Scariest Movie You Saw Under The Age Of 12?

[luey]

Don't be Afraid of the Dark and Trilogy of Terror (wooden staue episode) both were very scary to me in the 70's, watched both on TV... Have both on DVD now and not too bad Of course 7 years old and 40 are a bit different...

[Mikey]

First scariest scene .....
The beginning of Young Frankenstein showing the skeleton in the coffin.
I see it new in the theatre and leaped out of my seat they they showed it.
After seeing that I couldn't enjoy the movie on it's first run because I kept thinking there would be more scary stuff.

[david_b]

Oh, and 'Wizard of Oz', even younger...

The flying monkeys and the Wicked Witch were very well brought forth and effective.

[Megospidey]

My mom would not let me watch ANYTHING scary as a kid. I think the first thing I actually saw was a Disney TV movie called "Mystery in Dracula's Castle." Definitely not on anyone's scary movie list, but for a 7 year old kid who had never seen anything scary, it got to me.

[Wise4671]

Toss up between The Exorcist and Count Yorga both of them scared the crap out of me I think I was around 7 when I saw these.

and one that I almost forgot about "And Now the Screaming Starts " That hand had me scared to death

[Brad]

This would have been the TV version of it since I wasn't allowed to watch rated "R" movies until I was 16 or 17.

We used to sneak into R rated movies all the time (through the exits) and hide in the trunk while entering drive in theaters. We were a bit misbehaved.

[Adam West]

Actually, going back even farther, when I was really young I watched Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds" and that really scared me. I was only about 7 maybe 8 and also saw that one on tv. I was never afraid of any kind of bird until I saw this movie. I haven't seen it forever but would bet this movie would hold up as most Hitchcock movies do.

[Adam West]

Definitely "Carrie".

This would have been the TV version of it since I wasn't allowed to watch rated "R" movies until I was 16 or 17.

The end of the movie (during the dream sequence) where the hand comes up out of the grave scared the cr** out of me. I couldn't sleep all night.

[Brad]

1) Dual - I saw the TV movie at age 6 and it scared me to death.

2) The Exorcist - I was 8 or 9 years old and it scared the crap out of me.

3) Jaws - Age 10 and I never wanted to go into an ocean after that one.

[JediJaida]

For me, it was 'Live and Let Die', a Roger Moore/James Bond flick.

That tall black dude in the white skull makeup scared the crap out of me, and I had to sleep with the light on for weeks.

[Karen-bionic-fan]

My step dads brother had his own video shop so we got to see all the 80s horror stuff on the Saturday morning when we got up as he always had about 9 films home with him I remember standing in the living room with my brother watching Zombie 2 lol a 1979 film and thinking this is rubbish lol we fast-forward it to the scary parts omg ...happy days

[david_b]

I believe 'The Omen', but I can't recall whether I was 12 or not..

Either that or 'Tommy'.. My older brother took me to see it and I wasn't sure what to think about the 'Acid Queen'.

I do recall having nightmares about the 'Posideon Adventure'.

[Sowth]

My older cousins took my younger brother and I to see Alien in its original cinema release. We were 8 and 6 respectively.

I think my mum assumed it would be like that nice Star Wars movie...

[megoapesnut]

This is a tough one. I saw Jaws in a tiny little beach theater in Lewes, Delaware and it took me 20 years to get back in the ocean past my ankles. It half ruined the rest of the week at the beach. I saw Salem's Lot also, and the scene where Barlow pops out in front of Larry Crockett had me cleaning my pants. However:

The movie that I lost the most sleep over, just because I was scared to go to sleep, was Rosemary's Baby. So I gotta give that one the edge.

[wolfie]

The Daleks in Dr Who, we all hid behind the sofa when they appeared.