little boy and the terrified old babysitter woman I couldn't sleep in a room with a locked door for years! I would rather they waltzed right in and got me in my sleep than go through that.

xavier8228 · 26-07-2015 11:16PM

Saw aliens when I was 12 and it scared the crap out of me. Straight after it was over I had to wash the dishes in front of a window at night. It was really dark and I was terrified an alien would jump up and attack me!

Simi · 26-07-2015 11:18PM

The Assassin is the one that sticks out in my mind. It was supposed to be Fireman Sam! Video shop mixed up the tapes. Made it as far the lethal injection scene before I turned it off shivering. Put me off the death penalty for life. I would have been 5 or 6 maybe.

Senna · 26-07-2015 11:23PM

Children of the Corn when I was 6, not because of the gore but it was just unsettling and eerie, can't even remember anything about it, but I think there was always something evil following the kids but you never seen it, the kids just talked to it.
Must watch it again

Sam Kade · 26-07-2015 11:26PM

Senna wrote: »

Children of the Corn when I was 6, not because of the gore but it was just unsettling and eerie, can't even remember anything about it, but I think there was always something evil following the kids but you never seen it, the kids just talked to it.
Must watch it again

Children of the stones was some eerie sh1t also.

Right Turn Clyde · 26-07-2015 11:27PM

Senna wrote: »

Children of the Corn when I was 6, not because of the gore but it was just unsettling and eerie, can't even remember anything about it, but I think there was always something evil following the kids but you never seen it, the kids just talked to it.
Must watch it again

"He wants you too Malachi."

Love that film.

unjedilike · 26-07-2015 11:29PM

Reservoir Dogs. Hated it until I watched it again 20 years later.

North of 32 · 26-07-2015 11:38PM

The Evil Dead when I was around 9/10. Good film I thought.

Gore and violence didn't faze me, but I definitely saw too much and struggled with some scenes of a sexual nature.

Although I wish I had never seen this. At any age: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZEy3jl1G5U

samsid · 26-07-2015 11:46PM

didn't anyone see the Bruce Lee or other 'Kung Fu' movies from the 70's? Charles Bronson movies, 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Death Race
2000, the one with Stallone & David Carradine, 'Confessions movies, Dirty Harry movies, all before the age of 15, many more, but the memory is dimming, cinemas were very complacent back then.....

saralou2011 · 26-07-2015 11:47PM

Childs play. Think i was around 7 when i saw it scared the sh1te out of me. I was scared of my own toys for ages. Even now ventriloquist dolls freak me out

NachoBusiness · 26-07-2015 11:54PM

When I was eleven ('83) we got our first VCR.

Must have watched Porkys a millon times. Well, certain scenes.

Buttros · 27-07-2015 12:09AM

Poltergeist when I was prob 8 or 9. Had to be walked across the road home afterwards as I was terrified.

Also remember candyman frightening the bejesus outta me

MattB11 · 27-07-2015 12:41AM

Sleepy flipin Hollow, convinced myself every night for a month after that the horseman was gonna come out of the woods next to my house to get me.

Which films did you see at too young an age?

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