Kids movies/stories/programmes that scared the bejesus out of you as a child

Saralee4 · 03-02-2015 11:40am #1

I was reading my daughter Hansel and Gretal last night. Shes two and she really got into the story but there were parts of it that clearly freaked her out!

Nowadays the kids programmes that she watches like Dora, Peppa Pig (although she is a little bit evil) and In the Night Garden don't really have 'bad guys' or a dark side as such.

I remember when I was younger being really creeped out by a few cartoons/ movies that really scared me.

1) Alice in Wonderland the Disney movie scared me. It was the bit where she turned into a giant and couldn't fit in the house.

2) When Pinocchio was turning into a donkey that really freaked me out and then when he got swallowed by the whale.

3) Charlie and the chocolate factory, when the girl ate the blue chewing gum and was going to blow up and when the fat kid got stuck in the chocolate pipe.

4) In Watership Down where some of the rabbits are suffocated in their burrows when the builders come in to start building the houses and when they meet those weird rabbits . Actually that whole movie scared the **** out of me.

On another note Im actually starting to see a pattern of claustrophobia in the things I was scared of - maybe that's what caused me to have claustrophobia

What Kids Movies/Stories/Programmes stopped you from sleeping when you were small?

kfallon · 03-02-2015 11:41am

Pat Sharp's mullet.....

The_Valeyard · 03-02-2015 11:42am

The ghost train, in an episode of Thomas the tank Engine.

The Peanut · 03-02-2015 11:44am

The Witch in the Wizard of Oz. Times change so much, has no impact on my own kids. We rarely saw anything scary so she frightened the bejaysus out of me.

Edit: The childcatcher in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang; horrible character.

whiskeyman · 03-02-2015 11:45am

The Three Billy Goats Gruff and the Troll that lived under the bridge.

Had serious issues crossing over bridges when younger!!

Duggy747 · 03-02-2015 11:47am

Short Circuit 2 when Johnny Five gets the shít brutally beaten out of him.

Irish Guitarist · 03-02-2015 11:49am

Charlie Says always creeped me out.

03-02-2015 11:55am

That australian show on "the childrens channel" with the slimey slug things - "under the mountain" I think it was called - freaked me out in all kinds of ways when I was a kid.

Did not bother me - but I expect there will be a few people mentioning Podge off The Den too. Seems that character messed with a few childrens sleep patterns in the past.

Akrasia · 03-02-2015 11:55am

The Witches with angelica Huston is a terrifying movie for kids.

I've read the book to my kids but I'm waiting until they're older to show them the film.

ceadaoin. · 03-02-2015 12:00pm

Not a kids movie but I was scared of robocop:o

ifritzero · 03-02-2015 12:02pm

earnest scared stupid , the troll scared me wooden , oh and bill and teds radical journey , when they are in hell was nightmare material .

valoren · 03-02-2015 12:02pm

The Intro and Theme music to Unsolved Mysteries.

kfallon · 03-02-2015 12:03pm

ceadaoin. wrote: »

Not a kids movie but I was scared of robocop:o

I was scard shítless of Jaws, anytime the music would start I'd leg it out into the kitchen!

Donkey Oaty · 03-02-2015 12:03pm

Government ads about safety in the home.

Scared the crap out of me then and still do now.

R P McMurphy · 03-02-2015 12:03pm

worzel gummage, yuck

Blingy · 03-02-2015 12:03pm

Darby o'Gill and the little people. That bloody Banshee tormented me for years!!!

Saralee4 · 03-02-2015 12:04pm

ifritzero wrote: »

earnest scared stupid , the troll scared me wooden , oh and bill and teds radical journey , when they are in hell was nightmare material .

haha that reminds me of the ugly granny kiss in bill and ted

kfallon · 03-02-2015 12:06pm

Blingy wrote: »

Darby o'Gill and the little people. That bloody Banshee tormented me for years!!!

The opening scene in Ghostbusters when the old woman ghost is in the library and asks them to shhhhh......that gave me some fright!

whisky_galore · 03-02-2015 12:07pm

The Incredible Hunk, when Bill Bixby started going apes*t and turning green.

(btw never actually knew he turned green at the time, we had a b/w telly)

Red Kev · 03-02-2015 12:07pm

Pat Ingoldsby's "Pats Hat"

Cyborgs in Dr Who

Flying Monkey soldiers on the Wizard of Oz.

Saralee4 wrote: »

4) In Watership Down where some of the rabbits are suffocated in their burrows when the builders come in to start building the houses and when they meet those weird rabbits . Actually that whole movie scared the **** out of me.

Still an upsetting film in many ways.

Saralee4 · 03-02-2015 12:08pm

R P McMurphy wrote: »

worzel gummage, yuck

No joke my granda was the absolute image of worzel gummage, no teeth aswell so he didn't scare me ha

eviltwin · 03-02-2015 12:09pm

Doctor Who and Knightmare which was a kids show but terrified me at time. Non kids shows would have been Tales of the Unexpected and Sapphire and Steel.

bb1234567 · 03-02-2015 12:09pm

I remember finding the movie Animal Farm really disturbing, especially when the horse was worked to death

daRobot · 03-02-2015 12:10pm

Stephen Kings 'IT' and the original 'Halloween' were very scary for a ten year old.

03-02-2015 12:11pm

Oh yea - was not really for children - but I ended up watching "V" when I was way too young to do so. Used to hide behind the sofa during the peeling the skin off their face scenes. Freaked me out something awful.

gramar · 03-02-2015 12:12pm

It wasn't for kids and I was about 6 when it was on but some scenes in V
like the one below frightened the shyte out of me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBEIZYCSy5g

Wang King · 03-02-2015 12:12pm

Hated the oompah loompahs in Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory...nightmare enducing for me.....
Also Lou Ferrigno in the Incredible Hulk TV series, I never moved so fast in my life when I saw those eyes of Bill Bixby look to the sky as he was about to change

Saralee4 · 03-02-2015 12:13pm

daRobot wrote: »

Stephen Kings 'IT' and the original 'Halloween' were very scary for a ten year old.

its ok you just have to make sure that you don't think of 'IT'

Dog of Tears · 03-02-2015 12:14pm

Any 'children's' story by Hans Christian Anderson is guaranteed to be as depressing as fcuk. It's pretty much guaranteed to end with everyone dying a miserable and lonely death.

It's great as it prepares children for the never-ending misery of life once they grow up.

FTA69 · 03-02-2015 12:14pm

Riminey Riddle. Utterly terrifying.

Turtyturd · 03-02-2015 12:15pm

Donkey Oaty wrote: »

Government ads about safety in the home.

Scared the crap out of me then and still do now.

There used to be a government ad about a pack of dogs who'd meet up and go around killing sheep...used to scare the sh*t outta me.

The wheelers in return to Oz.

And critters.

Kids movies/stories/programmes that scared the bejesus out of you as a child

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