What Movie Traumatized You as a Kid?

[Khartun]

The Food of the Gods really freaked me out as a kid. Giant animals attacking people scared the crap out of me. I watched it years later as a teenager and it made me laugh with the terrible effects, but as a little kid it was terrifying. Even funnier was Marjoe Gortner was supposed to be an NFL player.

LOL, that it was rated PG. Shows how much the rating system has changed.

That was a great show. I had forgotten about it.

 

[Khartun]

 

[quickccc]

The Food of the Gods really freaked me out as a kid. Giant animals attacking people scared the crap out of me. I watched it years later as a teenager and it made me laugh with the terrible effects, but as a little kid it was terrifying. Even funnier was Marjoe Gortner was supposed to be an NFL player.

LOL, that it was rated PG. Shows how much the rating system has changed.

Food of the Gods captivated me with the Giant Rats and Wasps, just like the zombie movies, i was asking myself, what would/should i do if i was caught in a corner in that situation.
Really creepy movie at the time.

But for some reason, i cannot recall any scenes from Foods of the God 2, the sequel.

 

[quickccc]

For all of the hype it received, ...i was never wow impressed with Amytillville.
Ditto with the Shining.

 

[quickccc]

I skimmed the thread and may have missed it being mentioned already but the original 1958 The Blob traumatized me during childhood (e.g. late 60's to early 80's). There was something very unsettling for me about a creature that could catch you within any fortified structure by squeezing through the tiniest opening and then liquifying your entire body. It inspired some pretty good nightmares in my youth.

Leap forward to the late 80's. I was apprehensive about The Blob remake but it was extremely stupid. I laughed throughout much of the movie, sometimes out loud.

'Traumatize' and 'horrified' are two different concepts for me though. The Exorcist horrified me but it did not traumatize me like The Blob.

Which is worse? .. Horrified or Traumatized ?

 

[shabazz]

Exorcist! I was only 6. Bad call on my Dad for that one.

Same here but I was 12 or so. And somehow most of us turned out to be well adjusted members of society......imagine that movie being released in today's terrified society?

 

[shabazz]

Was in the 1960 vs Godzilla

.....featuring a young but still husky Raymond burr?

 

[DallasEast]

Which is worse? .. Horrified or Traumatized ?

Good question. For me, it is horrified.

My definition of horror is psychological films that make me contemplate fictional "What Ifs" in the real world. It is the reason why my personal category of horror movies is more narrow than average because it excludes some examples like slasher, etc. I would call horror as entertainment that provokes a "rational" fear.

A rational fear is more scare than trauma for me. An irrational fear strikes when you do not expect it, like during a nightmare. "The Blob got me!!!!" Then you wake up, safe and sound in the bed, but your heart had been pounding nonetheless. That's trauma. It passes quickly after logic kicks it. "It's just a movie creature DE. Get a grip."

On the other hand, a rational fear might surface while watching a news story about mental health. Then your mind wanders back to seeing a young girl, precious little thing, whose personality changes bit by bit, eerily slow, into a manifestation of pure evil.

Is there a case out there that is truly an imbalance of brain chemistry? Or is it something else? How can anyone tell? CAT scans? Psychological evaluation? Is it all inside someone's head or did something else slip inside someone's skull? Could it happen to your neighbor's kid? Your kid?? Or to YOU???

Then a GEICO commercial comes on and seeing the gekko pulls you out of the daydream. Or does it? So you end up going to the kitchen and searching the cabinets for garlic.

Wait. That's for vampires.

 

[rynochop]

Weird to see Jaws so much, even as a kid it didn't really scare me. I guess because how fake he looked. I was like, that's not a real shark

 

[Runwildboys]

Same here but I was 12 or so. And somehow most of us turned out to be well adjusted members of society......imagine that movie being released in today's terrified society?

The Karens would have it cancelled, due to the color of the vomit being offensive to their pea soup loving taste buds.

 

[Runwildboys]

Weird to see Jaws so much, even as a kid it didn't really scare me. I guess because how fake he looked. I was like, that's not a real shark

Did you live close enough to the ocean for it to be relevant?

 

[jsb357]

Duel

I would never buy a Plymouth because of that movie...

 

[shabazz]

The Karens would have it cancelled, due to the color of the vomit being offensive to their pea soup loving taste buds.

There might be a chance they would allow it, if Linda Blair was masked up......but that would really put the kibosh on the projectile vomiting scenes

 

[Runwildboys]

There might be a chance they would allow it, if Linda Blair was masked up......but that would really put the kibosh on the projectile vomiting scenes

But it might look even nastier, shooting out from every side.

 

[shabazz]

But it might look even nastier, shooting out from every side.

 

[shabazz]

Good question. For me, it is horrified.

My definition of horror is psychological films that make me contemplate fictional "What Ifs" in the real world. It is the reason why my personal category of horror movies is more narrow than average because it excludes some examples like slasher, etc. I would call horror as entertainment that provokes a "rational" fear.

A rational fear is more scare than trauma for me. An irrational fear strikes when you do not expect it, like during a nightmare. "The Blob got me!!!!" Then you wake up, safe and sound in the bed, but your heart had been pounding nonetheless. That's trauma. It passes quickly after logic kicks it. "It's just a movie creature DE. Get a grip."

On the other hand, a rational fear might surface while watching a news story about mental health. Then your mind wanders back to seeing a young girl, precious little thing, whose personality changes bit by bit, eerily slow, into a manifestation of pure evil.

Is there a case out there that is truly an imbalance of brain chemistry? Or is it something else? How can anyone tell? CAT scans? Psychological evaluation? Is it all inside someone's head or did something else slip inside someone's skull? Could it happen to your neighbor's kid? Your kid?? Or to YOU???

Then a GEICO commercial comes on and seeing the gekko pulls you out of the daydream. Or does it? So you end up going to the kitchen and searching the cabinets for garlic.

Wait. That's for vampires.

It may be pre urban legend but I remember hearing that quite a few people, not just kids, had to seek so e form of therapy or counseling to deal with nightmares, anxiety, fear, etc.....of course some of this was probably hyped by the producers and PR people.....but theirs quite a few delicate mind sets that are very susceptible to any negativity or fear

 

[Reverend Conehead]

It wasn't a movie, and I was really little, but the scary golden alien lady on Lost in Space who hit on Dr. Smith. She was creepy and so was the music, and it scared Dr. Smith and me.

I found her picture. I remember her being much scarier than this.

 

[dsturgeon]

Had to watch the sound of music one time when my sister had control of the remote

I dont know if I will ever heal of that and the episodes of friends

 

[MWH1967]

Same here but I was 12 or so. And somehow most of us turned out to be well adjusted members of society......imagine that movie being released in today's terrified society?

wow!

 

[timb2]

It wasn't a movie, and I was really little, but the scary golden alien lady on Lost in Space who hit on Dr. Smith. She was creepy and so was the music, and it scared Dr. Smith and me.

I found her picture. I remember her being much scarier than this.