The OG Invasion of the Bodysnatchers. I was like, 6? Spent weeks looking under the bed for pods.
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Not a movie, but The Real Ghostbusters episode (showing that age) with the Boogeyman was downright terrifying
Shallow Ground terrified me. I've had nightmares for a while after that.
An honourable mention: The Pirates of Dark Water - The Beast and the Bell. Fuck Keroptus.
gotta agree on event horizon, I loved scary movies but that one was something else.
Satan from the Passion of Christ, the hanging scene in Schindler's List
Chucky ๐ช
I used to go around at night before bed and moved all the scissors and sharp object to higher ledges or closed closets. Just in case. I did this for months. Parents were always perplexed why the scissors were in the fridge or the screwdriver in the kitchen cabinets.
Definitely Stephen King's IT, the 90's miniseries. Tim Curry is absolutely terrifying as Pennywise. That lip curl he does when he says "Oh yes, Georgie, they float".
An American Werewolf in London. My parents were watching it when I was like 6. The opening sequence on the moors scared the hell out of me, and they decided I should go to bed. I think they had heard it was a comedy, so weren't prepared for actual horror. That scene stuck with me for like 20 years before I ever rewatched it. It's a good movie as an adult.
Sound of Music. Still does. Those fucking puppets. I have to leave the room for that scene when my wife watches it.
The first Resident Evil movie. Not because of the zombies, it was the laser scene that got to me. I was convinced that lasers would come out of any reflective surface to get me. I didn't like how they seemed to react to the guy avoiding them, making it impossible for him to escape, like they were intelligent and trying to kill him.
Arachnophobia
Candyman, thought of a dark bathroom still scares me.
Witness - I was about the same age as the kid in the movie. I'm still sketched put in Airport/train/bus station bathrooms.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_Alive_(1974_film)
But really just the commercials on TV.
Really showing my age here.
I can't really remember why but I never wanted to watch Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer again after seeing it once. I just googled it and it could be the Ice-Queen that's in there that I didn't like but I'm not sure.
Jeepers Creepers
I can still the remember the little jingle
The Thing