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88. My parents grew up near Pittsburgh, close to Johnstown

Thu Oct 26, 2023, 08:47 PM

Oct 2023

I’ve heard the story many times of my teenaged Mom and Aunt going to the drive-in, in my Dad’s convertible, to see this movie. They were totally freaked out because the “news alerts” in the movie were naming small towns all around them. After the movie, they couldn’t figure out how to get the roof back on the car and drove the whole 45 minutes home literally screaming and at what I heard was a very high rate of speed.

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What's a movie you saw as a child that traumatized you? [View all] True Dough Oct 2023 OP

Not a 'child,' but Psycho. elleng Oct 2023 #1

Little did you know True Dough Oct 2023 #2

Night of the living dead. I was 18. The_Casual_Observer Oct 2023 #3

I was a zombie in it. It was filmed in the Pittsburgh area. debm55 Oct 2023 #43

So you owe me!!! The_Casual_Observer Oct 2023 #48

My parents grew up near Pittsburgh, close to Johnstown happybird Oct 2023 #88

Everyone says it's scary But I was just an zombie. John Carpenter filmed them around Pittsburgh area Including at the , debm55 Oct 2023 #89

Dementia 13 no_hypocrisy Oct 2023 #4

I can't say I was truly traumatized, but these movies scared the bejeebers out of me: Ocelot II Oct 2023 #5

snow white. mopinko Oct 2023 #6

Yes, when she turns into the witch! Very scary! Mad_Dem_X Oct 2023 #62

i dont rly remember. she told me about it later. mopinko Oct 2023 #67

I reacted that way to Alice in Wonderland when wnylib Oct 2023 #78

Black Sabbath mzmolly Oct 2023 #7

'Invasion of the body snatchers' Omnipresent Oct 2023 #8

Willie Wonka and the chocolate factory mucifer Oct 2023 #9

old yeller nt msongs Oct 2023 #10

Out behind the barn! True Dough Oct 2023 #12

yep the first thing that popped into my mind. nt yellowdogintexas Oct 2023 #57

I still cry over this one.nt Bird Lady Oct 2023 #95

Village of the Damned 1960. I was 8 years old. livetohike Oct 2023 #11

Decades afterward, True Dough Oct 2023 #13

Yep that movie also scared the crap out of me ! kimbutgar Oct 2023 #15

Yes Indeed BOSSHOG Oct 2023 #21

George Sanders! ZZenith Oct 2023 #41

It's showing up on the Movies! channel on Saturday afternoon, October 14, 2023. mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 #81

This is the one with fog right? GreenWave Oct 2023 #107

The Birds 😳 Murphyb849 Oct 2023 #14

That's the True Dough Oct 2023 #16

This message was self-deleted by its author ailsagirl Oct 2023 #17

Salem's Lot texasfiddler Oct 2023 #18

Oh, that part where that dead vampire kid was float outside his friend's bedroom window!! Laffy Kat Oct 2023 #36

The original Friday the 13th BOSSHOG Oct 2023 #19

Two on a Guillotine hauckeye Oct 2023 #20

This message was self-deleted by its author miyazaki Oct 2023 #74

Psycho. MOMFUDSKI Oct 2023 #22

This message was self-deleted by its author IcyPeas Oct 2023 #23

Wizard of Oz Tiny Tabby Oct 2023 #24

agree-- it was the flying monkeys. debm55 Oct 2023 #45

Yes. The monkeys. OMG. vanlassie Oct 2023 #58

Were those monkeys singing Oreos, Oreos? GreenWave Oct 2023 #110

The Longest Day jrandom421 Oct 2023 #25

Robocop Freethinker65 Oct 2023 #26

I hated the gratuitous violence in that dickthegrouch Oct 2023 #105

Sound of Music bucolic_frolic Oct 2023 #27

Yes. Without knowledge, there is nothing to stop fear from taking over. soldierant Oct 2023 #87

The Tingler. Saw it on TV. rsdsharp Oct 2023 #28

I remember it well. Laffy Kat Oct 2023 #35

You got it right. We didn't have "The Percepto" at my house when I saw it, rsdsharp Oct 2023 #38

Airing today and on Tuesday on MOVIES Network JoseBalow Oct 2023 #99

Scream and Scream Again, with Vincent Price. Saw it as a child in the theater ms liberty Oct 2023 #29

The Yearling N/T Big Blue Marble Oct 2023 #30

Cipher in the Snow TlalocW Oct 2023 #31

When I was about five, The Screaming Skull. Laffy Kat Oct 2023 #32

Invaders From Mars Disaffected Oct 2023 #33

always looked to the thing on the back of the neck after seeing it. debm55 Oct 2023 #47

Now that sorta rings a bell (it's been too long - over 70 years) Disaffected Oct 2023 #54

That one got me as well. I had nightmares for months. n/t. NNadir Oct 2023 #113

She. No other women held a candle to Ursula Andress for a long time. Lochloosa Oct 2023 #34

all 3 of my scariest movies have been named,,,, KarenS Oct 2023 #37

I didn't mind The Exorcist movie so much, but the book terrified me. rsdsharp Oct 2023 #40

oh yes, I understand,,,, KarenS Oct 2023 #46

The Shuttered Room ZZenith Oct 2023 #39

The Vulture Pas-de-Calais Oct 2023 #42

On the Beach unc70 Oct 2023 #44

"The Beast of Hollow Mountain" Glorfindel Oct 2023 #49

The House of Wax. 3catwoman3 Oct 2023 #50

Child's Play! Elessar Zappa Oct 2023 #51

Rosemary's Baby First Speaker Oct 2023 #52

A Man called Horse and Battle of the Bulge HoosierDebbie Oct 2023 #53

Watcher in the Woods happybird Oct 2023 #55

"Them" - the giant, radiated ants UTUSN Oct 2023 #56

That was my comfort film! mainer Oct 2023 #83

The "fun" for me now is from who some of the cast were: UTUSN Oct 2023 #84

Them was one of my favorites also. Polly Hennessey Oct 2023 #106

House on Haunted Hill and The Blob Emile Oct 2023 #59

"The Abominable Snowman" when I was six or seven. betsuni Oct 2023 #60

It left you feeling True Dough Oct 2023 #61

Hiking up mountains has always seemed ridiculous to me. betsuni Oct 2023 #77

Can't remember the name of the movie... Mad_Dem_X Oct 2023 #63

"Sleepaway Camp". No doubt about it. SKKY Oct 2023 #64

Sleep Nazi says: True Dough Oct 2023 #65

Rodan. NT mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 #66

As a child, The Wizard of Oz. As an adult Marathon Man. ;) Chainfire Oct 2023 #68

Wizard of Oz for me, too. Mr.Bill Oct 2023 #73

Self admitted oddball here. Niagara Oct 2023 #69

The Sand Pebbles with Steve McQueen milestogo Oct 2023 #70

"Night On Bald Mountain" segment of Disney's "Fantasia." Paladin Oct 2023 #71

Darby O'Gill and the Little People Doc_Technical Oct 2023 #72

The Naked Prey miyazaki Oct 2023 #75

"Jason and the Argonauts." Harker Oct 2023 #76

Space invader movies of the 1950s. wnylib Oct 2023 #79

It's not one I ever saw, but one I saw ads for on the TV when I was really little: Rhiannon12866 Oct 2023 #80

I remember seeing an ad for The Shining when I was young Mad_Dem_X Oct 2023 #85

Those ads gave me nightmares nuxvomica Oct 2023 #91

On the Beach mainer Oct 2023 #82

Does anyone remember "Robinson Crusoe on Mars"? mainer Oct 2023 #86

The Tingler with Vicent Price. That bothered me for awhile then it was Hotler Oct 2023 #90

I was about to post "The Tingler" too nuxvomica Oct 2023 #92

This message was self-deleted by its author jfz9580m Oct 2023 #93

Not a child but a young person. Bird Lady Oct 2023 #94

THEM! lastlib Oct 2023 #96

Straw Dogs (Dustin Hoffman) Chautauquas Oct 2023 #97

Shock Waves JoseBalow Oct 2023 #98

Lassie 1WorldHope Oct 2023 #100

The Birds! NewHendoLib Oct 2023 #101

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'Tarantula' Siwsan Oct 2023 #104

Night of the Living Dead Polly Hennessey Oct 2023 #108

Not a movie, but Dr Who dickthegrouch Oct 2023 #109

Jaws............................ Lovie777 Oct 2023 #111

Days of Wine and Roses Oppaloopa Oct 2023 #112

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A Night Gallery episode... consider_this Oct 2023 #115

Something Evil. Dopey TV movie that scared the crap out of me. Scrivener7 Oct 2023 #116