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retrorussell
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« on: December 27, 2013, 06:58:53 PM »
When I was a kid this game scared the bejeesus out of me:
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Something about the angry look the patient had and the loud, jolting buzz when you touched the side terrified me up till I was about 10 or 11 or so.  I just could not deal with it.

Any little things that really got to you as a kid, or still do?
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« Reply #1 on: December 27, 2013, 08:16:09 PM »
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« Reply #2 on: December 27, 2013, 10:35:06 PM »
Bigfoot - and yes.
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« Reply #3 on: December 28, 2013, 12:09:01 AM »
THE LEGEND OF BOGGY CREEK.
My brother took me to see that movie when I was six, and the "bathroom scene" terrified me so much I didn't poop for a week!
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« Reply #4 on: December 28, 2013, 12:23:03 AM »
I still can't really deal with big crowds.. or constantly having to be with people.

I was afraid of Santa as a kid.  And Donald and Mickey and Goofy at Disneyland.  Hell, anyone in a big suit looking for kids to hug or shake hands with would compel me to move quickly in the other direction.  I still don't like closeness with people, big suit or no.

I used to be terrified of ventriloquist dummies too.  Seeing the trailer for the movie MAGIC didn't help.

Ocular trauma in film horrified me for a long time.. first got a taste of it in my early teens from the movie HOUSE OF PSYCHOTIC WOMEN late at night at my grandparents' house.  Only recently have I been able to put it behind me.

Just merely looking at horror movie VHS covers or pictures on the back could be enough to scare me back in my early teens.. I was very squeamish about those movies back then.  Once I read a book on how special effects were made (written by Tom Savini himself!) the fear kind of went away.

I do not, nor have I ever, liked to drive.  I just feel very uncomfortable and tense.
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« Reply #5 on: December 28, 2013, 01:46:19 AM »
The Thing (1982) gave me nightmares for two weeks when we first rented it in 1983 or so. The practical effects still creep me out even today, way more than the CGI remake/prequel did. I use it to scare the bejesus out of the uninitiated, like my wife. I traumatized my little sister with it when she was a little kid, to the point where even to this day at 30 years old, she still won't go near the movie.  TeddyR
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« Reply #6 on: December 28, 2013, 02:16:39 AM »
Depending on the situation I would occasionally be afraid of the dark as a kid, or deep water when swimming in some lake. Afraid something would bite my toes or grab my feet!
Because of my grandmothers old wives tales I was constantly afraid of getting meningitis or pneumonia in winter when not wearing a wool hat or thick jacket. Or that my intestines would turn blue and my stomach would burst from fermenting by eating cherries and drinking water in summer.
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« Reply #7 on: December 28, 2013, 03:41:27 PM »
Children of the Corn freaked me out
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« Reply #8 on: December 28, 2013, 04:57:22 PM »
Quote from: retrorussell on December 27, 2013, 06:58:53 PM





The 'Brain Freeze' token in his noggin must be new...

Back in the day we didn't have no fancy brain freezes in our Operation games.
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« Reply #9 on: December 28, 2013, 05:36:23 PM »
Quote from: retrorussell on December 27, 2013, 06:58:53 PM
When I was a kid this game scared the bejeesus out of me:
OPERATION

Something about the angry look the patient had and the loud, jolting buzz when you touched the side terrified me up till I was about 10 or 11 or so.  I just could not deal with it.

Any little things that really got to you as a kid, or still do?

Well of course he's freaked out, he's letting little kids touch him there. TongueOut TongueOut TongueOut

Flying Roaches freaks me out, because of how many there were one night (at least 10 in my house)
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« Reply #10 on: December 28, 2013, 07:10:20 PM »
Looking out of a window at night and having a face appear. That always scared me as a kid, and still freaks me out if done right in a movie. I'd probably be sporting drawers akin to Trevor's if it ever happened in real life. Especially since I live on the second floor! (Shades of Salem's Lot).   Buggedout Buggedout Buggedout
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« Reply #11 on: December 28, 2013, 08:21:39 PM »
Quote from: Bushma on December 27, 2013, 08:16:09 PM
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That creature on the wing from the Twilight Zone movie. 
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« Reply #12 on: December 28, 2013, 08:51:43 PM »
Some elements from the Resident Evil games scared me when they were new.
Like the dogs jumping through the windows in the first game.
And the dogs in the garden maze in the 4th game.  You'd hear them growling/panting/running in the distance.. then BAM!  They're right in front of you!
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« Reply #13 on: December 29, 2013, 01:35:35 PM »
Quote from: indianasmith on December 28, 2013, 12:09:01 AM
THE LEGEND OF BOGGY CREEK.
My brother took me to see that movie when I was six, and the "bathroom scene" terrified me so much I didn't poop for a week!

I guess you had the s*it scared out of you, huh Indy?   BounceGiggle
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« Reply #14 on: December 29, 2013, 01:40:19 PM »
Anyhow, what scared me as a kid and still does?

The Beyond The Door TV spot.  This scared me badly as a kid and I admit that I still don't feel easy when I see it. 

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