Return to Oz scared the living crap out of me for some reason. I'm trying to remember if I saw the whole thing but all I remember was the mother of my friend wondering why she took us to this movie. Temple of Doom was pretty bad too but neither of these were things that consumed me with fear. The neighbors German Shepherd dogs that chased me up a tree on the other hand were pretty bad but they moved away when I was 8. Beyond that while I was easy to startle (Brother liked hiding behind doors and jumping out at me in dark to get me to react, it never failed) most things didn't scare me too much.

the Diff'rent Strokes episode w/ Gordon Jump

Wizard of Oz
Tornado warnings
Loud thunder in middle of night
Salems Lot

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

Bugs in my father's social club.

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"This is Chicago, my friend. Anything can happen."

friggin' terrifying

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The Oompa Loompas

I think it was because they were, at best, unmoved by suffering and at worst, took glee in it.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

The funny thing about Willy Wonka is that I find it scarier and more disturbing as an adult than I ever did as a kid.

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Freedom is our Strength.

I forgot... I lived in perpetual fear of quicksand. According to cartoons and tv shows I watched it was everywhere and I just knew that was how I was going to die.

The movie Beetlejuice.
Airplane lights in the window at night because I was worried they were aliens.
For some bizarre reason, King Kong showing up.
Bees(because every kid is taught that bees are the worst things ever)

Because of the middle two, I would listen to sports radio to fall asleep. I have no idea what it even was but I assume it was whatever the station that had the White Sox but it sounds like the Score didn't even broadcast when it was dark out. Anyone have any idea what channels would have been on at night that talked about sports in the early 90s?

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

The Dallas sports station--I think it was The Ticket--could often be heard on the Score's frequency (820) after sunset in the early 90s. Skip Bayless got his broadcasting start there.

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WMAQ

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Trilogy of Terror.That little doll at the end gave me nightmares for weeks.

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When I am stuck and need to figure something out I always remember the Immortal words of Socrates when he said:"I just drank what?"

I used to listen to that station also. Came in clear as next door in the evenings.

I was always in fear of the impending nuclear holocaust and The Twilight Zone.

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You know me like that.

Speaking of the Twilight Zone. The plane segment in the TZ movie scared me pretty good as a youngster.

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Gordon Lightfoot
Gordon Sumner
Flash Gordon

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An unjust law is no law at all--St. Augustine of Hippo

Cause tried and true
I see the light in you
Oh, can you dig in my soul?
Could you smell my whole...
life?--Gener and Deaner

Pretty good way to lose a $400 hand cart.


my list:

heights
standing out as unique or different
underground tubes/tunnels/entrapments

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The Manson Family.

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Sex isn't dirty, sex isn't a crime. It's a loving act between two or more consenting adults.

-Hank Kingsley

Razor blades in candy.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

I loved Unsolved Mysteries and how Robert Stack presented that show. His voice was cryptic. Which I found awesome.

Some cable network used to show the reruns. Maybe 10 years ago or so. I don't see them anymore. I used to watch the reruns. Cuz I missed a lot of them when I was a kid or didn't remember so they were new to me.

The thought of saying "Bloody Mary" in the mirror 3x
The Russians nuking us
The big ass owl in Secret of NiMH

I'm sure you practiced climbing under your desk, and putting a book over your head.

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Good people drink good beer - Hunter S. Thompson

<º)))><

Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

Heights (still am)
Tornado Warnings/Thunderstorms
Original Halloween movie

Just as I'm sure you alerted the proper authorities if you found out you neighbor's taste in periodicals was a little red.

The Amityville Horror.

I used to have a really weird recurring dream set to David Essex's Rock On.

Newest board rivalry right here.

dudes who painted their fingernails black. but then again i'm probably just living up to a stereotype here as i was the kind of person who made an anti-nine inch nails shirt in high school. the front had the NIN logo X'd out and the back had the top 4 reasons that trent had convinced you that you're nothing. reason #1 was that your wallet chain clashes with your flannel, i forget what #2 and 3 are, and reason #4 was that you literally call up people telling them that you're nothing. i'm pretty sure the hand holding the phone in #4 had black fingernails!

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But really: the bad guy from The Mask after he put the mask on.

Fucking TERRIFIED me as a kid.

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"Now comes good sailing. Moose. Indian."

The Jonbenet Ramsey murder coverage was a big thing when I was a kid. Watching television or seeing newspapers/magazines in the grocery aisle freaked me out because I was the same age. I'm pretty sure that was my first realization that life isn't all roses and sunshine. Humans do bad things and we're flawed.