The first tv/film(s) to scare you
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I can't for the life of me remember the name of the two movies that scared me s
tless as a kid. One was about a mad scientist / doctor, who went on a murderous rampage, and the scene that really freaked me out, involved a nurse who was killed by a hypodermic in the neck, then sent down in a lift. There was also a bit with tarantulas crawling out of another of his victims dead mouth. The other film involved wierd alien things, that were like hexagonal webbed hands, which flew at people and attached themselves to the victim's face until they suffocated. The later one was called 'the warning' I think. The former one was something like 'Dr death's dungeon' or similar.
tless as a kid. One was about a mad scientist / doctor, who went on a murderous rampage, and the scene that really freaked me out, involved a nurse who was killed by a hypodermic in the neck, then sent down in a lift. There was also a bit with tarantulas crawling out of another of his victims dead mouth. The other film involved wierd alien things, that were like hexagonal webbed hands, which flew at people and attached themselves to the victim's face until they suffocated. The later one was called 'the warning' I think. The former one was something like 'Dr death's dungeon' or similar.
NewNameNeeded said:
GhostGhost Watch the mickumentarymockumentary from the early 90's scared the hell out of me.
Doh, forgot about that one - it's in my collection too! A brilliant one-off by the BBC. It's only the likes of the Paranormal Activity films that make it look a little bit tame in my opinion, but it was made in '91 if I remember right. Brilliant all the same. 
I remember my mum let me stay up to watch a Jaws film and afterwards I think there was a Twilight Zone style show about a boy who wants to play in a playground but isn't allowed to. One day he does and it turns the kids who inhabit the playground are iirc feral monsters who attack the boy to bits. That freaked me out as a kid. I would love to find that show on YT.
There's a 70's (I think) family film about a blindfolded girl trapped in mirror; saw Poltergeist 3 as a young un so I was kinda freaked about staring at mirrors for a while.
My sister was a fan of Freddie Kruger. One night she watched it loud so I could hear it and I stayed up all night stting myself.
There's a 70's (I think) family film about a blindfolded girl trapped in mirror; saw Poltergeist 3 as a young un so I was kinda freaked about staring at mirrors for a while.
My sister was a fan of Freddie Kruger. One night she watched it loud so I could hear it and I stayed up all night s
tting myself.
Lotus Notes said:
the Darleks of course...
We only had a 13" B&W portable telly so it wasn't really able to scare.Didn't get a colour until Tom Baker
I remember when my younger sister saw Jaws, she was terrified and demanded to know 'why did they call that nasty fish George!'
I was never actually able to see horror films when I was little, my imagination could turn regular TV into one quite easily, seeing the titles to the TV series for The Hulk was enough to send me hinding behind the couch.
First watched Alien in a holiday caravan, during a thunderstorm when I was 11. It was the night David Narey scored his toe punt against Brazil in the world cup
The parents were up one end of the caravan drinking/chatting and the kids were all left to watch TV. I was a bit younger and it scared the crap out of me.
I also remember watching an episode of the 6 Million Dollar Man when some hikers dislodged a rock covering a cave that freed the Sasquatch inside and Steve Austin was fighting him - scared the bejeesus out of me for weeks.
The bit in Jaws when the head falls out the hole in the boat when they are checking it out.
The parents were up one end of the caravan drinking/chatting and the kids were all left to watch TV. I was a bit younger and it scared the crap out of me.
I also remember watching an episode of the 6 Million Dollar Man when some hikers dislodged a rock covering a cave that freed the Sasquatch inside and Steve Austin was fighting him - scared the bejeesus out of me for weeks.
The bit in Jaws when the head falls out the hole in the boat when they are checking it out.
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