Childhood Abominations That Scared/Traumatized You

Epsira · August 08, 2015, 03:48:15 PM

Gollum from LoTR was literal nightmare fuel, especially this rendition of him.

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This movie, while being generally creepy and unsettling, had this scene with that hairy arachnid bastard and an owl from the Exorcist. Perfect.

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In second grade one of the teachers had the bright idea to expose us to this "kids" book for our reading curriculum. They received dozens of parent complaints. I still hear that scratchy voice in my head on solitary nights years later.

Dopameme · August 08, 2015, 03:51:15 PM

Jigsaw from the SAW movies really scared me when I was young. So did Chucky and those commercials for Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios.

gats · August 08, 2015, 03:52:18 PM

Wait is this in regards to movies or irl shit?

SecondClass · August 08, 2015, 03:55:21 PM

The rabbit from Donnie Darko scared the hell out of me for weeks.

DAS B00T x2 · August 08, 2015, 03:55:35 PM

Return the slab.

Nexus · August 08, 2015, 03:56:15 PM

i am karjala takaisin · August 08, 2015, 03:58:29 PM

Quote from: DAS WAIFUMEISTER x2 on August 08, 2015, 03:55:35 PM

Return the slab.

THE MAN IN GAUZE

Epsira · August 08, 2015, 04:00:30 PM

Quote from: guts on August 08, 2015, 03:52:18 PM

Wait is this in regards to movies or irl shit?

Either, and in some cases, both

Sandtrap · August 08, 2015, 04:01:02 PM

I remember flipping through channels as a kid accidentally, before I learned the full extent of how to use a remote. I ended up bumping into the final few minutes of Aliens.

I remember being scared shitless as the Queen made her appearance and then ended up wanting to watch it because Ripley started beating the shit out of it with the yellow exo-skeleton loader.

And, naturally, just a few seconds of watching Pennywise the clown from IT was spooky as fuck.

Sandtrap · August 08, 2015, 04:13:04 PM

Oh ya I wasn't even a little kid but as a young teen The Grudge made me fucking paranoid for weeks.

Epsira · August 08, 2015, 04:14:00 PM

Quote from: Sandtrap on August 08, 2015, 04:13:04 PM

Oh ya I wasn't even a little kid but as a young teen The Grudge made me fucking paranoid for weeks.

Those Japanese horror flicks will fuck you up.

Ásgeirr · August 08, 2015, 04:16:40 PM

Ive come to a conclusion that if my fears had a physical form this would be it.

they still terrify the living shit out of me ;__;

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Mr. Psychologist · August 08, 2015, 04:17:17 PM

Quote from: Sandtrap on August 08, 2015, 04:13:04 PM

Oh ya I wasn't even a little kid but as a young teen The Grudge made me fucking paranoid for weeks.

QFFT

God damn I saw a 30 second trailer and I was jumping at shadows for years, although I think that was compounded by the shop I went into the day after having a god damn life size cut-out of the jiangshi creeping around a corner.

Gollum did the same thing for a few years too, that ended when one night in the middle of a precursor-lucid dream I grabbed the little swine and broke his back on my knee and chucked him off khazad-dum <_<

Verbatim · August 08, 2015, 04:19:16 PM

The tunnel scene from Willy Wonka.
The snake from Beetlejuice.
Large Marge from Pee-wee's Big Adventure.
Judge Doom from Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

Bunch of others. I frightened quite easily as a child. Considering all the random scary shit that happens in all these good ol' American classic family films, it would be interesting to know precisely what the purpose of these scenes are, and why they thought it would be a good idea to have them shown to children?...

Epsira · August 08, 2015, 04:20:02 PM

These were more creepy than scary, but they still weird me out

Sandtrap · August 08, 2015, 04:24:53 PM

Quote from: Epsirick on August 08, 2015, 04:20:02 PM

These were more creepy than scary, but they still weird me out

Holy shit those guys!

Dark Crystal ammirite?

Also. How the fuck could I forget this guy?

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That whole fucking movie was dark.

Epsira · August 08, 2015, 04:28:53 PM

Quote from: Sandtrap on August 08, 2015, 04:24:53 PM

Quote from: Epsirick on August 08, 2015, 04:20:02 PM
These were more creepy than scary, but they still weird me out

Holy shit those guys!

Dark Crystal ammirite?

Also. How the fuck could I forget this guy?

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That whole fucking movie was dark.

OH FUCK. HERE WE GO DOWN REPRESSED MEMORY LANE

True Turquoise · August 08, 2015, 04:33:16 PM

tfw sheltered

nothing, nothing on TV did, nothing in the books I read did.

The only thing I can even remotely say is RE4 Regenerators and Chainsaws. Even then.. Not 'Childhood'

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If we're allowed to go serious and real life stuff, the death of a family member

Casper · August 08, 2015, 04:34:02 PM

velox · August 08, 2015, 04:35:41 PM

Sharptooth from Land Before Time.

Epsira · August 08, 2015, 04:40:37 PM

Quote from: Cerulean on August 08, 2015, 04:35:41 PM

Sharptooth from Land Before Time.

The first Land Before Time movie was really bleak and kind of frightening when I look back on it.
Those movies are also why I eat vegetables, my mom convinced me they were tree stars.
Clever girl.

eggsalad · August 08, 2015, 04:42:52 PM

I think Gollum in that animated bit looks cute heh

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this wrecked me

Mat Cauthon · August 08, 2015, 04:59:53 PM

ET scared the shit out of me.
To the point where, we went on holiday and at the hotel there was a show, a guy in an ET costume came out and ruined a couple of my days there with paranoia.

Mordo · August 08, 2015, 05:01:23 PM

Mr. Psychologist · August 08, 2015, 05:06:18 PM

Quote from: Epsirick on August 08, 2015, 04:40:37 PM

Quote from: Cerulean on August 08, 2015, 04:35:41 PM
Sharptooth from Land Before Time.

The first Land Before Time movie was really bleak and kind of frightening when I look back on it.
Those movies are also why I eat vegetables, my mom convinced me they were tree stars.
Clever girl.

I had a birthday cake when I was 3 or 4 in the shape of a triceratops with treestars all around it (icing), ahh that was a great day. Land Before Time was my favourite, I watched the VHS until it stopped being a thing and we had DVDs instead <_<

Jocephalopod · August 08, 2015, 06:41:39 PM

The dark crystal was fucking crazy

land before time was depressingku

My parents watched the ring one time and that fucked me for a couple months

Girl of Mystery · August 08, 2015, 06:47:51 PM

Quote from: Yeah on August 08, 2015, 05:01:23 PM

REMEMBER ME EDDIE?! WHEN I KILLED YOUR BROTHER, I TALKED JUST... LIKE... THIS!

Girl of Mystery · August 08, 2015, 06:48:54 PM

Wasn't from my childhood, but the Grudge still creeps me out.

Jono · August 08, 2015, 07:17:37 PM

These... things right here made me shit bricks when I was kid watching these movies.

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Also this movie never made me want to live out on a ranch in the country.

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Mat Cauthon · August 08, 2015, 07:19:51 PM

Quote from: Jono on August 08, 2015, 07:17:37 PM

Also this movie never made me want to live out on a ranch in the country.
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Fuck off with that shit.
I was psychologically scarred by that movie for about two years.