Decided to take me a break from grad school work to share with you the movie moments that singularly freaked me out as a kid, some of which continue to freak me out.
1. Charlie dreams about Hell in All Dogs Go To Heaven
Jump to about 2:30 to see what I'm talking about. Even without this scene, the movie is pretty dark - child exploitation, illicit gambling, attempted murder and general musings on death and the afterlife. Standard Bluth fare, of course.
2. Professor Screw-Eyes turns the dinosaurs back into monsters in We're Back: A Dinosaur's Story
Or, really, Professor Screw-Eyes does anything ever in We're Back: A Dinosaur's Story. This dude was seriously scary. I had already been programmed to fear the vertical-line pupil (Thanks, "Thriller" video), but now that it's combined with some creepy occultic hardware? NOPE.
3. The Banshee in Darby O'Gill and the Little People
Never failed: I would always have trouble getting to sleep after watching this movie. Didn't help if my family was watching a sporting event or particularly exciting thing on television in the living room, which would prompt an occasional "Woo!"
4. Aurora being lured to the spinning wheel in Sleeping Beauty
Forgive the weird sound in this clip...if it's even still viewable by the time I post this. I vividly remember re-watching this movie after having not seen it for several years...I was spending the night at my grandmother's house, it was late and I was lying there in the dark in the guest bedroom watching the movie. When this scene appeared, I had to get up and turn on the bathroom light.
I was 14 at the time. Don't judge me.
5. The Gmork in The Neverending Story
I am almost 30 now and I still get the chills when Atreyu sees the prophetic image of the Gmork on the wall. Yes I realize it's just a robot in a wolf costume and you can direct all rational words to your own butt because THOSE EYES.
6. Chernabog from Fantasia
This is the Fantasia imagery laid over a different performance of the piece, but you get the idea. And that idea is NOPE. NO THANK YOU.
