No movie really scared me when I was a kid. But my brother watched the original The Day The Earth Stood Still and screamed bloody murder when the robot or whatever came out lmao.
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After whining for a long time my mom let me see Carrie on a Wednesday afternoon, the Sissy Spacek version. After watching it pretty unscathed to the end the scene came where they show her grave and the hand rises up from the grave....My first official jump scare and since I still remember it today, it has left quite the impression.
The Witches (1990). The kids trapped in the picture frames at the beginning gave me nightmares for weeks.
The terminator, and Ed209 from RoboCop. Even back then I knew it was quite a possibility.
Superman III
The Haunting (1963) b/w spook house horror Had a lot experience with Monster Films from Jack Arnold (Tarantula) and Godzillas, but this hit totally unexpected. Didnt help i was watching it in the middle of the night on TV.
The Grudge. The Japanese original and the US ones.
Schindler's List. Saw plenty of scary movies before this, but that scene where the officer murders the engineering prisoner who's just trying to tell him about a problem with the building. It just sticks in my mind to this day as maybe the first time my young, sheltered self had been confronted with a realistic example of what dehumanizing could do.
βPokemon: Jirachi, Wish Makerβ for me. It had this really creepy Groudon with tentacles.
SAW
Child's Play. I was, like, 5? when I watched it. A lot of my toys ended in my older sister's room because I couldn't stand them, I was afraid that they'd chase me.
The original aliens movie, saw it when I was far too young and was already scared of aliens haha.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. The old animated one by Disney. The Witch/Evil Queen scenes would always scare the living shit out of little old me! When my sister and I would watch the movie with our grandparents, they would have to fast-forward through those bits.
Shutter, but the original Thai version.
For years after watching it I needed to make sure I was holding the bottom of my blanket with my legs all night long. Damn..
Ernest scared stupid... Don't ask me why, I just remember I couldn't watch it entirely, and I would hide behind my older brothers. It just freaked me out!
The part where the girl checked under her bed, then she looked back up and the monster was in the bed with her... That was the part that got me.
When I was quite a bit younger, The Mask freaked me right out. On top of the Goosebumps episode about a mask overtaking you, I straight up refused to put any on for the longest time. Still don't love them.
The start of the Goofy Movie, during Max's dream...those dark vibes hit me hard. Would wait in the bathroom until it was done.
The Ring was a big one because my "friend" called and did the whole "seven days..." thing. Before we had caller IDs. The same friend made me watch Darkness Falls, and I think I repressed it all because I remember nothing about it other than hating the whole experience.
Not much of a scary movie fan to this day. Go figure.
The Strangers. I lived in a house similarly isolated with a sliding glass door just like the one in the movie where she moves the curtain and heβs right there staring in.
Gotta go with The Green Mile
Jurassic Park (original) on the big screen.
Night of the living dead. My brother and I rented it when I was about 7 I think. Didn't make it more than 10 minutes into that movie and I was begging him to turn it off.
Mr. Boogety
Saw Backdraft when I wasn't supposed to. Still have to have the door closed to sleep.
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All Freddy Kruger movies., All Chucky Movies, IT, Grudge, Saw movies
The grudge Japanese version, where the child appeared under the blanket.
It was terrifying to realize that blankets cannot protect us from ghosts anymore. And I was high-school age at that time, but still it affected me.
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