Movies that scared the crap out of me when I was a kid

Submitted by Eve on Fri, 10/01/2004 - 09:03
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  • Pieces
  • Jaws
  • Magical Mystery Tour
  • Halloween III
  • A Clockwork Orange
  • The Birds
  • Suspiria
  • The Evil Dead
  • The Company Of Wolves
  • Fantastica
  • The Exorcist
  • Poltergeist
  • The Stepford Wives (original version)
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Some of these were meant to scare me, but some were not and just gave me an uneasy feeling that would stick in my head like wet cotton candy.

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Movies that scared the crap out of me when i was a kid
Kza10/01/2004

I've seen all of these except Magical Mystery Tour and Fantastica. What was it about Magical Mystery Tour that scared you? (It certainly looks odd.)

Eve10/01/2004

The part about Magical Mystery Tour that scared me the most was a scene with a fat lady that cries while somebody (Ringo?) is pilling on spaghetti on her plate with a shovel. I think the album liner had a picture of her and that's why it left such a lasting mark. My dad was a Beatles freak and I actually saw this one in the theatre with him!

Fantastica is a wierd musical movie from Quebec. It troubled me to no end because of a scene were some union guys turn on a friend and shove dynamite where the sun doesn't shine to "teach him a lesson". This was shown in prime time people!

Kza10/01/2004

Wow! All of that probably would've freaked me out as a kid as well. I'm intrigued -- I'll have to track both of these down. (I'd like to think all the Beatles movies are on DVD now, but maybe not.)

dayfornight10/04/2004

I remember A CLOCKWORK ORANGE disturbing the hell out of me when I saw it as a young 'un, especially the "Singin' in the Rain" bit.
As for movies not on your list, the first fifteen minutes of WHEN A STRANGER CALLS left me petrified for months, especially when I was doing the occasional babysitting gig. PHANTASM was another movie that creeped me out; moreso, apparently, than most people.

Kza10/05/2004

"Boy!"...

AJDaGreat10/05/2004

I think I've probably told this story somewhere on this site before, but one of the scenes midway through the movie Dracula: Dead and Loving It scared the crap out of me (I was about 9 at the time), so much so that I forced my parents to take me out of the theater.

For some reason, I decided that the artistic value of Dracula: Dead and Loving It was so great that I couldn't go on without seeing it in full, so I rented it a few years later. But the jokes that were funny to a 9-year-old didn't cause me to laugh as a 12-year-old, so I didn't like it.

dayfornight10/17/2004

Two more weeks 'till Halloween, two more weeks 'till Halloween, Silver Shamrock....