"The Entire Movie Turned Out To Be Nightmare Fuel", These Films Have Stayed With Us For Our Whole Lives Because They Scared The Sh*t Out Of Us When We Were Little

"You'd think a movie with the word 'unicorn' in the title would be all sunshine and rainbows but nooooooo."

As kids, we are super impressionable, so when we get terrified by something our parents/society has deemed suitable, it stays with us for a LONG time. I personally still am not over the Child Catcher...

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So, here are 23 other movies we watched as kids that have led to many sleepless nights:

1. All Dogs Go to Heaven

United Artists

"The hell dream sequence scared the poo out of me as a kid."

—mochavelli

2. The Dark Crystal

Universal Pictures

"When the bad guys slam through the roof and walls. I remember screaming. I was in preschool.

—dee96709

"It terrified me as a kid. I hated it, but my mom for some reason really liked it and kept putting it on for me even when I asked her not to. It was so creepy and there was so much death."

—nikola2393

3. The Neverending Story

Warner Bros.

"I could burst into tears just thinking about the swamp of despair or the rock giant talking about how they slipped through his big strong hands. Mother of God, its effing heartbreaking."

—dee96709

4. Mars Attacks

Warner Bros.

"I STILL can't watch that movie and I'm nearly 30."

—b4t5h1t

5. Independence Day

20th Century Fox

"My mom was a CNA and worked the third shift. I begged her not to leave to go to work because I thought aliens were going to attack where she worked. I was about seven I think."

—phantomxqueen

6. My Girl

Columbia Pictures

"The scene at the funeral parlour where she says he needs his glasses shook me as a whole ass adult!"

—debrastarrm

7. The Secret of NIMH

United International Pictures

"Where the rats are fighting each other and one of the other ones dies? I watched it for the first time two years ago at the age of 20 and was terrified."

—birdieebee

8. The Lion king

Buena Vista Pictures Distribution

"I went with my dad to see it, I was like six or seven and I’m a daddy’s girl so I was scared my uncle was gonna kill my dad. But still, at 35 I can’t watch the Mufasa death scene."

—mas1987

9. The Wizard of Oz

Loew's Inc.

"It scarred me for life!!! Idgaf what you say, the mayor and the lollipop guild are terrifying! From the creepy little jigg they do and their resting goblin faces! No all day to this movie!"

—begonefrommepeasant

"Those flying monkeys. Brrrrrrr. I used to comfort myself by saying, 'monkeys could never do that. They are mammals and have four limbs, so they couldn't have wings.'"

—nyc4ever

10. 101 Dalmatians

Buena Vista Pictures Distribution

"I was that weird kid that insisted on watching horror movies, even though technically, I shouldn't have been allowed. But, my parents knew that if it was one of those Benji movies where the dog got lost or hurt like 101 Dalmatians with a character like Cruella, I couldn't watch it without having nightmares about lost or hurt animals for weeks."

—swampdog

11. Monster House

Sony Pictures Releasing

"Yes it’s not the scariest but I went to a nursery which had an after-school club and the older kids wanted to watch it. I was five and that film scared the hell out of me! The part where the woman falls into the cement and just the old man, in general, gave me nightmares for days."

—miaisalwaysright

12. Pinocchio

RKO Radio Pictures

"Slave. Donkey. Boys. That is all."

—christianflinn

13. Darby O'Gill and the Little People

Buena Vista Distribution

"It was actually a young Sean Connery's first film! It was based on Irish folklore, so when the beautiful daughter is dying, there's a windy, moaning at the door and there stands the screaming Banshee, sort of like the hideous Hag/Witch omen of death. My sister and I were scared of the wind for years."

—sdenk1777

14. The Last Unicorn

Jensen Farley Pictures

"You'd think a movie with the word "unicorn" in the title would be all sunshine and rainbows but nooooooo. No. The entire movie turned out to be nightmare fuel with so many creepily drawn characters like Mommy Fortuna and the Red Bull. Just thinking about this movie makes me shudder."

—ravenbard

15. Return to Oz

Buena Vista Distribution

"It scared the shit out of me. My equally traumatised friend and I recently showed it to our own children, who were very scornful and mocking of the idea anyone could find it frightening. Kids these days, eh?"

—jackiew4dc788407

"The wheelers terrified me and now 31, I will never again watch that film."

—staceyleighk

16. James and the Giant Peach

Buena Vista Pictures Distribution

"I watched it once as a child and it creeped me out so bad I’ve never tried watching again."

—jaceyroe

17. The Empire Strikes Back

20th Century Fox

"I loved Star Wars and still follow the franchise every now and then but I remember Han Solo being frozen in carbonite when Darth Vader is experimenting on him in The Empire Strikes Back. It gave me nightmares after watching it as a kid – it creeped me out so much."

—enyah48

18. Red Dawn

MGM/UA Entertainment Company

"I still have nightmares about it. Being a young kid in the '80s when the Cold War was still a real thing watching stressed me out big time."

—trgreen1711

19. Grave of the Fireflies

Toho

"It's emotionally scarring and I still have trouble believing that the same movie studio that made my favourite movie, Spirited Away, also made this movie."

—xy8lu

"I've seen Grave of the Fireflies exactly once and I refuse to watch it again because it's so tragic and haunting. A kids movie it is not."

—ravenbard

20. Animal Farm

Sonar Entertainment

"My class watched it in fifth grade and we were scarred for life. I was even fine with horror movies, I like Final Destination a lot when I was in fourth grade. It was just stressful watching."

—goth_weirdo_2000

21. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Warner Bros. Pictures

"Voldemort’s face reveal in Harry Potter terrified me when I was a child. Let me unwrap this turban in my head TO REVEAL ANOTHER HEAD."

—shaunaaaaa

22. The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Buena Vista Pictures Distribution

"It terrified me so badly, I refused to watch it for years. The Hellfire sequence, when Quasimodo is being tortured, the whole bonfire/battle, the OPENING SCENE... only to name a few. How was this a kids' move?!?!"

—ashleigh19

23. Terminator

Tri-Star Pictures

"Specifically Terminator 2: Judgement Day. I'm 35 now and STILL have Terminator nightmares."

—saraa4a00f7b8f

"For me, the end of the original movie, where the skeletal Terminator is chasing them through the factory, and just will NOT die."

—bethanyculbert

What movie really shook you up as a kid? Let us know in the comments below!