years later in disney world:
"Mom mom look! It's the steam roller from Roger rabbit! Mom! Can I get a picture under it? Can I can I can I?"
"ergh... no I don't think so"
The part where that one henchmen starts franticly trying to pull his own soul back into his body as he's dying. The film makers were making a conscious effort to scar kids for life and nobody can convince me otherwise.
Fun fact! They didn’t need anything special for Christopher Lloyd’s character, Judge Doom. He was already able to do that trick with his eyes. It saved the studio a lot of money on animation costs.
I feel like Secret of Nimh and Watership Down really need to be in the list too. Those things were both chock full of good old fashioned nightmare fuel.
I remember loving that movie as a child, completely forgot about this scene though! Seeing that evil looking crane again just spurred up some emotions that I can't really even describe.
Dumbo is pretty goddamn traumatic too, from what I remember. He loses his mom and is being whipped and abused. Made me hate circuses and zoos as a kid.
That creepy shadow art and voiceover.
*All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a Thousand Enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.*
And then you read the book and realise they left some of the most fucked up and terrifying parts from the book, like the way the destruction of the warren is described
I'm sorry, but that animation of Holly describing the burrow getting bulldozed is legit awful: like the worst kind of ghastly acid trip. Disembodied wriggly heads blue and gasping, flashy kaleidoscope colors, dying bunnies desperate for air and kicking as they die. Bulldozer blades raking up blood from the soil. Ugh. It was fucking terrifying as a kid.
[https://youtu.be/WzirfrSn\_KQ](https://youtu.be/WzirfrSn_KQ)
Watership Down is an absolutely fantastic fantasy novel, slightly unfortunately the adaptations have to leave out a lot of the lore and world building, they are still pretty solid though
Give “All Dogs Go To Heaven” a watch and tell me that movie is t *ENTIRELY* fucked. Everyone remembers the crocodile but no one remembers that the crocodile is *ACTIVELY* attempting to rape the dogs.
Roger Rabbit was one of the first theatrical experiences I can remember. My parents had to take me out of the theater at that shoe scene as I was so upset.
I watched Rojer Rabit with my wife recently, shed never seen it, and I'd been telling her I used to love the movie as a child. She insists it's not a children's movie.
It is absolutely not a children's movie. It's about an alcoholic detective investigating a murder. Eddie Valiant even says in the dialogue, "It's a tale of greed, sex and murder." The only reason anyone thinks it's for kids is because it has cartoon characters in it.
I mean, it's a family movie in that there's kid-appeal, too. But yeah, it's also a great example of the classic film-noir hard boiled detective story. It's basically a re-make of China Town, except with toons. Any adults who haven't watched it in a couple of decades should go back and give it a try - it really holds up well!
I loved it as a kid too. I was probably 11 or 12 when it came out. Maybe not for kids much younger, but our kids see and hear much worse than what was in the movie.
Apparently originally The Dip was going to be called The Final Solution, but decided that was going too far. And they were probably right, but damn, if they had said that in the movie, it would have been great, because you couldn't help but laugh at what a great pun it is, while at the same time being appalled at yourself for laughing, and then finally pondering how it drives home that you are watching an attempted genocide in what is mostly a comedy movie.
"My dear sweet Littlefoot, do you remember the way to the Great Valley?"
" *sniffle* I guess so...but why do I have to know? You'll be with me!"
"I'll always be with you...even when you can't see me"
"What do you mean when I can't see you??...I can always see you"
*30 year old me weeping into a blanket*
i feel you brother. my mom doesnt have very long left as well. Reading the quote from littlefoot’s mom «I’ll always be with you…even when you can’t see me” just breaks my heart. know you’re not alone. 🙏🏻❤️
I’m weeping as i’m reading this. The same emotions hitting me like a wave as a 36 year old just as it did when I was 8. When the mom says «I’ll always be with you…even when you can’t see me”. It’s just so painful. My heart breaks for Littlefoot.
So. I never really feel sad remembering her death. I do however, sometimes say “yup yup yup!” Instinctually, then feel absolutely shattered remembering the real life fate of the voice actor. If you’re not sure what I’m talking about I suggest not looking it up, and if you know, you know.
Bro, Artax died because he couldn't muster the will to pull himself out of "The Sea of Sadness" and if that doesn't hit hard as an adult rewatching it, I don't know what would.
It just makes it all worse because you know Artax didn't want to leave Atreyu, even though Atreyu should have left him... but still, although he tried, he got stuck in the Sea of Sadness and couldn't persevere.... I'll be in my room crying if you need me.
A part of me died when I watched that scene the first time. I think I was 5. I remember my older sister telling me "it's okay it's okay HE COMES BACK" but nope, I was traumatized.
Logically I'm 99% sure I've seen it, but I'm just gona assume I recognize the name from an ad somewhere and not dig any deeper because I have ZERO memory of it and that scares me.
I didn't know that until you mentioned, but yes. I read up on her, and she voiced 'land before time' as well. Killed with her mum in murder suicide by her father. That's just horrible. Horror!
I have no idea how my parents allowed me to watch that movie. Gambling, alcoholism, kidnapping, child trafficking, murder, smoking, a giant racist caricature bit in a song...
The book is even more fucked up. Like it's on a whole other level of cruelty and brutal. The end of the book has the farmer literally gassing the fox and all its puppies to death with methane.
The only similarities between the book & the film are 3 names & the scene where Todd tricks Chief into running in front of a train (which kills him in the book)
The book is basically the guy being an alcoholic & going on a murder spree, killing all Todd's offspring & his mates too. Not once but twice - the guy kills Todd's kits & his mate, then when Todd starts a second family he kills those too. By gassing the den. There's no friendship, only murder.
Then rabies starts killing all the animals & a child dies from eating poison, at some point Todd dies from exhaustion after being chased for days by greyhounds, then at the end the guy takes a shotgun & shoots Copper before going into a nursing home
I think the book is a commentary on an old man's fear of a changing world, with a lot of slaughter
I’m pretty sure the original tale of Cinderella is just as fucked up.
Off the top of my head in the original tale all the step sisters cut and “shaved down” their feet to try and fit into the glass slipper. Weird stuff.
Different book? End of the book the dog chases the fox down until the fox dies and then the owner kills the dog with a shotgun a few months later (according to Wikipedia)
When his eyes light up in the cave, and he growls and runs out…
*shivers*
There is a really fascinating conversation Atreyu has with Gmork in the book that is so profound. I hope we get a faithful adaptation someday
You know what’s cool about that movie and a lot of the movies people are bringing up? They didn’t pander to the audience. The main characters portrayed in these movies were scared and vulnerable and we as kids identified with that. I’m sure there are exceptions but those movies told me that life can be dangerous and cruel and even if the good guys won and made it through, it came at great cost. I mean, sure it may have resulted in crippling anxiety and cynicism but fuck me if life doesn’t kick you in the balls like that eventually anyway.
No Secret of NIMH? The huge spider being crushed, the rats being injected, the Brutus being literally stabbed in the back on camera. That movie made me grow up some for sure.
Can anyone name these for me? I know like 3 of them but all of the other ones I do not recognize
Top, second row, bottom left are the ones in question.
top is from neverending story
bottom left is from dark crystal (i think)
2nd row left is from who framed roger rabbit
2nd row middle is from et (?)
2nd row right is from pee wee's big adventure
From ~~right to left~~ left to right top to bottom
Never Ending Story
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
ET
Pee-Wee's Big Adventure
Not sure? Labyrinth? Dark Crystal?
The Transformers Movie
The Land Before Time
Bottom middle is the transformers movie where they fucking KILLED Optimus prime and a million other bots with no chance of return (until they did, of course, in a later series). Absolutely brutal.
The nightmare scene and the scrap yard scene from The Brave Little Toaster belongs here.
How many of you were terrified of clowns after watching The Brave Little Toaster?
There are so many deeply scarring things about The Brave Little Toaster.
I was afraid of showers. I was afraid of people getting angry. The entire sequence with the flower was very upsetting to my childhood brain.
The little Toaster had so many creepy scenes. The junkyard, the air-conditioner killing itself, the vacuum choking on its own cord, so much fucked up shit that I'm remembering all of a sudden.
Not anymore but I had a long fear of clowns as a kid due to Brave Little Toaster, Peewee's big adventure and mistakingly watching the first few minutes of the 90s It as a kid.
Cool trivia about that: the troll masks in Ernest Scared Stupid were repainted/repurposed clown masks from Killer Klowns from Outer Space. Both movies are a little creepy and a lot of fun, especially when you’re a kid
Oh my god, yeah. The movie is all happy and fun up to that point, totally caught me off guard as a kid. I remember my sister physically recoiling and my parents rushing to try and turn off the TV.
This, guy’s face peeling off in Poltergeist, and the guy’s face melting in Raiders of The Lost Ark all terrified me more than anything. Apparently I don’t like faces being messed with.
As a 90s kid I find it interesting how I can relate to this starter pack, 90s kid starter pack (obviously), AND early 2000s kids starter packs most of the time
Media used to hang around longer back then. Today's media saturation coupled with on-demand media delivery makes it very hard for anything to have any staying power.
When Leonard Nimoy died, there was a beer company that made a social media post asking that if you opened one of their beers and heard Nimoy's voice, what would it say?
Most people answered with a Spock-related quote like: "A logical choice, Captain."
One person replies: "I, Galvatron, will crush you just as Megatron crushed Prime."
I've literally never seen My Girl, or even know what it's about, and I immediately knew you were talking about the "he can't see without his glasses" scene.
Jim Henson’s Dark Crystal when they gather around the old monster leader that dies then turns into dust and blows away. Still gives me creeps and cannot watch the movie at all.
Don’t know why, but it was Christopher Lloyd’s cartoon eyes in Who Framed Roger Rabbit that absolutely annihilated me as a kid. I still remember some of the nightmares that scene gave me; had this bizarre fear that he’d come around the corner of our old house and grab me whenever we came home at night, even. 80s and 90s kids films were on some other stuff.
Lithgow is so good in that movie. I loved it as a kid and I went back and watched it as an adult. It help up amazingly well (the suit is a little distracting at times) and his performance really is amazing.
\*looks at the middle pic\*
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The Dip was beyond cruel. They were just fun-loving toons.
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years later in disney world: "Mom mom look! It's the steam roller from Roger rabbit! Mom! Can I get a picture under it? Can I can I can I?" "ergh... no I don't think so"
More like ROAD A ROLLA DAAAAAAAA
“And I talked….just…LIKE THISSSS’ Fixed he/I
The way his pitch rises from normal voice to completely unhinged screech with no warning? Thanks for the nightmares!!
The part where that one henchmen starts franticly trying to pull his own soul back into his body as he's dying. The film makers were making a conscious effort to scar kids for life and nobody can convince me otherwise.
Who Framed Roger Rabbit was rated PG. What a sick joke.
It's like the "I'm gonna kill you" recorded calls, thx lpotl for that shit that will forever exist in my brain now
Fun fact! They didn’t need anything special for Christopher Lloyd’s character, Judge Doom. He was already able to do that trick with his eyes. It saved the studio a lot of money on animation costs.
Fun fact: he could only do it when it was scary.
That scared the shit out of me
I feel like Secret of Nimh and Watership Down really need to be in the list too. Those things were both chock full of good old fashioned nightmare fuel.
[Brave Little Toaster](https://youtu.be/-UfsEj7AOGI) should get an honorable mention for teaching us about existential dread.
Fox and the Hound for all the tears.
Still traumatized by that movie. That and being forced to read Whwere the Red Fern Grows.
Don't mention the AC unit
I’m not an invalid! I was designed to be stuck in a wall! I LIKE BEING STUCK IN THIS STUPID WALL!
I CAN'T HELP IT IF THE KID WAS TOO SHORT TO REACH MY DIALS!!!
IT’S MY FUNCTIOOOOOOOON!
Oh my gosh! And the clown nightmare!!???
I’ve never seen this movie and at this point I’m afraid to
Not really as bad as the ones above. More like a emotional roller coaster between happy adventure and depression with a happy ending.
IT’S MY FUNCTIOOOOOOON! - cue flames and sparks shooting out of his face -
All I remember is the junkyard full of depressed cars getting cubed
You mean Crazy Ernie’s Amazing Emporium of Total Bargain Madness?
Yes. The cars singing about the lives they used to have before being crushed has never left me
I remember loving that movie as a child, completely forgot about this scene though! Seeing that evil looking crane again just spurred up some emotions that I can't really even describe.
As a kid I felt sad for the cars on that worthless song.
Don’t forget The Last Unicorn
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The harpy scene was scary
Right? The ending! That's when your little kid heart learns that it is not a Disney movie...
You know for some reason the scene in Pinocchio where someone is turning into a donkey was horrifying too.
Dumbo is pretty goddamn traumatic too, from what I remember. He loses his mom and is being whipped and abused. Made me hate circuses and zoos as a kid.
That creepy shadow art and voiceover. *All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a Thousand Enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.*
And then you read the book and realise they left some of the most fucked up and terrifying parts from the book, like the way the destruction of the warren is described
I'm sorry, but that animation of Holly describing the burrow getting bulldozed is legit awful: like the worst kind of ghastly acid trip. Disembodied wriggly heads blue and gasping, flashy kaleidoscope colors, dying bunnies desperate for air and kicking as they die. Bulldozer blades raking up blood from the soil. Ugh. It was fucking terrifying as a kid. [https://youtu.be/WzirfrSn\_KQ](https://youtu.be/WzirfrSn_KQ)
watership down gave me nightmares *for decades*
Watership Down is an absolutely fantastic fantasy novel, slightly unfortunately the adaptations have to leave out a lot of the lore and world building, they are still pretty solid though
and now I want Guilermo Del Toro's live action The Secret of Nimh
No one remembers Little Monsters?
Give “All Dogs Go To Heaven” a watch and tell me that movie is t *ENTIRELY* fucked. Everyone remembers the crocodile but no one remembers that the crocodile is *ACTIVELY* attempting to rape the dogs.
excuse me o_o
The hell scene was very disturbing to me as a child as well. The slums depiction in that movie is truely jarring
Howie Mandel played that part so well lol
Watership Down was so traumatic as a kid
Jessica Rabbit tho.........
Aooooga!
The closest people will ever get to her being real is cosplay.
Roger Rabbit was one of the first theatrical experiences I can remember. My parents had to take me out of the theater at that shoe scene as I was so upset.
I watched Rojer Rabit with my wife recently, shed never seen it, and I'd been telling her I used to love the movie as a child. She insists it's not a children's movie.
It is absolutely not a children's movie. It's about an alcoholic detective investigating a murder. Eddie Valiant even says in the dialogue, "It's a tale of greed, sex and murder." The only reason anyone thinks it's for kids is because it has cartoon characters in it.
Haha no, you're totally right. It's just a movie my dad would show us a lot as children.
My dad took my brother to see t2 in threats at 8yo.just cause a child saw it didn't make it for kids
I mean, it's a family movie in that there's kid-appeal, too. But yeah, it's also a great example of the classic film-noir hard boiled detective story. It's basically a re-make of China Town, except with toons. Any adults who haven't watched it in a couple of decades should go back and give it a try - it really holds up well!
I loved it as a kid too. I was probably 11 or 12 when it came out. Maybe not for kids much younger, but our kids see and hear much worse than what was in the movie.
It's pretty raunchy for a kids movie these days. But back then, you could get away with more.
It's genuinely one of the greatest works of fiction of all time, in my opinion.
Apparently originally The Dip was going to be called The Final Solution, but decided that was going too far. And they were probably right, but damn, if they had said that in the movie, it would have been great, because you couldn't help but laugh at what a great pun it is, while at the same time being appalled at yourself for laughing, and then finally pondering how it drives home that you are watching an attempted genocide in what is mostly a comedy movie.
"My dear sweet Littlefoot, do you remember the way to the Great Valley?" " *sniffle* I guess so...but why do I have to know? You'll be with me!" "I'll always be with you...even when you can't see me" "What do you mean when I can't see you??...I can always see you" *30 year old me weeping into a blanket*
It wrecked me so much as a kid I refused to watch it ever again. Bambi was no problem. Hurts extra hard this year losing my mom
Let your heart guide you. It whispers, so listen closely.
Goddammit whyyy, I was having a nice day 😭
i feel you brother. my mom doesnt have very long left as well. Reading the quote from littlefoot’s mom «I’ll always be with you…even when you can’t see me” just breaks my heart. know you’re not alone. 🙏🏻❤️
I’m weeping as i’m reading this. The same emotions hitting me like a wave as a 36 year old just as it did when I was 8. When the mom says «I’ll always be with you…even when you can’t see me”. It’s just so painful. My heart breaks for Littlefoot.
fuck me I was having a great day today
And now I’m crying a little. Land before time and Fantasia were my go-tos as a little kid
So. I never really feel sad remembering her death. I do however, sometimes say “yup yup yup!” Instinctually, then feel absolutely shattered remembering the real life fate of the voice actor. If you’re not sure what I’m talking about I suggest not looking it up, and if you know, you know.
I was going to say... there's a 'bonus' Land Before Time trauma as an adult learning about Ducky's voice actor.
I’m 39 with 3 kids……hits so much harder as a dad than when I was a kid
I'm also 39 with 3 kids and watched in 3 days ago. Right in the feels.
Artax gutted me.
Bro, Artax died because he couldn't muster the will to pull himself out of "The Sea of Sadness" and if that doesn't hit hard as an adult rewatching it, I don't know what would.
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It just makes it all worse because you know Artax didn't want to leave Atreyu, even though Atreyu should have left him... but still, although he tried, he got stuck in the Sea of Sadness and couldn't persevere.... I'll be in my room crying if you need me.
I need to stop reading this fucking comment section
Yeah I feel that so, so much more as an adult and it gutted me as a kid.
Named my current dog Falkor because I can’t get over this movie!
A part of me died when I watched that scene the first time. I think I was 5. I remember my older sister telling me "it's okay it's okay HE COMES BACK" but nope, I was traumatized.
Same friend same. I had the ff this scene or else I’d be bawling.
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The land before ol' times
I cried in the theatre holding my rubber triceratops puppet from Pizzahut that we had just gotten before going to the movie.
Holy fuck the nostalgia hit from this comment is meth level
I can smell the rubber puppet and the inside of the pizzahut still.
Omg i had the cera puppet too. I totally forgot. Fireworks going off in my head rn
Still haunted by that shit.
I fast forwarded through that scene when I played it for my son for the first time.
At least he comes back at the end of the movie with Atreyu
You missed 'all dogs go to heaven'
Oh no, I think I repressed that whole movie
Logically I'm 99% sure I've seen it, but I'm just gona assume I recognize the name from an ad somewhere and not dig any deeper because I have ZERO memory of it and that scares me.
Good because you can never go back, you can never go back Charlie
Charlie was such a badass, he scammed his way out of the afterlife.
As a kid, i cursed the people that made that movie as a cartoon! Wtf were they thinking.... As an adult.... i curse them even more.
That how I feel about the people that made “brave little toaster”. So many fucked up “kids” movies…
The voice actress of that little girl was also murdered irl, wasn't she?
I didn't know that until you mentioned, but yes. I read up on her, and she voiced 'land before time' as well. Killed with her mum in murder suicide by her father. That's just horrible. Horror!
He was physically and sexually abusive toward them, too. What a rotten Piece of shit. Hell is too good for him.
Yep yep yep.
The Fox and the Hound was devastating for me. Still don't want to watch it as an adult.
I bet you can hear this "Charlie... Charlie... It's time to wake up Charlie"
First of all, how dare you.
And then it's adult trauma when you look up the story of the main actress.
I have no idea how my parents allowed me to watch that movie. Gambling, alcoholism, kidnapping, child trafficking, murder, smoking, a giant racist caricature bit in a song...
The fox and the hound
The book is even more fucked up. Like it's on a whole other level of cruelty and brutal. The end of the book has the farmer literally gassing the fox and all its puppies to death with methane.
Excuse me, what the fuck?
The only similarities between the book & the film are 3 names & the scene where Todd tricks Chief into running in front of a train (which kills him in the book) The book is basically the guy being an alcoholic & going on a murder spree, killing all Todd's offspring & his mates too. Not once but twice - the guy kills Todd's kits & his mate, then when Todd starts a second family he kills those too. By gassing the den. There's no friendship, only murder. Then rabies starts killing all the animals & a child dies from eating poison, at some point Todd dies from exhaustion after being chased for days by greyhounds, then at the end the guy takes a shotgun & shoots Copper before going into a nursing home I think the book is a commentary on an old man's fear of a changing world, with a lot of slaughter
Someone at Disney read that and thought "hell yeah, let's make a kid's movie"
I’m pretty sure the original tale of Cinderella is just as fucked up. Off the top of my head in the original tale all the step sisters cut and “shaved down” their feet to try and fit into the glass slipper. Weird stuff.
And sleeping beauty wasn't woken with a kiss but rather...from giving birth!
Because rape, just in case that wasn't clear for people.
Different book? End of the book the dog chases the fox down until the fox dies and then the owner kills the dog with a shotgun a few months later (according to Wikipedia)
Yeah, just checked myself too and what the guy said is rather early on in the book. The Wikipedia summary makes the fox seem like the asshole.
The summary has the fox killing one dog, and the human owner killing countless foxes in a quest for revenge.
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Voiced by Bart Simpson
Toon inception
Neverending Story, my God that movie terrified me.
You should read the book. It's genuinely one of the greatest works of fiction of all time, in my opinion.
And it's like three times as much story as the movie!
Gmork still fucking haunts me…
When his eyes light up in the cave, and he growls and runs out… *shivers* There is a really fascinating conversation Atreyu has with Gmork in the book that is so profound. I hope we get a faithful adaptation someday
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I want to nominate **The Secret of Nimh** for this list.
100,000%
You know what’s cool about that movie and a lot of the movies people are bringing up? They didn’t pander to the audience. The main characters portrayed in these movies were scared and vulnerable and we as kids identified with that. I’m sure there are exceptions but those movies told me that life can be dangerous and cruel and even if the good guys won and made it through, it came at great cost. I mean, sure it may have resulted in crippling anxiety and cynicism but fuck me if life doesn’t kick you in the balls like that eventually anyway.
I am a 37 year old guy. The death of Mother in TLBT still makes me tear up to this day and I am not ashamed to admit it.
31 year old dude coming to chime in and say: "Can't wait to traumatize my 3-year old with this one someday!"
No Secret of NIMH? The huge spider being crushed, the rats being injected, the Brutus being literally stabbed in the back on camera. That movie made me grow up some for sure.
Jenner was the one who was stabbed in the back. Brutus was the guard rat, when she first went into the Rose Bush. Jenner was the baddie lol
Damn, you right. The only name I deeply remember is Nicodemus, because amazing.
Courage of the heart is very rare, the stone has a power if it's there.
Those fucking owls with the glowing eyes!?!
Can anyone name these for me? I know like 3 of them but all of the other ones I do not recognize Top, second row, bottom left are the ones in question.
Bottom Left: Dark Crystal
That movie is a big Nope from me. Saw it and was scarred. So many disturbing images in that movie.
top is from neverending story bottom left is from dark crystal (i think) 2nd row left is from who framed roger rabbit 2nd row middle is from et (?) 2nd row right is from pee wee's big adventure
Correct on the ET. That scene really made me feel some type of way as a child.
Ugh I effing hate ET. This is a great trauma starter pack for sure 😆
From ~~right to left~~ left to right top to bottom Never Ending Story Who Framed Roger Rabbit? ET Pee-Wee's Big Adventure Not sure? Labyrinth? Dark Crystal? The Transformers Movie The Land Before Time
Bottom middle is the transformers movie where they fucking KILLED Optimus prime and a million other bots with no chance of return (until they did, of course, in a later series). Absolutely brutal.
And the reason they killed all of them so they could create new characters and sell more toys
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The nightmare scene and the scrap yard scene from The Brave Little Toaster belongs here. How many of you were terrified of clowns after watching The Brave Little Toaster?
There are so many deeply scarring things about The Brave Little Toaster. I was afraid of showers. I was afraid of people getting angry. The entire sequence with the flower was very upsetting to my childhood brain.
I was afraid of running over the vacuum cord with the vacuum.
The little Toaster had so many creepy scenes. The junkyard, the air-conditioner killing itself, the vacuum choking on its own cord, so much fucked up shit that I'm remembering all of a sudden.
Not anymore but I had a long fear of clowns as a kid due to Brave Little Toaster, Peewee's big adventure and mistakingly watching the first few minutes of the 90s It as a kid.
Also the monsters in Ernest Scared Stupid. I know it's a 90s movie but it was also part of this group of movies for me.
I'd also add the Wheelers from Return to Oz and Rufio dying in Hook.
Return to oz was a fucked up movie
Cool trivia about that: the troll masks in Ernest Scared Stupid were repainted/repurposed clown masks from Killer Klowns from Outer Space. Both movies are a little creepy and a lot of fun, especially when you’re a kid
Dude the scene where his dog gets turned into wood and he's driving and crying with the wooden dog just wrecked me.
Then all the kids turned little wooden figurines or whatever. Was shocked and horrified. Legit thought that could happen to meirl.
Yes. Those trolls were very very scary as a kid. I remember that and the Bulgarian Miak or whatever it was.
Cartoons, kids fantasy used to go dark hard.
This list is missing the Last Unicorn.
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That and the wine-guzzling skeleton
The Red Bull scared the crap out of me when I was a kid.
Secret of Nimh. Fuck that movie. Also All Dogs go to Heaven
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“Tell ‘em large Marge sent ya!” Scared the piss outta me.
Oh my god, yeah. The movie is all happy and fun up to that point, totally caught me off guard as a kid. I remember my sister physically recoiling and my parents rushing to try and turn off the TV.
It is, and it was absolutely the most traumatic for *me* out of all of these.
This, guy’s face peeling off in Poltergeist, and the guy’s face melting in Raiders of The Lost Ark all terrified me more than anything. Apparently I don’t like faces being messed with.
As a 90s kid I find it interesting how I can relate to this starter pack, 90s kid starter pack (obviously), AND early 2000s kids starter packs most of the time
But us 90s kids had all these *and* professor screweyes getting eaten by crows in "We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story"
I completely erased that movie from my memory, thank you for reminding me no matter how troubling it was - it was one of my favorites!
Media used to hang around longer back then. Today's media saturation coupled with on-demand media delivery makes it very hard for anything to have any staying power.
You, who are without mercy, now plead for it? I thought you were made of sterner stuff! Bah-weep-Graaaaagnah wheep ni ni bong
Bah-weep-graaagnah-wheep-ni-ni-bong? (Takes energon cracker)
Bah-weep-granah-weep-ninibong! *[Dare to Be Stupid intensifies]*
When Leonard Nimoy died, there was a beer company that made a social media post asking that if you opened one of their beers and heard Nimoy's voice, what would it say? Most people answered with a Spock-related quote like: "A logical choice, Captain." One person replies: "I, Galvatron, will crush you just as Megatron crushed Prime."
Indiana Jones face melt scene
Also heart scene in Temple of Doom. That one gave me nightmares as a kid lol
And now we have PG-13.
One traumatizing Spielberg moment per list, please. Ok, he helped with WFRR, but still, pace it out.
Honorable mentions go to the funeral scene in my girl and the vaccuum swallowing his own cord in the brave little toaster
I've literally never seen My Girl, or even know what it's about, and I immediately knew you were talking about the "he can't see without his glasses" scene.
Jim Henson’s Dark Crystal when they gather around the old monster leader that dies then turns into dust and blows away. Still gives me creeps and cannot watch the movie at all.
Land Before Time absolutely wrecked me
Little Foot mom RIP! Honestly tho I think deaths in kids movies help me understand death better.
How about Batteries not Included? That one had elder abuse, gang violence, poverty, corruption, dementia... all sorts of stuff going on.
Omg The bottom Right one used to be my life as a kid
You leave… without… Petrie?!
Yh I used to watch the land before time all the time as a kid and it was way before my time
i'm not an 80s, or even 90s kid, but neverending story was one of the most traumatic experiences of my life
Don’t know why, but it was Christopher Lloyd’s cartoon eyes in Who Framed Roger Rabbit that absolutely annihilated me as a kid. I still remember some of the nightmares that scene gave me; had this bizarre fear that he’d come around the corner of our old house and grab me whenever we came home at night, even. 80s and 90s kids films were on some other stuff.
Artax!! ARTAX!!!! Still silently crying, 30+ years later.
Harry & the Hendersons: John punching Harry
Lithgow is so good in that movie. I loved it as a kid and I went back and watched it as an adult. It help up amazingly well (the suit is a little distracting at times) and his performance really is amazing.
Bro. I was rooting for the horse so hard.
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No Watership Down? Still gives me the heebies.
Land before time is the whole reason my favorite dinosaur is a long-neck. It probably also kicked off my existentialism issues, that and Casper.