What horror movie scared you as a kid?

[arcadian]

Inspired by PT,s thread.

Nightmare on Elm Street. Just watching the commercial for it scared me. Used to watch SNL at my buddies house and I would walk home at night alone after. That commercial came on, that night I friggin' ran the whole back, I mean ran like the dickens.(Is that a Midloism? "Ran like the Dickens"?) It was years latter before I could even watch the movie.

[LostinVA]

1. Trilogy of Terror -- TV Movie

I couldn't sleep right for months.

[Sigh Sister]

4. That was definitely scary n/t

[LostinVA]

17. !!!

[arcadian]

5. Bwahaha! That is awesome

Me and friends will still bring that one up from time to time.

[LostinVA]

15. A young coworker (about 23) heard me talking about and rented it from Netflix

She told me after she watched it,"That was really cheesy and fake looking, but it scared the hell out of me. I made my BF turn on all the lights in the house, even in the closets."

[Left Is Write]

9. Yes, that one too!

[LostinVA]

16. That doll with a knife running around!!!

[flvegan]

2. The original Amityville Horror scared the shit out of me.

I had already read the book, which convinced me that my house was also haunted. Then I saw the movie. Bad move. I think I was like 10 at the time.

[arcadian]

7. It's funny, that's the one they always used as "proof".

Isn't that the one that's cited most for being "true".

[flvegan]

11. They're about 50/50.

They've had lots of mediums and stuff go through there, as well as folks that have been there supporting the story. Then there have been an equal number that think it's hogwash.

But yeah, it's allegedly true.

[Sigh Sister]

3. The Exorcist

I told my daughter that she had to watch it (she's 15) because she loves scary movies. She laughed!

[Inspired]

22. Yes...I saw this during its first run. I think I was 14.

It was playing at the best theatre in town. There was a line that went on for what seemed like miles. I waited about 3 hours. That movie scared the shit out me and whenever I hear the song "Tubular Bells", I feel creepy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYmIKcP7Nbc

[Sigh Sister]

24. That song gives me the chills n/t

[alsame]

6. Invasion of the Body Snatchers, the original. I saw it on TV when

I was about 8 or 9 and was afraid to fall asleep that night.:scared:

[arcadian]

12. I only saw the original recently

Nice shots of S.F.

[Left Is Write]

8. The Reincarnation Of Peter Proud.

[arcadian]

20. Have not heard of that one.

What's the story?

[Shell Beau]

10. The Shining. Those twins were freaky. And the "red rum"

part was too.

[arcadian]

21. Don't you mean the Shin-ing?

:rofl:

[DS1]

13. Salem's Lot

[arcadian]

26. kid floating outside window.

awesome

[charlie and algernon]

14. Puppet Masters III scared the $hit out of me as a kid

there is a scene where a couple is having sex and the woman hears a noise under the bed and of course looks. There she's met with the puppet with the rotating screw on his head... bye bye woman. Scared the hell out of me. I was afraid to let my feet get anywhere near under the bed, so I'd take flying leaps onto the bed. Did this for a month, lol!

[arcadian]

28. I don't think I ever saw any of those

Maybe the first one. It seems like sex scenes back then were a little more provacative. When we first got HBO, I think I was 10, I was both completely shocked and delighted at the amount of gratutious nudity and sex they provided.

[Bunny]

18. Night of the Living Dead.

I grew up across the road from a drive-in. We sat in the woods and watched that movie a lot. Scared the crap out of me every time. :scared:

[Ptah]

19. The Blob

:scared:

[Inspired]

23. The Last House on the Left and the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

Seeing both movies changed my life in some aspects. I didn't feel as safe anymore. I became more cautious and aware of my surroundings.

[Lars39]

25. House of Wax, the original

The Pit and the Pendulum, Psycho, The Birds. I haven't watched any of these as an adult, and really have no wish to, either. :scared:

[Shell Beau]

27. Aw, not the one with the great actress Paris Hilton?

You should be ashamed.

[Lars39]

32. Yeah, I'll get right on that.

:P

[Shell Beau]

34. Oscar worthy is all I'm saying!

:P

[Lars39]

38. Oscar wouldn't even share his garbage can with her on a bet.

lol

[Richardo]

29. Another TV movie: Crowhaven Farm

I don't remember anything about it except Hope Lange, witches and that it scared the hell out of me.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

30. The original Dracula and Night Of The Living Dead

It's still one of the ten best all-time horror films, period. No wonder Bela Lugosi wanted to be buried in the cape (he was). In the "Plan Nine Companion" documentary on the Plan Nine From Outer Space DVD, there's some old interview footage (while he was still healthy and at the height of his career) in which he describes the role as a "blessing and a curse."

Pretty much all of the old Universal black & white horror films PLUS Night Of The Living Dead were the ones that got to me.

N.O.T.L.D. used to get pretty regular screenings on Bob Wilkins' "Creature Features" show, originating in Oakland CA. There was something about watching that movie after dark on a Saturday night that was AMAZING...even WITH commercials, in the pre-VHS, pre-DVD says.

:toast:

[Bluzmann57]

31. "The Birds'

Not sure if one would classify that movie as horror, but boy that was scary to me. It still freaks me out a bit to be around a large gathering of birds. And Dracula was another one. I laid awake at night ready to literally kill any vampire who tried to suck my blood.

[Captain Hilts]

33. The Monolith Monsters. nt

[begin_within]

35. A TV movie called "How Awful About Allan"

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065858/

Really frightening and much better than its 5.7 rating on imDb.

[elshiva]

36. All of them scared the fuck out of me.

I had to cover my face with my hands during the commercials, I couldn't watch any of the actual movies. I remember the Chucky movies scared me the most because of the whole doll coming to life thing.

Now I love horror movies and they don't scare me at all.

[AlCzervik]

37. Burnt Offerings, The Exorcist and The Other, those are just a few that come to mind.

[mopinko]

39. not as a kid, but kenneth branah's frankenstein

is one of the best scary movies ever.

[no_hypocrisy]

40. Dementia 13, Francis Ford Copolla's first movie.

Lots of axe murders with an axe going through the head of a doll at the very end (but it looked like a child to me).