the scene where the divers go underwater to a boat that had been attacked by Jaws. As they're searching the boat, all of the sudden you see a victim's greenish face with his eyeballs popping out float by - not good.
and Flowers in the Attic. My mom made me and my sister watch it when we were kids and it forever haunted our childhoods. Whenever we would act out, my mom said she would put us in the attic just like the Mom from the movie.
without question. I was about 7 or 8 at the time & I would go in the ocean scared to death with my eyes surveying the surface. I could never be the furthest one out there.
The other one was Friday the 13th. Saw my first one at about 12 years old, which was probably way too young. I was always freaking myself out. I used to have to ride my bike
home from my friend's neighborhood along a lake at night on a dirt road. Always thought Jason was going to come out of the water to get me.
Watching Joe Pesci and his brother get beat to death with baseball
I was 12 when it came out, but that was the scariest movie I had ever seen. I checked the toilet for spiders for the next few years. I still don't like watching it. I think b/c it was so "realistic" I found it horrifying.
also Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Donald Sutherland version)
Don’t be Afraid of the Dark scared the fuck out of me when I was a kid. Then in my 20s I rented it at Blockbuster Video and couldn’t believe how incredibly corny it was!
this is goofy and embarrassing.....but, Ghostbusters
I was eight when I went with the family to see it in the theater when it was first released, and the scene in Dana Barrett's apartment when the hands burst out of her chair and grab her, and then her chair goes racing into the room where the creature is waiting.....that scared the hell out of me. To an adult, it's nothing, but to a little kid it was scary.
She was traumatied by The Blob (1958). She was a getting babysat by her aunt when she was a kid, and she saw the movie with her on TV. Terrified. Got through the rest of her childhood by telling herself that the blob can't child, so as long as she stayed on her bed, she was safe.
Years later, she thought she had overcame it and started watching the 1988 remake. Early on in the movie, the blob kills someone by climbing up a wall or something. That was it for her.
There is another remake in development hell right now. If it ever gets made, I doubt she'd see it.
Phoebe Cates coming out of that pool in a red bikini knocked a screw loose. Like the Seinfeld episode where George becomes celibate and morphs into a genius, who knows what I could have accomplished in life.
When I was maybe 4 years old we were on vacation and I had trouble sleeping a few nights. My parents were up watching this and I managed to creep down the stairs and see two scenes that I recall. One was someone being beheaded with a. sword and another where some prisoner was hoisted in a net and lowered into a vat of boiling water. Bothered me for months after.
I never even saw it. I went to Universal Studios in the early 90s when I was probably around 5 or 6 and saw some sort of making of video in an attraction. I had nightmares about that movie for a year.
...from the Wikipedia Entry: It is most remembered for US marketing slogans devised by Hallmark Releasing Corp. that included "Positively the most horrifying film ever made" and "Rated V for Violence", while sick bags were given free to the audience upon admission.
I was 5. Teenage neighborhood girls suckered my Dad into taking them to the Hackensack Drive In without letting him know what the movie was, Mom insisted he take me with him, and he was too nice to turn the car around.
I got to sit in the front seat with Dad!
REALLY bloody movie, lots of stabby murder and torture.
NOT recommended for preschoolers!
To this day, tongue extraction scenes trigger the fuck out of me.
which caused me to sleep with the light on for a very long time. Terrifying for me as a 5 or 6 year old when I saw it. Thanks to my babysitter for letting me stay up late to be scarred for life. Don't Be Afraid of the Dark - ( New Window )
"contains very strong simulations of graphic torture including a woman's tongue being ripped out of her head by tongue pincers, nuns being raped, nails to probe for the Devil's spot, whipping posts, fingers being cut off, racks and multitudes of vicious beatings. "
the ending where Karen Black was revealed to be the old lady in the attic posessed and Oliver Reed landing on the windshield of the car after getting thrown from ther attic window.
We watched it in elementary school. It was called The Peanut Butter Solution, and it was the most bizarre, disturbing movie ostensibly for kids imaginable. Read the plot synopsis at the Wiki link and tell me this beauty wasn't nightmare fuel. Link - ( New Window )
which caused me to sleep with the light on for a very long time. Terrifying for me as a 5 or 6 year old when I saw it. Thanks to my babysitter for letting me stay up late to be scarred for life. Don't Be Afraid of the Dark - ( New Window )
impact on me. God I hate spiders. I was watching Netflix's new nightime animal documentary and they had some spider mating ritual and I'm probably going to have nightmares for a week. WTF I just want to see Lions hunt cheetahs and shit.
which caused me to sleep with the light on for a very long time. Terrifying for me as a 5 or 6 year old when I saw it. Thanks to my babysitter for letting me stay up late to be scarred for life. Don't Be Afraid of the Dark - ( New Window )
and a close second - another ABC movie of the week. Oh god, those teeth at the end! Trilogy of Terror - ( New Window )
The original Thing from Another World, the Howard Hawks production.
We used to go to the movies on Saturday afternoon, not even caring what was on the bill. When they started to roll this movie, in black and white, with that staccato dialog and that 1950's theremin soundtrack. It was all new to me at the time.
That classic scene where they are on the ice trying to gauge the size of this flying object -- and they all wind up in a big circle.
James Arness played the Monster. When they set him on fire at the end....I was freaking.
My oldest son was 12 - Kurt Russel version of 'The Thing' came on
impact on me. God I hate spiders. I was watching Netflix's new nightime animal documentary and they had some spider mating ritual and I'm probably going to have nightmares for a week. WTF I just want to see Lions hunt cheetahs and shit.
Haha! Arachnophobia seems to be a leading traumatic movie. I'll do you all one better, it was the movie my wife, and I saw on our first date. So yes, in some ways, Arachnophobia has traumatized me as well.
Not kidding.
LOL
I jumped from my movie seat to another right into a lap of a woman.
LOL
The other one was Friday the 13th. Saw my first one at about 12 years old, which was probably way too young. I was always freaking myself out. I used to have to ride my bike
home from my friend's neighborhood along a lake at night on a dirt road. Always thought Jason was going to come out of the water to get me.
Don’t be Afraid of the Dark scared the fuck out of me when I was a kid. Then in my 20s I rented it at Blockbuster Video and couldn’t believe how incredibly corny it was!
Good call. I saw the '88 remake and there a couple scenes that grossed me out big time as a kid.
Years later, she thought she had overcame it and started watching the 1988 remake. Early on in the movie, the blob kills someone by climbing up a wall or something. That was it for her.
There is another remake in development hell right now. If it ever gets made, I doubt she'd see it.
Poltergeist + 1
I was 5. Teenage neighborhood girls suckered my Dad into taking them to the Hackensack Drive In without letting him know what the movie was, Mom insisted he take me with him, and he was too nice to turn the car around.
I got to sit in the front seat with Dad!
REALLY bloody movie, lots of stabby murder and torture.
NOT recommended for preschoolers!
To this day, tongue extraction scenes trigger the fuck out of me.
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark - ( New Window )
Link - ( New Window )
and a close second - another ABC movie of the week. Oh god, those teeth at the end!
Trilogy of Terror - ( New Window )
You and I just posted this at the same time!
Yup. Might be the single most unpleasant movie scene I've ever seen.
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which caused me to sleep with the light on for a very long time. Terrifying for me as a 5 or 6 year old when I saw it. Thanks to my babysitter for letting me stay up late to be scarred for life. Don't Be Afraid of the Dark - ( New Window )
and a close second - another ABC movie of the week. Oh god, those teeth at the end! Trilogy of Terror - ( New Window )
We used to go to the movies on Saturday afternoon, not even caring what was on the bill. When they started to roll this movie, in black and white, with that staccato dialog and that 1950's theremin soundtrack. It was all new to me at the time.
That classic scene where they are on the ice trying to gauge the size of this flying object -- and they all wind up in a big circle.
James Arness played the Monster. When they set him on fire at the end....I was freaking.
Alex MOVED INTO HIS BROTHERS ROOM FOR A YEAR after that!
It IS a really great film, phenomenal pre-CGI effects, and a fast-moving, riveting plot.
Alex MOVED INTO HIS BROTHERS ROOM FOR A YEAR after that!
It IS a really great film, phenomenal pre-CGI effects, and a fast-moving, riveting plot.
Lemme guess - the guy's disembodied head sprouting legs and scurrying across the floor pushed him over the edge?
Haha! Arachnophobia seems to be a leading traumatic movie. I'll do you all one better, it was the movie my wife, and I saw on our first date. So yes, in some ways, Arachnophobia has traumatized me as well.