Top 11 Terrifying Childhood Moments

[eastofthemoon]

Since both secondlina and [Unknown site tag] have done it, here's my Top 11 Terrifying Childhood Moments.



11 - Ursula Taking Ariel's Voice

This is low on the list since this scene didn't scare me as a kid, but it was always creepy to me as a kid and such it has stuck out in my mind when I remember this movie. Think about it, just the idea of hands reaching and stealing your voice can give you nightmares.

10 - Hagar The Witch from Voltron
There's not really a moment with her, but she's just plain scary. I mean the evil queen in Snow White is evil, but at least she's nice to look at.



9 - Maleficent's Dragon Form

Besides the fairies, this was the only scene I truly remembered seeing from Sleeping Beauty. This was the scene that was scary and yet I enjoyed watching. This is probably why Maleficent is one of my favorite Disney villains.



8 -The Owls From Rock-A-Doodle-Doo

The way those owls would eat anyone and anything. I know owl's hunt and eat, but these owls were just ridiculous. Plus, the fact that the Duke had the weird breath to change people's form was creepy too. Bad breath much?




7 - The Spirit from The Care Bears Movie

She's a scary villain for a Care Bears movie. An evil spirit that causes a young boy to want to hurt others even if he kills them. And she changes colours! How is she not creepy!



6 - Clara VS The Rat From The Nutcracker Prince

I still enjoy this movie, but I always felt this fight came out of the blue. (It didn't fit well with the story I think) Granted, I guess Don Bluth wanted to make it a more exciting climax. However, I remember feeling really unsettled the first time I say it and it took me sometime to get happy again when I saw the ending. Seriously, the way Clara tries to fight off the dying right...the whole thing is creepy.

I couldn't find a screencap, so a clip will have to do.

5 - Eris's Death

Okay, I wasn't a kid when I saw this, and Eris's death wasn't major for the series, but her death still sticks in my mind. Slayers was the first anime I watched and with that said, Eris's death was the most bloody death I had ever seen at that point. Seeing her lay in a pool of her own blood, gave me shivers the first time. Granted, I have seen more bloody deaths since then, but Eris will forever be the first.



4 - All Dogs Go To Heaven

Just the whole movie. Even though it was about dogs and such, the whole movie scared me. It was probably because the main plot of the movie was about death and I was still trying to understand the concept, etc. I"m not so scared of it not, but there are other movies I would rather watch.



3 - Death of Optimus Prime

Growing up, whenever I saw this movie, I always had to watch the episode when Prime is brought back to life aka "The Return of Optimus Prime" afterwards to make me feel better.



2 - The Donkey Scene In Pinocchio

Funny thing about this, it actually didn't freak me out until I was older. I watched it a million times when I was 2-3, but as I got older, this scene ended up creeping me out more and more. Show how understanding and age can make a difference.




1 - The Ugly Frog From Thumblina

I got so freaked out the first time I saw this frog (the mole certainly didn't help matters either). I'm not sure why, but he did. Maybe it was his big eyes, the way his talk, but to this day, he still makes me go "eek!" I avoid this movie for YEARS because of this frog. Don Bluth, why must you traumatize children. ;_;








(On that note, I may also make a NC style Top 11 Magicial Girls list. Yes, I've had the idea for awhile. ^_~)

Comments

[ichiban-victory.livejournal.com]

It's not just me! Don Bluth DOES make traumatizing movies! Gah! I really hated all of the characters in Thumbelina, they were just too much for me. The worst of it was that mouse singing that Thumbelina ought to marry the mole. Hmm..interesting message there for kids..

And my gosh, I knew I forgot something! Pinocchio actually freaked me out a great deal as a child, especially the Pleasure Island part when they all turn into donkeys. I haven't watched the movies in years but I'm okay with that. Jiminy Cricket and Figaro were wise to seek out careers beyond the movie. ^_-

(And lastly, I just realized a MAJOR freaky scene when I was a child! Beast becoming human! How could I have forgotten?? Every time I think back to when I first saw it with my sisters, we all exclaimed, "EW!" when he turned around. How's that for trauma? No, no, don't make us look at the ruggedly handsome prince when he was a cool beast for so long!)

I never did see the Transformers movie, oddly enough. I'll have to ask my brothers if they ever saw it since I never recall hearing anything about Optimus Prime dying. I think we all would have shed tears that day..

[earthstar-moon.livejournal.com]

Don Bluth seems to enjoy scarying children for some reason.

If you hate Thumbelina as much as I do, you should watch the Nostalgia Chick's review of it. It's hilarious, including making fun of that horrible song. It was a nice bit of payback for me. ^_~

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaQx2BzbvrU
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFN5VzEO82Y&feature=related

Yes! I never liked that scene of Beast turning human. I always wondered why the animators didn't realized how weird it looked.

[ichiban-victory.livejournal.com]

Oh trust me, I hate it. I made some roommates mad one year when they were all eager to watch it and I decided not to join them because I do not enjoy the movie at all. I'll have to check out the video(s) after my roommates aren't all dead to the world...or dig out my headphones...

I don't think it's the animators that are at fault for the human look of Beast. We did see his human image throughout the movie (including when Belle tried to put a slashed painting together to see what he looked like), but after having seen him as a beast for so long the change was still shocking. When I look at the prince just as a human I actually think he's rather nice to look at, I really like his strong features. He doesn't have the generic prince look that many older Disney princes suffered from. But perhaps Disney did learn from this since in Princess and the Frog we got to see Naveen as a human quite a few times before he spent the majority of the movie as a frog. The change back to human wasn't so jarring.

[earthstar-moon.livejournal.com]

I agree. I don't mind looking at the prince, it's just that the first time we actually see the beast as a human (did he ever get a real name?) it was just a shock, which is ironic because we should have been expecting it. I did like how in the Princess and the Frog we got to see human Naveen for awhile which made it easier to adjust.

[dqbunny.livejournal.com]

It's so nice to know I wasn't the only one to greatly dislike Thumbelina. I couldn't even finish the movie.

[amdsmrnitesdrm.livejournal.com]

I totally agree with the donkey scene from Pinocchio... it freaked me out when I was a kid, just because of all the frightening imagery, but when I understood what was really going on it was scary on a whole different level. Not to mentioned the ringleader guy is just... creepy.

[earthstar-moon.livejournal.com]

Exactly! That line when one of the men says "Have the donkey take another ride" so that he couldn't talk anymore, still gives me shivers. @_@

[pharoah999.livejournal.com]

yea those are some scenes i remember watching now, im thinking those did scare me a little, and as i kid, not much because i did not fully understand the situation. another moment that was freaky for me was in a movie called pinocchio and the emperor of the night. it was like a part 2 of the original but weird anyways. There was a scene where Puppatino turned Pincchio back into a puppet using some kind of music box. now im thinking, that was a scary scene for me.

[earthstar-moon.livejournal.com]

I think I saw that movie YEARS ago, but I barely remember it. The only thing I remember about that movie was that Pinocchio got a crush on a girl puppet or something.

[pharoah999.livejournal.com]

yeah he did and then she later turned into a real girl but maybe there is a clip of it on youtube. I have the movie and still get frieked when i see that part. the whole movie was kind of dark, especially with the emperor and him turning children into puppets.

[earthstar-moon.livejournal.com]

*looked on youtube* The whole movie is uploaded and yes, this is the same movie. This movie is so dark. I don't get why they thought little children wouldn't get scared by it. @_@

[pharoah999.livejournal.com]

your right!

[izo-chan.livejournal.com]

I guess the Little Mermaid is just one those movies lol. ^^; That scene didn't scare me either, but it was still a little freaky -- most Ursula scenes were freaky. Disney always did craft the most ingenious and terrifying villains. I think most Disney villains could give any given anime villain a run for their money just based on their sheer psychotic behaviors alone lol.

NOOOO! Optimus Prime, nooooo! D: Oh man, the Transformers movie was such a disappointment to me. Optimus died, Starscream died... wtf, movie? You can't kill off all the fun characters!

(And no, bringing Starscream back as a ghost -- if I remember correctly -- does NOT count. >.<)

[earthstar-moon.livejournal.com]

Disney is good at their villains, which is half the reason they're great at animated movies. Have you ever seen the Nostalgic Critic's Top 11 Disney Villains? It's fun to watch.

http://www.thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/nostalgia-critic/2786-top-11-disney-villains

Yes! How dare they kill off Starscream. He was a trademark of the series! On the Transformer DVD, they have a commentary with Transformer fans. When the scene of Starscream getting killed comes up, one of the fans said "And the first generation of Transformers died...right now."

[izo-chan.livejournal.com]

Oh! No, I haven't. I'll go check that out. Thanks for the link. :3

"When the scene of Starscream getting killed comes up, one of the fans said "And the first generation of Transformers died...right now.""

My thoughts exactly, lmao -- And no truer words have ever been said.