I watched a movie last night that scared me almost to death as a child

I've over come a phobia about vampires doing just that..in fact I posted it as a discussion when I first joined myLot. It does help to go back and take an adult look at our childhood fears...doesn't it?

the movie that scared me the most wen i was a child was " the exorcist " though it may not b tat scary if i watch it nw . lol .. n another movie tat made me frightem would be "poltergeist" . . .

Not really. I loved scary movies and most of them really didn't scare me enough...just held my interest. The exorsist scared me and gave me nitemares and I've seen it since and I still found it pretty intense. That is probably the only movie that actually disturbed me like that. There was another one...Crowhaden Farm...it was about witches and that one had me on the edge of my seat but my mom walked in during the last halfhour and made me go to bed. I never saw the ending. Intense movie tho. Dark shadows...twilight zone....loved those shows. Oh lets not forget creature feature...awesome.

I've never watched those movies you mention, maybe I should start looking for it. I love a good, horror movie every time. I'm not easily scared, but one that made me think about it for days was the Poltergeist movies and also the Exorcism of Emily Rose. Maybe because the elements that they were based on true stories made it poignant for me. To be possessed with more than 1 ghost? That's just unimaginable.

Hi Dragon, The Tingler, that was a great movie, Vincent Price love they guy. I love the old school horror, The Hammer films with the holy trio ,Vincent Price, Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing. I grew up with horror movies as a child so I became immune to them. But one that did give me nightmares(just that once) was John Carpenter's The Thing When I seen it as a kid. There are not many movies now that scare me these days, I am a horror fan bit I do not scare that easy

I watched "The Thing" at a movie house when I was about five. It scared me so bad and I had so many nightmares that I wasn't allowed to see horror movies until I was a teenager and saw Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds" (scary at the time) when it first came out. I've since seen "The Thing" on AMC and had the same reaction you did--What was so scary about that? I also saw an updated remake of the movie that came out a few years ago. It didn't seem that scary either. I wonder if our similar reactions has something to do with the times. They didn't have the technology and sophistication in making movies in the 50s and 60s that they do now. Now we've seen movies that are so much more realistic and better made than what was done earlier. So, I guess that's why we just laugh now at movies that were once so frightening.

I like old horror and suspense movies (except for "the rope" by Alfred Hitchcock!) but most modern horror I would not watch.. took me years to finally watch "Jaws", it was ok, but I can't see myself wanting to watch it again.

Yes, there were a bunch of movies that scared me a lot during childhood time. However, I couldn't recall the names of those horror movies. I just remembered some fragments of the scenes. There were about draculas, zombies and ghosts. Possibly because after watching these scary movies, I am afraid to be alone in the dark. I started to adopt the habit of having at least a lamp switched on especially when I am alone in the house.I was terrified a few times, when the power was cut off and I was alone in the house. I usually grabbed my cell phone and key quickly out of the house and stay outside of the house until the power is restored. Nowadays, at my early 30s, I usually avoid watching horror movies if possible.

dragon43u oh yes I used to get scared at some of Bincent Price's roles in movies when i was a kid, and The Chainsaw Massacre but seeing them now as an elderly woman I am more inclined to laugh at some of the hokiness of the older movies and wondered why I was ever afraid of them.

i just 2 weeks ago watched the old 1970's movie Last house on the left, because friend said it was soooo scarey. but it was quite a disapointment and i think thats because of todays movies being so graffic. so, i decided to watch the updated one "last house on the left" and it was ok but still not scarey, as we (son and I)because the stupid father was so weak and couldnt even kill the girl without help. of course, the rape scene was really disgusting and son turned away. and got really mad about it. anyway, yes, Frankenstien scared me pretty bad but i was 9 when i saw it and now its just silly.

I wasn't allowed to watch scary movies as a child because they might scare my brother. YES, that was the excuse given by my parents. He was afraid of his own shadow & I was the type that nothing scared me!!! King Kong was the one movie I wanted to watch. All my friends spoke of how scary it was!!! I had moved away from home & was 21 years old before I finally got to see it. I was soooooo disappointed when I finally did get to see it. Scary???? NOT!!! Remember when we were growing up, we had to use our imagination in order to be scared. It didn't take much in the way of visual effects. Just a good scary voice & a good storyline!!! Vincent Price & Boris Karloff were good with the scary voices!!!

yes! i watched wrong turn with my boyfriend. really scares the hell out of me! its a story about zombies. zombies aren't real? right? lol they are man eater. eew!

When I was younger i'm sure the more scarier stuff would have kept me up at night but now I could pretty much sit through anything and joke about it. Things on screen don't scare me anymore. Even Saw. Happy Mylotting.

the one movie which really freaked out was the exorcist.i have watched it at the age of 11.it literally took away my sleep for 2 days.tat was really scary.i started sleeping in my dad's room after tat movie. my dad tried to explain tat those doesnt exist in real time but were in vain i couldnt get out of it.now when i watch tat movie i laugh myself coz dis was da one which freaked me out.its so funny.