The first tv/film(s) to scare you
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Ghostwatch for me. I didn't know anything about it and missed the very beginning so went in entirely unware, thinking it a silly bit of light entertainment. That's why the first glimpse of the ghost when the camera pans back into what had been an empty room gave me a proper shock 
It went a bit too silly at the end but I loved it.
It took me several hours to stop laughing at this. 
It went a bit too silly at the end but I loved it.
chris watton said:
Hammerhead said:
Jaws. The head popping out of the sunken boat had me checking under my bed for ages.. That scene still makes me jump now.
That's the part that made me jump so much in the cinema, I my arms involuntary went up and threw my coat over my dad!
Nom de ploom said:
As a kid the triffids 80s series scared teh bejaysus out of me.
Likewise.Also 'Wargames' - the nuclear war documentary, not the Matthew Broderick/Ally Sheedy film - scared me half to death. For weeks the sound of airliners passing overhead after dark had me convinced the end was nigh.
Not sure which was first though.
Morningside said:
Quatermass and the pit is still a great classic scary film. The bit where the Sargent goes into the houses and starts to panic is quite worrying as well as the graveyard scene... You expect to see something. Great tense moments.
Don't have nightmares!
near to one site i work are some derelict houses just like in the film, they were super creepy walking past them last winter on the way home Don't have nightmares!
didn't help that I hadn't long watched the film on the horror channel
Probably The Curse Of The Fly, saw it my parents friends house one night in the early/mid 70s and two scenes ended up giving me nightmares
Jaws as well but I'd read the book and was partly prepared - not for the face bit - but it"s the only film I've seen where everyone in the cinema jumped at the same time.
Jaws as well but I'd read the book and was partly prepared - not for the face bit - but it"s the only film I've seen where everyone in the cinema jumped at the same time.
The Legend of Boggy Creek (1hr 25 mins) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_plWmD9pmk
There are a few films I remember watching that scared the s
t out of me as a kid, here are a few.
The Changeling - with George C Scott
The Thing - with Kurt Russell
and this one http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superstition_(1982_fi...
t out of me as a kid, here are a few.The Changeling - with George C Scott
The Thing - with Kurt Russell
and this one http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superstition_(1982_fi...
Edited by The GMan on Thursday 18th December 14:59
durbster said:
Ghostwatch for me. I didn't know anything about it and missed the very beginning so went in entirely unware, thinking it a silly bit of light entertainment. That's why the first glimpse of the ghost when the camera pans back into what had been an empty room gave me a proper shock
It went a bit too silly at the end but I loved it.
It took me several hours to stop laughing at this.
It went a bit too silly at the end but I loved it.
chris watton said:
Hammerhead said:
Jaws. The head popping out of the sunken boat had me checking under my bed for ages.. That scene still makes me jump now.
That's the part that made me jump so much in the cinema, my arms involuntary went up and threw my coat over my dad!
Whenever I hear ABBA's Mama Mia, that always reminds me of Jaws, because that's one of the songs they played at the cinema before the film started!
Looking at the film objectively now, I think it is nigh on perfect, and as watchable now as it ever was (without the coat throwing...)
Morningside said:
Plus the classic Quatermass that made him turn into a vegetable or something. Again it must have been a repeat.
Quatermass and the pit is still a great classic scary film. The bit where the Sargent goes into the houses and starts to panic is quite worrying as well as the graveyard scene... You expect to see something. Great tense moments.
Don't have nightmares!
Quatermass 2 was the one I remember from the early sixties. I was looking for people with 'V' s on their necks for ages afterwards......Quatermass and the pit is still a great classic scary film. The bit where the Sargent goes into the houses and starts to panic is quite worrying as well as the graveyard scene... You expect to see something. Great tense moments.
Don't have nightmares!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCwRzJQ0T7Y
A bit of prime time 70s TV which scared the st out of me when I was 7 or 8 years old. I think of this every time I go in the attic to this day. Why on earth would you climb that ladder?
Armchair Thriller - The Black Nun
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=747SKishQPg&fea...
t out of me when I was 7 or 8 years old. I think of this every time I go in the attic to this day. Why on earth would you climb that ladder?Armchair Thriller - The Black Nun
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=747SKishQPg&fea...
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