re: First movie that ever scared the hell out of you?

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The Dark Crystal, those buzzard things freaked me out!

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Skeksis were nasty creatures. Try watching that shite after dropping acid.


The first movie I can remember scaring the ever loving shite out of little crispy was probably Silence of the Lambs. Not so much "scary", but my young mind was pretty thoroughly abused by watching that thing. My parents rented it when it had just come out on VHS and were watching it at our cabin after all the kids were supposed to be asleep upstairs. I managed to sneak into the loft and look down at the TV. I ended up watching most of it with my hand over mouth so as to not make a sound and get in trouble. Didn't sleep much that night, to say the least.

IT also did a number on me, as my oldest sister thought it would be great to scare the frick out of her little brother. Still hate clowns.

I watched The Exorcist for the first time when I was about 12. Really freaked me the frick out because, even though I grew up as a member of The Frozen Chosen, my parents sent me to Baptist private school and the bible teacher that was hired was an Evangelical who believe that spiritual warfare was constantly occurring all around us and just tried to scare the living shite out of us on a daily basis. So, the Exorcist definitely hit home.