Unintentionally frightening movies

[J.R.]

There are countless films that try to be scary and fail, but there are thosefilms that are terrifying by accident.

Patch Adams- Robin WIlliams scares me anyway, what with his obviously having ADD and his unnatural body hair, but- A bottomlessly loathsome man puts bedpans on his feet and an enema ball on his nose and tortures children recieving chemo therapy, an audience that can't run away. That scares me more than any masked killer.

[raj]

Willy Wonka (as has been pointed out here by others) is supposedly a children's movie, but is kind of twisted.

[WQ]

This isn't a movie, but I feel it needs to be mentioned: The "Scott Tenorman Must Die" episode of South Park.  Wow.....

I know, there is a strong possibility it was supposed to be disturbing, but GOD DAMN!  I half expected the Crypt Keeper to show up at the end with some bad cannibal puns!

[Chadzilla]

British horror writer Ramsey Campbell has said repeatedly that the most terrifying movie he has ever seen is Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarves.  Come to think of it, most people have some Disney trauma in their childhood.

As far as movies that scare me because of their warped world view or content, can't think of any off the top of my head.  Perhaps some further thought  is needed, I'm sure that there has to be something...

[electroaddict]

lmao

that scott tenorman episode was one of the best they've ever made. the ending was fantastic :)

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[Pete]

Last time I watched 'The Garbage Pail Kids Movie' (I was pretty young at the time) it made me puke and I've never watched it since. I think it was sposed to be funny.

Someones already mentioned Willy Wonka, which I still don't like.

Pete

"I'm so bad I kick my own ass twice a day!"

[WQ]

"that scott tenorman episode was one of the best they've ever made. the ending was fantastic "

After I got over the initial shock, I realized that "Scott Tenorman" was indeed, brilliant.  The easily offended will never admit it, but it took intelligence to come up with that plot twist at the end.  Oh, and those pube jokes were hilarious.  Still, I will never look at Cartman the same way again.  EVER.

"Your tears are so yummy and sweet!"

Yowza.

[josh patrick]

i thought stepmom was pretty scary.

[J.R.]

All Julia Roberts and Meg Ryan movies scare me. As do every film Oliver Stone has made since JFK. What happened to him?

[Genetic Mishap]

Several movies have unintentionally frightened me whe I was younger..

Brave Little Toaster- That dream sequence with the clown and the firehose...holy crap...that thing STILL scares me.

Little Nemo- Some of the scenes in this movie are not for children(although nowadays I find them highly amusing)...I mean seriously, one second some lollipop people are dancing on a multicultural rainbow, and the next second, their king is engulfed by a horrible black Nightmare Blob...

I have more (lots more) but I can't think of any at the moment...

Also, although I've only been scared by less than 4 movies in the past 6 years, one scene on a cartoon seriescreeps the crap out of me- it's from Invader Zim, in the one episode where Zim (the alien) is stealing all the kid's organs. Dib (Zim's enemy- think Fox Mulder at age ten) runs out of a dark room, and the swinging door casts some light on Zim, grinning creepily...

[Dano]

No flashy puppy-killer or grotesque sea witch will ever be as scary as Disney's ultimate villain: the withered old banker who wouldn't let the kids withdraw their money in Mary Poppins.  He was scary because he was real.

I thought both "Weekend at Bernie's" movies quickly crossed from sick humor to stupidity to pretty frightening that anyone would think that one gross joke would be funny for a two hour movie AND a sequel.

[jmc]

What cracked me up is when John McCain mentioned the film during the 2000 Presidential campaign, when he said if Alan Greenspan died he would prop him up "like on Weekend at Bernie's."   I still can't believe he said that on national TV!

[J.R.]

McCain also said he enjoyed Nine Inch Nails. God, I wish I could have voted for that guy. He probably would have had all the "Gooks" deported, but it still would have been cool.

[AndyC]

When I was a kid, H.R. Pufnstuff was way too surreal for me. Creeped me out.

[Lee]

H. R. Pufnstuff is creepy period. There were some sinester things going on there.