I saw the Dark Crystal in the theaters when I was 8 or 9 years old. It scared the shit out of me. I spent most of the time hiding behind the chairs in the cinema.
Now at the age of 32 I still can't bring myself to watch it. Forget Freddy, Jason, Michael of Pinhead they don't hold a candle to the Skeksis in terms of overall fear in my time of watching movies.
I am in total agreeance with you on that one. The Dark Crystal was one of those films that fucked me up when I saw it aged 4 or so and I have NEVER been able to bring myself to go back to it. I feel ridiculous! There was another film like this that fucked me up around the same age - Krull. Did anyone see that one? There's a scene with a guy getting squashed between two walls that is burned into my early childhood experience...
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Childhood experiences like that can really screw with your mind. I remember seeing a showerscene from Friday the 13:th (don't remember which one) WAY too early for my own good. I couldn't take a shower without beeing scared shitless, for years!
i remember the childhood memory that freaked me out the most was when i was little and i saw the clip to black hole sun by soundgarden, i shit myself when i saw that girls mouth stretch out OH! and i used to be afraid of deisel from thomas the tank engine