Cheesy films that terrified you as a kid

[DeadlyDynasty]

Ok people, spill the beans.

This used to be on TNT every Halloween...it's hilarious now, but I still subconsciously close the drapes every night. I want no part of that Danny Glick shit


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1unHCE_Npw

Saw this on HBO when I was 5 or 6...horrible film, but it was the first time I ever thought about the possibility of my parents dying...always stayed with me.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaKbcPek4wg

I would add Jacob's Ladder, but it wasn't cheesy--just way too disturbing for a 7 yr old. I don't think I could stomach that movie today.

[lefty]

Gay

[leemajors]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7UsS55IwZQ

[DMC]

Left Behind. Raised by religious parents, this shit freaked me out. Made me think of the xtians as assholes and their god as a prick.

[mrsmaalox]

Once when my mom was out of town, my dad tried to entertain me and my brother with his favorite movies. The very first one was the original "Planet of the Apes". I got so scared I didn't sleep all weekend and neither did he. And then he REALLY got in trouble when my mom returned :lol

[DeadlyDynasty]

Gay
not muh spandex superheroes:cry

[DeadlyDynasty]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7UsS55IwZQ
good drop, tbh. the scene where the chick gets younger then goes blind was good too

[lefty]

not muh spandex superheroes:cry
:lol

[leemajors]

good drop, tbh. the scene where the chick gets younger then goes blind was good too

I'm not really an arachnaphobe either, but that was too many :lol

[140]

not muh spandex superheroes:cry
:lol

[baseline bum]

Poltergeist

[DeadlyDynasty]

Couple of other scenes/performances/films:

-Island of Terror - 60's horror film with Peter Cushing
-Yul Brynner's character in Westworld
-The Medusa scene in Clash of the Titans (1981)

[Thread]

The "Cheesy" qualifier threw me off. Had to go back into the stacks. Finally found it. '68..."Wild In The Streets." Not the plot, because that is the epitome of cheesy, but, the application of the plot's intent. There is a sense in this film. Due in most part because the production paid for a cast of genuine stalwarts (Ed Begley) especially, Shelley Winters as well, a younger Hal Holbrook and a hot ass Diane Varsi. Richard Pryor is here as well. The camera is set at angles, reminds a bit of the angles used in the same era's cheesy/comedic "Batman." And there is a lingering comedy here, but, it's fleeting and frustrating as it never sets, but, sets you up. Cockeyed the camera causes angst as the roundup of "parents" is executed. There is a scene where LSD in liquid form is introduced into the country's water supply. Another where the refuge parents are discovered and dealt with.

& one wouldn't think so, but, it's aged well. It works, still.

Christopher Jones, on tippy top as the '60's crept-year-by-year is the main character. Everything in front of him. A summer later his girl would be carved up in Los Angeles and left where Manson's people found her. It broke him.

[DisAsTerBot]

troll

[JoeTait75]

The Blob (the '50s version with a young Steve McQueen) and Son of the Blob (the '70s version directed by Larry Hagman.) Saw those on "Superhost" on Channel 43 back in the day.

[benefactor]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5InpLWh1mg

[JudynTX]

Prophecy :lol

[chunticakes]

Once when my mom was out of town, my dad tried to entertain me and my brother with his favorite movies. The very first one was the original "Planet of the Apes". I got so scared I didn't sleep all weekend and neither did he. And then he REALLY got in trouble when my mom returned :lol

Happened to me too but with Robocop. That scene where they execute the cop got me as a kid. I tried to be slick and tell my dad I had to go take a shit so I wouldn't have to see that part but he paused the movie so I wouldn't miss it. :lol

[UZER]

Phantasm

[Robz4000]

Fucking 'Spiders' tbh. Most people blame their fear of spiders on Arachnophobia, I blame it on that.

[Spurminator]

The end of Raiders of the Lost Ark blew my fucking mind.

Also, Poltergeist.

[benefactor]

If you were a kiddo in the 80s then Poltergeist made your list. I had a big tree right outside my window. I was afraid of that fucking thing when storms blew through for a very long time. Probably a year or better.

[benefactor]

The one with the hole to hell in the backyard scared the hell out of me too.

[DisAsTerBot]

If you were a kiddo in the 80s then Poltergeist made your list. I had a big tree right outside my window. I was afraid of that fucking thing when storms blew through for a very long time. Probably a year or better.

shit, i had a clown in my room. i didn't last long after that though

[Chris]

John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness scared the fuck out of me when I was a kid :lol Also Critters made me scared to go outside because we lived in the country and I thought they were everywhere! :lol

[RsxPiimp]

Easily the OG exorcist with Linda Blair. That was scary AF.

[SpursforSix]

John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness scared the fuck out of me when I was a kid :lol Also Critters made me scared to go outside because we lived in the country and I thought they were everywhere! :lol

Oh yeah. Good call. Those weird scenes that showed the devil coming out of the church. Creepy.

[Blake]

Left Behind. Raised by religious parents, this shit freaked me out. Made me think of the xtians as assholes and their god as a prick.

Yah I member those.

What made them extra terrifying was serious adults telling kids that it was seriously going to happen

[rmt]

My boys got scared by Jaws - will not go into the water at the beach - such a pity since we live in Miami.

I didn't like The Omen - scared the living daylights out of me.

[Thread]

My boys got scared by Jaws - will not go into the water at the beach - such a pity since we live in Miami.

I didn't like The Omen - scared the living daylights out of me.

Fine citation. Billie Whitelaw as the nanny brings the film into sharp focus. It lags a bit till she comes aboard. Her scene in the hospital room with Remick. Christ-a-mighty.

Brings another scary scene to the fore:::When Karen Black [turns] & throws Oliver Reed out the upstairs window in "Burnt Offerings."

[RD2191]

Leprechaun. Not even gonna lie, that lil fucker still terrifies me.

[Thread]

Leprechaun. Not even gonna lie, that lil fucker still terrifies me.

Coulda been all time---but, they tinged it with comedy to appease/appeal. Like "Chucky."

[illusioNtEk]

https://66.media.tumblr.com/3070632cd1ef1bd47e301fa6d84448f5/tumblr_n6znyn4jEx1seo8n9o1_500.gif

[spurraider21]

an inconvenient truth

[Xevious]

The one with the hole to hell in the backyard scared the hell out of me too.

The Gate :lol "You've been baaaaaad!"

Burnt Offerings scared me for some reason.

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[Thread]

^^^Damn, that is scary...and there Reed's remembrance as a child of the chauffeur in "Burnt" as well...

FuLNNLQ5SyU

[timtonymanu]

Trilogy of Terror. The zuni doll was scary enough but Karen Black's face at the end of that movie is one of the scariest images I've seen.

[UNT Eagles 2016]

I was barely a teenager when "Slither" came out. That one was kind of freaky. And I got to see the hot girl's nipple for a split second.

[mrsmaalox]

Trilogy of Terror. The zuni doll was scary enough but Karen Black's face at the end of that movie is one of the scariest images I've seen.

Omg I was just posting this:

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_vfOXndnicfQ/S61pd0LgJHI/AAAAAAAAARk/ULoM5df8bj0/s1600/hewhokillsdoor.jpg

Another childhood trauma courtesy of my dad lol

[timtonymanu]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIDM6wqUiuM

[DarrinS]

Trilogy of Terror. The zuni doll was scary enough but Karen Black's face at the end of that movie is one of the scariest images I've seen.

Lol, I remember that one.

[DarrinS]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VChmTTCEw0o


:lmao

[DeadlyDynasty]

The Gate :lol "You've been baaaaaad!"

Burnt Offerings scared me for some reason.

uYnHleegEhg
That's a great shot @ 2:17

[leemajors]

I ran behind the couch and peeked out for this one, not a film per se:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WP49-qftyuk

[rmt]

Trilogy of Terror. The zuni doll was scary enough but Karen Black's face at the end of that movie is one of the scariest images I've seen.

That movie was so scary - add that to The Omens.

[Avante]

Being I was a kid in the 50's...



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1i6xNScZRP4

[benefactor]

No love for The Fog yet?

http://i1094.photobucket.com/albums/i444/ALEXGRIM420/thefog.gif

[DeadlyDynasty]

No love for The Fog yet?

http://i1094.photobucket.com/albums/i444/ALEXGRIM420/thefog.gif
shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit, how'd I forget that?...gonna have to marathon all the submissions in this thread--except for Avante's.

[SpursforSix]

Burnt Offerings scared me for some reason.


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^^^Damn, that is scary...and there Reed's remembrance as a child of the chauffeur in "Burnt" as well...



Hell yeah. We've talked about this one before Cub. I mention this movie to people in real life and I don't think I've ever come across anyone who remembers it. My bed faced the door and I don't know how many nights I'd lie there and see that chauffeur push the coffin through it.

But I don't think I'd call this movie cheesy. Maybe a bit dated. But it's one of the superior takes on the haunted house genre. Great final scene with the photos.

[Thread]

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Hell yeah. We've talked about this one before Cub. I mention this movie to people in real life and I don't think I've ever come across anyone who remembers it. My bed faced the door and I don't know how many nights I'd lie there and see that chauffeur push the coffin through it.

But I don't think I'd call this movie cheesy. Maybe a bit dated. But it's one of the superior takes on the haunted house genre. Great final scene with the photos.

Definitely not "cheesy." The kids reaction in the dream sequence is correct and fuels the scene. The production told him how to play it and the child nailed it there.

So, do think she throws him out that window, or, does he dive thru it as a like a suicide?

I think one problem with the film is that it has a television feel to it. It did back in '76 when the wife and I went.

[SpursforSix]

Definitely not "cheesy." The kids reaction in the dream sequence is correct and fuels the scene. The production told him how to play it and the child nailed it there.

So, do think she throws him out that window, or, does he dive thru it as a like a suicide?

I think one problem with the film is that it has a television feel to it. It did back in '76 when the wife and I went.

I think he does it himself. Never really questioned it.
I know what you mean as to the tv feel. Absolutely. That being said, I don't know that it takes anything away from the movie today. Other than someone might not give it a chance.

[DeadlyDynasty]

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Hell yeah. We've talked about this one before Cub. I mention this movie to people in real life and I don't think I've ever come across anyone who remembers it. My bed faced the door and I don't know how many nights I'd lie there and see that chauffeur push the coffin through it.

But I don't think I'd call this movie cheesy. Maybe a bit dated. But it's one of the superior takes on the haunted house genre. Great final scene with the photos.


Definitely not "cheesy." The kids reaction in the dream sequence is correct and fuels the scene. The production told him how to play it and the child nailed it there.

So, do think she throws him out that window, or, does he dive thru it as a like a suicide?

I think one problem with the film is that it has a television feel to it. It did back in '76 when the wife and I went.

Way off topic, but do ya'll remember a movie called Born to Win? Was a gritty early 70's dramedy with George Segal. Hector Elizondo played the heavy as a drugpin iirc. Only brought this up b/c Karen Black was sexy as a willing carjack victim, and one of Segal's love interests. It's basically a comedic version of Panic in Needle Park. Check it out.

[SpursforSix]

Way off topic, but do ya'll remember a movie called Born to Win? Was a gritty early 70's dramedy with George Segal. Hector Elizondo played the heavy as a drugpin iirc. Only brought this up b/c Karen Black was sexy as a willing carjack victim, and one of Segal's love interests. It's basically a comedic version of Panic in Needle Park. Check it out.

It sounds really familiar but after looking at the IMDB, I'm not sure that I've seen it. Will take a look and see if it's on Prime or Netfilix.

[baseline bum]

Being I was a kid in the 50's...



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1i6xNScZRP4

And yet you still fuck kids in Olangapo? smh

[HI-FI]

I was gonna mention Salem's Lot and The Gate for this thread but they've already been taken. Those two are both cheesy but scared me when I was younger.

The original Nightmare on Elm Street fucked me up the most as a kid but I wouldn't call that film cheesy. The sequels got pretty ridiculous though.





No love for The Fog yet?

http://i1094.photobucket.com/albums/i444/ALEXGRIM420/thefog.gif

I love Halloween but missed out on the Fog until several years ago when a friend, who was terrified of it as a kid, showed it to me. I liked it but maybe I need to be younger to be really bothered by it.

I saw John Carpenter recently in Dallas blaring those classic tunes in concert. Good shit imo.

[Brazil]

Not a movie but MJ thriller freaked me out when I was a kid tbh

[Death In June]

Troll 2...regarded as one of the worst movies of all time, still got me as a child. Haven't seen it since, but I know it must be the worst thing to sit through, aside from maybe the garbage pail kids movie.

[SnakeBoy]

It's Alive!

http://www.blogcdn.com/slideshows/images/slides/350/189/0/S3501890/slug/l/its-alive-1974-mutant-baby-attack-1.jpg

[SnakeBoy]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ATUzDepmjo

[pgardn]

Phantasm

THIS and Suspiria.

But the cheesy is tough. My dad laughed. These slashed and permanently scared some neurons. Way too young for exposure... Thank you father. I think they scared the crap out of my mom as well.

[hehateme]

Twilight Zone the movie with that freaky ass monster on the wing of the plane and only John Lithgows character could see it....

[Xevious]

Twilight Zone the movie with that freaky ass monster on the wing of the plane and only John Lithgows character could see it....
Good call, the entire movie was pretty good. "You wanna see something really scary?" I don't consider it cheesy at all.

You should watch the original Twilight episode with William Shatner that the plane bit was based on if you haven't seen it.

[Silver&Black]

The Gate :lol "You've been baaaaaad!"

Loved that movie. But, always hated the ending of that movie. Why on Earth could they not come up with a better way to end it?

:lol That kid has the most OP rocket in history


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25_Kvrl7agM

[StrengthAndHonor]

Not a movie but MJ thriller freaked me out when I was a kid tbh
Right...:rolleyes

[benefactor]

Twilight Zone the movie with that freaky ass monster on the wing of the plane and only John Lithgows character could see it....
:tu

[Blake]

Good call, the entire movie was pretty good. "You wanna see something really scary?" I don't consider it cheesy at all.

You should watch the original Twilight episode with William Shatner that the plane bit was based on if you haven't seen it.

For whatever reason that didn't bother me as much as the creepy kid with the infinite power that put his sister in the TV cartoon that had the monster eat her, and then turned his dad into a jack in the box

[Thread]

For whatever reason that didn't bother me as much as the creepy kid with the infinite power that put his sister in the TV cartoon that had the monster eat her, and then turned his dad into a jack in the box


That particular "Zone" has sustained splendidly. The cast is fine and supplies the "horror" thru their vocation. Only the "jack in the box" is shown, but, thru the back lighting, sound effects/music/a military press drum sequence there and cast response is it able to be brought off and so hideously effective.

That episode stays with you.

[Darth_Pelican]

Stephen King's Cat's Eye, particularly the little troll that lived in Drew Barrymore's wall. I love the format of the 3 different stories, and the music was great throughout.

http://67.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzpbkcQ9hf1r5ikujo1_500.jpg

[JoeTait75]

For whatever reason that didn't bother me as much as the creepy kid with the infinite power that put his sister in the TV cartoon that had the monster eat her, and then turned his dad into a jack in the box

The segment with Vic Morrow is the most bothersome, IMO, simply because of the fact that Morrow (along with two little kids) was killed during the filming of the segment.

[Blake]

The segment with Vic Morrow is the most bothersome, IMO, simply because of the fact that Morrow (along with two little kids) was killed during the filming of the segment.

Oh shit, I had forgotten that.

[UZER]

THIS and Suspiria.

But the cheesy is tough. My dad laughed. These slashed and permanently scared some neurons. Way too young for exposure... Thank you father. I think they scared the crap out of my mom as well.

That old mans face scared me more than anything else. Also, something about those old 70s grainy film quality movies that just adds to the "horror" effect.

Anyone remember that movie House with that greatest American hero guy? Not really scary, but that skeleton soldier dude freaked me out as a kid.

[philldafunk]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f7/Monkey_shines.jpg


I was terrified of this movie poster as a child. When I finally saw the movie it was awful, there was a quadriplegic sex scene.

[benefactor]

That old mans face scared me more than anything else. Also, something about those old 70s grainy film quality movies that just adds to the "horror" effect.

Anyone remember that movie House with that greatest American hero guy? Not really scary, but that skeleton soldier dude freaked me out as a kid.
House was great...hilarious tbh.

[Xevious]

Don't know if it "terrified" me, but I also really liked Creepshow as a kid.

[Thread]

Stephen King's Cat's Eye, particularly the little troll that lived in Drew Barrymore's wall. I love the format of the 3 different stories, and the music was great throughout.

http://67.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzpbkcQ9hf1r5ikujo1_500.jpg

Yep, that movie works nicely. And you're right the music, the pounding drums heighten it. And it's brilliant casting to have Woods & Alan King in those two roles.

[Thread]

The segment with Vic Morrow is the most bothersome, IMO, simply because of the fact that Morrow (along with two little kids) was killed during the filming of the segment.

But, it's a great sequence. Truly outlandish. Morrow there is the equivalent of Sutherland in "Stand By Me." Completely unapologetic in their incalculable pathology. In "Stand," only a gun stops "Ace." And only temporarily::: "If you think we're forgetting this, you're wrong. This is big time, baby." In "Zone" even the black man cannot stop "Bill." He goes right thru him. & at the end, you have the Morrow signature, (the swagger) out the beer joint door.

[UZER]

House was great...hilarious tbh.

Yeah, it's actually a decent flick. "You're no good, you're no good, you're no good..."

[Brazil]

Right...:rolleyes

yes... right

[Nbadan]

http://the-indie-pendent.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/theshining-1.jpg
Here's Johnny!!

[StrengthAndHonor]

How about this?

http://www.fangoria.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/tales-from-the-crypt-14-1024x768-e1439522324810.jpg