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Monday, February 27, 2006

Things that Scared the Shit Out of Me as a Small Child

Number 1: This Film.

"A warning may come quite unexpectedly."

Shudder.

Siobhan Curran Hard to believe, isn't it, just how much we all believed that it was about to happen. I think it was "Threads" that did it for me.

Still have nightmares about that

Becky I don't know if children today get as frightened by things, maybe stories about international terrorism has the same effect. I think the thing that made it terrifying was it's homely matter-of-factness. Threads is horrifying, but it sets out to be horrifying. Protect and Survive was (and is) scary for me because of what it doesn't show.

Fairly-Odd Me (10 years old) + this = many bad dreams

Rachel The children of today? My eldest (15) thrives on horror movies, the scarier the better. The other (13)won't go near films of that genre. Don't ask me for a definitive answer!

Siobhan Curran > scary for me because of what it doesn't show.

What's also rather scary, is the ineffectual optimism of the advice...

"If you are outdoors, lie in a ditch, then brush the fallout off your clothes"

...or at least that that was the best anyone could think of suggesting at the time.

Steph Angel Yeah, I'm thinking they could've made the film a hell of a lot shorter..."If you're outdoors, Bob Hope matey your number's up..."

And what scares kids today... Well if my 14 year old is anything to go by... bird flu...

Connie Cox The Omen used to freak me as a kid. Was the flippin music that did it!

Stegbeetle I remember going to see "Protest and Survive" screened at the 'Tec all of 20-odd years ago. Very disturbing. As was the sight of "persons unknown" going round the car park writing down number plates. I kid you not...

Kat I'd forgotten about those. Truly chilling.

But when you think back to the late 70's and early 80's, it was a pretty bleak and dangerous world.

My personal bete noire when it came to public service announcemens and advertisements was the AIDS "Don't die of ignorance" campaign. Ghastly. That tombstone.

Debbie Huggins The movie Birds scared me the most as a youngster. Still kinda freaks me out.

Debbie Huggins I remember hearing the air raid siren while I was in jr. high school (went off for no apparent reason). It was quite eerie and very loud as it was situated beside the school and was also a fallout shelter (basement).

Elaine (usa) This record terrified me:

http://users.ultinet.net/~kfo/fair.ram

Vicky Clowns terrified me as a child. My daughter was scared of the big Easter Bunny who hopped into an eating establishment one day prior to Easter. She flipped out. My son hated Santa Clause. He thought someone who would not show his entire face was creepy. I agree.
Those curly tailed monkeys on Wizard of Oz was freaky as well. I think that clowns and curly tailed monkeys should be banned. Oh yeah, and playing HOTEL CALIFORNIA backwards on an LP. I swear it said, "Smoke Marijuana." It was skeerryyyyy.

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