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Films that sh*t you up as a kid
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Gregory2Smith1
J'les aurai!
the wicker man
the old bill were still respected back then,to see one set alight at the time was incredible
some good came out of that film though,britt ekland
the old bill were still respected back then,to see one set alight at the time was incredible
some good came out of that film though,britt ekland
Durlston
"You plonker, Rodney!"
Night Of The Living Dead.
Those zombies that rose from the gravestones were terrifying especially in black and white when I was about 10 and one of the most famous lines was said in horror history: "They're coming to get you, Barbara!"
Those zombies that rose from the gravestones were terrifying especially in black and white when I was about 10 and one of the most famous lines was said in horror history: "They're coming to get you, Barbara!"
Bloody hell, that film is f***ed up!
StillHateBellotti
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E.T that wrinkly little fucker shit me up for weeks.............
Barrel of Fun
Abort, retry, fail
Not a film, but Ghostwatch freaked me out for years. I think there was at least one suicide from the 'docu-drama'.
- Jan 3, 2012
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Don't Look Now is the only film that ever kept me awake at night... and i was in my late twenties.
Not a film, but when I was small, I used to be scared, apparently, of Andy Pandy.
And having seen the Birds when I was fairly young, I still couldn't watch it now.
Lush
Mods' Pet
There used to be this comedy called Oh Brother! on BBC 1 starring Derek Nimmo as an accident prone priest when I was little. In one episode a statue of the Virgin Mary smiles this weird inane grin at the end. i will never forget it.
My daughter used to be terrified of The Lion and the Bear in Tellytubbies.
We're not a brave family.
My daughter used to be terrified of The Lion and the Bear in Tellytubbies.
We're not a brave family.
Return to Oz. Th wheelies, the witch who could change heads, the rock king, and the way the scare crow looked nothing like he did in wizard of oz.
American Werewolf in london - made me terrified of lions on the underground (the scene of a werewolf attack in a tube station cuts to a lion in the zoo as david wakes up the next morning)
American Werewolf in london - made me terrified of lions on the underground (the scene of a werewolf attack in a tube station cuts to a lion in the zoo as david wakes up the next morning)
Gullys Cats
Sausage by the sea!!!
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Gullys Cats
Sausage by the sea!!!
scary stuff........
Bad Ash
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Quite a few non-films f***ed me up: IT (Steven Kings 2 part special), Ghost Watch (BBC? Halloween special) and Sand Kings (an Outer Limits episode, which I've just discovered was written by George RR Martin of Game of Throne fame).
Definitely It. Freaked me out for ages and changed my view on clowns forever!
PFJ
Not the JPF ..splitters !
The Singing Ringing Tree was a bit scary .Especially when it was on at tea time. One of those tales from Eastern Europe about a prince turning into a bear, a giant fish and an evil dwarf.
But the one that gave me my first turtle head was a film called The Frozen Dead. Made about 1968, I would have seen it in the early seventies .I was about 11/12 years old.Film about the top brass of the third reich frozen until such time they could be re animated. But it was the sub plot that got me. A meddling teenage girl finds out just a little too much and is beheaded ,shaved and her separated shaven head kept alive in a box. It's the eyes that get you and the sinister sound effect every time they open the box. She just stares , full of hate . The reason this one shat me up is because I had one of those punch balls on a spring loaded stand. When I went to bed , all I could see was the silhouette of the the punch ball against my bedroom window. In my mind , all I could see where her eyes .........staring at me.
I have not seen that film since , but I have noticed the full version is on line. May just watch it again after all those years . Don't the punch ball anymore , so should be alright this time.
But the one that gave me my first turtle head was a film called The Frozen Dead. Made about 1968, I would have seen it in the early seventies .I was about 11/12 years old.Film about the top brass of the third reich frozen until such time they could be re animated. But it was the sub plot that got me. A meddling teenage girl finds out just a little too much and is beheaded ,shaved and her separated shaven head kept alive in a box. It's the eyes that get you and the sinister sound effect every time they open the box. She just stares , full of hate . The reason this one shat me up is because I had one of those punch balls on a spring loaded stand. When I went to bed , all I could see was the silhouette of the the punch ball against my bedroom window. In my mind , all I could see where her eyes .........staring at me.
I have not seen that film since , but I have noticed the full version is on line. May just watch it again after all those years . Don't the punch ball anymore , so should be alright this time.
Captain Haddock
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Yes Marxo's choice: The Night Of The Hunter is one of my favourite films, though I can't claim to have seen it in childhood (unfortunately? or fortunately!)
For me it has to be the child-catcher in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, the Wicked Witch in The Wizard Of Oz and then there's The Signalman starring Denholm Elliott, an hour long ghost story set at an isolated country station....have seen it more recently and it's ace btw.
For me it has to be the child-catcher in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, the Wicked Witch in The Wizard Of Oz and then there's The Signalman starring Denholm Elliott, an hour long ghost story set at an isolated country station....have seen it more recently and it's ace btw.
DavePage
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The balloon/ball on the beach in The Prisoner
DavePage
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The Balloon from the prisoner
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cheshunt seagull
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Hadn't expected to see Derek Nimmo appear in this thread. Given his preference for playing men of the cloth it would have been interesting to see what he would have brought to the role of the priest in the 'Exorcist'.
Totally agree with the OP about the doll in 'Trilogy of Terror'. I could add: 'Fright' with Susan George and 'Quatermass & the the Pit' and an episode of ITV's Thriller where a psychopath clicked his fingers and whistled Greensleeves as he approached each victim.