TV/Films That Scared You.

[Moondog]

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when i was little i remember Channel 4 showing a series of films they referred to as "Chinese Ghost Stories" and there was one where a guy (i later discovered them to be Chinese Vampires), was hopping after this couple (Chinese Vampires hop on both feet with their arms out in front of them like a Frankenstein monster), and they hid in a closet and used a bamboo shoot to blow their breath away from the monster (they go after your breath), and back then this scared the sh*t out of me.

it wasn't til recently after some research that i found out the film was called Mr. Vampire and it was a comedy, i looked up the aforementioned scene on youtube and it isn't scary in the slightest lol, but it was scary as a kid.

[Paul Davidson]

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I remember reading about how a character from Coronation Street died after being crushed under a van and when I saw it when the episode was repeated it actually did freak me out, probably because it was grainy black and white location footage and they showed his face after being pulled out from underneath it.

The big skeleton spider thingy off Knightmare

The bit where Michael Hordern is running across the beach on Whistle and I'll Come to You.

Ron Mael on Top of the Pops

[mark1129]

Land of the giants
Tv series

[ForgetfulOne]

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One that spooked me as a kid was The Children of Green Knowe. Had to look it up for this thread, still gives me chills looking at the Green Noah tree. And the end credits with the wooden face. Brrrr!

[darren]

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another for me is the first jaws film.

no matter who often i see it on it still scares me.

especially when they are out at sea at night.
iits oh so quiet it still makes me feel uneasy.

[stuckinthe80's]

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Talking about clowns, the film 'Clownhouse' (1989) scared me when I watched it in the early '90s. It makes me even more uneasy now to think that the youngest character 'Casey' played by a young Nathan Forrest Winters was abused by the director Victor Salva. Salva was convicted of child abuse and served 15 months of a 3 year sentence!

[darren]

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oh yes for sure that clown was super scary.

its actually a very good film even thinking of that clown sends shivers up my spine.

but it really scared me when i saw it when i was younger say between 8 and ten although thats a guess.

For me, it was the Stephen King drama/movie 'It'. That bloody clown scared the **** out of me, and is the reason, to this day, that clowns freak me out a bit. OK, I have an adult mind now, I can tell the diff between that and a party clown, but they are freaky, they are abnormal weirdos! I saw 'It' when I was about 7.

[the-peoples-poet]

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For me, it was the Stephen King drama/movie 'It'. That bloody clown scared the **** out of me, and is the reason, to this day, that clowns freak me out a bit. OK, I have an adult mind now, I can tell the diff between that and a party clown, but they are freaky, they are abnormal weirdos! I saw 'It' when I was about 7.

[paulinexsx]

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Mines is the bloody daleks in dr who,i was terrified me when i was younger,and when i got older i thought they can't get me,cause they can't get up stairs,and now im just as scared cause they can go anywhere.and the voice lol just shows you sometimes never grow out your childhood fears

[darren]

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thats clash of the titans mate.
one of my all time fave films.

one part that a long time ago scared is when perseus gave the person one god coin so the ferryman can bring him across the river styxx.

I was uneasy with michael jacksons thriller video when it first came out for obvious reasons. it didn't completely scare me to the point where I couldn't watch it though.

I didn't like clash of the titans ( or was it Jason and the argonauts?) when he slices off medusas head and all that stuff oozes out the neck.

[Trickyvee]

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I was uneasy with michael jacksons thriller video when it first came out for obvious reasons. it didn't completely scare me to the point where I couldn't watch it though.

I didn't like clash of the titans ( or was it Jason and the argonauts?) when he slices off medusas head and all that stuff oozes out the neck.

[ann22]

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yes i agree with you on salems lot ann.

also certain parts of the first omen film.
one part is where gregory peck and the fella with him go to the old cemetery they open the grave and all the rotweilers appear.

a truly chilling scene ann.

Yes, The Omen is one of those films that leave you unsettled. I saw a documentary about the making of it, there were a lot of unfortunate things that happened during filming. I forget the details now though.

[darren]

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yes i agree with you on salems lot ann.

also certain parts of the first omen film.
one part is where gregory peck and the fella with him go to the old cemetery they open the grave and all the rotweilers appear.

a truly chilling scene ann.

Yup that's the one Darren

[ann22]

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Yup that's the one Darren

[darren]

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hey ann is asylum the film with robert powell.
he visits different rooms and people tell different stories of why they are there.
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well in that film there is a story with peter cushing who wants a suit made.

but its a very strange suit its luminous white and he gives very specific instructions he supplies the material.

and it can only be worked on after 12 midnight.
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Salem's Lot without comparison!
An early scene with a disembodied hand in Blood From The Mummy's Tomb...actually all disembodied hands movies used to scare me.
Quiet As A Nun one of the Armchair Thriller episodes.
The end scene in The Man From The South (the first episode from Tales of the Unexpected) where the man from the title' wife shows her missing finger.

Barty's Party the episode from Beasts with the rats are scratching under the floorboards.

An episode of The New Avengers where there's a giant rat in it.
I remember being hysterical with terror seeing the phantom peeping through a keyhole in The Phantom of the Opera.

The bit in Asylum where the man chops his wife's body up in bits, wraps them in brown paper and dumps them in the freezer, then all the bits crawl around the place.
If anyone remembers the marvellous BBC adaptation of Dracula? Susan Penhaligon's performance as the vampiric Lucy was spine chilling and Louis Jourdan was a fantastic Dracula. I don't think I've seen any other actor to compare.