It's mid October and I figure this is a fitting subject right now. Chris and I were talking earlier about movies that used to scare the youknowwhat out of us. His short list of tear inducers? Dumbo* and Alice in Wonderland.
Growing up, my parents didn't really care what we watched on TV. I don't remember watching movies with my dad much, but my mom, aunt, and even my grandma made me sit through a few doozies. Now that I'm older I realize some of these movies weren't even meant to be scary...but the things I remember about them make me never want to watch them again. Here's my list of the movies I remember that scared the crap outta me-
Tremors- Clearly I was four years old when this movie came out but I remember clearly the night my grandma and I watched it. Hello?! Underground creatures with massive teeth who popped up and ate people. My grandma isn't the type to watch this kind of movie, much less have me in the room watching it with her! I didn't know then that it was also sort of a comedy. Who knows how long I tip-toed around after watching this one.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs- The magic mirror creeped me out. Thank goodness talking mirrors don't really exist. The seven dwarfs were pretty cute, I vaguely remember that...but that is the only positive thing I can think of. Whoever used to turn this movie on while I was resting for nap time when I was little must have been trying to scar me for life. Apples aren't my favorite fruit. I could list many Disney movies that I didn't like but if I could only choose one, this would be it.
Young Frankenstein- Everyone knows this movie is a comedy. Everyone but me. This was one of my mom's favorite movies, when we would watch it she would laugh so hard. Now that she's gone, my uncle, Nick, most recently tried to make me watch it. It's not even the "monster" that's scary to me. It's Igor. With his crazy eyes. And his hunchback. Ohmygosh. Then there's Frau Blücher, every time someone in the house mentions her name, the horses outside neigh in terror. It's in black and white and my silly self tells me that that means the movie is even scarier. "Put the candle back."
The Rocky Horror Picture Show- Can I just say this is not a movie for kids. Like at all. But every Halloween up until my mom died, you could guarantee this movie would be playing somewhere in the house. Once again, it's a comedy. Are you seeing a trend here? I'm a wuss. This movie isn't scary (it's a musical for goodness sake!), I mostly remember being creeped out by the men dressing as women. And the make-up. I do have to say that the songs are catchy and I could probably recite any of them if you asked me to. I guess that's what happens when you watch it, but you aren't really watching it.
Salem's Lot- This movie is not a comedy. It is easily the scariest movie (to me) I've listed. It's got creepy vampires who scratch on the bedroom windows at night wanting to be let in. It's not scary because it's full of gore, what makes it creepy to me is the way the story is told. It was made in the 70's and they did a good enough job on the "scare factor" for me. Poltergeist ain't got nothin' on this one. Oh and the ending...right before the credits? Yeah, it's nightmare inducing.
Beetle Juice- Comedy. Again. Ghosts trying to scare people out of their house. I guess when I was younger, just looking at Beetlejuice was creepy enough. Then I remember something about a front door that was up really high and if you walked out of it you'd just fall...
Arachnophobia- Let me end this list with another comedy that I thought was scary. I haven't tried watching this one recently, and I have a feeling it might be kindasortafunny now...but it's not worth the spider-filled nightmares. The scene I remember most vivdly was the spider crawling on the toilet. Yeah. I don't like spiders to begin with. Maybe this movie is one of the reasons why?
I think when I was younger I just wasn't mature enough to appreciate dark comedy...since most of these are comedies and not horror films. I'm sure there are even more movies I didn't list on here that used to creep me out.
I just asked Chris if we would monitor what movies our kids watched...he basically said yes.
Which movies used to scare you when you were younger?
*Thank you IMDB for all of the links!
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