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re: Movies that terrified you as a child but are laughable now

Posted on 7/26/12 at 7:56 am to
Posted by MrBiriwa
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Posted on 7/26/12 at 7:56 am to
Stephen King's "It"

Poltergeist

Children of the Corn

Alien

American Werewolf in London (80's version)
This post was edited on 7/26/12 at 7:59 am
Posted by Doldil
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Posted on 7/26/12 at 8:08 am to
The Wicked Witch from the Wizard of Oz used to scare the bejesus out of me when I was a tiny child.

Also Nightmare on Elm Street. I was not allowed to watch it after dark because of the nightmares it would cause me, or lack of sleep because I couldn't fall alseep, damn it Freddie!
Posted by CocomoLSU
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Posted on 7/26/12 at 8:09 am to
It
Critters
Silver Bullet

Basically any scary movie I ever saw as a kid...I absolutely HATED those when I was younger and they scared me to death. But nowadays, I love them and some of the ones I was scared of as a kid make me laugh now.

It is almost laughably bad these days..it doesn't hold up well at all. Critters was one that used to freak me out, but me and my buddy used to rent it all the time to scare ourselves. Silver Bullet is one that actually holds up pretty decently now, but I still laugh at how badly that movie fricked me up as a kid...I still can't see low-lying fog/mist without thinking about the scene in that movie.

Also, I thought there was a scene from Critters where one of them was in a toilet or something like that..but googling it, it looks like it might've been a Ghoulies movie. But whichever one it was always freaked me out when I used the bathroom.
Posted by CGB Spender
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Posted on 7/26/12 at 8:12 am to
quote:

Wizard of Oz


I've seen this one mentioned twice. First of all Margaret Hamilton is terrifying as the wicked witch even as an adult she creeps me out

Second, how is the wizard of oz "laughable"?
Posted by SlowFlowPro
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Posted on 7/26/12 at 8:17 am to
friday the 13th 5, 6, and 7

for some reason jason "got to me"
Posted by KennaBrah
Member since Jun 2012
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Posted on 7/26/12 at 8:25 am to
Twister for some stupid reason..

I couldnt sleep when it was storming outside because i thought a tornado was coming
Posted by Zamoro10
Member since Jul 2008
14743 posts
Posted on 7/26/12 at 8:30 am to
We had these old movies taped from TV called

The Horror Express
with Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing where the "missing link" in evolution unfreezes on a train and kills people. It was like a cheesy version of the Thing.

And The Car...about a killer car.

Posted by manwich
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Posted on 7/26/12 at 8:31 am to
quote:

For me it's Congo,
a hot mess

i love Crichton books but those movie are totally hit or miss
Posted by kingbob
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Member since Nov 2010
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Posted on 7/26/12 at 8:36 am to
The scene in Jurassic Park when the guy gets eaten by the T-Rex on the toilet.

The scene from the old Batman movie with the Jack Nicholson Joker where he falls off of the building, hits the ground, and is still smiling and laughing.
Posted by Geauxld Finger
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Posted on 7/26/12 at 8:47 am to
quote:

Killer Klowns from Outer Space


+ fricking 1

this movie would scare the shite out of me when I was a kid. Attributes to my hatred of clowns as an adult.
Posted by Gnar Cat21
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Posted on 7/26/12 at 8:50 am to
The tales from the crypt movie scared the shite out of me when I was younger
Posted by Cajun Revolution
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Posted on 7/26/12 at 8:52 am to
Pinnochio when they turned into donkeys.

All Dogs go to Heaven...when they go to hell.
This post was edited on 7/26/12 at 8:52 am
Posted by HoustonTiger4
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Posted on 7/26/12 at 8:55 am to


Posted by Doldil
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Posted on 7/26/12 at 8:57 am to
I interpreted "laughable" as in I find it extremely laughable that I was scared by that as a child after seeing it as an adult. the movie obviously isn't a comedy...
Posted by CocomoLSU
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Posted on 7/26/12 at 8:58 am to
Also, I'm not sure exactly what it was, but some of the parts from the "Amazing Stories" movies messed with my head a little bit.

Same thing with a few of the new Twilight Zone episodes in the 80s.

Also, I remember being terrified of the creepy old couple from Cloak and Dagger...when the three-fingered lady reveals herself and then chloroform's Davy. Creeped me the frick out. Here is the scene: LINK
Posted by lsufanguy
Member since Apr 2012
181 posts
Posted on 7/26/12 at 9:06 am to
Puppet Master and Child's Play.

fricking Child's Play. Damn movie came out right after my mom spent a ton of money to buy me a My Buddy (single mom and poor so it was a big deal). My sister rented Child's Play and I REFUSED to have anything to do with the My Buddy and my mom was pissed so she made me sleep with that fricker in my room. Damn! Still messes with my head.
Posted by LSUMJ
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Member since Sep 2004
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Posted on 7/26/12 at 9:09 am to
"Poltergeist "

F.U. that movie still freaks me out 30 years later!
Posted by CocomoLSU
Inside your dome.
Member since Feb 2004
150620 posts
Posted on 7/26/12 at 9:12 am to
quote:

Poltergeist

Good call...that clown doll.


Also, Jaws terrified me as a kid. But that one obviously holds up, so I wouldn't call it "laughable" now.
Posted by manwich
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Posted on 7/26/12 at 9:13 am to
really, the only three i can remember that bothered me



CHUD. i still think it's weird that my 6 yr old daughter is scared of anything with yellow eyes




the red bull from The Last Unicorn



Mola Ram, the dude pulling peasants' hearts out of their chests while they are still alive from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom



Posted by CocomoLSU
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150620 posts
Posted on 7/26/12 at 9:18 am to
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