Scarred my childhood

These are some of the movies that terrified me as a child:

ANACONDA

the whole thing.  Now it seems absurd.  Owen Wilson was in it?! And first time seeing J.Lo.  Jon Voight is a much better actor thant to have to be in that movies, but has to make a living.  It was so terrifying to me, yet I couldn’t look away.  I remember sweating while watching the movie and my cousins sort of teasing me for it, that I had gotten so into it.  Shortly afterwards, when talking about it with a friend it became less frightening and more of an interesting anecdote, esp. the part where the snake swims past the camera and skeleton bulges out of the body, the view accompanied by dramatic music.

The Empire Strikes Back

Luke gets his hand cut off; also blends in my mind with Darth Vader getting his mask taken off.  When I first heard of the phrase “back of the mind” that hand slicing scene comes to mind; it was years before I realized that right after that came the famous (and misquoted) line “No, I am your father” because that scene was so traumatizing and when I thought of the scaries thing I had ever seen it came to mind.  Now Star Wars V is easily one of my fav. movies.

Nightmare before Christmas

Don’t remember much except that I was terrified.  Yes, it is a much beloved movie but to this day I still have a kneejerk queasiness.  I should see it again, I know.  I just couldn’t handle the humorous-macabre style of the animation and songs and visual effects.

ET

A little bit.  I remember eating rice krispie treats while watching this movie for some reason.  I cried at the end, but some scenes are really terrifying—i.e. when ET has technically died and is mummified and chalky?!

Raiders of the Lost ark

End scene when everyone melts except Indiana Jones and Marion.  Temple of Doom not as much because I saw it when older and could stomach it better.