FabSwingers.com forum: Movies that scared us as a kid (and possibly still now)

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Have you ever watched a movie that scared you as a kid?

I'm sure everyone has had a movie that terrified them as a kid and didn't watch it until they were older or maybe never got over the fear.

For example, I couldn't watch Ghostbusters 2 as a kid. As much as I love Ghostbusters, I could not watch this one mainly because of the painting of Vigo the Carpathian. It was just that evil looking stare that was unsettling but when his face protruded from the painting earlier in the film, that was it, I didn't want to watch it anymore. I did watch it again many years later when I was a teenager and have loved the movie ever since.

Feel free to share what was the movie that had you hiding behind the settee.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Thought I'd give this a bump as to see what movies kept us awake at night as kids. Feel free to share with everyone

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By *rightonsteveMan
over a year ago

Brighton - even Hove!

None really although I did see a dr who episode with a cushion to hide behind

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Jaws, I just had to hear the music and was terrified. Sadly been a long time since found a film that has done similar

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By *isscheekychopsWoman
over a year ago

The land of grey peas and bacon

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"IT

This was the only one for me, too. Gave me nightmares.

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By *estmidscoupleCouple
over a year ago

West Midlands

Halloween, that tinkly little piano refrain and Myers appearing from nowhere, terrifying!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Poltiguist.. I was the age the little girl was at the time and looked a lot like her.. Similar name too... Was convinced something would happen if the TV wasn't tuned in (snow affect)

Yet now have a slight obsession with the paranormal

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Oh and IT..

.. Never looked at a balloon the same again

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Hell raiser

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Toy Story

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Poltiguist.. I was the age the little girl was at the time and looked a lot like her.. Similar name too... Was convinced something would happen if the TV wasn't tuned in (snow affect)

Yet now have a slight obsession with the paranormal "

Poltergeist... Phone is possessed

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Poltergeist for me as well, i got a phobia of clowns because of it.

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By *isscheekychopsWoman
over a year ago

The land of grey peas and bacon

"Poltiguist.. I was the age the little girl was at the time and looked a lot like her.. Similar name too... Was convinced something would happen if the TV wasn't tuned in (snow affect)

Yet now have a slight obsession with the paranormal "

They say there was a curse with people who worked on the film

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Ghostbusters 1&2

Gremlins

Jaws

Im such a wuss.. Still hate scary films

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The exorcist, Texas chainsaw massacre, the entity, Damian omen. They're probably the ones that scared me most. Oh and pet cemetery, the list goes on. I'm such a soft arse.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Forbidden planet.

The creature from the ID scared the Crap out of Me, the fact that you couldn't see it.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Hell raiser "

My mum got me that on video when I was a kid..went away with primary school and came back to it on video as a welcome back present.

I was allowed to watch horrors and whatever from pretty much any age so as a result they never bothered me to watch..

Never seen a film that scared me because of it

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By *andybeachWoman
over a year ago

In the middle

The Hunchback of Notre Dame with Charles Laughton, scared the life out of me and I haven't watched it to this day

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The exorcist.

I was raised catholic and I was fucking terrified after seeing this movie when I was about 9.

-Courtney

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Hammer Horror films

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By *issHottieBottieWoman
over a year ago

Kent

"IT

This was the only one for me, too. Gave me nightmares. "

And me! Still can't watch it without peeking from behind a pillow!

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By *unCoupleTXCouple
over a year ago

Longview

The Omen and The Exorcist...

demon/devil movies are super creepy!! Also, after I saw Jaws as a little girl, I was afraid to sit on the potty.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Poltiguist.. I was the age the little girl was at the time and looked a lot like her.. Similar name too... Was convinced something would happen if the TV wasn't tuned in (snow affect)

Yet now have a slight obsession with the paranormal

They say there was a curse with people who worked on the film

Yes 4 of the cast later died. . Which led to the rumours of a curse

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Planet of the apes X

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Count dracular.... the old version

.... I was aloud to stay over night with my best friend and her mum was watching it in the living room.... we begged her to watch it as kids do...I was only about seven or eight at the time.... she gave us each a so do stream... called it draculars blood... we all settled down to watch the movie.... anyhow when he was about to pounce my fiends mum shouted out boo.... it scared me half to death that I ran behind the sofa.... lol.... in the end I did not stop the night... my mum had to come and get me.... for weeks after I kept waking up in the middle of the night screaming... I honestly thought he was coming to get me.....

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By *achoman12Man
over a year ago

stockport

Dracula films with peter cushing. he used to give me the creeps

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Phantasm, nightmare on elm street, carrie and Christine!

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By *effrey45Man
over a year ago

Lytham

Salems Lot

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Child catcher in chitty chitty bang bang terrified me for years xx

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By *oxy_minxWoman
over a year ago

Scotland - Aberdeen

Freddie Kruger still scares the shit out of me and I'm not scared to admit it

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Dracula films with peter cushing. he used to give me the creeps

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it just scared me so much.....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

An old movie called 'Night of the Demon.' To escape being caught by said demon, you had to pass a piece of paper with symbols on it to someone else. The demon would kill them instead of you. Creeped me out for ages.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang....

That creepy fook'in child catcher..... worra bastard....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It was Jaws for me - I didn't venture into the sea for years after that!

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By *rSuave88Man
over a year ago

Mirfield

IT for me aswell, gave me nightmares as a kid, and still gives me goosebumps now

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Nightmare on Elm Street

The entity

Poltergeist

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"An old movie called 'Night of the Demon.' To escape being caught by said demon, you had to pass a piece of paper with symbols on it to someone else. The demon would kill them instead of you. Creeped me out for ages."

Fuck yeah, I am 100% with you.

I have this film on dvd searched high and low.

Special effects are dire. But the premises of the film is scary as hell, very atmospheric.

Think they partially knicked some of the idea to make drag me to hell.

Which was shit.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

think the wickerman was one that really got me when i was little

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Not a film but salems lot shit me up

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Chucky!! That ginger haired doll that came to life - creepy!!!!

Anything with spirits!!!

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By *eltonmanMan
over a year ago

Melton Mowbray

never been one to get scared of horror movies, but Frogs got close when I first watched it.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"IT

This was the only one for me, too. Gave me nightmares. "

Mrs: Me too... Oh and Predator scared the crap out of me as a kid

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By *its_n_piecesCouple
over a year ago

Threads

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By *aul DeUther-OneMan
over a year ago

Sussex

It's in the trees!.... It's coming!

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By *aul DeUther-OneMan
over a year ago

Sussex

'saw The Shining as a teenager and scared the bejeezuz outta me. - So many spine chilling moments in that film.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Pet Semetary

The scenes with 'Zelda' freaked me out big time, here are some clips for you to enjoy!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BY7_zIBW5yo

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

the wizard of oz.....the witch scared the shit our of me....I cried!!!;

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Salems Lot - about had heart failure watching that as a young teenager

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By *ildbillkidMan
over a year ago

where the road goes on forever

"Oh and IT..

.. Never looked at a balloon the same again "
or clowns, although the book was way scarier

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang....

That creepy fook'in child catcher..... worra bastard....

omfg. ...I remember that....scary as.....I won't sleep tonight!!!!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Child catcher in chitty chitty bang bang terrified me for years xx"
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evil bastard with his child sniffing nose

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By *inky-MinxWoman
over a year ago

Grantham

Robocop

Gremlins

Titanic

Poltergeist

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Mrs here - love watching anything scary but only movie that still bothers me from when I was a kid is the nightmare on elm street when he uses the kids as puppets just thinking bout it makes my hair stand up on end lol

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By *inky-MinxWoman
over a year ago

Grantham

"'saw The Shining as a teenager and scared the bejeezuz outta me. - So many spine chilling moments in that film."

I wasn't scared of this one so I went along to see Friday the 13th next

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By *olgateMan
over a year ago

on the road to nowhere in particular

Phantasm was bad enough but there was another film around the same time called prophecy that really scared the bejabbers out of me walking home that night.

C...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

i had a friend that was very deeply disturbed by the chucky film s

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Not a film but salems lot shit me up"

'Let me in' floating kids at the window! And the creepy vamps!!

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By *mmabluTV/TS
over a year ago

upton wirral

"Hammer Horror films "
They where comedy

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By *rishmocha2Couple
over a year ago

Beds

Carry on Screaming. 8 years old. Didn't sleep that night

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By *aeriequeenWoman
over a year ago

Manchester

Poltergeist series

The Omen series

The Fog

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Burning

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By *ames6ft5Man
over a year ago

North London / Herts

Time Bandits

Totally freaked me out. That is all.

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By *aucy tiggerWoman
over a year ago

Back where I belong

The music from Dr Who freaked me out, even now if I hear I get goosebumps x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Asylum,terrible 70's horror...saw it again a couple of months ago and had to get up,double lock the door,and put some lights on..pathetic!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Not a movie bit Worzel Gummage used to freak me out!

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By *ed LipstickWoman
over a year ago

Fucksville

The Dark Crystal x

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By *fricanMann2077Man
over a year ago

Stoke On Trent

Evild dead. It still scares me

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Critters... And only saw the trailers

Still not managed to watch it.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Carrie

But the Fog, IT and Nightmare on elm street put the shits up me

I don't like watching movies like them anymore

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By *oward1978Man
over a year ago

Rotherham

Small Sacrifices a late 80s TV movie starring Farrah Fawcett. It's based on a true story about a mother who shoots dead a couple of her kids. Scared the shit out of me and gave me nightmares after watching it

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By *ouple in LancashireCouple
over a year ago

in Lancashire

used to pester my mum to let me stay up late in the early 70's on a Friday night to watch the hammer horror films, only 1 scared the living daylights out of me and i think it was called 'Night of the demon'..

even think Kate Bush did a bit about it in the song hounds of love..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It...Salem's Lot...The Omen...The Howling...The Fog

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

The moments in the Indiana Jones trilogy scared me as a kid. Mainly the opening of the Ark in Raiders and Donovan drinking the wrong grail in Crusade. Whenever them scenes came up, I basically walked out of the room until it was over.

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