Comments on: Trick or Treat

By: myogdb

myogdb — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 06:35:28 +0000

Robert Stack running around murdering people? That’s compelling television.

By: myogdb

myogdb — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 06:34:45 +0000

This is the second time in a row that before approving comments, two people mentioned the same childhood fears. I actually found unsolved mysteries pretty scary too. Skunks less so, although I see where you’re coming from.

By: Ashley

Ashley — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:08:46 +0000

Sometimes, Unsolved Mysteries scared the crap out of me when I was really young. I was deathly afraid of ghosts and when they had one of those episodes I would stay awake all night with the covers pulled over my head waiting to be killed by a vengeful ghost (this happened many, many nights). That’s the only show that I can specifically remember scaring the crap out of me.

I was terrified of Doberman Pinchers. In fact, in my head I imagined the Boogie Man to be a giant Doberman Pincher wearing a superman inspired outfit. Not really sure how I got that image in my head, but I remember it like it was yesterday.

And lastly, I was scared of skunks. Mainly because on of my friends when I was about 4 years old told me if I got sprayed by a skunk, I would have to take a bath in tomato juice for 24 hours. Well, I thought that would kill me because I couldn’t stay awake for 24 hours, so I would meet my end by drowning in a tub of tomato juice, which I found terrifying. I was also scared they would try to climb in my room and spray me, so between ghosts and skunks, it’s amazing I got any sleep as a child.

By: Kelsi

Kelsi — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 05:32:41 +0000

Robert Stack. Not Unsolved Mysteries itself, just Robert Stack.
See, somehow, when I was five or so, my brother was really into Unsolved Mysteries. He loved it. I was never allowed to watch it. But he’d tell me about it. And once he told me about a man on the show that would walk around with a gun in his briefcase. I somehow took this to mean that the man was Robert Stack. And he killed people with his briefcase gun.
No joke, it took me two years to fully understand that Robert Stack wasn’t a loon out to kill everyone.
Also, the wolf in the Never Ending Story, I used to hide under my blanket whenever he was on.

By: myogdb

myogdb — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 06:37:12 +0000

I never thought of it, but you’re absolutely right – Yoda would scare the shit out of me if I’d seen him as a child. Vader wasn’t especially creepy, just cool looking. Huh.

By: myogdb

myogdb — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 06:36:29 +0000

I agree about the Exorcist – it doesn’t count, exactly, because that movie was scary and even more so as a 10 year old. I feel the same way about seeing Jaws 2 in second grade. I forgot about animatronic animals, though. That’s completely awesome that your sister flipped shit was when that rat came near her. I’m a huge pussy, so I can really respect someone who is afraid of a giant rat so she starts spitting and kicking at it.

The Pac Man sounded silly at first, until I thought about it, and you’re kind of right – you can’t see what’s coming, and the ghosts try to surround you – it has all the makings of a survival-horror setting.

Also, second person to mention Yoda. Maybe it’s a really good thing that I didn’t see any of the Star Wars movies until I was 15.

By: youknowdamnwellwhothisis

youknowdamnwellwhothisis — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 17:51:58 +0000

The first nightmare I ever remember having was when I was maybe 4 years old – I was stuck inside a Pac-Man game. Actually scared the shit out of me, because inside the game, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT’S AROUND THE NEXT CORNER.

I remember watching all three original Star Wars movies when Return of the Jedi came out on the big screen. My sister made it through A New Hope just fine, but totally lost her shit during Empire because of Yoda. I also remember her freaking out at a Showtime Pizza when the giant Rat tried to sing her happy birthday. She was spitting on him and trying to kick him, it was awesome.

My most terrifying childhood memory was watching the Exorcist, when my parents left me home alone, in a thunder storm, when I was ten. But I stand by that one, scarred the shit out of me. Poltergeist scarred me, too. But I don’t remember why.

By: Steph

Steph — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 00:10:14 +0000

I was terrified of Yoda as a child. Those evil wrinkles, the twitching ears. And when Luke said “I’m not afraid.” I didn’t hear Yoda say “You will be.” No, I heard “Bitch! Fear me!” No wonder I only collected Darth Vader action figures. Tall dude in a black cape had nothing on old, hairy ears.