cross-posted from: https://lemmings.world/post/50792
For me it was Event Horizon, that was scary as hell when I was a kid, I had nightmares for months.
Poltergeist. Fucked me up around static for the rest of my life.
Cats Eye
My cousins made me watch John Carpenter’s The Thing when I was eight years old. Assholes.
The movie Saturday the 14th also messed me up for a while, what with the Creature from the Black Lagoon getting into someone’s bathtub through the drain pipes. It may be silly dreck, but it was a bit much for a five year old.
Mars Attacks when I was 6. My parents had the brilliant idea to take me to see it at a drive-in, so larger than life screen, and it was the second film, so I think they probably figured I’d fall asleep and they could stay and watch. Nope. Pretty sure I didn’t sleep for weeks.
House of wax (1953). Invasion of the body snatchers (1956 and 1978).
Raiders of the Lost Ark. 12 year old me had a great time with that movie until people startet to melt…
John Carpenter’s The Thing. I wouldn’t go down to the basement by myself for like three months.
Still one of my favorite movies.
Blair witch project. I really thought it was real founded footage
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I remember when I was little my big brother was watching it in the living room, I was told not to come out of my room but from the doorway of my room I could see a mirror that reflected the living room TV. I saw the scene of Chucky melting and I was terrified of toys coming to life until I was about 18-19.
I had a defective Tickle Me Elmo that would randomly go off randomly in the night and would terrify me and my twin brother. I remember my first and only instance of sleep paralysis where the Tickle Me Elmo toy came to life, crawled down the shelf he sat on and touched my head just out of sight while talking to me. After that I cried and cried and begged my mom to take all my toys away.
