Things that scared us as kids...

[Sean]

This thread is dedicated to the things we were exposed to as kids that scared us--------with an emphasis on MAINSTREAM things whose potential for horror were not even given a 2nd thought by the adults who exposed us to them...

I give you BOZO.



LOOK at that maniacal face.  Are we KIDDING?  THIS is wholesome, kiddie fun?

[Sean]

The Hugo doll...



Nah... nothing about a hairless (not BALD------hairless), thin lipped creep that disguises himself says 'stay away, children'.  My cousins had one and they never cleaned the adhesive off the damned thing.  It always looked like it was covered in dry snot.  THAT didn't help.

[charp13]

Wow, Sean...... I love Bozo!
I couldn't find a picture (maybe it's for the best) of what used to scare me when I was a kid, but the main creepo thing that used to make me run screaming was a commercial on tv for Maybelline mascara. They would zoom in on a woman's eye as she applied mascara and it was soooo horrible to me! They zoomed in on her eyeball, and I freaked out every time! Oh, and those flying monkeys in the movie I still haven't been able to watch since I was 4.

[Gillfan]

As crazy as it sounds, I grew up in NJ and was, for years, afraid a blimp would fly overhead, burst into flame, and land on my house.

[SeptimusPretorius]

The Hugo doll...



Nah... nothing about a hairless (not BALD------hairless), thin lipped creep that disguises himself says 'stay away, children'.  My cousins had one and they never cleaned the adhesive off the damned thing.  It always looked like it was covered in dry snot.  THAT didn't help.

I had a Hugo doll...he came with all these appliances like fake hair and beards, eye patches, fake noses and warts. He was actually pretty cool and only scared me once....the night he came to life and told me to SLAY MY PARENTS!!!!!! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!!!!

S.P. 

[Anton Phibes]

Water bugs.

[SeptimusPretorius]

Water bugs.

GOOD LORD, MAN!!!!

S.P. 

[SeptimusPretorius]

I would say the thing that scared me the most when I was a kid was my great-grandfather's old school oxygen tank. At the time, it appeared to be about 8 feet tall, and had two dials that looked like eyes. In the dark, it looked even more like a monster and made a ghastly noise. The thing I'm most scared of as an adult is the water bug in the above post....jeez.

S.P. 

[Unknown Primate]

I was a weird little kid and some odd things really creeped me out - I mean, things I found very unsettling... little things like: 
My two older sister's DOLLS, which were upstairs in our house.
The UPSTAIRS in our house.
Creepy tabloids like MIDNIGHT & magazines like REAL DETECTIVE- I would read the surreal & gruesome stories in these types of magazines whenever I'd stay all night at my cousin's.  The stories & photos stayed with me for weeks - till I'd stay all night again and it would start all over!
This is probably the oddest of all, but the WESTMINSTER GRANDFATHER CLOCK CHIME gave me an uneasy feeling.   Never failed to give me the willies!  Not necessarily any particular clock (except the one at my Grandparent's), but the basic song & tone.  I just associated it with some spooky experiences.  I love the chime to this day - but late at night  ...  Good thing I like creepy things...  and no, I don't own a Grandfather Clock, but would like to!

[Fester]

The Hugo doll...



Nah... nothing about a hairless (not BALD------hairless), thin lipped creep that disguises himself says 'stay away, children'.  My cousins had one and they never cleaned the adhesive off the damned thing.  It always looked like it was covered in dry snot.  THAT didn't help.

Hey! That's Dr Mondo!!!

THe Pee Wee Herman Show (Dr. Mondo) Pt 6

[Jim Bertges]

Speaking of bugs, these guys always creeped me out...

...and they reminded me of the Xanti Misfits

[Anton Phibes]

You know whats funny? I cannot stand the sight of blood(very nearly pass out), I hate bugs, of any kind (cannot stand  spiders at all), despise snakes, and I am terrified of anything that is in the water that wants to eat me alive (sharks,alligators, etc.) I also have an extremely weak stomach.

My sons are extremely sensitive to this as well. Once my son was cutting a lemon and nicked his finger. He started bawling and was about to pass out. Seriously. Yet he can sit through Dawn of the Dead. Both of us love horror films~~ violence thats fake on a t.v. or video screen doesnt phase us at all, and we both love Jaws and Spider-man. Weird huh? The only time blood doesnt bother me is if I know I have to intervene to stop the bleeding (I once had to do this to help someone in our family), then I kind of go into Captain America mode and dont think about it.

Bottom line: most of the things that creeped me out as a kid still do so today. Bugs, Blood, Sharks, snakes, alligators....yada yada...

[charp13]

Bugs have never bothered me- in fact, I am fascinated by maggots     But slugs.......bleh..those slimy abominations! They creep me out. I don't know where or when I drew the line between slugs and maggots, but it's there. Maybe it's because maggots are babies, and everyone LOVES babies.

[Anton Phibes]

Bugs have never bothered me- in fact, I am fascinated by maggots     But slugs.......bleh..those slimy abominations! They creep me out. I don't know where or when I drew the line between slugs and maggots, but it's there. Maybe it's because maggots are babies, and everyone LOVES babies.

Lol--not me...maggots are gross. Put them on my list of " how vomitous" (to quote Peter Lorre).

[Fester]

Now there is something scary . . .

Sean and charp13 are twins?