Michael* Posted December 1, 2016 Posted December 1, 2016 Are there any movies you saw as a kid that just frightened the hell out of you? I don't mean movies that weren't age appropriate because it's probably fair to assume that we've all been there at one time or another, but ones that were ostensibly aimed at or skewed towards a young audience and still succeeded in being genuinely scary. Quote
Michael* Posted December 4, 2016 Author Posted December 4, 2016 So, I was inspired to start the topic after re-watching 'The Last Unicorn', because until recently, the only real memory I had of it was that it was scary as hell. It wasn't as frightening to me as an adult, but it was every bit as weird, melancholic and atmospheric. Supposedly, a lot of the people who worked on it went on to work for Studio Ghibli, which kind of shows. Quote
Michael* Posted December 4, 2016 Author Posted December 4, 2016 Also, two scenes from the early nineties Ninja Turtles film. The first was when Raphael was ambushed on the roof of April's apartment building. I suppose like many young fans, I wasn't really aware of the franchise's darker comic book roots at the time. The Turtles usually found themselves in trouble in the old cartoon series, but they would usually just crack a few jokes, have a fight and solve everything by the time the credits rolled. There was nothing funny about what happened to Raph, even though the movie tried to lighten the mood later on. Also, the moment Tatsu completely lost it and took his anger out on one of his students, which again, was in such stark contrast to the cartoons. If I ever watched it back, I'd probably wonder what on earth I was thinking, but I remember them really freaking me out as a youngster. Quote
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