TopBilled Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 I have to admit...when I was a kid CUJO (1984) scared the living daylights out of me. As a result I developed an irrational fear about certain types of dogs. And it took me years to get over it. What about you? What movies really scared you as a child..? 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Sukhov Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Any movies with aliens really (can't remember all the ones I watched). I was terrified of alien abductions as a kid. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
jaragon Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 The horror movie that traumatized me as child was Disney's "Pinocchio" Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted December 17, 2018 Author Share Posted December 17, 2018 10 minutes ago, jaragon said: The horror movie that traumatized me as child was Disney's "Pinocchio" What frightened you about it? Link to post Share on other sites
jaragon Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 The scene in which Lampwick turns into a donkey is terrifying I never forget the image of his hands turning into hoofs! Later the other film that scared the crap out of me was "I was a Teenage Werewolf" which I saw on TV and actually had to leave the room when ever Michael Landon turned into a beast. One of my cousins was really into chemistry set and I thought he was going to do that to me ! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted December 17, 2018 Author Share Posted December 17, 2018 8 minutes ago, jaragon said: The scene in which Lampwick turns into a donkey is terrifying I never forget the image of his hands turning into hoofs! Later the other film that scared the crap out of me was "I was a Teenage Werewolf" which I saw on TV and actually had to leave the room when ever Michael Landon turned into a beast. One of my cousins was really into chemistry set and I thought he was going to do that to me ! Yes, the things we never forget from childhood. Link to post Share on other sites
jaragon Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 1 hour ago, TopBilled said: Yes, the things we never forget from childhood. That scene still scares me! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted December 17, 2018 Author Share Posted December 17, 2018 7 minutes ago, jaragon said: That scene still scares me! After I saw CUJO, I had nightmares for weeks. And I could never go around large dogs like that. It was horrible. I'd panic if I was walking through a park and some big dog got off its leash. It was a fear that stayed with me for a long time. Link to post Share on other sites
jaragon Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 9 minutes ago, TopBilled said: After I saw CUJO, I had nightmares for weeks. And I could never go around large dogs like that. It was horrible. I'd panic if I was walking through a park and some big dog got off its leash. It was a fear that stayed with me for a long time. You have a better chance of running into a big dog than zombie. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Sgt_Markoff Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 'Burnt Offerings' from '74 or '73'? I dunno, saw it on TV 1 Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted December 18, 2018 Author Share Posted December 18, 2018 1 hour ago, Sgt_Markoff said: 'Burnt Offerings' from '74 or '73'? I dunno, saw it on TV See now, that's something I saw years later as an adult (on TCM). But I bet if I'd seen it as a child, it would have been traumatic. Link to post Share on other sites
Sgt_Markoff Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Yeah. There's nothing I've ever seen as scary as that crazy, grinning, suited chauffeur. And I'm not the only horror-buff I've heard that from. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted December 18, 2018 Author Share Posted December 18, 2018 If I remember correctly, the final sequence in BURNT OFFERINGS was quite horrifying. Everything we might expect from a Dan Curtis production. Link to post Share on other sites
harleydude666 Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 When I was five years old at the drive-inn with my parents The Legend of Boggy Creek a few other notables...The Sentinel, Beyong the Door, The Omen God, I hated my parents back then 3 Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted January 10, 2019 Author Share Posted January 10, 2019 On 12/30/2018 at 9:33 AM, harleydude666 said: When I was five years old at the drive-inn with my parents The Legend of Boggy Creek I've never seen this film. In fact, I've never seen a horror movie at a drive-in. Link to post Share on other sites
harleydude666 Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 You have no idea what you have missed. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
LawrenceA Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 On 1/10/2019 at 6:46 AM, TopBilled said: I've never seen this film. In fact, I've never seen a horror movie at a drive-in. I saw many a horror film at our local drive-in. It stayed in operation until about 1982 or so. I saw most of them in the 70's. In fact, the first movie question that I ever asked on the internet was trying to recall the title of a movie that I barely remembered seeing: it was a werewolf movie, with the ending taking place in a snowy environment, and it had something to do with flower petals in the werewolf's mouth being a way to stop them. No one could answer my question then, but I've since learned the title and procured a copy, but have not yet re-watched it. Can anyone figure out the movie without me telling? Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted February 7, 2019 Author Share Posted February 7, 2019 3 minutes ago, LawrenceA said: I saw many a horror film at our local drive-in. It stayed in operation until about 1982 or so. I saw most of them in the 70's. In fact, the first movie question that I ever asked on the internet was trying to recall the title of a movie that I barely remembered seeing: it was a werewolf movie, with the ending taking place in a snowy environment, and it had something to do with flower petals in the werewolf's mouth being a way to stop them. No one could answer my question then, but I've since learned the title and procured a copy, but have not yet re-watched it. Can anyone figure out the movie without me telling? Interesting. Not sure which film you're referring to...the only one I can think of is AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON from 1981. But I don't think that's it. Link to post Share on other sites
LawrenceA Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 4 minutes ago, TopBilled said: Interesting. Not sure which film you're referring to...the only one I can think of is AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON from 1981. But I don't think that's it. No, I know that one backwards and forwards. The one I was lost on is an older movie by a few years. It's much more obscure. My original query was on the IMDb boards, but no one knew the answer! Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted February 7, 2019 Author Share Posted February 7, 2019 1 hour ago, LawrenceA said: No, I know that one backwards and forwards. The one I was lost on is an older movie by a few years. It's much more obscure. My original query was on the IMDb boards, but no one knew the answer! So how did you figure it out? Did you just happen to randomly come across it again? Link to post Share on other sites
LawrenceA Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 28 minutes ago, TopBilled said: So how did you figure it out? Did you just happen to randomly come across it again? I kept searching. I think I may have finally found it via Wikipedia and their year-by-year lists of genre film releases. One thing that made my search more difficult was that the film in question had been released under several titles: one for the European market, one for the U.S. theatrical, yet another one for home video, etc. These are the titles: La Maldicion de la Bestia The Curse of the Beast The Werewolf and the Yeti Hall of the Mountain King Night of the Howling Beast It was under that last title that I saw it sometime in the late 70's. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted February 7, 2019 Author Share Posted February 7, 2019 At least you were able to see it again, Larry. People who use the Information Please sub-form on TCM's message boards have it a bit easier! Link to post Share on other sites
Swithin Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 When I was very young, I went with a friend to a matinee of a movie called Terror Is a Man (1959). The gimmick for that film was that something terrible was going to happen, but a bell would ring first, so that you could avert your gaze. My friend was terrified. I tried to get him to look, when the bell rang, but he wouldn't. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
LawrenceA Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 4 minutes ago, Swithin said: When I was very young, I went with a friend to a matinee of a movie called Terror Is a Man (1959). The gimmick for that film was that something terrible was going to happen, but a bell would ring first, so that you could avert your gaze. My friend was terrified. I tried to get him to look, when the bell rang, but he wouldn't. Terror Is a Man was the start of the Filipino horror boom that lasted through the early 70's. I haven't seen any of the other Blood Island movies, but I have seen Terror Is a Man, under the title Blood Creature. I thought it was entertaining. I also liked Beast of the Yellow Night (1971), despite, or perhaps because of, its many limitations. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
MaryGH Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 "Jaws" did but maybe because my parents dragged me to Florida every summer for one week before school started for the semester. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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