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avenger00soul

10-25-2003, 01:09 PM

Is there anything absolutely dumb as hell that scared you as a child but is laughable now? Movie or otherwise.

For me, it's that old Stallone movie, Cobra, with the guys clanging their axes together and chasing women while wearing panty hose on their heads. That shit used to scare the hell out of me and I have no idea why.

Ritualistic

10-25-2003, 01:15 PM

I would have to say what scared the shit out of me as a child is when I would set on my living room couch while looking down the hallway. It was always dark in the hallway because we only had one small light. But I would set there and I could swear up and down I would see a huge werewolf walking up the hallway. I would get up and go to the other chair. cause i would scare myself really bad..

Sick_As_Fuck

10-25-2003, 01:25 PM

Darkness, dark hallways, leprechauns, and dolls.

Primo8998

10-25-2003, 03:22 PM

My parents took me and a friend to see poltergeist in the movies. I think i was around 10 years of age. Me and my buddy were underneath the seat. Especially when that dude was peeling off his face. Not so scary now.

massacre man

10-25-2003, 03:35 PM

about 7 or 8 years ago (im 12 now) i wuz afraid of chucky and i wuz real freaked i went to my cousons house and he had a my buddy doll that looked like chucky i wuz freaked out

ShamSham04

10-25-2003, 05:02 PM

The hallway at my house scares the crackers out of me when it's dark. Looks like it goes on forever.

Moviewise, Chucky and Leprechaun scared me horribly as a child.

Ritualistic

10-25-2003, 05:22 PM

well I know I was not the only one that was scared of hallways...

meetthecreeper

10-25-2003, 08:06 PM

Saw Jaws when I was about 8 years old, afraid of frickin sharks under the damn bed. Why the hell I thought sharks would be swimming under my bed I have no idea. Still wont go into the ocean to this day.

abunai

10-26-2003, 05:51 AM

Fire scared me when I was a kid because i almost burnt our house once, when all the people were asleep except the "terrible kid "who played around with lighters doing experiments on :" what happens if I light up the sofa"....euh, i got my answer then and did never again touch anything that could produce fire for a long while...till, may be :rolleyes: , i was 12. I was avoiding Fire....:(

Killer Clown#1

10-26-2003, 06:06 AM

Freddy Kruger scared me when I was little because I never watched any of the movies I just looked at the back of the movie box and there were some scary pictures such as freddy eating the girl when he turned into a snake.

Ritualistic

10-26-2003, 06:08 AM

Originally posted by Killer Clown#1
Freddy Kruger scared me when I was little because I never watched any of the movies I just looked at the back of the movie box and there were some scary pictures such as freddy eating the girl when he turned into a snake.

I love that part of that movie.. Makes me want to watch it

carriekinz

10-26-2003, 11:46 AM

My childhood fear?

Between the ages of 3-5...just before entering Kindergarten I had this recurring nightmare--once a week or so if my Mom recalls correctly--of being held captive in this sort of tree house thing? (Crazy, I know!) I dreamt I was with this other girl a little older than me...I had never seen her before or didn't know her name. Some guy had kidnapped us. So, after a year and a half of having this dream, hiding under the covers terrified or ending up sleeping in my parent's room many nights I went to my first day of school. (My parent's made me stop watching anything spooky or violent or strange--even cartoon ghosts--thinking that was why I was having nightmares!)
When we drove up to the school--which I had never ever been to before--I looked at the playground. THERE WAS THE FREAKING TREEHOUSE!! (We had driven past the school but from the roadline the playground was entirely hidden.)
Anyhow, being 5 I was more afraid of being left at school alone than the treehouse so I went inside with my Mom. Everything was fine for awhile and then some older kids came to show us around the school. Yup. The girl I had been keep captive with in my dream!! (She had just moved into town so I was sure I hadn't seen her!)
Well, in the end I never got kidnapped or anything...but it sure was terrifying for a kid to actually be able to comprehend all that. I hated going into that treehouse thing though and only did when the class would gather up there for story time or something. Even my Mom remembers me telling her about the dream and then about the first day of school and what I saw.

FreddyFan

10-26-2003, 01:46 PM

Chucky scared the shit out of me when I was a kid. I remember going to my babysitters house and she would always have a chucky movie in. I remember hiding behind the couch until my mom came and then begging my mom to stop talking and take me home. I'm over that fear now. Now I look at him and laugh. I do like him though.

dethbyfire

10-26-2003, 03:42 PM

basements. i know that had to be a fear of other people too. when i would come p the stairs i would always run as fast as i could and close the door because i always thought something was after me

avenger00soul

10-26-2003, 04:39 PM

Originally posted by dethbyfire
basements. i know that had to be a fear of other people too. when i would come p the stairs i would always run as fast as i could and close the door because i always thought something was after me

I used to do the same thing b/c my stairs didn't have a back to it, like someone's hands could come through anywhere and grab you.

_Leatha_Face_

10-26-2003, 07:46 PM

when i was little and i was the only 1 watching tv in the livingroom and i had to wlak back to my room with lights off i always thought there was some1 like a jason or myers behind me watching and i always got freaked out lol :D

Killer Clown#1

10-27-2003, 03:39 AM

Originally posted by carriekinz
My childhood fear?

Between the ages of 3-5...just before entering Kindergarten I had this recurring nightmare--once a week or so if my Mom recalls correctly--of being held captive in this sort of tree house thing? (Crazy, I know!) I dreamt I was with this other girl a little older than me...I had never seen her before or didn't know her name. Some guy had kidnapped us. So, after a year and a half of having this dream, hiding under the covers terrified or ending up sleeping in my parent's room many nights I went to my first day of school. (My parent's made me stop watching anything spooky or violent or strange--even cartoon ghosts--thinking that was why I was having nightmares!)
When we drove up to the school--which I had never ever been to before--I looked at the playground. THERE WAS THE FREAKING TREEHOUSE!! (We had driven past the school but from the roadline the playground was entirely hidden.)
Anyhow, being 5 I was more afraid of being left at school alone than the treehouse so I went inside with my Mom. Everything was fine for awhile and then some older kids came to show us around the school. Yup. The girl I had been keep captive with in my dream!! (She had just moved into town so I was sure I hadn't seen her!)
Well, in the end I never got kidnapped or anything...but it sure was terrifying for a kid to actually be able to comprehend all that. I hated going into that treehouse thing though and only did when the class would gather up there for story time or something. Even my Mom remembers me telling her about the dream and then about the first day of school and what I saw.
Wow:eek: that is some freaky ass shit!

AUSTIN316426808

10-27-2003, 05:07 AM

THE EXORCIST SCARED THE LIVING HELL OUTTA ME BUT I WAS A LITTLE TO YOUNG TO FULLY UNDERSTAND IT CAUSE AFTER I WATCHED IT I WAS SCARED TO GO TO CHURCH CAUSE I REMEMBERED SEEING PRIEST IN THE MOVIE.

ChaoticMinister

10-27-2003, 06:28 AM

My parents fighting... Breaking dishes, screaming, hitting, stomping, door slamming, etc.

Movie wise, I can't think of anything that terrified me... Or made me scream... Maybe I've jujst repressed it... Recently the two movies that scared me were Session 9 (Spoiler: the scene where the "guy" is in the asylum during the night and is being "chased" by something... There was one shot in particular when he turns around to point his flashlight, which doesn't have much power as it reaches the end of the hallway, barely illuminates this slender, dark figure at the very end looking at him... I had a nightmare about that just two days ago!), and the new TCM... Sadly, it was a scene with R. Lee Ermey that made me jump, not Leatherface...

Ah... I love the catharsis one gets after seeing a horror movie...

*FADE OUT*

moonsorrow

10-27-2003, 08:48 AM

shamefully i do have on phobia ever since i was a kid, its my cryptonite, the one thing i fear... horses... no joke, if one comes anywhere near me i break into a sweat and stop breathing.

avenger00soul

10-27-2003, 08:51 AM

Originally posted by moonsorrow
shamefully i do have on phobia ever since i was a kid, its my cryptonite, the one thing i fear... horses... no joke, if one comes anywhere near me i break into a sweat and stop breathing.

Shit yeah, I had a horse chase me through a field one time...not fun. I'm not terribly afraid of them, but I do NOT trust them.

moonsorrow

10-27-2003, 08:55 AM

ouch, if that had happened to me i would have had a god damn heart atack, i realy dont understand how i can be afraid of something like a horse, i mean im a pretty big fellaw, 6 ft tall, i work out, im a beer guzling asshole and a bar brawler, iv been atacked with knives, iv stared down the barrel of a gun (dont get me wrong, THAT was terrifying)..but a horse? why do i panic at the sight of it? cryptonite.

avenger00soul

10-27-2003, 08:58 AM

Originally posted by moonsorrow
ouch, if that had happened to me i would have had a god damn heart atack, i realy dont understand how i can be afraid of something like a horse, i mean im a pretty big fellaw, 6 ft tall, i work out, im a beer guzling asshole and a bar brawler, iv been atacked with knives, iv stared down the barrel of a gun (dont get me wrong, THAT was terrifying)..but a horse? why do i panic at the sight of it? cryptonite.

Have you seen Ben Hur??? A horse doesn't give a damn how big you are, if it tramples you you're getting hurt. I'm 6'4, wiry, and can run like a bastard and thankfully b/c that horse would have killed my ass.

moonsorrow

10-27-2003, 09:04 AM

i know its a horse, i know that unlike humans it doesnt know about greet, it doesnt want revange, it doesnt like the sight of blood and it doesnt want to tkill you, but its like i have this huge asshole sitting on my shoulder telling me theyr plotting against me and want to eat my flesh...creepy animals...arachnaphobia it your heart out...what is a phobia of horses called anyway? does it even have a name?

avenger00soul

10-27-2003, 09:07 AM

Originally posted by moonsorrow
i know its a horse, i know that unlike humans it doesnt know about greet, it doesnt want revange, it doesnt like the sight of blood and it doesnt want to tkill you, but its like i have this huge asshole sitting on my shoulder telling me theyr plotting against me and want to eat my flesh...creepy animals...arachnaphobia it your heart out...what is a phobia of horses called anyway? does it even have a name?

LOL...Hippophobia, I think.

moonsorrow

10-27-2003, 09:13 AM

haha, that sounds more like the fear of hippos to me, or hippies...

avenger00soul

10-27-2003, 09:14 AM

Originally posted by moonsorrow
haha, that sounds more like the fear of hippos to me, or hippies...

I think that's the actual term, but hippies scare me too.

moonsorrow

10-27-2003, 09:15 AM

some stoned naked guy named moonbeam talking to his shoulder about the rainforrest would do that.

spyk_

10-27-2003, 12:22 PM

My brother....he used to scare me all the time. Still does attually

natas

10-27-2003, 01:40 PM

Dark anything, hallways, basements, paths through woods(have a lot of those were I am)But the one movie hat scared me to death as a kid was Cat Eyes by Stephen King. The troll in the last story scared me. For years I sleep with the blankets over my head!!

slrae

10-27-2003, 03:05 PM

When I was a kid, one of the local TV stations had a show on Saturday nights called Chiller Theater. They would show horror movies and had a host, I think his name was Seymour. Anyway, I would get so scared during that show, I would run to the kitchen and peak around the doorway. My parents would tell me to turn the TV off and go to bed, but I was too scared to go near the TV.

The opening to Creature From The Black Lagoon scared me most, when the Creature first raised it's scaly hand out of the water.

billbundix

11-12-2003, 08:12 PM

i was raised on a farm and every day after school we would have to feed our animals, and it took lots of time so it the winter it would get dark early. and there was this always something that i would have to walk way out to feed, it never failed. so i would try to walk out there like i wasnt scared, when in reality i was scared to death, and when i came back i would walk about 3/4 of the way till i could see the porch light then i would run like hell.

NirvanaNole

11-12-2003, 09:57 PM

meetthecreeper,

"Saw Jaws when I was about 8 years old, afraid of frickin sharks under the damn bed. Why the hell I thought sharks would be swimming under my bed I have no idea."

That was mine as well concerning movies when I was a little kid. I KNEW nothing was under my bed, but was still scared shitless by the thought when I was a little kid LMFAO!

I also HATEEEEEEEEEEEEE snakes. I'm not afraid of them per se, but they just give me goose bumps and I don't want to be within a mile of them. I could kill one with ease and not get afraid, but I just hate being around them for some reason.

abunai,

If that avatar is you, then you have a pretty face.

Moonsorrow,

I know this will come off mean, and I don't mean it to, BUT I'm laughing my ass off about your horse stories. ;)

freddy13

11-14-2003, 07:13 PM

nothin scares me.does that black hole have a hemi

Malicious_Mirth

11-17-2003, 06:03 AM

when i was a child i remember going to the theater with my girlfriend at the time to see All Dogs Go to Heaven <------(lol i know i know) well anyways i remember before the movie a preview came on for leather face, and when his hand shot up outta the lake with that big ass chain saw i swear to god i jumped outta my seat and slammed my head into the back of the chair. needless to say i couldnt sleep for like forever

another thing that scared me was chucky...i saw it when i was like 5 and pissed the bed for like a week lol :eek:

avenger00soul

11-17-2003, 06:11 AM

Originally posted by Malicious_Mirth
when i was a child i remember going to the theater with my girlfriend at the time to see All Dogs Go to Heaven <------(lol i know i know) well anyways i remember before the movie a preview came on for leather face, and when his hand shot up outta the lake with that big ass chain saw i swear to god i jumped outta my seat and slammed my head into the back of the chair. needless to say i couldnt sleep for like forever

The Leatherface/Excaliber trailer is my favorite trailer of all time.

FangoFan

11-17-2003, 08:09 AM

I know this sounds dumb, but the first Ghostbusters movie.
With that ghost in the library. I had nightmares I still remember to this today.

ChaoticMinister

11-17-2003, 10:05 AM

Originally posted by FangoFan
I know this sounds dumb, but the first Ghostbusters movie.
With that ghost in the library. I had nightmares I still remember to this today.

Same here... Also, the Staypuft Marshmallow Man... Seriously, those eyes creeped me out... Then he burst into flames... Terrible...

Also in the second one when Vigos (sp?) face was being superimposed over Oscar the babys... Still kinda creepy to this day...

*FADE OUT*

grimbrotherjake

11-17-2003, 10:39 AM

honestly when I was a kid my bro and myself watched horror movies like lil kids collected comic books... he used to get chills and whatnot but nothing ever even phased me.

Except for one low budget movie entitled DEMON WIND. Its about a group of idiots that go out to this old house or something and demons and zombies and all this shit but honestly theres this scene where this little girl grabs this chick and they disappear and all thats left of the chick is this doll and it cries or says something and it freaked the hell outta me. Don't ask me why.

The other thing that freaked me was a movie called, I believe cause I haven't seen it since I was a kid, THE SPOOKIES. Theres this guy with a hand puppet and he gets killed by a spider woman or something and I think his body deflates like a balloon when she bites him... can't remember but that shot of him deflating was cool... I mean it stuck in my mind and to this day I dream about people deflating when I touch them and stuff... its cool.

Malicious_Mirth

11-17-2003, 02:48 PM

Originally posted by avenger00soul
The Leatherface/Excaliber trailer is my favorite trailer of all time.

hell yeah man i remember that one and another good one is the jason 7 preview/intro. god that used to scare me

all those quick shots of jasons grave and him killin while that narrator talks good shit

candyman scared a whole qroup of us one night. i had like a halloween party kinda thing and it was like 6 of us we were like 10 and we rented candyman..after we watched it we turned all the mirrors around in the whole house.......we were some freaked out kids

Arioch

11-17-2003, 03:39 PM

I kinda grew up with horror movies so no movie in particular really scared me, i was just drawn to liking them ya know.

I was beat up alot by jocks and the so called normal "in" crowd in my younger days, so i was kinda afraid of those type of people for awhile.
This kinda relates to Mirth's candyman story, well one time they met me after school and were all acting all friendly like so i new something was up. They were walking me down my street and were talking about the old Bloody Mary Urban Legend (the one where she died and if you say her name 5 times yada yada), well we came up to this house that was being built on my street. It was pretty much just boards and some drywall. Well they said they were all going in to explore and i was gonna get it if i didnt go with them so since we were by my house anyway i decided to comply. As i walked up towards the house they pushed me into what would be the garage and locked the door, and just as all the light went out as the door shut i saw that they had(although i didnt know THEY had done it back then) spray painted BLOODY MARY on the floor of the garage. Then it was pitch black, my friend eventually came to help me out but it was a pretty traumatic hour or so in complete darkness to a 10-11 year old.

Horror movies and dark music were always kinda my sanctuary away from bullshit like that when i was growing up.

massacre man

11-17-2003, 03:51 PM

Originally posted by Arioch
I kinda grew up with horror movies so no movie in particular really scared me, i was just drawn to liking them ya know.

I was beat up alot by jocks and the so called normal "in" crowd in my younger days, so i was kinda afraid of those type of people for awhile.
This kinda relates to Mirth's candyman story, well one time they met me after school and were all acting all friendly like so i new something was up. They were walking me down my street and were talking about the old Bloody Mary Urban Legend (the one where she died and if you say her name 5 times yada yada), well we came up to this house that was being built on my street. It was pretty much just boards and some drywall. Well they said they were all going in to explore and i was gonna get it if i didnt go with them so since we were by my house anyway i decided to comply. As i walked up towards the house they pushed me into what would be the garage and locked the door, and just as all the light went out as the door shut i saw that they had(although i didnt know THEY had done it back then) spray painted BLOODY MARY on the floor of the garage. Then it was pitch black, my friend eventually came to help me out but it was a pretty traumatic hour or so in complete darkness to a 10-11 year old.

Horror movies and dark music were always kinda my sanctuary away from bullshit like that when i was growing up.

one time me and my cousin locked a boy in a clubhouse banged on the door screamin ahhhh its the old killer from down the street he cried for hours we left kethup on the ground and ran into the woods

Arioch

11-17-2003, 04:02 PM

Whoa you didnt lock me in the garage did you massacre??:eek: :eek: :eek:

blackace

11-17-2003, 04:50 PM

When I was about 5 or so I used to have a dream ALL the time that I was being chased by Dracula, Werewolf , Frankenstien and the Mummy ( there was a whole group of monster/creature chasing me but thats all I could see). I would be running and running and running. Looking back screaming and all them with there arms up making all sorts of ghoulish sounds. I would run and run and run then I would fall off a cliff and wake up.

I used to be so scared to fall alseep that I used to rap myself with the covers because I was afraid that one of them would reach into the covers from underneath my bed and pull me out. I also thought that they were in my closet. I used to get so scared that I would make a mad dash to my sister's room and sleep with her.

Used to live on a corner house and there was a street lamp there that would light part of my bedroom. This was back in the late 70's back then streets weren't really lit up like they are now. Well anyway while laying there I saw Frankenstein in the corner of my room. I screamed for my parents while my eyes were locked on him and they just said for me to go to sleep. They never came to my room. Well evently I finally went to sleep and when I woke up he was gone. He looked so real that to this day I still swear that he was there.

Malicious_Mirth

11-17-2003, 05:22 PM

one time on halloween my brother and a couple of friends of mine were looking for some punk kuds that egged his car......they were like 5 years younger but eggs sux on cars.....anyway we found them and duct taped them to a couple of trees and left them there all night ....we were in masks so no one found out but they got what they deserved

i think it ended up costing him like 500 dollars for a new paintjob

avenger00soul

11-17-2003, 07:21 PM

Originally posted by grimbrotherjake
The other thing that freaked me was a movie called, I believe cause I haven't seen it since I was a kid, THE SPOOKIES. Theres this guy with a hand puppet and he gets killed by a spider woman or something and I think his body deflates like a balloon when she bites him... can't remember but that shot of him deflating was cool... I mean it stuck in my mind and to this day I dream about people deflating when I touch them and stuff... its cool.

The Spookies...kick ass. Did you notice that the hand puppet guy had a picture of himself on his shirt?

Nitara

11-17-2003, 07:33 PM

The movie's that scared me the most was Freddy Kruger.

I remember when I was younger I was in the house watching TV and this marathon was coming on the Scifi channel, I think, it was Freddy movies. Anyways, I was young and not allowed to watch that type of stuff, but I did anyways. My dad was at the Shop beside the house working and I would sneak views from the movies (I was supposed to be outside playing). I remember the scenes of the lady getting thrown around in her sleep getting cut up, the girl being dragged down the school halls,.. I had nightmares for weeks. I ended up giving myself "cold-fears" (i was so scared I got a sick cold feeling)

But, this is in the past now. I was very young back then and now I love Freddy, he is the coolest.

Kind of like enemy's becoming your best friend type of deal.

KingKrueger

11-18-2003, 11:45 PM

I First watched Nightmare 1 when i was 4, my baby-sitter fell asleep and i put the wrong video in the box ''accidently'' after that i was always watching it, even though i had nightmare after nightmare and not even being able to walk down the stairs by myself unless there was a light on and my mum was behind me!

I was like that for a while until i was about 8!

Then it took me another 4 years to find somewhere i could buy the video from!

Now i have all the Nightmares!! :D