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– Poltergeist.<\/b> My parents were like, “Hey, it’s rated PG” \ud83e\udd37<\/p>\n
– The Exorcist<\/b> at age 9. Fuck that, I had to sleep with the light on for i don’t know how long.<\/p>\n
–<\/b> I was probably the target audience’s age when I saw it, but Disney’s Pinnochio (1940)<\/b> gave me thalassophobia and many many nightmares<\/p>\n
– Terminator 2.<\/b> I was literally crippled with anxiety about nuclear war for years.<\/p>\n
– The IT miniseries.<\/b> The close-up on Pennywise’s teeth when he attacked Georgie scarred me for life. For years, I was afraid to even look at the VHS cover.<\/p>\n
–<\/b> my dad actually forced, and i mean forced, me to watch Halloween<\/b> at age 6. I tried to hide in a pillow during the scary scenes but he took it from me. Then told me after the movie “I think I saw Michael Myers once in my childhood home, watching me from the end of the hallway…”<\/p>\n
I’m 31 and still can’t sleep with any doors in the room open (closet, hallway, etc) cuz i want the extra chance to hear someone enter and I’m also certain I can always see someone standing juuuuust out of view in the shadow, watching me and waiting. I also sleep completely covered ever since then (like head to toe) and my friends make fun of me for looking like a burrito, and I always half-joke “yeah it’ll protect me from the serial killers though” lol<\/p>\n