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[novapsyche]

In your opinion, what was the scariest movie you saw in the '80s? (Alternatively, if you were too young to remember any movies in the '80s, what '80s movie have you seen since then do you consider the scariest?)

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[rikhei.livejournal.com]

Without a doubt, the '80s movie that scared me the most was E.T. I realize this is pretty unusual, but it haunted me for years. Seriously, I had nightmares about E.T. until I was 9 or so.

Alternatively, Killer Klowns from Outer Space is also kinda scary.

[silversliver.livejournal.com]

These are exactly the ones that broke my mind as a child.

[sophiaserpentia.livejournal.com]

John Carpenter's "The Fog"

[pachamama.livejournal.com]

Nightmare on Elm Street (but only the first one)

[xterminal.livejournal.com]

Does it have to have been made during the eighties, or do we just have to have seen it for the first time during the eighties? If the first, Pet Sematary, but only the scenes with the sister. The second, no contest: Johnny Got His Gun.

[nuveena.livejournal.com]

If made for TV movies count, "The Day After."

I'm just glad I never saw "Threads."

[aiela.livejournal.com]

Poltergeist, hands down. I was terrified of that movie.

Someone else mentioned Pet Sematary. I remember thinking it was far too cheesy to be remotely scary. My cousin and I saw it at the theatre and kept laughing at it, pissing off people around us. :P

horror is banned

[markoolkat.livejournal.com]

I'm totally chicken to see a real horror movie even today but I was over at someone's apartment when they watched "Silence of the Lambs" -- boy, that freaked me right out-nightmares for months. Honestly, I had no idea, movies could be so scary....

I didn't get to see movies until I left home and went away to college, so I didn't see any in the 70's growing up. They were banned. I didn't have a VCR or cable in the 80's, so the theater was my only option and I was absolutely terrified to see real "HORROR" movies. Now, my husband agrees that they would not be a "good thing"---
Sincerely,
middle-aged scaredy cat

[sarahmichigan.livejournal.com]

I'm way too easy to scare with scary movies, so I rarely watched them when I was younger. P. loves watching scary movies with me because I jump and scream.

Was The Shining made in the 80s?

[novapsyche.livejournal.com]

IIRC, The Shining came out in 1979.

[novapsyche.livejournal.com]

I stand corrected. It came out in 1980.

[jennkitty.livejournal.com]

Halloween. it freaked me the fuck out. i was in 6th grade when i saw it.

[novapsyche.livejournal.com]

I'm still trying to decide among Christine, Poltergeist, and John Carpenter's The Thing. In retrospect, I think Poltergeist would be the winner, but at the time The Thing scared me silly.

[gwendally.livejournal.com]

The Shining. Don't bother me with details about 1979, I didn't see it until the 80's.

[chimalis.livejournal.com]

E.T. freaked me out in the eighties. But I was eight when the eighties ended, so ...

[jdoggiedogg.livejournal.com]

Friday the 13th

I was sitting cross legged on the floor at the end. When Jason jumped out of the water, I jumped with such a start that I found myself standing

[katekat2.livejournal.com]

Invasion of the Body Snatchers scared the shit out of me when I was a kid. I think it was from the 80's?

[novapsyche.livejournal.com]

No, that was totally a '70s movie. IMDb has it at 1978.

Very creepy, though!

[kittenkissies.livejournal.com]

"The Thing"