Movies That Freaked Me Out When I Was Little

by Elissa  5 contributors  -  November 19, 2008   + Add To This Guide
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I slept with the lights on for weeks after these scenes.

Violet Beauregarde

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Nothing terrified me more than the thought of inflating into a giant blueberry.

Jeff Goldblum and his quick-talking

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The Witches

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This movie scared the CRAP out of me when I was a kid. It took me years not to be afraid of Angelica Huston. I don’t care if this movie is based on a lovable Roald Dahl book, this film is SERIOUSLY frightening—it should be considered child abuse.

added by Elijay 11/19/2008

I had to put the video because I thought that was the only way to get the full effect of the scary-ness of the Jabberwocky. But then I watched it and realized how ridiculously fake it looks. And that I probably should have been more scared of the creepy White Rabbit. Or Carol Channing who is clearly on drugs. Or the Sammy Davis Jr. in a caterpillar smoking a hookah.

In any event, I would make my sister let me sit on her lap (my poor sister) during the Jabberwocky scenes. Now I would probably need to sit on someone’s lap throughout the whole movie. Creepy.

added by Susie 11/20/2008

Large Marge from Pee-Wee's Big Adventure

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I was so stoked to see this movie in theaters, and then this scene… this fucking scene ruined it all for me. I buried my head in my grandmother’s lap for the next 10 minutes until she promised me that it was over.

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All Dogs Go To Heaven

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I don’t know, maybe the idea of mortality doesn’t appeal to your common 5-year-old. I’ve asked around and plenty of my friends had a similar reaction to this film.

Beetlejuice

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This one’s pretty obvious, but it wasn’t really Beetlejuice that scared me, so much as the scene where everyone grows really old and decrepit within a matter of seconds. Again, the mortality thing?

Yoda

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Oh god. Green, wrinkly, talked backwards. Oh god. So, so scary. And all my dad would do was laugh and tell me he was cute. NOT CUTE. CREEPY!

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Sleeping Beauty

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This woman freaked me the eff out. I would always make my sister fast-forward past the part where she comes out in the beginning. Or else I would burst into tears! Just look at her!! Still kind of freaks me out.

added by Susie 11/20/2008

Cat's Eye

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I STILL keep waiting for the little troll guy to come out of my wall to steal my breath.

added by ethwiny 05/04/2009
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by alexis  05/04/2009  Reply

can you imagine watching all of these movies back to back and then taking a nap? might turn into a freakish childhood nightmare. time to bring back the night light.

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I like to overdress, I don't understand musical theater, and I'm always the one who changes the message in a game of Telephone.

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