21 Non-Horror Movies That Scared The Living Crap Out Of People

"I was terrified of E.T. as a child and well into adulthood. I love horror movies and rarely get scared by them but something about that character design really creeps me out."

–billyzeebub

"My childhood nightmares were haunted by the Wicked Witch so badly I used to go to bed with a glass of water, so if she appeared in my room I could throw it on her and melt her!"

–tillys3

"The Child Catcher scenes in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang still terrify me to this day. As a child, it gave me nightmares and ruined one of my otherwise favourite films."

–kathrynr4af7577c5

"The puppets from Labyrinth used to give me the creeps as a kid. I just couldn't understand how people liked them –particularly The Fireys – I mean they tried to remove Sarah's head!"

–limegirl99

"The original terrified me as a child. When the Grand High Witch took her face off I found it terrifying, but I loved it."

–lonelyrainbow

"Completely traumatised as a child, and I still refuse to watch it to this day."

–jesspez98

"I had nightmares for years about being stuck in a lift with those creatures! Still to this day if my brothers want to wind me up, they’ll send a picture of them to me. They especially love to do it when I’m in the same room, so they can hear my screams!"

–chellemoriarty

"Unpopular opinion, but Alice in Wonderland. It honestly still freaks me out to this day! Just the whole wackiness of it and everyone chasing her trying to chop off her head – it’s scary as hell! Five-year-old me and 25-year-old me aren’t okay."

–beth_leigh94

"Finding Nemo when Bruce appeared for the first time behind Marlin and Dory and then the same with the anglerfish. Can you imagine being a five-year-old and never having seen a jump scare like that ever in your life?!"

–trilingualmom

"The Johnny Depp version of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. I was four when I watched it, and when it got to the scene where Augustus Gloop gets sucked up the pipe I was so traumatised. I refused to rewatch it for an entire year."

–rachelsg1210

"CORALINE FUCKING SCARED THE SHIT OUT OF ME I WILL NEVER WATCH THAT MOVIE AGAIN!"

–saim270

"I had some bad dreams about the monkey brain dinner. But they were nothing compared to the nightmares I had after watching a batshit crazy cult leader pull out a man’s heart while he was still bloody alive. It really disturbed me!"

–clothildedauphin

"This film traumatised me and I had to sleep with the light on for weeks. I found the creatures horrifying and the worst part was when Atreyu’s horse Artax gets swallowed up by that swamp. Such a stressful watch for a five-year-old."

–simsim82

"My brother watched it when I was a kid and for years I thought I’d just created these things in my nightmares. Only later did I see it on Netflix and realise it was that that was the source of the nightmares."

–laraclark

"I know it's supposed to be a family film but the pirates honestly scare me so much, I can never watch those scenes."

–han_38

"That is not at all a PG film. I remember a soul-sucking monster and a robotic spider baby that helped the monster. That film is engraved in my head and I had nightmares every day for a couple of weeks."

–siennapasea

"Dumbo used to scare me so much, particularly the bit with the pink elephants. I don’t know what little six-year-old me was thinking but I was terrified. I still can’t watch it now."

–galarcheesepuff

"All the Rasputin scenes in Anastasia scarred me for life! I always have to fast forward through those when I watch the film again."

–madelonwarmoltz

"Dr Facilier really creeped me out. I haven’t watched it fully since then."

–freyahartley

"I still cannot watch James and the Giant Peach. I'm not even afraid of insects but they freaked me out."

–l43d2446bf

"I watched it for the time when I was five, and Scar was so terrifyingly evil, that Mufasa's death literally traumatised me. I still cover my eyes when that scene comes on."

–amwanliss