Today, however, the same movies that would keep me up at night as a child, just don’t seem to be scary anymore – instead I find them completely cheesy!
So, here are a few of my favorite scary movies as a kid — that make me laugh today.
Nightmare on Elm Street
Stephen King’s It
If you were scared of clowns as a kid, then this probably freaked you out. Personally, I think the book was scarier, but it was a great horror movie to watch when you’re young!
Little Shop of Horrors
When I was a kid, the idea of a talking plant eating people was pretty terrifying. Thinking about it now – not so much.
The Shining
Ok, so this is still a great movie, but honestly – it doesn’t seem that scary anymore!
The Exorcist
This is still a great horror movie and is still one of my favorites to this day!
Chucky
What were your favorite scary movies as a kid? Have you watched them recently?
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Thats weird because i was watching IT the other night and i was horrified of that movie when i was little but now its really not scary at all hahaha or maybe its because scary movies dont really “scare” me
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These movies are still terrifying…
magnolia / 1027 posts
You’re crazy! Some of these still scare the crap out of me… Okay, we’ll more like the concept of the villains. I still think Freddy Kruger is one of the scariest out there since he comes into your dreams and manipulates you! And Chucky will be forever scary to me cuz it’s a former satanic worshipping convict runaway trapped in a kids’ doll! I’m just saying lol.
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anything that relied too much on special effects. they look dated now. and the Exorcist never scared me, because it always looked fake.
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I never had a passion for scary movies when I was little. I’ve only really been watching then for the last 5 yrs. I absolutely love Little Shop of Horrors makes me smile every time. The Shining is a little warped I’ll admit but not scary. And the first time I saw the Exorcist I was with my fiance’s mother and we thought it was just the funniest thing EVER. I mean we couldn’t stop laughing at it. The rest to me are just boring.
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I don’t know, The Exorcist is still up there on my list.
But I remember watching The Grudge when I was about eleven, and now it doesn’t scare me in the slightest. I find that scary movies creep me out more than anything.
tulip / 8 posts
Ok, so I have to confess that after writing this post and looking at all the pictures, I could barely sleep that night! That pictures of Freddy Krueger freaks me out still lol!
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turning 19 next month and i am still PETRIFIED of chucky….now i wont sleep tonight…. fml :/
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Ugh, I don’t know why anyone would let a child watch any of these movies (unless you meant teenager more then actual young child). I’m not sure if it was that my mom didn’t let me watch them or I didn’t want to watch them (because I didn’t) but I am pretty grateful I didn’t see any of them until I was older. I was good with goosebumps and are you afraid of the dark, thanks. I don’t think my parents even liked me watching Tales from the Crypt.
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I saw all of these as a young kid, I don’t remember being scared of any of them. I always thought they were amusing to be honest. The were so predictable, my brother and I use to guess who was going to die first. However, there were a few video games involving monsters/zombies that scared the crap out of me because I knew they would jump out at me, lol.
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IT was a scary ass book. But all these movies now are just comical.Especially the Exorcist. I crack up every time she comes crawling down the stairs and pees on the rug. Kills me.
sunflower / 499 posts
I saw IT when I was older so I wasn’t scared of clowns growing up. I think if I saw the movie when I was younger I’d have nightmares and all.
The Shinning was creepy not scary for me…even though I saw it when I was a teenager.
EVERYONE loves Chucky & a complete classic. The remakes obviously do not compare to the first movie.
Definitely all these movies are still classics to watch.
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I wouldn’t say these movies aren’t scary anymore. I would say I’m able to watch them without covering my eyes and having nightmares! Lol. These movies are still very creepy…a killer clown, a killer doll, a severely burned man who can kill you in your dreams, a guy gone completely mad…..that’s all scary as hell.
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I didn’t watch many scary movies as a young kid, but aliens scared me more than anything. I wasn’t ever really scared of Freddy/Chucky.
The Fourth Kind probably scares me more than any movie I’ve seen. Classic horror has kind of a nostalgic/autumnal/artistic feel to me