Lol these dads of ours. I was going to post how my amazing pops made me watch "Child's Play" when I was around 5 or 6. F you Chucky haha. I even had one of those classic Teddy Ruxpin dolls at the exact time. Yep, terrifying at the time and I had some really serious nightmares about Chucky as a kid.
For me it was Jaws as I grew up near a beach. My outlook changed going into the ocean for a very long time.
I remember going to see The Exorcist dreading it because I heard how many people came out traumatized and I was thought it would happen to me. I was around 12 years old and I thought it was a great movie, but nothing to put me in a mental hospital.
Excellent choice. That scene where he’s captured aboard the ship was terrifying, especially because on some levels it’s believed to be a true story.
Pee Wee's Big Adventure - Large Marge
Don't laugh, I'm not kidding. Horror movies never bothered me - Jaws was fun, of course I was always looking below to see if I was about to get eaten, but wasn't that bad.
I guess it was something about it being a kids movie and that part coming out of no where. The story, the build up and then the look - SHIVERS man.
Also, I know it's not a movie, but the series Unsolved Mysteries was terrifying to me, because it was real stories with the guilty person still out there.