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written by Ryan Lohner , May 13, 2008

A shame you had to stop at 11. I put up my own list on Youtube:

11. The Wheelers in Return to Oz.
10. The defibrilators in ET.
9. The trash compactor in Star Wars.
8. All of Jumanji.
7. Close to You in Mirrormask.
6. The Giant Mouse of Minsk in An Americal Tail.
5. The opening sequence of Spirited Away.
4. All of The Nightmare Before Christmas.
3. The ark being opened in Raiders of the Lost Ark.
2. The Ceti Eels in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
1. The Fire Gang in Labyrinth.

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written by Felix , May 13, 2008

I choose those fucking Marsians from Mars Attacks. Today, I love them but the first time i saw them they scared the crap out of me. Oh by the way does anybody of you know
"Achmed the dead terrorist"? He looks like those Marsians.

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written by MassiveballS , May 15, 2008

hehe one step beyond nice..but! headless horseman was not so scary you should have put the one from 1999 ledgende of sleepy hollow but the cartoon was nice!!!

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written by Matthew Jaques , May 16, 2008

Oh damn you, clown! Damn you to hell!

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written by Patrik Andersson , May 19, 2008

The clown from "It" did it for me... And still does. For fuck sake, I watched the god damn movie when I was 5 years old! My 10 years older brother had rented it and I thought "Hey! A movie with a clown in it, how funny!" And boy was I wrong...

This was the time before I had learned english and could not I read the subtitles either, so I had no idea what was going on. "Hey look the clown." *Screams, blood and gore.* "It's ok, It's ok, It's ok, It's just a clown, it's ok, it's ok..."

Pennywise still scares the living shit out of me. My brother who rented it thought that it was funnier to watch my reactions than watching the movie itself. I might be scarred for life, but I still laugh about it. Ha Ha Ha!

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written by Timothy Bussard , May 23, 2008

Number four is Large Marge? Everybody who's mentioned "Pee Wee's Big Adventure" always says that that scene scared the crap out of them. Frankly, I thought it was the most hilarious thing I'd ever seen when I was a kid. The clowns dream was easily much more scary than Large Marge.

I also have to give you props for Judge Doom. Man, when I was a kid, I could barely watch the screen after Judge Doom had transformed into his more toony form. Hell, I never expected it, which made it even more awesomely terrifying!

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written by Arjen , May 29, 2008

Among those are some scary moments indeed, and your humour is great. Me and my friends have seen your videos multiple times now, and every time we can't stop laughing.

Though I don't think number 1 is actually the scariest. Number 2 definately is.

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written by Vincent , May 29, 2008

THe tunnel scene still doesn't make any sense to me.

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written by Ryan Austin Fernandez , May 30, 2008

that scared the shit out of me

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written by Jessica Entis , May 30, 2008

I haven't seen all of these, but yeah that tunnel in Willy Wonka? OMG. I second the commenter who listed the Wheelies from Return to Oz and The Giant Mouse of Minsk, I still find that stuff hard to watch even as an adult. The scariest thing I remember though is from Return of the Jedi where you finally see Darth Vader unmasked. It took me years to finally see the end of that scene, because I was too scared of what Darth Vader might look like. Felt pretty silly when I finally saw it and saw he was just a dude with wrinkly yellow skin. Yeah.

Great review!

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written by Aaron , June 08, 2008

Whoa, didn't see that Care Bears one coming! What the hell?! And strangely enough, I don't remember much about that tunnel scene from Willy Wonka, even though my family watched that movie all the time when I was little. Also, I don't agree with the #1 pick. The Banshee should be further down the list.

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written by Dkad , June 15, 2008

What about the sister of the villain in Superman 3, who is forced to become a robot at the end !
Now THAT sequence is scary !

With the metalic eyes and all that...

By the way, will you do a review of Superman 3 and 4 ? That would be great coz there's a lot of things to say... =)

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written by Iconbuster , June 17, 2008

The Tunnel from Willie WOnka is my personal most scariest scene from this list.

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written by sakiimi , June 17, 2008

I must just be too young because none of these things (except maybe the Willy Wonka tunnel thing) ring any bells. I thought the clown from It was more terrifying. For me, I guess I was more scared about Are You Afraid of the Dark and Goosebumps.

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written by 200monkeys , June 19, 2008

This is definitely my favorite of the Top 11 Series thusfar...

Willy Wonka scene shoulda gotten number 1. Jesus Christ, I remember it occuring in the movie but I have no recollection of it being like that. Everyone refers to it as the "Acid Tunnel", but I hardly think that does it Justice. It's moreso terrifying than it is drug induced. Definitely the funniest of the bunch too.

Most of em you nailed too... I didn't see poltergeist till I was in my teens, and I never saw banshee or carebears, but the rest of that stuff was definitely quite terrifying.

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written by AndyP , June 22, 2008

Am I the only one who thought that the number and title cards are alot like the title sequence from James Rolfe's (aka the AVGN(heh heh heh)) Monster Madness that he did last October?

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written by NintendoAddict , June 24, 2008

I actually thought that the monkeys were scarier than the witch lol

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written by CAPTAIN N , June 24, 2008

Oh my good i remember Judge Doom. Seriusly when i was a kid there wasn´t anything that could scare me. but when i saw that freak and those EVIL demonic eyes i was soo scared that i just ran into my room and locked the door.. i was FREEEKED out.... Why dont they make those kinda thing anymore xD

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written by redrum , June 25, 2008

I'm surprised the face-melting angel scene from Raiders Of The Lost Ark didn't make it. I was horrified by that scene a million different ways.

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written by Sandheaver , June 25, 2008

The tunnel scene still creeps me out, and Large Marge also caught me completely offguard.

Still a great compilation from the Nostalgia Critic, IMO.

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written by Dove , June 26, 2008

Raiders of the Lost Ark; the Ark being opened

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written by Nostlgiafan2 , June 30, 2008

I SHIT my pants when i watched this!

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written by DO A BARREL ROLL! , July 01, 2008

i dunno, in the #1 movie, seeing Sean Connery sing is a hell of a lot scarier than the Banshee, or whatever the hell it was.

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written by mysticlink89 , July 05, 2008

I almost forgot about Judge Doom, that guy was an asshole.

One of the only things in a movie that scared the crap out of me when I was young.

large marge
written by mrprince911 , July 08, 2008

its one of those moments when your glad you had to take pee during the movie I came back to hear the ghost joke and was thinking darn I missed something cool but when I saw it man it scared the crap out of

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written by chaossquid , July 09, 2008

Great call on Judge Doom.

My candidates:

Gooey Gus from "Attack of the Slime Monster" (Ghostwriter)
I don't know why the heck this wrinkly purple midget is so scary, but when someone makes a motivational poster about it, that's got to be damn freaky.

The donkey transforming scene in Pinocchio
That whole movie was filled with horrors! Monstro the whale, Stromboli...but the little boys transforming in to donkeys and being forced into little crates by creepy men with whips is one of the most frightening moments in my childhood.

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written by Tohda , July 09, 2008

I must say, I'm surprised to not see the Crypt Keeper on the list. I swear I about crapped bricks every time I saw that guy as a kid...
Also; nice catch on Large Marge, however. In all the creepy characters I was thinking of, she didn't cross my mind~~

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written by Oskpet , July 10, 2008

ilTGWTG wrote

"Here's my list(Modern)
11.Epic Movies Willy Wonka
10.Voldemort
9.Emperor Palpatine in Star Wars Episode 3
8.Violet Beauregard from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
7.Davy Jones from Pirates of The Carribean
6.Chucky from Child's Play
5.The Statue of Liberty's Head in Cloverfield
4.Mesogog from Power Rangers Dino Thunder(I never watched the show again)
3.Royal Pain's Gun from Sky High
2.Giant Sandman from Spiderman 3
1.Mrs. Lovette's burning body from Sweeney Todd: Demon Barber of Fleet Street"



What are you? five years old? Sandman from spider man 3? the statues head from cloverfield? so the statue was more scary then the monster? I know the monster was not so frightening but it was still scarier then the statue. come on... Davy Jones? OMG violet from Charlie and the chocolate factory? Willy Wonka from epic movie? Voldemort in the first movie was a little scary but thats because i was nine at the time. Chucky on the other hand is scary. more worthy on the list would be Micheal Myers from Halloween, Jason from friday the 13th and Freddy from nightmare on elm street

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written by F1315NJ , July 10, 2008

ahh, the Headless Horseman was my favorite Disney villain. although looking at him now, he looks like hes wearing a friggin jumpsuit

Nice work!
written by mackoor , July 11, 2008

as allways this is a awesome movie... Thanks that guy with the glasses

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written by jso123 , July 11, 2008

I think that the sckool scene in the wall was scarier then all of these.
Don't believe me? watch the movie.

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written by jjthegamer , July 14, 2008

I FIRSY SEEN WILLY WONKA WHEN I WAS 5 IT STILL FREKS ME OUT

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written by F1315NJ , July 19, 2008

as i look at this list again, i think the Child Catcher should be at #8 and the Headless Horseman at #5

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written by deathOpie , July 22, 2008

How about that part in Independence Day where they are doing surgery on the alien and it kills all the doctors, then out of all the smoke in the room that guy with the long hair gets pushed up against the window and talks all creepy like. I remember watching that movie in the theaters with my aunt and she actually screamed out loud when he got shoved up against the glass! talk about scuuury!

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written by BobFilling , July 27, 2008

The only one I found scary was Judge Doom but I watched most of the others at an older age.

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written by dady5000 , July 27, 2008

Hah, the thing that scared the hell out of me was the face melting scene in Indiana Jones.

Fake but WTF SCARY.

Scary?
written by Danielu , July 28, 2008

The last part wasn´t very scary for me...

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written by JamesBond007 , July 28, 2008

Man I love that part from Scary Movie 2 with that clown.

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written by robbingdog , July 28, 2008

#1 for me: Opening the ark in Indiana Jones. That guy's face melting off scared the shit out of me, even if he WAS the villain.

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written by LimeGreenSquid , July 28, 2008

I would definitely add the Ghost Pirates on the old Garfield Halloween cartoon. Just the music and the way they were drawn when the light of them was entering the cabin... They, AND the old man in the chair were fucking scary!
And the flying Monkeys in Wizard of Oz, and definitely those Wheelers, and the heads of the evil queen in Return to Oz. And the Southern Oracle in The Neverending Story, when their faces started to crumble...

Great List
written by Kbomb13 , July 30, 2008

there were tons of recognizable and agreeable scenes in here, I didn't know the care bears one, but it really shocked me, and I remember watching Pee Wee as a four year old, and when that happened I ran to my mom's room yelling, then I had a nightmare about it that night XD haha

WTF
written by Keroshino , July 30, 2008

No Stephen Kings "IT"

i saw this movie when i was 5 years old
.......friggin scary

the weird dude in care bears
written by alexbonnin , August 01, 2008

the dude is the weirdest dude ive ever seen and what is up with that face he makes at the end of the song

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written by Klesk Vadrigaar , August 03, 2008

Willy Wonka's Tunnel....sounded so innocently silly in the book, then they made it into....that. Crud did that scare me witless when I first saw it.

And of course Judge Doom. Strangely the actual demon toon eyes didn't bother me so much, it was the way his fake human eyes just drop to the floor beforehand that had me reeling.

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written by spazatron , August 06, 2008

I like the list, but if I had to add one it would be all of the movie Peanut Butter Solution. That movie was advertised as a cute comedy and boy it was not in any way, shape or form.

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written by Metaternal , August 06, 2008

The ones on that list that creeped me out that I hadn't seen before were the Care Bears one and the Poltergeist one. Damn.

The Tunnel is my favorite out of all of them, followed by Judge Doom and Large Marge. I wanted to see The Legend of Sleepy Hollow cartoon but I never got to. That scene was pretty damn cool.

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written by Poof E Hair , August 06, 2008

11. Everything about the Wizard of Oz was weird, even the horrible Sci-Fi remakes (Tin Man), so I'm not surprised its on the list. Still a classic, though.
10. This would have been so much higher on my list. I remember having nightmares about Wonka's tunnel of doom. The Johnny Depp remake is (thankfully) toned down...except for the fact that Tim Burton made Johnny Depp like Michael Jackson.
9. I always knew Care Bears were demonic...
8. Never saw the Sleepy Hollow cartoon, but if it's anything like the live-action movie, it must be creepy as heck.
7. Man, what is with Tim Burton making all these scary movies?
6. I recently rewatched the Ghostbuster movies, and I can see what you're talking about, especially with the guy who played Yabbosh or w/e his name was. Man, when will they make a third movie? That would rock!!
5. This would be #1 for me. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang always creeped me out for some reason, but the Candy Man scared me the most.
4. Was never a huge Pee-Wee fan, but given the footage of Large Marge, it seems pretty inconsistent for a playhouse character.
3. Ah, Roger Rabbit; probably the most risque kids film ever created. From Allison Wonderland on the bathroom door, to Jessica's privates exposed, to a baby looking under girls' dresses to Judge Doom. All I know is my kids will never see Roger Rabbit.
2. Wouldn't call Poltergeist a kids movie, but the clown is definitely creepy. Gotta love that movie!
1. Never seen this movie, but to be at #1, it must be pretty good.

Stay scared!

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written by ilTGWTG , August 07, 2008

Okspert wrote
ilTGWTG wrote

"Here's my list(Modern)
11.Epic Movies Willy Wonka
10.Voldemort
9.Emperor Palpatine in Star Wars Episode 3
8.Violet Beauregard from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
7.Davy Jones from Pirates of The Carribean
6.Chucky from Child's Play
5.The Statue of Liberty's Head in Cloverfield
4.Mesogog from Power Rangers Dino Thunder(I never watched the show again)
3.Royal Pain's Gun from Sky High
2.Giant Sandman from Spiderman 3
1.Mrs. Lovette's burning body from Sweeney Todd: Demon Barber of Fleet Street"



What are you? five years old? Sandman from spider man 3? the statues head from cloverfield? so the statue was more scary then the monster? I know the monster was not so frightening but it was still scarier then the statue. come on... Davy Jones? OMG violet from Charlie and the chocolate factory? Willy Wonka from epic movie? Voldemort in the first movie was a little scary but thats because i was nine at the time. Chucky on the other hand is scary. more worthy on the list would be Micheal Myers from Halloween, Jason from friday the 13th and Freddy from nightmare on elm street

the only reason i put davy jones was because he put his fucking tentacles up that guy's fucking nose. Epic movie WW was creepy no scary. Voldemort scared the crap but it is not now. ang tgwtg is greater than both of us so shut up bitch

HOLY SHIT!
written by xH1Mx , August 08, 2008

don't show me that face from the care bears movie! I'm gonna have nightmares now !!!!

Dammit Critic!
written by RE4penguin , August 09, 2008

That image from Carebears and the Peewee scene scared the hell out of me, now I'm going to see those everywhere I go, it's planted in my head.

G'mork
written by starry66 , August 09, 2008

What about G'mork from "The NeverEnding Story"? It still gives me the chills.

TRAUMA
written by filipia , August 09, 2008

when I was a kid I saw the pee wee movie. I was at a friend's house and her older brother was watching the movie. thinking it was a boring grown-up movie I watched a bit . that bit was Large Marge, and only that single scene. after she ... pulled the face, I screamed and ran away. and I still remember it like it was yesterday (or the day before). For years and years her face haunted me and for some reason it mixed up with my fear of mirrors to create a milkshake of dread. If I had to enter the bathroom at night, I would hold my hands over my eyes to prevent me from seeing my reflection, fearing it would somehow ... pull that face. When I finally got over it, not too long ago, actually (therapy free, thank you). I asked around in search of this clip, but never found it. Thanks to Nostalgia Critic, I have. Although not as scary as back then, it's still really disturbing. It helps to be able to understand what she's saying, so you know when the god-awful scary shit is coming.

conclusion:
Pee Wee needs some PG

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written by tylerer3 , August 11, 2008

in my childhood i was always afraid of the coneheads from the movie coneheads
but my all time worst is the girl from the excorcist 0.0

pissed my pants
written by joseelmexicano , August 11, 2008

Everytime i see that large marge face i always piss my pants

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written by Exarian , August 12, 2008

I agree with Ryan Lohner that spirited away should be on the list, but I think it should be the part where Haku is bleeding a ton.

Holy Moly!
written by ElectronicaFan83 , August 12, 2008

Great listings of scary moments! I'm surprised over the freeze frame of the Care Bears one! That was creepy!

You should've included the fish in the He-Man 1983 episode "Game Plan" as that used to freak me out as a kid! Those who have seen it will know which character I mean.

But a singing Sean Connery does come close, I have to admit! I guess it's a 007 tradition as Pierce fricking Brosnan supposedly sings in Mamma Mia! Talk about interregation in the movie house!

Here's my list of scary moments not mentioned in the review. 9 listed as I like to go one step before..: -

1. E.T: The title character dying in the Kitchen scene where Dee Wallace Stone first discovers him.
2. Raiders Of The Lost Ark: Just the Angel turning into Death was totally freaky!
3. The Real Ghostbusters: Victor The Happy Ghost was one of my childhood nightmares!
4. Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade: Donavan meets Christopher Lloyd!
5. Superman III: Any scene with Evil Superman, especially when he shouts at Clark in the Junkyard. "Oh yeah? Come on, come on!"
6. He-Man & The Masters Of The Universe: The fish in the episode Game Plan. Mentioned early on.
7. Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope: Luke's foster parents' skeleton remains!
8. Spider-Man: Green Goblin screaming at the camera after fooling Spider-Man into thinking he was a child covered in a blanket during the apartment fire sequence.
9. Cannon Movie Tales - Snow White: Diana Rigg growing old at the end was just eeww! Ain't seen it for years but had to end my listing somehow!

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written by The Hellish Gnome , August 14, 2008

Personally I would have put something from Nightmare before Christmas and Indiana Jones on there, but hey there are THOUSANDS of scary nostalgia moments to choose from.

HG

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written by voltagelord , August 14, 2008

it would ne hilarious if at the very end it was a screamer

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written by ScrubsRotinaj , August 15, 2008

The blair witch project taught me to withstand creepy things. I still get creeped out by the horseman, and wonka's tunnel. It is just awesome, and I thought I would ever say that. I always avoided creepy things as a kid. Nostalgiacritic FTW.

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written by eatpork , August 16, 2008

The scenes that always got me as a kid were the opening scene to Twilight Zone: The Movie and the first close-up appearance of the gremlin in the last story. Don't think that counts as a kid's movie, though.

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written by BostonGeorge , August 17, 2008

Patrik Andersson: Yea the fucking clown from "it". Damn i saw it also when i was like 5, damn it burned deep in me. Now that i look who the actor was so its kinda funny.
I remember telling about the movie when i was in kindergarden to my friends and kindergarden lady overheard me and was like "wtf, how could my parents let me watch it" I also wonder why D

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written by b4M , August 19, 2008

Ha the horror tunnel scared me to death when I was little.

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written by darthdillon , August 19, 2008

what about when the empire killed uncle owen and aunt beru, when you see there crispy ass bodies laying on the ground..... that shit had me freaked!!!!!

top 11 childhood fears
written by Gothika777 , August 19, 2008

My childhood fears:

11. NIght on Bald Mountain From Fantasia
- it was more cool than scary plus the music was awsome
10. Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow
-hail to Christopher Walker!
9. the tornados from Twister
- i was scared of weather but now i'm fascinated by it....if i'm miles away from the tornado site
8. The tree From Polterguist
- i never look at my tree outside my window the same way again
7. The Tunnel Scene from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
- shit that was killer i though willy was going to kill them
6. Pinnichio
the scene where the kid turns into a donkey, SUCH A DEMENTED SCENE!!!!!!!!!! oh and the giant whale
5. all of Jumanji
-great movie
4. Little Monsters w/ fred savage
-the scene where the guy rips off his face was FREAKY and GROSS
3. The old hag from Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs/Snow White running through haunted woods scene
- i can't tell which one was scarier for me, but i'll tell you this. The ride for snow white was spooky. one minute it's all happy and super bright the next your like "hey, where'd the love go?"
2. Tales From The Crypt guy
- i hated him. when he came around i jumped under the covers. This one is at a tie with #1
1. Steven King's IT
- i h8 clowns.....nothing else to say

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written by LimeGreenSquid , August 19, 2008

Soooo .... how do i stop subscribing to the comments, now?

eeek....
written by rubyfnrox , August 19, 2008

The whole "Dolls" movie,I first saw it when I was like 5 or 6, fucked me up for life, especially that part where they show the hooker and the dude that have been turned into dols and their eyes move side to side....makes my skin crawl!

large marge and darby o'gill
written by Limecat , August 20, 2008

Omg, I remember Large Marge from when I was a little kid. That scene scared the shit out of me. Like you said, I can count the bricks I shat whenever I would watch that movie. I think I had nightmares from that.
And the Darby O'Gill banshee, my mom told me that she was a baby when she saw that (again, before PG-13 and R, plus it was Disney). My aunt and grandma told me that she was traumatized for life because of that scene. My aunt wrote to Disney about it complaining how fucked up it made my mom. Today, they probably would've sued. But it was the '50s.

Legend
written by B1Splurge , August 26, 2008

That swamp witch from the movie legend. freakiest damn thing I have seen in a movie as a kid, still creepy today.

what about...
written by Phantom223 , August 26, 2008

what about pennywise from it?

What about...
written by LUrabbi , August 30, 2008

What about the creepy old man from Garfield's Halloween Special? He freaks me out to this day!

My Thoughts
written by DarkDrifterUK , September 05, 2008

Am I the only person commenting here who didn't find #9 scary or creepy at all?...Just asking...

BTW, the Queen's transformation from Snow White still makes me shiver at the thought of it; I'm surprised that it's not in here...

Magic Schoolbus: Haunted House
written by weirdaljedifan2 , September 06, 2008

I remember being scared like hell by the end of that episode where you find out the person who took the call from that child was a ghost. Even the freaking lizard was scared to death.

I remember the movie at No. 1
written by CinemaZebra , September 07, 2008

I watched it when I was like 6 and it scared the shits out of me I had to leave the room every time lol the part where they possessed the horse was REALLY CREEPY ALSO

Total truth
written by RaD , September 08, 2008

Damn i couldnt sleep to that headless horseman, i could not even watch at night. After the party he goes into the most dark forest ever and its freaking scary... for a kid. Too bad NC did not put the part when he whistles trying to stay calm but we all knew he was going to meet the evil.

Willy Wonka
written by GamerErman2001 , September 10, 2008

I remember that Willy Wonka scene... that whole film creeped me out as a kid, actually, but that tunnel scene is just really fucked up. I love that film, it's so demented.

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written by MisterC , September 11, 2008

Great call with Judge Doom! I also agree with Care Bears (and before anyone asks, we watched it in daycare). I wasn't scared of the snake scene in Beetlejuice, but I was freaked out by the scene where Geena Davis rips her own face off... and you still had to show that fucking clip! As for Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, the Large Marge scene was edited out of the version I saw.... unfortunately, that damn clown nightmare wasn't.

Other noteworthy childhood scares:

Home Alone 2: Marge's electrocution until he's nothing but a skeleton. When I was kid I hated skeletons. Hell, I still don't like them all that much.
Gremlins: Just all the Gremlins in general. They're cute and cuddly... unless you feed those little bastards after midnight.
Fantasia: That demon guy in the whole Night on Bald Mountain sequence. Beating the crap out of the him in Kingdom Hearts felt like such sweet revenge after a decade of emotional trauma.
The Little Mermaid: Ursula, period. Anytime that octobitch showed up on screen was terrifying. More Kingdom Hearts retribution.
The Brave Little Toaster: This entire movie was messed up beginning to end, but the worst scene is the toaster's nightmare where he gets attacked by (what else?) a freakish fire-fighting clown. Damn clowns...
Superman II: This was probably the worst film of all for me. The scene where he gets in the red sun chamber and loses his powers, and his skeleton starts flashing out... that whole scene is messed up, and in case you forgot my Home Alone 2 mention, I FUCKING HATE SKELETONS! Who in their fucking right mind put disturbing shit like this in these "kids" movies, featuring Superman no less?

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written by Digitalpotato , September 15, 2008

If you ask me. Pinnochio and the Emperor of the Night and Fantasia should have made that list. Both of those were DANG freaky. O_o

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written by insomniac , September 17, 2008

yeah wheres pinnochio? and the wheelers

Few other scary scenes
written by Corley , September 21, 2008

Good list. I thought that the book with the face in it from the first care bears movie was pretty scary. Also this movie The Gate, when all this freaky stuff happens at the end with the eyeballs in the hand, I haven't seen that movie since but it was scary. I remember some parts of Neverending story being scary too, like when he had to walk between those statues. Darby O' Gill has some good parts tho.

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written by JinLee86 , September 22, 2008

The scariest moment for me... the scene in The Grudge which had the kid appear in bus window. It wasn't necessarily scary, but it did creep me out on the drive home. I would NOT look out the window... at it was first time in years I kept a light on when I went to sleep.

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written by Ukiby , September 24, 2008

That bloody tunnel from Willy Wonka. that's totally disturbing, seirously. Specially Wonka's speech. That should be #1, really.

O_O
written by Crystal6 , September 29, 2008

! Holy crap that carebear scene is scary! If you watch it at regular speed it's fine but freeze frame?! I think my heart stopped for a second there...

IT...
written by SimonW , September 30, 2008

I know there are a share of scary clowns but the one I mostly feared was Pennywise from Stephen King's IT.
I was surprised not to see it on the list, but since it is Nostalgic stuff that was shown and you reviewing, I forgive you.
I like the list you made, though. It was a good look back at those moments that used to terrify us way back when. And yes, I was one of those persons scared of the demon dogs in Ghostbusters. And the guy in nanny drag...I used to think he would kidnap me (when I was a child).
And of course, The Child Catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang used to scare me shitless aswell.
But enough about my Pedo-phobic problem and back to the list.
I have never seen the Care Bears Movie, but seeing that snippet got me interested...though I doubt I might be able to find it.
Yes, as a child I was scared of the Snake from Beetlejuice and The Wicked Witch from The Wizard Of OZ....I leda very troubled childhood.
Still, it was great to re-live watching these horrors that used to frighten me at a young age and I like to congradulate you on a great list.

SimonW.

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written by Mizel , October 03, 2008

Am I the only one who was scared of the rhinoceros in James and the Giant Peach? O_o I mean, it was some kind of nightmarish shadowy figure emerging from the clouds with glowing eyes and shooting lightning from it's horn. Whenever I see it now I think "Woah, that thing is awesome!", but it surely scared me when I was a kid. XDD
G'mork in the NeverEnding Story was also pretty freaky. I mean, you see all of the story so far painted in murals on the wall, but suddenly you see that one that depicts some kind of huge beast, then Atreyu looks back and sees the wolf looking at him from the hole and the spooky music plays. I was quite scared by that.
Also, the scene from The Mask when Jim Carrey puts the mask on for the first time. XDDD

Other than that, Night on Bald Mountain, the face melting in Indiana Jones... And IT, of course.

LOL!
written by Rac_Rules , October 04, 2008

I'm surprised Chucky wasn't on there, or maybe it's not old enough. This guy I know said his cousin locked him in a room filled with dolls with that movie playing when he was five.

Lullaby Land
written by hihihi , October 08, 2008

Back when Disney use to show their old cartoons in the morning, there was one called Lullaby Land that particularly frightened me. It was meant to be a warning against dangerous household items, but it was too screwed up to get the message across. If anyone wants to see it, I was able to find a German dubbed version.

http://www.trilulilu.ro/folkforever/d47adb2e117bbc?

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written by Dokupenda , October 15, 2008

Great list, but I gotta share mine too:

11. Jim Carrey in The Cable Guy - .....yeah, he just acted creepy in this movie....or maybe it's just me.

10. The horror carnival and Screweye from We're Back: A Dinosaur Tale - As awesome as this scene and character are to me today, it creeped me out a bit as a kid, I mean come on, it's a circus made for adults who like to get scared....in a kids movie. Also if you know how the villain dies in this move, once again, as awesome as it is today, it gave me the creeps as a kid.

9.The present scene from Nightmare Before Chrismas - The funny thing is I had not seen this movie until I was about 13, but seeing this scene in the preview creeped me out so badly that it put me off that long.

8. The demon cat from All Dogs Go To Heaven 2 - Yeah....this was kinda creepy to me when I saw this in the theater, being able to make the villain from the first movie his bitch, not bad at all.

7. Monstro from Pinocchio - Maybe this is because when I used to watch this back on VHS the quality made it hard to see the seen where Pinocchio and Gepeto are trying to get away from Monstro, either way made me never want to go in the ocean.

6. Jaws - Yeah.....no explanation needed........why did I watch that as a kid?

5. B-Movie song from Brave Little Toaster - This one is picked for visuals alone. Yeah a disco song about B-movies isn't that scary, but those broken appliances
sure were when I was little.....the song is pretty good too.

4. Truck scene in Terminator - Yes this movie was not for kids, but a lot of us saw it anyway, and where scared to be anywhere at night after it.

3. Random parts of Labyrinth - No doubt Labyrinth comes from Jim Henson's darker side (which obviously isn't that dark) many parts spooked kids a bit.

2. Are You Afraid Of The Dark - The only show that was made for kids and to scare kids. It's a wonder most 90's kids aren't messed up.

1. Sid from Toy Story - A kid who takes toys, takes them apart, and puts their parts on other toys to make mutant toys, doesn't sound too scary huh? Well Disney made it scary, and his name was Sid. Sid is even creepier now, probably because most of us know at least one person like him, but he was still scary to us as kids because let's face it, he seemed insane.

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written by WinterKingRE4 , October 23, 2008

Thanks NC, I literally shat my self at Large Marge -.-

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written by my cool username , November 02, 2008

Man, I remember watching "Who framed Roger Rabbit", and Judge Doom really scared the shit outta me!!!!

dude
written by paraskitzo , November 02, 2008

judge doom scared the piss outta me! I still love that movie though...

nice
written by Nathan Bainger , November 12, 2008

Awesome list. But where the hell is Watership dow. (Shiver) If I saw that as a child, I would never go near arabbit ever again.