Who am I kidding? The whole film was disturbing. The old scarred hare. The road. No way in hell it's a children's film.
Not quite the same thing, but this affected me more:
Horses tripping over wires on battlefields in period war films (like Zulu Dawn), western films and other family/Sunday-afternoon films. To this day, I can't stand seeing horses on a battlefield in any film.
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The Wizard Of Oz. "I'm melting" but was young, she was scary and got what was coming. Happy ending.
Watership Down? I was driving the other day and listening to 'Smooth Radio' and 'Bright Eye's' came on. The film scenes flashed in front, made me sad and weepy:(
Nothing to do with it being animated (I'm always aware of animation as a different medium). It was certified 'U' - as in, "a U film should be suitable for audiences aged four years and over" - and my uncle bought it from a children's toy shop with a VHS retail section. Hence, my comment.
^ I agree with Takae. Watership Down was (still is to this day) a 'U' certificate, and is based on a children's book that's about bunny rabbits. No wonder the BBFC has received complaints about it practically every year since it was released (according to the WD Wiki page anyway).
Watership Down? I was driving the other day and listening to 'Smooth Radio' and 'Bright Eye's' came on. The film scenes flashed in front, made me sad and weepy:(
Awww a good friend has told me he wants 'Bright Eyes' at his funeral, and a few family members have had 'Bright Eyes' at theirs too. With all that in mind, I tend to avoid stations that would play that.
Talos in Jason & the Argonauts. When I was like 3/4ish I remember being so terrified I ran out of the room. My mum made the smart move of forcing me to return for the scene where it is destroyed.
Frollo in the Hunchback of Notre Dame - can't say I can think of any other Disney movies that begin with the attempted drowning of an infant.
Always thought some of E.T. had a suprising edge to it. A seriously ill E.T. lying by the river and the subsequent takeover by the authorities are all vividly etched. And then we think he's carked it of course.
Note: when E.T. first arrives at the house he's treated in a mysterious, ambiguous manner. Later when the authorities arrive it's them that seem intrusive and alien (wonderfully tipped off by the surreal sight of an astronaut at the front door). Spielberg at the height of his powers here.
Talos in Jason & the Argonauts. When I was like 3/4ish I remember being so terrified I ran out of the room. My mum made the smart move of forcing me to return for the scene where it is destroyed.
Oh, yes. That did make my heart race. Same with the scene where a handful of teeth became skeleton fighters in Clash of the Titans.
Bambi's mum being killed (I cried for days - still cry if I watch it now)
"I'm melting" and the flying monkeys from the Wizard of Oz.
Something about the whole of the film Fantasia freaked me out too, but I can't remember what set it off (could have been the marching broomsticks).
And odd bits of most Disney animations.
And all of these are 'classic children's' films' which my parents thought I must watch....
When I was younger it was the first Mummy film and the Scarabs, gave me nightmares for days!
Then, as an adult, a few years ago I randomly switched on to the Bridge to Terabithia and became engrossed... I think it was showing on the CBBC channel actually... Maybe it was because of the channel, and so not at all expected, but the twist at the end was truly shocking and very unsettling.
The witches in general. The creatures are horrible , i re-watched it about 2 years ago just to relive my childhood and it was horrible. I was 20 as well , i have watched some horrible violent & scary horror films & the monsters in that aren't as scary. And they are for 18 plus not kids , being 1990 i guess it was different then , would that film still be made now? probably not.
More so as a kid than during the rewatch was the start of it with the kid trapped in the painting , that stayed with me all my life , when i originality watched it at probably 8 years old or so whenever i saw little girls on paintings i was creeped out. still am really. The thought of growing up trapped in a painting is disturbing.
I notice most films people have mentioned aren't modern but were made in a time different. I doubt most would be made now.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzolCu-QLw0
Yes was going to say
The Wizard Of Oz. "I'm melting" but was young, she was scary and got what was coming. Happy ending.
Watership Down? I was driving the other day and listening to 'Smooth Radio' and 'Bright Eye's' came on. The film scenes flashed in front, made me sad and weepy:(
Well, while I agree with you with regards to "When the Wind Blows" (although wasn't that a PG?), with regards to Watership Down...
^ I agree with Takae. Watership Down was (still is to this day) a 'U' certificate, and is based on a children's book that's about bunny rabbits. No wonder the BBFC has received complaints about it practically every year since it was released (according to the WD Wiki page anyway).
Awww
The children of the Hydra's teeth are scary too.
Excellent effects in that film.
I can't watch Alice in Wonderland - any version of it. It freaks me right out.
The child catcher in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
The scene where Scar kills Mufasa in The Lion King.
Frollo in the Hunchback of Notre Dame - can't say I can think of any other Disney movies that begin with the attempted drowning of an infant.
Note: when E.T. first arrives at the house he's treated in a mysterious, ambiguous manner. Later when the authorities arrive it's them that seem intrusive and alien (wonderfully tipped off by the surreal sight of an astronaut at the front door). Spielberg at the height of his powers here.
Oh, yes. That did make my heart race. Same with the scene where a handful of teeth became skeleton fighters in Clash of the Titans.
The skeleton fight: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pF_Fi7x93PY
"I'm melting" and the flying monkeys from the Wizard of Oz.
Something about the whole of the film Fantasia freaked me out too, but I can't remember what set it off (could have been the marching broomsticks).
And odd bits of most Disney animations.
And all of these are 'classic children's' films' which my parents thought I must watch....
Sure is!! from the cage in the river, the men on wheels, the headless woman. Crazy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpaRouocBes
Very freaky sequence for a kids film.
Then, as an adult, a few years ago I randomly switched on to the Bridge to Terabithia and became engrossed... I think it was showing on the CBBC channel actually... Maybe it was because of the channel, and so not at all expected, but the twist at the end was truly shocking and very unsettling.
More so as a kid than during the rewatch was the start of it with the kid trapped in the painting , that stayed with me all my life , when i originality watched it at probably 8 years old or so whenever i saw little girls on paintings i was creeped out. still am really. The thought of growing up trapped in a painting is disturbing.
I notice most films people have mentioned aren't modern but were made in a time different. I doubt most would be made now.