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Insidious 1. First and last time I was scared.
And I watched "Mission to Mars" (2002) somewhere around 22:00 on TV snd that was deeply creepy.

My mom took me to watch Superman (with Christopher Reeves). I was 3. I had to sleep with the light on for 2 years because the moment I was in the dark, my brain would freak out giving me flashbacks of the movie very bright scenes.

Basically I had cinematic PTSD at 3yo.

Twilight Zone movie.

Watched alone on dark night.

The part when the lady visits the house, where the family is terrified of putting a foot out of line.

That has the most distasteful feeling of dread. Really well done, not for kids!

The original Texas Chainsaw Massacre. I’m scarred for life :/

Stephen King's IT was broadcast on network TV during primetime. I remember being excited to gather around the TV to watch a movie and oooooh boy was not prepared. I don't think my parents let me finish.

Pan's Labyrinth.

My parents told me that I could watch any movie in theatres for my 13th birthday. I didn't know anything about it and picked The Devil's Advocate. They took me, my older brother, and my two younger brothers.

On the way home they yelled at me for picking an inappropriate movie.

This really creepy Czech Alice in Wonderland movie. It used stop motion with animal skeletons, fish heads, and tons of other things.

My mom put it on when I was little in an attempt to keep me occupied.
“Would you like to watch Alice in Wonderland, Thelsim?” She’d ask.
“Yea!” I would shout enthusiastically, thinking she meant the Disney movie.
Half an hour later I’m crying and hiding under the blankets.

I never did watch that movie again. Maybe it’s not so bad now, but the screenshots still make feel very queasy.

A sample 🫣

Flatline (1990)

I watched The Shining at a friend's house when I was like 10. First and last time I ever watched that nightmare fuel.

The Brood, the captures of the film adverted at our movie theater fucked me up as a kid and I will never watch it.

The Howard Stern movie. Pretended to be asleep and watched through holes in blanked

I took my son to see this puppet movie when he was about 8. That sex scene went on for ever (I was covering his eyes).

I watched Borat with my dad when I was 9.

Dad let me watch Poltergeist when I was 6 and Mom let me watch The Shining when I was 7. I was also 7 when the Thriller video came out, and I think that scared me more.

According to my parents, saw Indiana Jones & The Temple of Doom when I was 4. Then I saw Jaws at age 6. But it was Ghostbusters that gave me nightmares for about 7 years afterwards.

The Mummy. Terrified me. Which is hilarious because now I laugh at it, both because it is largely comedic but also it's so corny.

E.T. --specifically the scenes starting with the government showing up to take care of him while he's dying. E.T. being lifeless in that clear body bag will never be removed from my mind.

I've mentioned it elsewhere, but I saw Akira when I was four and my brother was three. Our dad picked it out because "animation is for children".

I can't remember much of it but it left me with a deep distate for body horror and nightmares for literal weeks.

Alien when I was about 4. That's what happens when you make an uncle who is still in high school babysit.

The Gate I think I was 7-10 at the time? I don’t know how I stumbled on it flipping channels on the TV, but I did and it scared me.

Today? It’s so horribly bad it’s laughable.

I like Wolfie's Just Fine's song about this exact experience https://youtu.be/qG8iAtpavK4?si=VzTW2qGWlJ7Lg9f0

Revenge of the Nerds when I was 7. Adult forgot about the peephole scene.