Traumatic movies?

[Smoke]

I remember my brother being completely freaked out by the Wicked Witch of the West when he was very small. Nothing ever freaked me out that badly until after I was grown.

My most traumatic movie experience was Sophie's Choice, when I was 22 years old. To this day, I absolutely refuse to watch that film again.

I've never been traumatized by The Silence of the Lambs -- because nobody has ever been about to persuade me to watch it.

 

[Smoke]

Willy Wonka is a very strange movie.

The movie -- Gene Wilder or Johnny Depp; doesn't matter -- doesn't freak me out, but I've always found the Willy Wonka character completely creepy and unlikeable. My better half loves that movie (both versions); I just don't understand it.

 

[lunamoth]

The movie -- Gene Wilder or Johnny Depp; doesn't matter -- doesn't freak me out, but I've always found the Willy Wonka character completely creepy and unlikeable. My better half loves that movie (both versions); I just don't understand it.

I think that's why I find the movie so wierd (in addition to those creepy oppma loompas). I've only seen the Gene Wilder movie, and I read the book. Willy Wonka is unlikeable.

 

[lunamoth]

I was kind of traumatized by the Rocky Horror Picture Show...at least my wife thought so because I started acting and singing like the main transvestite.

That's not trauma, that's camp!

 

[Radio Frequency X]

Milo and Otis made me upset when I was a kid. I cried during Bambi when it came out in theaters. Old Yeller also really tore me up when I was a kid. Oh and those Babe the pig movies, or movie - the one that starts off with his owner dying because he fell down a well and then it just keeps getting worse from there.

 

[Mister_T]

When I was 3, my dad was watching Poltergeist and I had walked in on the part where the clown doll starts pulling the little boy underneath the bed. 2 days later my grandmother came to visit and dropped off clown doll she had made for me.......which was put in my direct line of sight, looking at me while in bed. I was unable to reach it and take it down. Yet another reason not to like clowns.

 

[angellous_evangellous]

The movie -- Gene Wilder or Johnny Depp; doesn't matter -- doesn't freak me out, but I've always found the Willy Wonka character completely creepy and unlikeable. My better half loves that movie (both versions); I just don't understand it.

This covers all the bases for me.

I absolutely HATED Willi Wanka and Alice in Wonderland, particularly because of the evil uses of candy in both films. The Wizard of Oz is a close third.

 

[kateyes]

Anything that involved hurting animals--was/is a trauma to me--Bambi, Old Yeller--thought I was pretty well over it as an adult--until I watched Dances with Wolves--I handled most everything until the soldiers shot his horse and the wolf 2 Socks. I haven't watched it again. We recently watched a DVD-- 8 Below--and I warned everyone I wasn't watching it if one of the dogs dies--yup 1 dies and I left the room--and didn't go back.

Otherwise--Psycho--watched it in my teens--never thought much about it again--until the 1st time I tried to take a shower in my very own(living alone)apartment--popped into my head everytime.--To this day I have a ritual I have to go through to take a shower in a hotel. LOL

 

[ladyhawke]

Devil doll,just thinking about it gives me the creeps,i've NEVER been able to watch anything with ventriloquists dummies since seeing this film:cover: ,by todays standards its pretty tame but that doll was evil, bit of early chucky i think..

 

[jamaesi]

I tell you all this to ask the simple question, have you (or someone you've known) ever been traumatized by movie especially one you didn't expect to be upsetting? What was it and why was it upsetting to you? Did you ever watch the movie again and have a different reaction?

The Hills Have Eyes. Graphic rape scenes are not my cup of tea.

However, in true masochist fashion, my friend and I will be seeing the Hills Have Eyes 2. We have to see what happens next. :thud:

 

[Smoke]

When I was 3, my dad was watching Poltergeist and I had walked in on the part where the clown doll starts pulling the little boy underneath the bed. 2 days later my grandmother came to visit and dropped off clown doll she had made for me.......which was put in my direct line of sight, looking at me while in bed. I was unable to reach it and take it down. Yet another reason not to like clowns.

My oldest nephew was scared of dolls for years after he saw one of those Chuckie movies. It was particularly awkward because my mother collects dolls, and they're in every room of her house.

 

[Fluffy]

The original Charlie and The Chocolate Factory film scared me.When Charlie and his grandfather were floating up that tube, I was terrified that they would disappear into space, never to be seen again... which is a rather horrible fate.