What Really Scared You As A Child?

JupiterKid wrote: »

Did anyone else find the original Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory pretty scary as a young child?

Especially the part when they all went through that tunnel full of very nasty things?

Boy...they really did make disturbing and frightening material for children in the days of yore...

Willy Wonka as played by Gene Wilder scared me right up until the very end of the film every time I watched it. You could never really tell if he was benign or a baddie.

The Child Catcher in Chittly Chitty Bang Bang was absolutely horrifying to me. Truly frightening to a small child.

Dr Who. Sounds embarrassing now.

Lupophobia is what i had as a kid.
Look it up. Still uneasy at times thinking bout it

Guns. Terrified of them, still hate seeing them. Many years ago when I was a young one and the army used to go around with the money van, my mother was stuck in the post office while they were delivering cash. That was back in the 80's so I was left in the car alone. Think i was about 4 at the time. I was terrified. My grandad had a shot gun so I was always warned how dangerous guns were.

Being the last one to fall asleep, aliens and comets!

RandomViewer wrote: »

It's technically a comedy

But certainly not suitable for kids. The first 5 mins alone would give children nightmares.

Cyrusmekon wrote: »

Critters.....To this day can't watch.

Loved that film, think I saw it when I was about 9.

Don't think I was scared of too much in that sense as a kid, but one thing that used to freak me out was sometimes I would wake up but couldn't move my body for a minute or so.

2006 wrote: »

The incredible hulk, I always though he was going to jump out of the tele and kill me 😂

Ha. I knew someone like that. I pissed myself laughing at him

Wibbs wrote: »

The earliest fear I can remember is walking as a toddler on a very windy beach in Kerry with my parents and clutching so tightly to my teddy bear, because I was afraid he'd blow away and be lost in the sea. I was terrified and kep holding him tightly in the car as we drove away. I didn't lose him, he's safe and sound in a wardrobe today.

Be honest, he's still in your bed isn't he.

Seriously though, when the stories about the church's treatment of the kids in its care came out, the thing that I thought was particularly cruel and vile, even alongside the beatings and sex abuse, was when the kids' teddy bears etc were taken away from them on arrival. Even if they had otherwise been treated kindly those kids would still have needed their cuddly toys for comfort. It made me think that those people weren't just content to be cnuts; they worked at it.

A combination of our hallway & front door terrified me as a child.
The hall was T shaped with the bedrooms at one end of the cross bar & kitchen, living room etc at the other. The front door was at the end of the vertical bar.
The porch light was always on at night but not the hall lights so I suppose I could see my reflection in the glass as I passed by. So I used to sprint from my bedroom to the kitchen, barely glimpsing this reflection chasing after me as I ran. TerrIfying.
As an adult, when visiting my parents, I’d force myself to walk down the hallway like a normal person even though part of me still wanted to sprint & I always kept a wary eye on the front door.