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104. 'Tarantula'

Fri Oct 27, 2023, 04:12 PM

Oct 2023

We were at a drive in. My brother and I were probably around 2 and 4 years old. The first feature was a Disney film. The 2nd was 'Tarantula' I think my parents figured we'd sleep through that. We didn't.

I still, to this day, remember both of us peeking up above the front seat headrest and seeing that MONSTER SPIDER that was BIGGER THAN A HOUSE devouring something - man, beast - I don't remember. I just know that both of us developed a fast case of Arachnophobia.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

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

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

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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

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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

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