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Which childhood movie or game left you with a fear you’ve never quite shaken off?

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BuilderGlad4581 Mar 30, 2026 +3
Final Destination. I still think about the most random worst-case scenarios because of it
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Dismiss_Trouble_17 Mar 30, 2026 +2
I first saw final destination in middle school. It’s been 7-8 years and I still can’t drive behind trucks that are carrying logs or a big pile of any kind of long things at all, really. Even driving behind those pickup trucks that have ladders strapped to the top kinda freaks me out
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YokoDice Mar 30, 2026 +2
I have to say I agree, it's not that the movie itself was particularly scary itself... the concept just makes you rethink things in everyday life which is petrifying!
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Humble-Seaweed4375 Mar 30, 2026 +3
It(1990)
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YokoDice Mar 30, 2026 +1
Not the first person to say IT already!
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CheekyDonutA Mar 30, 2026 +2
Every time I hear a clown laugh, I’m instantly transported back to that night alone in my living room, watching It for the first time as a kid… some fears just stick with you.
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Lebowski_420 Mar 30, 2026 +2
Resident Evil when it comes to games. Playing that as a young kid was brutal (for me at least)
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YokoDice Mar 30, 2026 +2
I was fully expecting a reply like this, definitely games which we shouldn't have played as kids. The game that made me think of this question was Jersey Devil for the playstation one, I couldn't have been older than 5/6 at the time. The art style, music, everything. Absolutely terrifying in that moment. Still went back to play it again and again.
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Lebowski_420 Mar 30, 2026 +2
To be honest I think I’d still get frightened if I played Resident Evil now… The Last Of Us was pretty heavy too if we want to talk about recent games 😂
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YokoDice Mar 30, 2026 +2
Yet the the TV series really doesn't hit the same in terms of fear factor? Whether that's just because we know what to expect or just more engrossed in a video game... feels more personal maybe?
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Lebowski_420 Mar 30, 2026 +2
No I think you’re right. Playing a “scary” game is way more intense than watching a “scary” movie. You’re controlling the character and with movies you’re just watching from the sideline if you know what I mean 😂
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YokoDice Mar 30, 2026 +2
I refuse to pickup VR for this exact reason. I'd be in an early grave for sure.
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Lebowski_420 Mar 30, 2026 +1
Playing such games via VR could be traumatic, I agree 😂
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No_Leg_2768 Mar 30, 2026 +2
the giant from 'the princess bride' really freaked me out as a kid; still gives me the heebie-jeebies thinking about it. some scenes just hit different when you're little, ya know?
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YokoDice Mar 30, 2026 +1
Oh age definitely plays a big factor in this 100%!
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jemimahaste Mar 30, 2026 +2
Alzheimer's/dementia follows you to the afterlife- spiritfarer 
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OldBoyAlex Mar 30, 2026 +2
Watership Down. Can't see rabbits without thinking of the dying rabbits trapped in their warren, the sweary seagull and nazi-rabbit-brothelkeeper General Woundwort.
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YokoDice Mar 30, 2026 +1
Nazi-Rabbit brothelkeeper was not on my bingo card.
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HotHelp3692 Mar 30, 2026 +2
Courage the Cowardly Dog really said ‘this is a kids show’ and then dropped shadow demons in the corner of my room 💀 I didn’t fear ghosts… I feared turning off the lights and seeing that thing waiting 😭”
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YokoDice Mar 30, 2026 +1
What a program! Completely forgot about that!
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HotHelp3692 Mar 30, 2026 +1
Till date in my dreams the loneliness dog rog episode comes and frights me up 😭😭
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revanceduser Mar 30, 2026 +1
First time got frightened from purple things
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HotHelp3692 Mar 30, 2026 +1
🙌🏼
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Grabate Mar 30, 2026 +2
My late Grandmother saw Wizard of Oz in the cinema when she was a child. She said the wicked witches feet curling up gave her nightmares even into adulthood.
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Alarmed-Spend9459 Mar 30, 2026 +1
Those horrible flying monkeys
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Dismiss_Trouble_17 Mar 30, 2026 +1
The trailer for Lights Out, not the movie. I worked up the courage to watch the movie like eight years after I first saw the trailer but somehow the trailer is still and always has been scarier
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Adventurous_Ask_4818 Mar 30, 2026 +1
Courage the Cowardly Dog. I'm 27, live alone, and I still do a full perimeter check before bed
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Chinchillin234 Mar 30, 2026 +1
As the Gods Will, that movie make me fear School even more
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Aurora-Ouroboros- Mar 30, 2026 +1
Alien. I hate it when stuff flies at my face. I was way too young when my older brother requested we rent Alien from Blockbuster. I also had a loft bed at the time, so I had to climb the ladder to even see the top of my mattress. Every night for about 3 months, I made my dad climb up there first and make sure there were no eggs or facehuggers hiding up there to get me. My brother found it hilarious. I am no longer generally afraid of facehuggers or unseen mattresses. But still, 20+ years later, I recoil in horror whenever anything flies near my face. Be it a ball or a butterfly, I feel certain that anything flying near my face is a death sentence until I can take a sec to calm down.
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Alarmed-Spend9459 Mar 30, 2026 +1
Poltergeist and that frickin clown - and skeletons in the swimming pool.
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