Things that scared the shit out of you as a little kid. -
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When I was 5 or 6, I was watching TV with my family. We were watching the the (newer) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory movie and it was fucking terrifying. I'm pretty sure it was too surreal for my young sperg brain to handle because scenes like the girl turning into a blueberry stick out the most in my mind.
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For making me feel old I command you to watch the tunnel scene in the good version.
Newscasts of the Cambodian Civil War. Skeletons of families clustered together on the jungle floor where they were shot and left to rot.
Walking up stairs in the dark. I remember always thinking there was a ghost similar to the girl in The Ring or The Grudge that would appear behind me whenever I had my back turned and the lights were off. My old childhood house used to have two light switches at the top and bottom of the stairs. I would always make sure that I was illuminated at all times so the ghost wouldn't appear and grab me.
Also static on the TV. I would try to avoid static channels because I swear I thought that's how demonic voices try to communicate with our world.
Also static on the TV. I would try to avoid static channels because I swear I thought that's how demonic voices try to communicate with our world.
The Empty Child episode from Doctor Who severely fucked me up and I didn’t sleep for 2 days. Rewatching it as an adult is laughable because of the awful acting but it still has its moments that are pretty horrific.
The episode is about an alien container that crashes into London during the WW2 blitz. The container holds an alien miracle healing bacteria that can heal anything, grow back limbs and bring you back from the dead. The alien bacteria doesn’t know human physiology so it looks for something to copy and it finds a dead child wearing a gas mask. The bacteria brings the kid back to life as mindless zombie who goes around asking people “Are you my mummy?”.
The really fucked up part is that going near this kid will ‘infect’ you and the bacteria thinks the gas mask is supposed to be there, so you’ll grow a gas mask in your throat that you can feel and it will eventually force its way out of your mouth and face.
Obviously the episode has a happy ending but Jesus Christ this scared the fuck out me and I honestly don’t think they would risk making something like this nowadays, especially since the BBC is extremely cucked now.
Kornula
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It only happened when I spent the night at my paternal grandparents house, I SWORE there were monsters in the shadows of the closet in the bedroom waiting to get me after they turned off the light.
Naturally, my grandparents swore to me that there were no monsters hiding in the closet.
When I was about 10 or 11, i finally realized it was just my mind projecting shapes in the shadows..
Mind you, i recall probably annoying my grandparents because it probably took them 15 minutes to reassure me I did not need the light on.
Naturally, my grandparents swore to me that there were no monsters hiding in the closet.
When I was about 10 or 11, i finally realized it was just my mind projecting shapes in the shadows..
Mind you, i recall probably annoying my grandparents because it probably took them 15 minutes to reassure me I did not need the light on.
The Curmudgeon
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Remember Thunderbirds? There was one thing about that show that scared the fuck out of me. Whenever they inserted scenes with live human hands to show that the puppets were grabbing things or whatever. As a little boy, I wondered how the puppets did that! Something about it seemed too freaky. Oddly enough, it didn't cause me to fear puppets in general or marionettes in particular. It just made me not want to watch that show because I didn't like seeing the puppets with live human hands.
Here's a good example of what I'm talking about:
Here's a good example of what I'm talking about:
Shitted Scaredless
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I came here to say this.
Hell that thing still creeps me out.
Watching a string of RLM Christmas movie reviews and seeing this thread dredged up some ancient memories of when I was pants-shittingly scared of Santa Claus back when I was a very little kid. Something about the notion of the jolly red fat bastard sneaking into and out of the house, and the mental image of him possibly peeking into the bedroom while I was asleep to make sure I was asleep just absolutely terrified the piss out of me, even though I loved everything else about Christmas. My dad also used to joke every single year that he was going to capture that "fat bastard" (his words exactly), which not only made me laugh my little head off, but also probably contributed to my idea that Santa posed some kind of danger.
So, one particular Christmas Eve when I was about 5 or so years old, my dad has the brilliant idea to sneak out of the house when I wasn't looking, change into a Santa Claus outfit, and come knocking at our front door to greet me. And as soon as he began that traditional "Ho Ho Ho" belly laugh, I screeched bloody murder and fucking BOLTED all the way to my bedroom and locked myself in there out of fear, crying, thinking he was going to come and rip my sinful little child soul straight out of my body for all my little minor transgressions (perhaps even more so considering I had dared to run and hide from Santa Claus in that moment), and screaming for my dad, thinking the fat red one had somehow disposed of him. And I absolutely would not come out until my dad had left, changed out of his costume, and assured me that he was back.
Actually a very funny moment when I look back on it.
So, one particular Christmas Eve when I was about 5 or so years old, my dad has the brilliant idea to sneak out of the house when I wasn't looking, change into a Santa Claus outfit, and come knocking at our front door to greet me. And as soon as he began that traditional "Ho Ho Ho" belly laugh, I screeched bloody murder and fucking BOLTED all the way to my bedroom and locked myself in there out of fear, crying, thinking he was going to come and rip my sinful little child soul straight out of my body for all my little minor transgressions (perhaps even more so considering I had dared to run and hide from Santa Claus in that moment), and screaming for my dad, thinking the fat red one had somehow disposed of him. And I absolutely would not come out until my dad had left, changed out of his costume, and assured me that he was back.
Actually a very funny moment when I look back on it.
Omfg yes. I never knew about greys until I saw this. Their heads disturbed me so much, and living out in the sticks where they like to abduct people, I'd start to panic seeing that image in real life. Like if I over think them, they'll come to abduct my family.
CrystalChevvy
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There was a scene in a Garfield movie where Jon (I think) was sleeping in a tiny tent in the woods, and there was a monster/bear sneaking around. You'd get a view of the tend from the bushes where the bear/monster was watching the tent. Creeped me out so bad I couldn't watch that movie.
Also I was introduced at an early age both to Predator and CandyMan by my brothers. Scared the shit out of me, which is probably not surprising for a child.
I also remember one occassion where I'd been at some kind of ghost story telling event for kids at the library. Was fine, went home, went to bed. Went into hysterics because I sudennly recalled one of the ghost stories having to do with something enterig/leaving a grave. Can't remember the specifics but I remember very vivid mental images of something slowling walking the stairs in the grave (guess it must have been some shitty mausoleum or something idk).
Also I was introduced at an early age both to Predator and CandyMan by my brothers. Scared the shit out of me, which is probably not surprising for a child.
I also remember one occassion where I'd been at some kind of ghost story telling event for kids at the library. Was fine, went home, went to bed. Went into hysterics because I sudennly recalled one of the ghost stories having to do with something enterig/leaving a grave. Can't remember the specifics but I remember very vivid mental images of something slowling walking the stairs in the grave (guess it must have been some shitty mausoleum or something idk).
nigga this isn't a thread of shit that scares you at your immediate, current age
Monkey Shoulder
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Literally everything. I was a little crybaby.
This is gonna be really stupid, hell it still creeps me out to this day I don't know why but it just does, but I was about like 7-8 years old and the zombies from the game Teenage Zombies: Attack of the Alien brain thingy's scared the absolute shit out of me.
Which to me makes no damn sense I was playing Resident Evil as a kid and those zombies were far more terrifying than some damn cartoony ds zombies??
Also those motion sensor dancing skeletons are also pretty notable cause I remember as a kid my parents put the cart too close to the damn thing and I was like 4-5 and it kept smacking the cart and it freaked the absolute shit out of me. Also the zombies in plants vs zombies scared me when I was a kid for some reason too.
Which to me makes no damn sense I was playing Resident Evil as a kid and those zombies were far more terrifying than some damn cartoony ds zombies??
Also those motion sensor dancing skeletons are also pretty notable cause I remember as a kid my parents put the cart too close to the damn thing and I was like 4-5 and it kept smacking the cart and it freaked the absolute shit out of me. Also the zombies in plants vs zombies scared me when I was a kid for some reason too.
Ya, I hear ya. Wasn't a totally appropriate post, though imho not even little kids should be scared of zombies by now.
They see so many zombies it's like seeing Santa Claus with the 80 different and often current zombie franchise tv shows, movies and video games blasting all over various media.
i was a particularly nervous baby back then
The Curmudgeon
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First, I loved that show as a kid but it would scare me at times too. Especially with the alien abduction and ghost stories!
My parents made the huge mistake of taking me to go watch Fire in the Sky. Ironically, my mother never let me watch regular horror movies. Yet she insisted on letting me watch Fire in the Sky even though I was already unnerved with all the gray alien hype at the time.
This scene in particular scared the ever living shit out of me:
These days I think it's stupid and funny, but back then I had nightmares for two weeks straight because of that movie. It's also funny to know that Hollywood exaggerated that guy's story, but of course they did because they're Hollywood.
Ahhh the Empty Child. We meet again at long last. Memory's a little hazy but I think I actually brought this two-parter up in this very thread a year or two ago!
Yeah the acting could've been better, but as you said when it comes to horror this episode absolutely shines. Fun fact: the guy who played as the guy in the video you posted is known for acting in a comedy series called One Foot in the Grave as a grumpy old man called Victor Mildrew - seeing him say "I want my mummy" and imagining it's Victor saying that line takes the edge off slightly. But I still can't watch the scene where Dr Constantine gets the gas mask treatment without cringing (and it doesn't help that I have a highly sensitive gag reflex).
See above. Zombies are only really scary anymore if you put an original spin on it and put emphasis on the survival horror aspects. Zombies nowadays are often associated with power fantasies rather than fear - they're slow, they aren't really classified as people and they have no objective other than to consume. It's an enemy that's seen as no different from a Koopa Troopa.
But then you have things like the Empty Child - which can infect you by mere touch. To think that I was immediately in danger should one of these things show up as a kid was a harrowing thought - and the worst part was killing them would mean nothing. All the nanogenes had to do was patch up the damage and get the zombie back up on its feet. There was truly nowhere to run and nowhere to hide - if the Doctor wasn't a part of this episode then joining the Empty Child's hivemind was inevitable and there'd be nothing you could do about it.
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