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It helps when the poster is lying I would guess. Read more

I believe they played each one of these on Substitute days in my elementary school. Read more

Atrax dying sucked, but what really got me about that movie was “The Nothing”, which caused me to experience existential dread for the first time. In a movie for kids. Read more

Pretty much the entirety of Willow, and the creepy opening of Edward Scissorhands. To this day, I have a phobia for dusty makeshift devices. Read more

I was quite resilient to horrific moments in films as a kid and would watch movies such as The Secret of NIMH, The Dark Crystal, Gremlins, and Neverending Story repeatedly. However what did finally get to me was when I watched Spaceballs for the first time when I was 7. I didn’t watch Alien until I was an adult, so I… Read more

Secret of NIMH.  The owl.  The house slipping into the mud. Read more

I had 2: An American Tail and ET. With ET it was the scene at the beginning, where he’s running through the woods screaming. For some reason, it BROKE MY TODDLER BRAIN and sent me into a hysterical panic. My parents had to start the tape up like 30 minutes in for YEARS or I’d leave the room. Read more

“The Watcher in the Woods.”  My parents only let us watch Disney movies as a kid.  It’s about a damn poltergeist that terrorizes a kid....I’ve never been able to rewatch it.  Also, “Darby O’Gill and the Little People.”  Disney was NOT for kids in the 70's.
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Willow. Don’t even remember why. Read more

Who Framed Roger Rabbit. This effing guy, and what he did to that poor shoe!

The Peanut Butter Solution. I have no idea why the movie is so horrifying as a child. It just is.

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Basically every T-1000 scene in Terminator 2 scared the shit out of me in 3rd grade. Read more

The Heffalumps and Woozles song was definitely horror.
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For me, while the swamp scen ine Never Ending Story was sad, it was the Sphinxes’ Gate that scared the shit out of me for some reason. I remember having nightmare about them lol.
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The scene with the old woman traversing the river of acid in Dante’s Peak.
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The Land Before Time Read more

Haha the Star Trek Generations episode where people de-evolved for some reason freaked me out as a kid. Especially Worf (I was maybe 5 or 6).
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I have 2 seared in my memories of causing so many nightmares as a kid. Little Nemo and Babes in Toyland
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Large Marge from Pee Wee’s Big Adventure. Read more