5 Movies That Scared The Sh@! Out of Me as a Child

Over the weekend I went home for some R&R with the fam, and over the course of the day movies began a topic.  Yes, yes, I know it is not Halloween-but for some reason or another the number 1 spot popped up in conversation, and reminded me of a bunch of other movies that SCARED THE HELL OUT OF ME.

Seeing as how I have no other better options to post right now, I think I'll just go off of the current tangent I'm on already.

#5 Scream 

I actually got tricked into watching this movie.  I'd like to give a kudos to my middle school friend Nick, who told me that the movie was a comedy.  Of course I was skeptical, but of course I was also curious...but I did leave the room when he decided to repeatedly rewind the 'garage door' scene....messed up stuff.

#4 Alien

Theatrical Trailer

The Famous Scene

I can distinctly remember hiding behind the couch while my dad watched this movie.  If you can watch the famous chest-getting-eaten-from-the-inside-out-by-a-baby-alien scene with out cringing...you're probably a sociopath.

#3 Jaws

The only reason I watched this movie in Elementary School is because one of my friends was throwing a sleepover party and was planning to watch the film.  My parents, aware of the graphic nature, wanted to show me the movie before hand so I wouldn't start freaking out at the party.

I got to the point where the guy on the red sailboat gets attacked, then you see his leg float through the water.

I did watch this movie fully for Senior Year of Highschool in Oceanography however, and I will say it is an excellent film now that I'm not a pansy.

#2 Freddy vs. Jason

Again, Nick-thank you so much for thinking I could handle this movie.  I got in about 10 minutes before almost throwing up my liver.

#1 The Last Starfighter

Now this is the film that randomly came into conversation last weekend.  I've never seen the whole thing and I didn't exactly know the plot until I watched the trailer 5 minutes ago.  My dad is a huge science-fiction fan and brought the movie home for a family movie when I was probably around 7 or 8.

However I ruined it by crying after a gigantic laser slowly erased a man from head down while he screamed.

I'm sure I could watch all of these movies today and not be affected---I personally thought "Stephen King's IT" was absolutely hilarious when I watched it a few years back---but these 5 movies will forever remain in my head as the Top 5 Movies That Scared The Sh@! Out of Me as a Child.