My cousins made me watch John Carpenter's The Thing when I was eight years old. Assholes.
The movie Saturday the 14th also messed me up for a while, what with the Creature from the Black Lagoon getting into someone's bathtub through the drain pipes. It may be silly dreck, but it was a bit much for a five year old.
Poltergeist 2. I must have been 6 or 7 the first time I watched it. The designs and special effects were amazing. This scene in particular fucked me up big time:
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (IMDb), a 1973 made-for-TV movie. I was single digits old and remember watching the living room TV hiding behind the legs of a kitchen chair.
Mars Attacks when I was 6. My parents had the brilliant idea to take me to see it at a drive-in, so larger than life screen, and it was the second film, so I think they probably figured I’d fall asleep and they could stay and watch. Nope. Pretty sure I didn’t sleep for weeks.
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