Yesterday, Twitter user Ashley Bower asked her followers "Which movie traumatized you as a kid?" She kicked off the discussion by putting her own example in: Jumanji.
Oh this is a good one. I'll start: Jumanji
It didn't take long for the responses to roll in and let's just say SEVERAL of them brought me back to a place I thought I buried during my childhood:
1. Wizard of Oz
@loudandfearless Wizard of Oz. When those feet curled up underneath Dorothy’s house... 😳
2. Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
@loudandfearless I loved every other minute of the movie— and I still do— but man, the Boat Ride scene in Willy Wonka? The stuff that lifelong nightmares are made of.
3. The Land Before Time
@preachdnb @loudandfearless I thought we ALL agreed to never speak of this again. Ow, my feelings.
4. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
@loudandfearless The CHILD CATCHER from Chitty-Chitty Bang Bang. CHILD. CATCHER. Literally.
5. Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
@loudandfearless Who Framed Roger Rabbit...Do I even need to say why?
6. Matilda
@loudandfearless Straight up.
7. Mommie Dearest
@JamilSmith @loudandfearless NO WIRE HANGERS
8. Jeepers Creepers
@loudandfearless The dude that owns the Jeepers Creepers truck is from my hometown & this is him behind me, said that is the ONLY truck that he drives and his license is still beatinu!
9. Mars Attacks
@loudandfearless I'll be alone in this one but Mars Attacks traumatized me to my core as a kid. Even now at 26 year old I have nightmares about it. 👾
10. Pinocchio
@vivkinder @loudandfearless This is easily in my top 3. Watched it recently with my yound son and I turned It off, some scenes were disturbing, even as an adult. Not sure who likes this movie!
11. Final Destination
@loudandfearless Traumatized me as a teen and still traumatizes me as an adult 😖
12. Poltergeist
@loudandfearless Poltergeist. That goddamn clown! Lol. I couldn’t sleep well at my friend’s house because she had one and a closet facing the end of the bed. I did it a few times, though. 😄
13. The Exorcist
@loudandfearless The Exorcist. And it still does.
14. Foul Play
@MKeithHarris @loudandfearless Foul Play... more specifically, the albino assassin. Kept me up at night... seeing him in my window.
15. Jaws
@loudandfearless No doubt about it: Jaws I'm a San Diego native and seeing this with my older sisters when it came out made me give up Boogie Boarding for like a month 😏
16. Return to Oz
@loudandfearless Return to Oz. Those wheelers and the heads on a shelf? Come on! I actually thought it was a nightmare for years until someone mentioned hating that movie as well.
17. Nightmare on Elm Street
@Gis_EllaTO @loudandfearless Ingenious concept: Most kids couldn't WAIT to fall asleep at night & stop thinking about the monsters in scary movies. Then comes along NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET where the hell starts WHEN you fall asleep. No. Just no.
18. Bambi
@loudandfearless Bambi for the WIN
19. Gremlins
@loudandfearless Gremlins. Always Gremlins.
20. Carrie
@meganinaba @loudandfearless Carrie
21. Child's Play
@ZenOfDesign @loudandfearless I dunno...
22. The Fly
@loudandfearless The original 'The Fly', 1958. Saw it age 7 or 8 on TV around 1970, some seriously disturbing scenes. All in glorious Technicolor.
23. Pee-wee's Big Adventure
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24. The Birds
@loudandfearless I was absolutely TERRIFIED of this movie. To this day, I won't go near a big gathering of birds. #TheBirds
25. The Exorcist
@loudandfearless The Exorcist my big sister & brother took me with them I was 7 😈🤣🤣
26. The Lion King
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27. The NeverEnding Story
@loudandfearless Here we go again
28. My Girl
@loudandfearless I COULD HAVE BEEN A WELL-ADJUSTED CIVIL SERVANT, YOU MONSTERS
29. The Brave Little Toaster
@loudandfearless Everything about The Brave Little Toaster still haunts me to this day
30. Fire in the Sky
@loudandfearless Fire. In. The. Sky. That movie came out in 1993. I was 8 years old. My mother took me to see this movie in the theatre. I don’t know what kind of affect it had on my psyche... but there have been multiple accounts through my adult life where I strongly felt I was abducted.😰
31. Raiders of the Lost Ark
@loudandfearless The face melting scene in Raiders of the Lost Ark. I was probably 7 or so when I first saw it.
32. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
@loudandfearless E.T. This scene: