Scariest Movie You Saw Under The Age Of 12?

[mightyquinn]

Poltergeist scared the crap out of me, especially that clown.

[Blue Meanie]

Not a horror movie, but just as bad, pictures of The Elephant Man used to freak me out to the point of bad dreams.

[LonnieFisher]

I was 12 when American Werewolf In London came out and remember me, my brother Tom, and a few friends rode our bikes to go see it. Now I'm not a huge horror fan...and at 12 I wasn't a Horror fan at all. I got to the scene where Naughton see's his dead bloodied up friend in the movie theater and I went screaming from the isles and jumped on my bike and started to ride it home. Scared the CRAP out of me.

I love that movie. The transformation scene is so awesome!!

[Mego Magyar]

The Mole People. I was about 8 and it scared the "bleep" out of me and I had to sleep with the light on for a while.

[Blue Meanie]

I was 12 when American Werewolf In London came out and remember me, my brother Tom, and a few friends rode our bikes to go see it. Now I'm not a huge horror fan...and at 12 I wasn't a Horror fan at all. I got to the scene where Naughton see's his dead bloodied up friend in the movie theater and I went screaming from the isles and jumped on my bike and started to ride it home. Scared the CRAP out of me.

[Mikey]

Oh, I forgot about "The Amazing Colossal Man". I watched that on the couch with my mom, and when it got to the part where he picks up the school bus full of kids I freaked. I was afraid to ride the bus the next day!

For giant monsters I freaked out when I seen War of the Gargantuas when one of them ate the girl and spit out her clothes.

That scene traumatized me for a week

[johnnystorm]

Oh, I forgot about "The Amazing Colossal Man". I watched that on the couch with my mom, and when it got to the part where he picks up the school bus full of kids I freaked. I was afraid to ride the bus the next day!

[rcbats1]

Growing up in Rural Arkansas...the nearest city was Memphis Tennesee. The Local station there had a Midnight Movie Madness series hosted by a scary lookin' guy named Sivad...he trolled around town with his coffin in a horse and buggy...and started the show with a " a Good Evening...I am Sivad"....scary stuff for a 6 yr old.
Movie wise the scariest thing I saw on TV when I was little was a John Wayne Movie where some Mexican Bandits hacked his poor dog to pieces....that scared me to no end.

[mazinz]

I know a few tv fright films of the 70's would get me, but of instances I can actually remember:

friday the 13th part 1 or 2 (think it was 2). We had cable (showtime) early on. My babysitter back then wanted to watch the film. So in the end I ended up hearing the entire film while my eyes were hidden by my pillow

the Children was another one that I saw back around that time that scared the hell out of me

[Mikey]

When I was a real little kid the boogiemen in March of the Wooden Soldiers were pretty scary

[Marvelmania]

The Birds (the part where they guy was missing an eyeball) with the WOZ a close second. A flying monkey! Come on, that's got evil written all over it!
Although I never saw the movie as a kid I remember just the ad for the movie The Frogs scared the crap outta me!

[ddgaff1132]

Most of the scary movies I saw when I was young were Tv broadcast. I recall seeing Carnival Of Souls on a saturday afternoon horror show. Those eerie zombies dancing and rising from the Lake creeped me out. Dr. Phibes The second one in the desert. When Vincent Price has the guy strapped into his cot and crushes him into a cube with only his head sticking out. I could'nt sleep for fear someone would do it to me. Salems Lot had a few scenes. The dead kid floating at the window, and the guy being thrown onto the wall full of antlers. Thats about all I can remember.

[Earth 2 Chris]

Abbot and Costello Meet Frankenstein scared the beejeezus out of me at age 4. My grandfather was a big A&C fan, and his TV was in the repair shop, so he came over to our house to watch it. I guess my parents assumed I'd be up for this, since I was so into super heroes and didn't mind the villains. When Lon Chaney started to change into the Wolfman I went bat-crap!!! My parents had to turn the TV off and my grandfather probably thought I was doomed to be a sissy my whole life. Took me years to get over that one. Now Larry Talbot is my favorite Universal character. Go figure.

I stayed away from scary movies all together until I saw "The Thing" when I was like 9 or so. What a movie to start out with!!! Ye gods that was just grossly disturbing!

Chris

[brent 1701]

fall of the house of usher scared the **** out of us kids i was 7 or 8

[LonnieFisher]

My dreams were scary, movies were not.