1. An American Werewolf in London. This is the first film I can truly remember scaring the living hell out of me. That damned Nazi Werewolf will never leave my dreams.

2. John Carpenter's The Thing. This is a very close second. I have a very vivid memory of that guys chest busting open and biting the doc's hands off.

3. Those stupid flying monkey's scared me too, but not like the too films mentioned above.

You know the funniest part of all of this though? I was into monsters and Godzilla long before I ever saw any horror movies or Godzilla films. I always liked monsters and was always attrachted to them even before they were scary.

I saw all the Universal and Hammer films, but I wasn't allowed to see any of the contemporary movies when I was a kid because my mom knew they would scare me to death. She was right, too. I'm still scared of Microwaved's #1 and #2 to this day. I remember being really afraid of David Bowie in 'Labyrinth', and I was terrified of vampires for a long time after my dad let me watch 'Fright Night' when my mom wasn't home. I was also afraid to go to the bathroom for several days after 'Ghoulies II'. ha.

The Neverending story really got to me. I still imagine Gmork the werewolf chasing me up the stairs when I leave the darkened basement. I also was not allowed to see the big ones as a kid. Until I got to college I thought that Jason terrorized Elm Street with a chainsaw. No joke! Since then I've watched everything I could get my hands on.

One of my most vivid memories of childhood was walking by the TV where my mum was watching a VHS of "Firestarter" and being like, "Huh, this is interesting, what's OH MY GOD THAT GUY'S FACE IS MELTING."

Second place goes to the singularly unscary "Sleepaway Camp" which was my first slasher movie.

The Exorcist really scared me as a child. It's Alive also scared me because my mom was pregnant with my little brother when we saw it at the drive in. CREEPY!!!

"The House of Wax" scared the Blank out of me when I was little. I thought Vincent Price was great! in that Horror movie in 3-D.

It was a few years before I saw any of those movies. The movies that really gave me nightmares when I was little, in order, were:

The Black Hole. The bad robot with his one red eye... Nighmares, man, nightmares.

The Blob (1988). I only remember two scenes from that movie, but they were burned into my brain: Near the beginning this guy gets sucked down the tub drain. The other is when The Blob is trying to eat someone in a phone booth and you can see a previous victim pressed up against the glass.

The Thing from Another World. It was the yelling/growling noise that it made, and the part where he's on fire.

It. I'm not too proud to admit that, to this day, I'm still afraid of clowns.

Psycho. Made me take showers with one eye on the door for a while.

I was such a chicken as a kid....

the best for me as a kid was "Black Sunday". It was scary then and it still is. There is also a PBS movie from years ago called "Count Dracula". I'm glad I taped it back then because I've never seen it since. It's filmed in that different British thing that's part movie, part stage play, but with pretty cool special effects. Louis Jordan is the Count and he's great!

hitchcock's psycho did it for me as a kid. i never exactly had nightmares but walking in the dark at night, everything looked like mother bates. the shower scene, oddly, never bothered me. it was norman's DEMENTED smile and mother's corpse in the cellar at the end of the movie. funny, the same movie i thought was so scary started my horror craze.

Two films really stand out for me.

1. Aliens - I was watching this one night with my older brother (I was like 8-years-old I believe) and I was laying down under a coffee table and then I caught my first glimpse of an alien and... well, I wet myself and couldn't move because I was so scared. Hey, it happens.

2. A Nightmare On Elm Street - This was before my Aliens experience, but that film had me afraid of my own bed. I still scan rooms cautiously from time-to-time when entering a dark room.

TV screen: Movie reruns of Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte (around age 3)& Flesheaters

Big screen: Halloween & (don't laugh) Invasion of the Body Snatchers, as well as some dark puppet movie (titled:Magic?)

Hear there's a product online now for scared kids: I'm Not Afraid Monster Spray

Willy Wonka-Years later, I still don't think Violet deserved what happened to her. Especially since her dad was an insensitive jerk. (Would you listen to him? Come on...)

The Wiz-Sure, I can do fine with the original MGM story, but a lot of Stan Winston's effects really creeped me out.

PSYCHO SCARED THE CRAP OUT OF ME AS A KID. NOW IT'S MY FAVORITE MOVIE OF ALL TIME . . . GO FIGURE.

thanks for all these thoughtful comments, guys. i love reading them.

I'd have to say the scariest and most influential movie of my childhood would have to be the original 1968 b&w version of "Night of the Living Dead."

Something about the shadowy film quality of a low-budget indie flick, the spine-tinglingly creepy sound track, and the whole concept of reanimated corpses that want to eat your flesh really got to me. That's why Romero is still one of my favorite directors.

I forgot to mention The Company of Wolves had an real effect on me as a kid in college.

Besides the Exorcist which to this day still has me quiver with fright, the 1st scariest movie I ever saw that freaked the hell out of me and had me sleeping with my parents for a few days was, “Phantasm” Yes, this movie did come out in 1979 and yes I was only 12 years old, but who cares, it really did a number on me.

From start to finish this movie had me more creeped out then any other movie since.

Yes, the Exorcist is the absolute crème de la crème of horror and the master of scary movies, but Phantasm was the 1st for me, and will always carry a special place in my heart.

Thank you Tallman.

Ps. Please AMC, can you find it in your heart and share this classic with your viewers?

Besides the Exorcist which to this day still has me quiver with fright, the 1st scariest movie I ever saw that freaked the hell out of me and had me sleeping with my parents for a few days was, “Phantasm” Yes, this movie did come out in 1979 and yes I was only 12 years old, but who cares, it really did a number on me.

From start to finish this movie had me more creeped out then any other movie since.

Yes, the Exorcist is the absolute crème de la crème of horror and the master of scary movies, but Phantasm was the 1st for me, and will always carry a special place in my heart.

Thank you Tallman.

Ps. Please AMC, can you find it in your heart and share this classic with your viewers?

Jaws

Darby O'Gill and the Little People.

Childs Play is the movie that scared that shit out of me. Im still scared of that doll.

I was scared by "'The Man from Planet X " it was made in 1951 by Edgar Ulmer. Heck, I recall when AMC had Film Restoration Weekends. I wonder what happened to Bob Dorian.......?

psycho (1960) scared me when i was like 7 years old. it scared me because of the way the music went with the murder scenes. mother scared me the most.

IT

1. The Shining- Those 2 girls always creeped me out

2. Pet Sematary- Damn Zelda!!!

3. Exorcist 3- I saw this in a theater alone at 9 years old. the nurse in the hallway scene scared the crap out of me. it continues to be one of my favorite horror films.

Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte - Meat cleaver swinging crazy lady and a mystery to boot. My dear mother took me to see it when I was about 8 years old. I still can't watch the reruns on TV.

Straightjacket - Joan Crawford with an axe. Thanks again mom.

Chamber of Horrors - Made for TV my eye. I would love to see this one again.

I watched The Evil Dead and had nightmares all night.A classic movie to not watch alone.Also The Thing and the first Nughtmare On Elm Street.Halloween still is one of the greatest of all time.

IT!!!!!!

As a kid it did not get scarier than watching a movie about kids getting killed by a clown that knew what you were fears were!!! So not only were you put into your greatest fear but you were killed while in your greatest fear by a scary ass clown.

Texas Chainsaw Massacre the Original has my vote. Edwin Neal as the demented hitch-hiker made this the scarriest horror film ever in my opinion. It was realistic and well acted.

The hitch-hiker scared the crap out of me when I was teenie.

I never wanted to hitch-hike or watch another horror flick.

not that many movies scare me ive been watching horror films since i was 5 but nothing has ever really gotten to me i watched the hills have eyes the other day didnt phase me one bit.The kind of movies that scare me are real life things or mysterious things or phscological terror shore i enjoy movies like the hills have eyes but there are 5 things that scared me as kid and that is.

1.zelda from pet cemetery to this day i refuse to watch scenes with her in it

2.candyman the cabreeny green setting was erie i felt like i wasnt wanted there plus how it was filmed made it feel real it just gets under my skin

3.the tall man i didnt like phantasm but i was scared of him.After i watched it i tried to go to sleep but i couldnt i always looked above me to make shure he wasnt there the grudge made me feel the same way.

4.it didnt happen often but sometimes michael,jason,freddy, and leather face mostley michael though I LOVE HALLOWEEN.

5.i HATE the umpa lumpas from the old willy wonke just plain old creepy

well thats it i dont know if any one else was scared by these things but thats what scared me as a child

The movie that scared me the most when Iwas a kid was Watcher in the Woods. I was scared to death of Karen appearing in the mirrors. For 4 months, i wouldn't look into a mirror; I was afraid she would be there. To this day, I catch myself checking out mirrors for her reflection. Especially in fun houses.

The movie that scared me the most as a kid was a little film called Black Christmas. I could not walk under an attic door without looking up and passing under it as fast as possible. The ringing of the phone was never the same after this film and I lost a lot of sleep. To this day I am still apprehensive about walking under an attic door or crawl space cover.

Nightmare on Elm Street, beacause Freddie can not only kill you when you are awake, but also while you are sleeping.

There was a scene in the original Salem's Lot with David Soul where one of the young boys was hovering outside his brother's bedroom window...slowly rising and falling...scratching ever so slightly on the window...brrrrrrrr. THAT totally creeped me out!

The list for the poll is pretty good, but none of those movies stayed with me very long, however "JAWS" still makes me think twice about going to the beach!!!

i think i was the only person on earth who got scared of E.T. the extrawhatever. to this day he still scares me.

OMG. The Exorcist! Scariest. Movie. Ever. I saw it for the first time when I was 5 (my mom didn't know) and it's been with me ever since (I'm 32). I became fascinated with the movie - and with that I fell in love with scary movies. Especially religious ones. Even though it still scares the bejesus out of me, I watch it every time it's on tv. And in my humble opinion, it's scarier to watch in your own home than on the big screen. My husband and I went when it was released in 2000 and it wasn't the same. It's much creepier to watch it at home with the sounds of your own house in the background. I even have the book but have yet to read it cover to cover - I'm too chicken!!!

the original night of the living dead; i saw this movie for the first time when i was about 7 years old, and i didn't sleep for about three days after watching it. i think the fact that it was in black and white actually added to the overall despair i felt while i was watching this movie.

I saw The Exorcist when I was 10. Snuck into the theater. It was so heavy and deep, it blew my mind. All of the subliminal stuff was the most freakiest thing to me. It hit a very negative nerve to me. I had to see a child therapist because I didn't want to go in my room. Pissed my parents off to no end. It took awhile for me to realze what I saw was only a movie. I began to believe in demons. It was a weird time. To say that movie didn't have an effect on me would be a HUGE understaement.

The first horror movie that i ended up watching was Suspiria. It was a great horror movie but you hardly ever see it on tv, because its from 1979, but to this day its still considered by horror fans including me as a classic

Friday the 13th. I live near a boy scout camp, and the first time I ever saw that movie, it was around fall. Every day after school, we would have to pass by that boy scout camp, and it started getting dark outside earlier due to the season. So everywhere I looked, I halfway expected to see a crazy woman killing camp counsilors, with a big scary guy in a hocky mask lurking around too.

Friday the 13th. I live near a boy scout camp, and the first time I ever saw that movie, it was around fall. Every day after school, we would have to pass by that boy scout camp, and it started getting dark outside earlier due to the season. So everywhere I looked, I halfway expected to see a crazy woman killing camp counsilors, with a big scary guy in a hocky mask lurking around too.

I've been grossed out by plenty but the ones that got me as a kid were always the vampires and werewolves. Supernatural stuff always got me, everything thing else got me at the moment but didn't stay with me when the lights were out...

Psycho...when I was 12. Didn't take a shower for a week.

Just reading other posts..."PHANTASM" definitely. I saw that one when I was 16 on cable, late at night with the sound down low & had to leave the TV on all night...I kept seeing THE TALL MAN in the dark & in the bathroom mirror, etc. CLASSIC CREEPY!!!

A little known film called "Trilogy of Terror" scared the daylights out of me. That little demonic doll, would clean the floor with Chucky. The part that was the scariest was, you never really saw the doll, once it became animated, until the very end, all you heard was the patter patter of its feet. For years after I saw it all my sister had to do to freak me out was make a patter patter sound in a dark room.

the scariest movie i've ever seen is, hands down, the texas chainsaw massacre. in an average horror movie, the intensity comes from thematic elements: music, lighting, slick camera work, etc. but t.c.m. draws all of its impact from its lack of these things. it has sort of a documentary feel, making it feel so real that, for a second i seriously felt like leatherface was about jump right off the t.v. (no exaggerations!)the sound effects, the grainy picture, the shaky camera, it all comes together so well, and it doesn't get the credit it deserves.

top 5 scariest of all time:

1) texas chainsaw massacre (so real)

2) the shining (the 2 girls are SO freaky!)

3) the ring

4) the exorcist (the crab walk downstairs)

5) either carrie or the evil dead

Pet Cemetary - remember the sister locked upstairs becuase she was disabled? When she came towards the screen I nearly passed out! Still gives me nightmares!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Definitely The Exorcist, Nightmare on Elm Street and Halloween. They scared me so bad as a kid.

I watched Nightmare on Elm Street and Friday the 13th they scared me away for awhile

the blob scared the shit out of me i mean think of it if the blob comes in the middle of summer your fucked theres no chance for it to get cold

A few stand out in my memory:

The Blob (the original with Steve McQueen); The Tingler (w/ Vincent Price);The Last Man on Earth (also w/ Price); Whatever Happened to Baby Jane; The Wizard of Oz (at the beginning when the dog was taken from Dorothy and the Flying Monkey scene); and the original version of The Haunting.

For me it was Creepshow when I was 6, particularly the monster in the box. Couldn't watch a scary movie until high school. Funny thing is my mom said that when I was a toddler I loved old horror movies, and now I do again. Just not Creepshow, bad nightmares.

Even though it was made years before I was born, when I saw "Psycho" as a teenager, I was serioulsy disturbed for weeks afterward! I still do not feel too comfortable with taking a shower in the house alone!

I would say Horror Hotel especially when the Witches grabbed Nan Barlow. I saw that movie as a kid and that part gave me nightmares, and the foggy area scared me too. The movie is a classic and is one of my favorite horror movies. That parts still scares me and Carnival Of Souls scared me too especially the part where that spooky looking zombie follows her when she is in the car and when she is in the rooming house. That man still gives me the creeps. That's another one of my favorite horror movies. I would say those two are the scariest Horror Movies that I have seen.

I managed to watch part of one of the Hellraiser movies on tv when I was still a kid. Not a good idea, I can tell you that. That's probably why I still have an obsession with the Hellraiser movies today.

chucky scared the shit out of me when i was 4 i saw the beginning when they were making the toys and i freaked out..

The remake of The Blob scared me when I was about 4 or 5 years old. I wouldn't go anywhere near a sink or jell-o for months after I saw that movie. My uncle Michael let me watch it and thus begun my addiction to horror movies.

Realistically, Jaws did the most damage to me as a kid. Sure, Jason and Myers' were scary and I wouldn't recommend kids watching them, but you couldn't get me near the ocean after watching Jaws. To this day I still can't stand being out in the ocean, even on a boat.

But, good lord! What was up with those damn flying monkeys from Wizard of Oz? I'm assuming they were trying to make a family film, but everyone I know always says the same thing: "The flying monkeys gave me nightmares."

Child's play scared the crap out of me.

I had a my buddy doll...need I say more?

I've got to agree with David"Trilogoy of Terror" had to be the most scarriest in the 70's. The Doll!!!!

IT. It still scares me. I just can't get over my fear of clowns.

Childs Play was the scares for me, But i still have my Doll!!

The first Nightmare On Elm Street scared the living daylights out of me as a kid like no other movie ever did. I couldn't let my feet dangle over the edge of my bed even long after first watching that movie. Freddy was freaking scary as hell in the first one.

ill say children of the corn the first one and nightmare own elm street when i watch freddy ill be so scared to fall asleep

Definitely the Exorcist followed closely by Hellraiser. I love both movies to this day and watch them whenever they're on tv, but I can't watch them alone. My husband hates this time of the year because he knows that I'm going to force him to sit through these movies with me, you know, just in case Captain Howdy or Pinhead decide to make an appearance.

i have to say the two movies that scared the crap outa me were IT and Childs Play who knew that clowns and dolls could be so scary

id have to say at my age, 17, "The Ring" scared me most as a kid. Considering i was only 14 when i saw it. That little girl was very scary.

it was a movies that scare me them most because it ruined the funny clowns for me for ever my wife still cant watch it

Child's Play scared me the most but now it's laughable.

I was scared of Michael and Chucky when i was little.Michael Myers is soo cool!I love how he turns his head after he killed Bob in the 1st one.And Chucky,everything about him scared me!The idea of a killer doll,aaahhhh!

I just turned fifty-here are my picks-

Texas Chainsaw Massacre (the original one)

The Fury

Last House on the Left

here are my top 5.

return of the living dead. although its a cheezy film. when i saw it in 5th grade i was scared for a month atleast.

anything friday the 13th from the 3rd one all the way to jason takes Manhattan. i would watch the around the age of 5 and 6 believe it or not.

anything from the nightmare on elm street saga. i remember Wes cravens a new nightmare scared me badly, i first saw it in 2nd or 3rd grade.

pumpkinhead 1 and 2.

alien.

when i was a little girl i really dont know why but i was afriad of the leprechaun...

for me it was basket case...don't know why, but it really scared me as a kid. watched the movie again more recently and thought the special effects were horrible.

Hellraiser always scared me. Something about the room being normal but then stepping through a door and being in hell. Then the tortures that ensued.

My step- son is SIX and absolutely adores scary movies...my seven year old step daughter was scared during The Grudge 2... her brother looked at me and asked if "we could watch The Grudge 1"...

I personally became quite horrified while watching The Descent... I am 18...

stephen king's silver bullet.

still gives me the creeps.

children of the corn

The Tingler

hey you always watch scary movies in low light and together with themusic you wonder what that is moving in the corner towards you.

forme it had to be the orginal THING, so believable that it could happen and mayybe will.etc. the allien monsteris so real-- living on blood.

All the original "Star Treks"-just kidding!

"Bad Taste" by Peter Jackson-kidding again!

When my son was 8 he saw "Jurassic Park" and he hasn't liked it since

To me there is no question, it has to be John Carpenter's The Thing. The F/X is great for 1982 better than any special F/X any other movies is doing up until CGI is mastered. The direction is great the mood of the movie is scary hysteria and isolation that builds throughout the movie. The scene with the alien in the dog pen is enough to scare the hell out of anyone. I can't believe this isn't an option for someone to choose without picking it as an "other".

Candyman scared the crap out of me when I first saw it, and I still get freaked out when I see the scene from Pet Sematary when Zelda is calling 'Rachel' in that awful voice. But the worst of all was Darby O'Gill and the Little People. The Banshee in that movie gave me nightmares as a kid for months. As a teenager I thought I would be brave and watch it to prove to myself that it was stupid but those low budget effects still freaked me out. Why did my parents think that was suitable for kids?

My uncle took me to see Dracula AD 1972 with my older cousins. I had nightmares for days after. Now I love Hammer films.

Friggin IT.!!! Pennywise scared the hell out of me ecspically when he pulled the little boy down the drain. i was 8 years old i was so scared i had to give the movie to my grandma and get the case out of the house! lol

the most horrific movie that ive ever seen has to be The Changeling. i saw it when i was 12 and have been spooked ever since then. I was ecspecially creeped by the infamous "Ball" scene. Since my parents have no hall light above the stair case, i used to be scared as hell to go up them at night thinking that the ball would come bouncing down the stairs. simply frightening!

the exorcist, i can not watch that movie, i am scared to death, i never watched it all the way threw i only seen parts here and there and it scared the shit out of me so bad that i couldn't finish watching it, everytime it's on and i watch a part i feel like i want to throw up my stomach feels so sick. every year i try to watch it but i never can.

Gremlins

The Poltergeist

Stephen King's "IT"

Nightmare on Elm Street, Childs Play, The Shining, IT. Those movies topped the cake for scaring the living shit out of me when i was young.

The First Alien film! Total classic

Cat's Eye, namely the third segment. The troll in the wall that would steal your breath. That movie had me racing from the lightswitch to the bed every night for years.

Santa Claus is Comming to Town was very scary when I was young the way the trees came alive and could grab you. I was afraid to walk by a tree for years.

child's Play...

Chucky Was The Scariest Character As A Child...It Was Almost A Draw With "It" But Remembering My Sister And Mom Chasing Me Around With My "My Buddy" Doll With A Knife In His Hand, Still Gives Me NightMares

"IT" till this day i can not watch it fully without freaking out!!

BLACK CHRISTMAS!!! I slept with the light on for 2 years!

I remember not being able to go infront of a mirror for awhile after watching Candyman.

Are you kidding me... "IT" was the scariest movie ever as a kid. Everytime after that when I saw a clown... it was bad!!

Psyco was by far the scariest I saw it when I was 13 and when the remains of normans mother moved after the chair was turned I nearly jumped out of my skin

It- still haven't seen the whole movie

Nightmare on Elm Street- had nightmares for who knows how long

Jaws

Halloween

Hellraiser- turned out to be my favorite . . . still haven't seen all of them though

Night of the Living Dead

I had a babysitter who loved horror movies - and classics at that, and that's all they watched, so I had no way to escape it. The scariest movies for me when I was a kid were Poltergeist, Alien (the Alien poppin out of that guys chest), Invasion of the Body Snatchers, and The Blob.

As an older kid (teenager), I went and saw The Blair Witch Project, and that one scared me to death. I couldn't sleep that night. Nothing has scared me since.

To me the scariest movie as a kid was Texas Chainsaw Massacre. For years I would always wonder why this movie out of all the others stood out, until one day it dawned on me. Most movies in the eighties, and up to today all have some kind of back ground music. There is aways something that tells you something bad is about to happen, but this movie didn't have that. It was kinda like being there, or like it was a documentary, not a movie. There wasn't any high budget special effects, just some nutjobs killing and eating people in Texas. Not to also mention that the basis of this movie was true, and they people were never found, so for generations they have, and still may be existing. Hell, I'm in Minnesota... I'm fine... right?

I couldn't sleep after watching Ringu(Japanese version of The Ring). That movie was freaking scary!

1963's Black Sabbath is a movie with 3 separate stories. It is Italian and directed by Mario Bava (also has a fine performce by Boris Karloff in one of the stories). The third story, "The Drop of Water" has a medium coming back from the dead to wreak revenge on the nurse who stole the ring off her corpse. I saw this in the early 70's when I was 4 or 5 on TV. The undead medium haunted my nightmares until several years ago (I'm 40 now)when AMC showed it. I had to watch it and I laughed until I cried at how hoaky it truly is!!

1963's Black Sabbath is a movie with 3 separate stories. It is Italian and directed by Mario Bava (also has a fine performce by Boris Karloff in one of the stories). The third story, "The Drop of Water" has a medium coming back from the dead to wreak revenge on the nurse who stole the ring off her corpse. I saw this in the early 70's when I was 4 or 5 on TV. The undead medium haunted my nightmares until several years ago (I'm 40 now)when AMC showed it. I had to watch it and I laughed until I cried at how hoaky it truly is!!

i'm afraid of E.T.

Stephen King's IT was the scariest movie as a kid. As a child a clown is suppose to be fun and funny. Not scary and eat children. Still today that is the scariest movie I have ever seen!

That show with Shirley Temple where she plays "Little Orphan Annie" and she sings that song "Tomorrow"-gives me shivers up my spine just thinking about it!

The Town That Dreaded Sundown terrified me as a 10 year old. I was doing OK watching it until they declared at the end of the movie that "The Phantom Killer disappeared into the Arkansas Swamp and remains at large." Haven't been right since...

The movie that scared me the most as a kid or should I say teenager was The Exorcist!! I watched it all alone in my house and it was 11pm and I sooo badly wanted to go to church aftr I saw it just to make sure I didn't get possessed!!

I remember the movie "THEM" it was about these giant ants. Gave me nightmares for weeks.

Edward scissor hands... Something about that movie scared the crap out of me when I was 5.

CHILDREN OF THE CORN!

E.T. gave me nightmares for years. Eventhough he was nice, he was REAL creepy for some reason.

Gremlins also scared me when I was young. I had to hold my fathers hand in the theatre when we saw it. Haha!

I didn't see Fire in the Sky untill i was a little older, but It still scares me to the point that I have to skip certian parts!

Stephen King's "IT" was by far my greatest childhood nightmare. It's sad that the movie itself is a low-budget, made-for-T.V. movie, because an incredible performance by Tim Curry as Pennywise is lost. I know it won't happen, but they need to re-make "IT" as an actual theatrical movie. Do it in two different released movies, Part I and Part II, like Kill Bill did. I read the book and the movie is nothing compared because the movie makes the sinister ideas of Stephen King PG, due to it being a television movie. Re-make this Stephen King masterpiece and bring Tim Curry back as Pennywise. It could have a chance at being one of the greatest horror movies of all time.

This scene was burned into my memory for years after i saw it: Pet Cemetary 2 when the guy holds the motorcycle wheel to the kids face, his scarf gets caught and it rips his face off...yea that's cute when you're 4. Also this one movie I could never find again where this family's car breaks down at this house where the guy makes dolls, and the dolls kill the whole family but the little girl.

The movie that scared me the most when I was little was "The Gargoyles". I was 8 and I was born loving horror flicks but after seeing that movie, I had problems sleeping in my bed in my room. Gives me chills thinking about it now.

Nightmare On Elm Street scared me the most

The original Godzilla scared me when I was a kid. Also, when the insects pulled the police down under the water in Rodan was scary when I was young.

Childs Play was the scares for me, thought my dolls wetre going to kill me.....

Hellraiser

Freddy Krueger! Im only 18 but I've been watching these movies (Freddy Krueger, Steven King, Halloween, Hitchcock, etc.) since I was about 5 and Freddy and possibly Chucky (not even close though!) scared the living hell out of me more than any other movies! I also agree about the comment about Steven King's "It" movie. That would be an awesome remake movie!

um i would have to say Grimlins IT Halloween (kinda i wasent little when i saw it) But it scares the liveing crap out of me now lol and childern of the corn and JeepersCreepers is pretty scary too

The movies they give in this poll i loved them as a kid they didnt scare me.Im an odd ball i loved horrors ever scence i was a kid of about 5 that i remember.I was actually afraid most of It believe it or not,because i hate clowns.

IT scared me the most because i am afraid of clowns and have been scence i saw the movie

Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte

freakin'terrified my in my youth. The fantasy scene where the man disappears w/ a head & then returns sans-cranium scared me to death!! Also worth mentioning:

The Birds

The old Hitchcock & Twilight zone episodes which featured living dummies. It's funny because as a child I had a dummy, but could not sleep w/ it in my room after these shows. As I grew a little older, I thought I was over this, but then along came the "Night Gallery" episode w/ the living doll & it started all over again!! I'm happy to say that I have recently made it through "Dead Silence" w/o incident, but I'm also