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Old 04-03-2008, 02:00 PM
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Scary Children's Movies from late 70's/early 80's

So I was reading this article on cracked.com the other day, titled: The 10 Best Animated Movies for (Traumatizing) Kids [http://www.cracked.com/article_15070...ing-kids.html] and while they had several disney movies on the list (no surprise there) and a anime about racoons with giant testicles (not kidding), they also had Watership Down.





By the above still alone, I can see why my parents never let me watch it.

This time period of the late 70's/early 80's also fell between the end of the Production Code and beginning of the PG13 rating, so I think filmmakers got away with a lot darker themes than today.

So that got me thinking about the children's movies that they DID let me watch:

Like Disney's The Black Cauldron


Check out the Horned King: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5w_cnIuP8JI

Attempted torture/beheading, creepy skull guy with horns...you can see why Disney is a little embarrassed about this movie. Of course, I thought this was still pretty cool as a kid, even my parents liked it.

So what are some of your favorite scary children's movies, that filmmakers would never get away with in today's censored market? What makes them scary?
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Old 04-10-2008, 11:28 AM
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Well, Labyrinth would be one, I think. It's about a baby kidnapped by goblins. It also has David Bowie in tights- how much scarier can you get?
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Well, Labyrinth would be one, I think. It's about a baby kidnapped by goblins. It also has David Bowie in tights- how much scarier can you get?
Don't forget his awesome 80's hair :p



I thought the Dark Crystal had some scary creatures like the Skeksis' here:

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The Neverending Story I and II scared the hell out of me. Specially the first.
But it's from the 90's.
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Old 04-11-2008, 05:17 AM
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Actually The NeverEnding Story is from 1984
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Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory terrified me when I was a kid. All the bright colors and the fact that I figured this must surely be hell got to me. Also kinda scary was the Abbott and Costello Babes in Toyland. That has some freakyass makeup.
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Old 04-11-2008, 06:50 AM
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I'm not sure that I'd consider watership down a childrens movie at all...

I remember finding willow, the dark crystal, caravan of courage, and return to oz all disturbing/scary for what they were.
Something wicked this way Comes, I was enticed, but also scared by.
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I also thought the last unicorn had some pretty dark subject matter...
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Actually The NeverEnding Story is from 1984
You're right, my mistake.


That scene where he has to go through the two giant heads and can't be afraid or they'll kill him did it for me. That or the swamp crossing, very spooky :|
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