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What movie traumatized you as a child?

Nigel Tufnel 8459 posts Original UHND Member

Posted6:12 pm on Feb 19, 2020

Mine is easy....The Legend of Boggy Creek. Scared the bejesus out of me. The night I saw it, I slept on the floor next to my parent's bed.

'I define fear as standing across from Joe Louis and knowing he wants to go home early.' - Max Baer

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The Abominable Snowman from Rudolph the Rednose Reindeer

BaronVonZemo 64186 posts 10:24 pm on Feb 19, 2020

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  The Bumble!
  
  NDavenue 7489 posts 12:39 pm on Feb 20, 2020
  
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Amityville Horror.

Cole 16310 posts 9:49 pm on Feb 19, 2020

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Elephant Man

ShowMeIrish 9083 posts 9:28 pm on Feb 19, 2020

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Slightly better than a Mexican

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  Intensely sad, not frightening.
  
  MAS 22799 posts 10:42 pm on Feb 19, 2020
  
  The 1980 version is not universally praised. I think it's one of the most emotionally-piercing movies ever made and the performances by John Hurt and Anthony Hopkins are amazing.
  
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    Agreeance.
    
    Frank L 64990 posts 11:05 pm on Feb 19, 2020
    
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  This.
  
  BaronVonZemo 64186 posts 10:23 pm on Feb 19, 2020
  
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Jaws.

conorlarkin 23139 posts 8:46 pm on Feb 19, 2020

Family vacation in Cape Cod that same summer.
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The Exorcist. Saw it WAY too young.

jakers 14727 posts 8:42 pm on Feb 19, 2020

Terrifying.

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  Movies about demons and/or possession bother me the most.
  
  NDavenue 7489 posts 9:02 pm on Feb 19, 2020
  
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    Agree for Exorcist II where old women crawls on the ceiling.
    
    PBHangingChad 15790 posts 9:36 pm on Feb 19, 2020
    
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      I was looking for that on youtube...stumbled on the Exorcist III nurse's station scene. Ugh.
      
      NedoftheHill 47375 posts 11:01 pm on Feb 19, 2020
      
      Headphones. Bad idea with that one.
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none, I knew it was make believe

Hank the Tank 9413 posts 8:37 pm on Feb 19, 2020

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Since several have mentioned TV movies: Salem's Lot and Dark Night of the Scarecrow.

MAS 22799 posts 8:06 pm on Feb 19, 2020

That last one really spooked me for awhile.

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  Salem’s Lot. Yes.
  
  BaronVonZemo 64186 posts 10:23 pm on Feb 19, 2020
  
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  Salem's Lot is right up there for me too. As for the ocean...
  
  NDavenue 7489 posts 9:00 pm on Feb 19, 2020
  
  I still occasionally go in, but it really scares me. As an adult I developed a healthy (and wise) fear of the ocean.
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Really little? The Wizard of Oz. Later? Jaws.

MAS 22799 posts 8:03 pm on Feb 19, 2020

I'll never put on a life vest again.

Seriously, I would never swim in the ocean.

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Misery.

iairishcheeks 30433 posts 8:02 pm on Feb 19, 2020

The leg breaking scene can never be unseen.

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Kharis the Mummy movies on Creature Feature

MarkHarman 7973 posts 6:43 pm on Feb 19, 2020

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War of the Worlds... when the aliens vaporized the priest who was holding up the cross.

Curly1918 18348 posts 6:41 pm on Feb 19, 2020

It kinda shook my childhood faith.

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More as a teen, The Other on TV. Those creepy twins and the fucked up grandma.

Frank L 64990 posts 6:38 pm on Feb 19, 2020

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  Great pick. One of my favorites. Great acting all around and, yes, Uta Hagen is great in that role.
  
  MAS 22799 posts 8:05 pm on Feb 19, 2020
  
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The Zuni doll in Trilogy of Terror. That and the original Halloween.

NDavenue 7489 posts 6:36 pm on Feb 19, 2020

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