19 Kids Movies That Are So Freakin' Disturbing People Had To Leave The Theater

I was 6 years old when Coraline came out, and I went to see it with my family in 3D. I was so freaked out by the button eyes on the dolls that I hid my head in my mom's purse and begged her to leave with me. She took me to get ice cream, but for years I had nightmares about that movie.

—carol29

I was so excited to see Monster House... until the house started eating people. I was terrified after that and had to leave. I haven’t watched it since.

—kiarar488b76cbd

When I was 5 years old, my mom took me to see Follow That Bird and we had to leave because I couldn't handle seeing Big Bird lost and mistreated. I still think it's the scariest movie ever.

—strangestangel79

When I was 6 years old, my dad took me to see How the Grinch Stole Christmas in theaters. I don't even think we made it 20 minutes into the movie before we had to leave because it made me so anxious. I don't remember exactly what it was specifically that made me need to leave, but the green makeup did NOT help. It took me years to be able to watch the full movie.

—gecr-rceg

I saw Marshmallow the snow monster and I ran out screaming and crying.

—lipuppy01

I couldn't watch all of Spirited Away. The idea of being separated from my parents in a strange place was horrifying to a younger me (and, honestly, still is now). There is so much in that movie that I could point to that made it so scary. It’s brilliant — just not for me.

—funkyflea

I remember going to see A Series of Unfortunate Events with my grandmother when I was 9 years old. It wasn't a huge deal since it was a children’s movie. However, she didn’t quite understand the subject matter beforehand and became so disturbed at how depressing the premise of the movie was that she took my hand and escorted me out.

—laurenmancil

My sister and I normally go to the movie theater without checking which movies are playing — we just go and pick one randomly according to the time we're there. One day we bought tickets to see The Boxtrolls. I swear it was the most disturbing movie I have ever watched in my life, and it's supposed to be a kids movie. After 20 minutes we couldn't watch it any longer so we just left.

—eeriv

I was about 3 or 4 years old when I saw it. The evil leopard scared me so much that my dad had to take me out of the theater. It was so scary I had a tantrum and nightmares about it.

—vega11

My daughter needed to leave in the middle of Coco because she couldn't handle the talking skeletons.

—ehch

The pie machine scene in Chicken Run made me run out of the cinema crying. I was 6 years old when that happened, but I still haven't seen the full movie.

—beckyhocking1202

I was so stressed out about the Cave of Wonders that I went into the lobby of the theater to play videos games until it was over.

—debbiew4763f567c

I was 12 years old when it came out, but the bear fight scene scared me so bad I had to leave the theater and wait for my friend's dad to come get us.

—campbells4dbe23c87

When I was 6 years old, my mom took me to see Antz. The scene where all the bugs were fighting and killing each other was so scary and traumatizing that my mom had to take me out of the theater. I’m in my twenties now, and I still can’t watch that movie.

—justinea4f6d1b8aa

Not gonna lie, I had to leave during Chicken Little because the falling sky scared the shit out of me.

—julias4e62df8ef

When my dad was a kid, my grandpa brought him and his brothers to see E.T. My grandpa had to get up and leave when E.T. died. It's been years, and no one in the family has seen the actual ending to the movie.

—addisawn

I thought it would be fun to do a mommy-daughter day at the movies with my 4-year-old. We went to see Boss Baby. 45 minutes into the movie, she ran out of the theater in hysterics.

—ellend49e6fb91e