Stillearly Posted October 19 Share Posted October 19 Saw this mentioned on another thread and thought as Halloween 🎃 is coming up .... for me , this scared the shit out of me when I was 11 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillearly Posted October 19 Author Share Posted October 19 When I was younger ... it was this chap and of course these ... Saturday nights hiding behind the sofa .. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gs joe Posted October 19 Share Posted October 19 Seen this at age 16 scared the shit out of most of the audience 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Dangleberries Posted October 19 Share Posted October 19 1 hour ago, Stillearly said: Saw this mentioned on another thread and thought as Halloween 🎃 is coming up .... for me , this scared the shit out of me when I was 11 Hahaha I posted it because of the ants in the library but I don't think anybody realised !!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coxyhog Posted October 19 Share Posted October 19 1 hour ago, Stillearly said: Saw this mentioned on another thread and thought as Halloween 🎃 is coming up .... for me , this scared the shit out of me when I was 11 I read the book when I was in my early 20's & I remember getting to the vampire bit just before I went to bed.... I couldn't sleep so I can imagine what seeing the film as a child must've been like. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillearly Posted October 19 Author Share Posted October 19 I think as a child growing up in the 70's the scariest things were the public information films .... always on TV , kids dying in fridges , electrocuted whilst fishing , drowning in ponds or silage .. run over by cars , tractors and trains ... but the most frightening to me were the "protect and survive" nuclear adverts and the rabies adverts.. I still hate needles now and I'm sure it was down to that film .. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boydeste Posted October 19 Share Posted October 19 I am not a fan of Horror/scary movies, so have never really watched them. Watching the arm scene in Jaws was enough for me to jump out of my seat LOL. Even the music in Dr Who used to scare me as a kid and would also hide behind the sofa whilst watching. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horizondave Posted October 19 Share Posted October 19 I can't remember the exact age I saw the film but, Captain Clegg, released in 1962, scared the crap out of me as a young boy. The story was just spooky and the main scary moment for me, was a horseman in a skeleton outfit riding through the dark marshes. It was a Hammer movie, hence my love for all Hammer movies. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glasseye Posted October 19 Share Posted October 19 3 hours ago, gs joe said: Seen this at age 16 scared the shit out of most of the audience Saw it when I was 16 also. Was tripping my brains out. Saw my first porno it that same the theartre -"Eruption". The place was an old fashioned type, in East Chicago Heights, Il. (Ghtteo) I think seeing those two movies back to back is why I am still so fcuked up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gs joe Posted October 19 Share Posted October 19 5 minutes ago, Glasseye said: Saw it when I was 16 also. Was tripping my brains out. Saw my first porno it that same the theartre -"Eruption". The place was an old fashioned type, in East Chicago Heights, Il. (Ghtteo) I think seeing those two movies back to back is why I am still so fcuked up. Only went to see it , as there was protesters outside the cinema trying to stop us going in, around the same time my friends and I had started reading Dennis Wheatley they have just released another version, I’ll give it a miss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted October 20 Share Posted October 20 When I saw the topic title, the Twilight Zone immediately came to mind. Some of the episodes gave me nightmares after watching them as a kid. The 25 Creepiest 'Twilight Zone' Episodes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted October 20 Share Posted October 20 The final scene in Carrie scared the bejesus out of me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Dangleberries Posted October 20 Share Posted October 20 11 hours ago, Stillearly said: Saturday nights hiding behind the sofa .. I used to hide behind the settee any time there were people kissing on the telly !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fygjam Posted October 20 Share Posted October 20 The 1959 version. It wasn't so much the movie as the walking home in the dark afterwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Zambo Posted October 20 Share Posted October 20 2 hours ago, Derek Dangleberries said: I used to hide behind the settee any time there were people kissing on the telly !!! This blew my tiny adolescent mind and i did end up behind the settee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toy Boy Posted October 20 Share Posted October 20 My family used to watch 'The Avengers' together, the original version with Patrick McNee and Diana Rigg. One episode that scared the crap out of me (I was only around 7 years old at the time) was 'The Man-Eater of Surrey Green'. My goodness, but that was scary at the time... https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0516863/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Dangleberries Posted October 20 Share Posted October 20 1 hour ago, Zambo said: This blew my tiny adolescent mind and i did end up behind the settee 1978? I was a Full Screw then! Unfortunately that means Full Corporal not what you may be thinking !! 4 hours ago, fygjam said: It wasn't so much the movie as the walking home in the dark afterwards. As a choir boy in a small Dorset village I hated walking home alone in the dark after Sunday night Evensong... So many bats dipping down to "attack" me !! Interestingly, I think today's children of the same age would be more frightened of the Maths on the blackboard ..... (non white multi-ethnic non gender specific display of toxic masculinity mind control device)..... than they would be of 1960s cinematography 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golfingboy Posted October 20 Share Posted October 20 This one 100% for me.....must have been until well into my 20's that Mrs Voorhees didn't scare me anymore 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillearly Posted October 20 Author Share Posted October 20 5 hours ago, fygjam said: The 1959 version. It wasn't so much the movie as the walking home in the dark afterwards. I watched "American Werewolf in London" at the cinema when I was about 14 or 15 and then cycled home afterwards....with only a dynamo to light my way ... I think it was the first time I didn't stop on any of the hills ... 🌕🐺 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazarus Posted October 20 Share Posted October 20 22 hours ago, gs joe said: Seen this at age 16 scared the shit out of most of the audience Yeah...that one. Every time I dropped acid after seeing that movie I'd see Regan's head pop out of the wall... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemondropkid Posted October 20 Share Posted October 20 On 10/19/2023 at 8:43 PM, Stillearly said: Saw this mentioned on another thread and thought as Halloween 🎃 is coming up .... for me , this scared the shit out of me when I was 11 Salems lot is a great call. Carrie but have been beaten to that by the force. But the scariest for me as a kid was Tales of the Unexpected. The theme tune alone sent a shiver down my spine. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aqualung Posted October 20 Share Posted October 20 As @Stillearly posted, that childcatcher fella from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang scared the shit out of me as a kid. I was a quite a bit older when I first watched the original Excorcist movie. It disturbed me to be honest but whenever the chance arises I still watch it as its a classic. Going back to 69 - 73, one series really did spook me as kid. It was prime time viewing around 6 pm on a Sunday. Doubt any UK bms remember but the series was called the "Flaxton Boys". I found some of the stories scary to say the least. Filmed on location up at Ripley castle near Harrogate. A young actor who later played the lead role in another classic "Kes" was in series 2 I think. David Bradley. I hindsight, knowing what we know now, "Jim, ll fix it" would be the number one scare fest. Along with Rolf Harris' show. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aqualung Posted October 20 Share Posted October 20 46 minutes ago, Lemondropkid said: Salems lot is a great call. Carrie but have been beaten to that by the force. But the scariest for me as a kid was Tales of the Unexpected. The theme tune alone sent a shiver down my spine. As I kid I used to dote on the "Tales of the Unexpected" but my favourite was always the Hammer Horror series. Loved Peter Cushing and Vincent Price. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gs joe Posted October 20 Share Posted October 20 we are controlling transmission. we will control the horizontal. we will control the vertical. we can change the focus to a soft blur or sharpen it to crystal clarity for the next hour sit quietly and we will control all that you see in here you are about to participate in a great adventure. name the show lots of us would of stayed up late to watch this, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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