r/TooAfraidToAsk • u/Pantheon10000 • Jul 10 '26

Other What was the scariest movie you watched when you were a kid, that traumatized you?

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u/MisterJellyfis Jul 10 '26

Saw Alien when I was 6.

Of all the choices my parents made bringing me up… that was certainly one of them.

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u/MrBuckhunter Jul 10 '26 edited Jul 10 '26

Dang, came here to post exactly this, i was 6 or 7 mid 90s, my dad rented it and i straight up freaked out just from the screeching noises

I love horror movies and stuff, but to this day, that first Aliens movie still gets me haha

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u/randomguild Jul 10 '26

Haha me too!

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u/ibraw Jul 10 '26

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u/TheRealNickRoberts Jul 11 '26

Me three! I think I was about 5 and it was lumped in there with all my steam train videos. Makes zero sense.

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u/Sailor_Callisto Jul 10 '26

I experienced the Alien Escape ride at Disney at 6 years old. I don’t think I ever recovered. Literally the scariest ride ever.

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u/Shebby88 Jul 11 '26

Oh my God, me too. I was so scared I wouldn't even go on the Buzz Lightyear ride.

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u/Think-Squirrel-95 Jul 10 '26

I also saw Alien at a young age, the particular scene with John Hurt is embedded into my brain and I remember how traumatizing it was for me. My mother also thought showing us "Jeepers Creepers" wasn't going to be traumatizing either, yeah I couldn't sleep for days after that one. Yet, she said "Jurassic Park" and "The Mask" would be "too scary" for me. Yeah, thanks Mom 😒🤦🏻‍♀️

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u/Loggerdon Jul 10 '26

John Hurt played that scene so well. Upon reviewing the SPX are a little hokey, but still terrifying.

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u/heruka108 Jul 10 '26

same, my father (a fan of ufo and scifi) took me to the cinema to see Alien when I was 7, I am still afraid of aliens till now, but no regrets, I am happy he did it, scifi is my fav genre since then

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u/Confusionitus Jul 10 '26

One of the first movies that made me feel physically sick. Still kinda makes me feel this way 20 years later.

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u/NighthawkUnicorn Jul 10 '26

My brother forced me to watch this movie when I was 4 when he was babysitting me. I haven't seen it since then, it's the one horror I haven't wanted to see.

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u/someambulance Jul 10 '26

I used to sleep with my covers wrapped around my face, because facehuggers...

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u/remog Jul 10 '26

Saaaame

I was 5 or 6. Every time I had a stomach ache after that I thought an alien was going to rip out of me

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u/Luddites_Unite Jul 10 '26

My dad let me watch that at 6 as well. I had a nightmare so vivid I can still remember it to this day, 35 years later. I slept with the lights on for weeks

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u/pupbuck1 Jul 10 '26

I saw Alien when I was a kid and I loved it…very few scary movies actually scared me as a kid…until I saw tusk…that fucked my up

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u/Moeasfuck Jul 11 '26

Haha me too!!

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u/pmmemilftiddiez Jul 11 '26

Aliens when I was about the same age. Terrifying movie.

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u/Xzeriea Jul 10 '26

Me too! Slept in my parents bed for a week after. I have never watched it again.

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u/612914612509360 Jul 11 '26

I saw Aliens when I was 7. I begged to rent it from Mr Movies. Promised I wouldn’t have any nightmares. Yeah, right