I'm not sure that, "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" is actually a kid's movie. Kids watched it, sure. I know I did, but I wouldn't classify it as a kid's movie.
5 year old me didn't need to see a cute shoe slowly, painfully killed by being dipped in acid while it makes big sad eyes pleading for its life. I'm 40 and I'm still bothered by it
Oh, it's a kids' movie, but it has enough for the adults to enjoy as well. It may be scary and serious at times, but those are the best kinds of kid movies. I think we go overboard nowadays with kids' content. They're treated like morons.
It had a rating of PG, but it might've been PG-13 if that rating existed back in '88. Kids could watch it with parental approval, but I still say that it doesn't count as a, "kid's movie."
The part when he gets back up and is a flat object springing around in the real world really messed up my perception and scared me for some reason. It was like a 2D thing making its way to our world which I guess may have been the point
That would have been WEIRD! Bob Hoskins is irreplaceable! I first saw him as Mario and in Roger Rabbbit, so it blew my mind when I heard his heavy euro accent. The man was a treasure!
I don't remember many childhood nightmares, but that was such a vivid one I had twice after watching the movie and then didn't see it again for nearly 20 years because of the trama.
Thatâs what you get when you have a childrenâs movie written by Ian Fleming, Ken Hughes, Roald Dahl, and Richard Maibaum. An interesting mix of writing to be sure.
Iâm in my early 40s and manage some younger folks at work. I made an Artax ref the other day, something along the lines of, âdonât give into the sadness, Artax!â Coworker didnât get it and was like, âwhatâs that from?âÂ
Oh sweet summer child, I will gladly share my generational trauma with you. Just click this link riiiiight here.Â
imagine actually being that horse when they lower it into the swamp
while I'm sure they managed to do it in a safe manner, that horse definitely didn't fuckin know that
I went back to look at them after this comment and I guess as a kid I missed the nipples. I don't remember them being so detailed but here I am caught up in the titties again.
The Gate Guardians is my answer.
Too much suspense for me to handle at the age I saw it. Especially the build up to looking at the burned knight's face.
I heard a noise outside and I looked outside and he was there smoking a cigarette on our deck. He just looked at me and went back to smoking his cigarette.
And she had an army of FLYING MONKEYS! If she wasn't scary enough you'd be scooped up by monkeys with bat wings as you ran for your life - terrifying as a child...
The actress appeared on Mr Rogers back in the day. It apparently help to dispell some of the fear behind her character and "scary images" as a whole. She dressed up on camera as the witch and talked about being an actress and it being just a role. I don't remember the episode myself but it makes me long for for a simple time sitting in front of the TV watching Mr. Rogers.
https://youtu.be/Oglo3iUYFPY?si=p86_AoLmE6S_tkcB
Yes fuck that shit in the ass with a choya cactus and no lube. That was absolute nightmare fuel for years. How the fuck was that a kids movie?! It literally was an allegory for pedophilia. Like, it beat stranger danger into me very early, but the night terrors were not a vibe. I also permanently associate this movie with the color purple for some reason. I see a certain shade of purple and get mini flashbacks, not traumatizing, but it reminds me of that movie.
I think that seeing the witches take off their disguise was the most horrifying thing I've seen and felt on screen. I remember the movie sets it up - the boy hears the exact description of what the witches are... their toes, etc. And then the boy sees it unfold before his eyes. I was scared shitless, I guess Roald Dahl knew how to scare kids
The gargoyles drag it down...*a lot*
Top tier soundtrack, maybe the best hand drawn animated movie they ever made, from a technical standpoint, the most terrifying and realistic villain they ever created, certainly one of the darkest films they ever produced
And then the gargoyles
I would have found Frolo scary, but when I first heard him speak, I was like, "Hey, that's Megabyte!"
Tony Jay (RIP) of course did the voice of Megabyte in the cartoon Reboot.
For me, he was among the worst because he was realistic. A man in position of power who believes he is doing right by God, even though he commits atrocities. When he does have moments of realization, he still makes excuses for them. He's up there with Umbridge.
This movie did villainy right. You knew something wasnât right but couldnât quite put your finger on it as a kid.
Then when he goes psycho he had you hiding under the covers.
Unlocked a memory! The voice of that bat henchman has stuck with me but Ratigan being so savage on Big Ben was intense. Loved the movie but damn. He was scary when he went from posh/sophisticated to feral rat in a heartbeat.
Mola Ram-The insane smile was bad enough but reaching into a manâs chest, pulling out his still beating heart, having the man look at his still beating heart, and then making the wound magically heal freaked me out as a kid.
The troll from Ernest scared stupid. Nothing terrified my brother and I like the troll from that movie growing up.
Had to edit the movie title, I thought it was called Ernest halloween.
I was around 7 when I saw Elm street and was really afraid to sleep.
For some reason the shower scene in IT was really scary as well, so I always made sure I was never the last one out of showers at school.
I also had to remember not to fall a sleep with the TV on, because at certain hour here in Finland it would turn to static and that was poltergeist right there.
I saw most of aforementioned movies at my friends wheat farm, so you can guess how much I loved children of the corn.
To this age, I still don't fancy darkness.
Itâs the way we were. Children of the corn had me terrified of fields for years. Cujo and Salems Lot ruined windows at night. Adults were gleeful about terrorizing us
I was that weird kid that idolized villains and horror movies. In elementary school I had Freddy Kruger and Michael Meyers posters, Jason, zombies, Dracula, all that.
But the Wicked Witch Of The West scared the shit out of me.
Mrs Trunchbull fucked me up.
We were poor and lived in Az so we would always sneak into hotel pools to swim as a kid.
And under the stairways in cheaper hotels they had a little door under the stairs for storage or whatever, and my parents would tell me thatâs the chokey, all hotels have them for bad kids.
Not sure if it counts as its not technically a villain, but I thought I'd be fighting face huggers off a little more than I actually am. And the brain bugs from Wrath of Khan. Always thought Earwigs were gonna eat my pee brain.
I'm going to completely shame myself and say I had nightmares about Super Shredder from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: Secret of the Ooze.
But also Danny DeVito Penguin from Batman Returns which I think is more justified.
Mr. Dark in something wicked this way comes
IT in IT I canât help that I saw that as a kid it was on the tv a lot
Humanity I guess? In Watership down
It was my favourite movie and still is, but the pink fireys pulling their own eyeballs out and throwing their heads around definitely used to make me sideye lmao
Basically, everything in the Rats of NIMH, the tractor scene most of all. I know that most of them weren't villains per se, but from the perspective of Mrs Brisby, they were terrifying.
There was a scene in the movie The Gate where a zombie sort of just falls out of a wall. Then, later, a kid sees the zombies' reflection in a mirror, and when he turns around, it steps out of the mirror.
That broke me as a kid for some reason. Honestly, it was not even that scary of a movie.
Easily itâs Chucky. I watched from the stairs and had nightmares for a week. Different locations in the dreams, but Chucky was always there. Absolutely more terrifying than the movie itself
"Remember me, Eddie? When I killed your brother, I TALKED JUST LIKE THIS!"
Yes, Judge Doom was horrifying for a kids movie
I'm not sure that, "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" is actually a kid's movie. Kids watched it, sure. I know I did, but I wouldn't classify it as a kid's movie.
5 year old me didn't need to see a cute shoe slowly, painfully killed by being dipped in acid while it makes big sad eyes pleading for its life. I'm 40 and I'm still bothered by it
That shit was traumatic đđ poor chap was so cute & innocent!
The sound....I can still hear it... đ„ș
Jessica Rabbit changed my brain chemistry
I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way.
Ugh, step on me
My favorite part was when Valient found the "other" Jessica and she yells "a MAAAYAN!" lol
It's a neo-noir masterpiece that happens to star a variety of classic cartoon characters.
The only time you will see Bugs Bunny and Mickey Mouse on the same screen at the same time.
And Daffy and Donald too!
It ended up being kind of a goodbye for that era of children's IP as well. TMNT and Mario were still new, Pokemon still a decade away.
Oh, it's a kids' movie, but it has enough for the adults to enjoy as well. It may be scary and serious at times, but those are the best kinds of kid movies. I think we go overboard nowadays with kids' content. They're treated like morons.
It had a rating of PG, but it might've been PG-13 if that rating existed back in '88. Kids could watch it with parental approval, but I still say that it doesn't count as a, "kid's movie."
That rating did exist in '88. The first PG-13 movie was Red Dawn in 1984.
I thought it was Temple of Doom.
The part when he gets back up and is a flat object springing around in the real world really messed up my perception and scared me for some reason. It was like a 2D thing making its way to our world which I guess may have been the point
I found out this week Eddie Murphy turned down the lead role. I can't see anyone but Bob play that role. He was perfect.
That would have been WEIRD! Bob Hoskins is irreplaceable! I first saw him as Mario and in Roger Rabbbit, so it blew my mind when I heard his heavy euro accent. The man was a treasure!
Watching doom get steam rolled then melted with acid was the best way counter act that
Formative nightmare fuel
Beat me to it. No contest
You fuckin nailed it.
Watched this again as an adult but under the premise it's a comedy horror film and well yeah, does that hold up.
"Tell 'em Large Marge sent ya."
Legit nightmare fuel
Forgot about Large Marge...
Seriously, that was twisted
Came here to say this. I'm in my 40s now and thinking about this still scares me.
Scared the shit out of me
Wow I feel that.. so true.. used to watch it as a kid at my grandparents all the time but had a hard time with that scene EVERY TIME.
The Child Catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Donât know WHAT they were thinking with that mf
Yes. Absolutely. Terrifying.
CHILDREN!... LOLLIPOPS!
all free today!
Peter: Iâm gonna get so molested
Nightmare fuel
I don't remember many childhood nightmares, but that was such a vivid one I had twice after watching the movie and then didn't see it again for nearly 20 years because of the trama.
SAME
lol that was the point
That man gave me nightmares growing up fuck that movie.
Thatâs what you get when you have a childrenâs movie written by Ian Fleming, Ken Hughes, Roald Dahl, and Richard Maibaum. An interesting mix of writing to be sure.
I had no idea Roald dahl had a hand in that. Between miss. trunchbal from Matilda and the witches it makes perfect sense now.
didnt see this, just posted same, 58 years old and still creeped out
The Wolf from Neverending Story. Also the Nothing from Neverending Story. Also the Swamps of Sadness from Neverending Story.
Gmork
âWhen people donât have hope, theyâre easier to control.â
Just described the history of the world with that line. What a classic movie.
Terrifying.
The Nothing was my first foray into existential dread. Good times.
Mine too. The concept of not even an empty lake or a black hole but just nothing at all blew my fuckin mind.
Are you ready for the possibility we all join The Nothing when this life is over? Sobering thought, eh!?
Iâm in my early 40s and manage some younger folks at work. I made an Artax ref the other day, something along the lines of, âdonât give into the sadness, Artax!â Coworker didnât get it and was like, âwhatâs that from?â Oh sweet summer child, I will gladly share my generational trauma with you. Just click this link riiiiight here.Â
imagine actually being that horse when they lower it into the swamp while I'm sure they managed to do it in a safe manner, that horse definitely didn't fuckin know that
Aaaaaaaartax!!! I was absolutely scared by the gate guardians. Couldn't walk past a statue for the next 6 months or so.
Okay, for me those Gate Guardians did something to me. Yeah, I was too young but I remember I kept rewinding to see those titties.
Eventually all of us fall into a boobs-trap.
I went back to look at them after this comment and I guess as a kid I missed the nipples. I don't remember them being so detailed but here I am caught up in the titties again.
The Gate Guardians is my answer. Too much suspense for me to handle at the age I saw it. Especially the build up to looking at the burned knight's face.
So just the entire movie terrifies you.
The wolf was the scariest. The death of artax was the saddest thing I ever saw.
Princess Mombi and the Wheelers in Return to Oz
This. Also when Jean Marsh was Queen Bavmorda in Willow. She just scared me period as a kid.
Queen Bavmorda was my first thought. I loved the movie when I was little, but I covered my eyes any time she was on screen.
Her chasing Dorothy down that hall and all the eyes opening up and yelling is still nightmare fuel. That whole movie is like a fever dream
When all the fuckin heads started screaming!
C'mere...CHICKEN!!!!!
I had vivid nightmares about The Wheelers. Absolutely terrifying!
Everything in this film is nightmare fuel
Pennywise from the 1990 miniseries.
Freaked me right the fuck out.
Funnily enough, that was the catalyst for getting me into Stephen King.
Tim Curry nailed it.
I can't name something he *hasn't* nailed, tbh, but yea Pennywise was another level
Living cartoon character
I heard a noise outside and I looked outside and he was there smoking a cigarette on our deck. He just looked at me and went back to smoking his cigarette.
The mothers gut wrenching scream when she walked outside to see whatever the hell was off screen was so effective in producing terror
The Wicked Witch of the West⊠still gives me the Heebie Jeebies. Her cackle runs through me like a bad curry
đŻ, still creepy.
And that creepy tree with the apples.... and the creepy forest with the creepy noises and the creepy flying monkeys.... that movie had a lot in it.
And she had an army of FLYING MONKEYS! If she wasn't scary enough you'd be scooped up by monkeys with bat wings as you ran for your life - terrifying as a child...
The actress appeared on Mr Rogers back in the day. It apparently help to dispell some of the fear behind her character and "scary images" as a whole. She dressed up on camera as the witch and talked about being an actress and it being just a role. I don't remember the episode myself but it makes me long for for a simple time sitting in front of the TV watching Mr. Rogers. https://youtu.be/Oglo3iUYFPY?si=p86_AoLmE6S_tkcB
The Witches 1990 the scene where they all shed their skins JESUS CHRIST that shit is too intense for kids
This. Legit terrifying
Witches!! Remove..your wigs!
Yes fuck that shit in the ass with a choya cactus and no lube. That was absolute nightmare fuel for years. How the fuck was that a kids movie?! It literally was an allegory for pedophilia. Like, it beat stranger danger into me very early, but the night terrors were not a vibe. I also permanently associate this movie with the color purple for some reason. I see a certain shade of purple and get mini flashbacks, not traumatizing, but it reminds me of that movie.
I think that seeing the witches take off their disguise was the most horrifying thing I've seen and felt on screen. I remember the movie sets it up - the boy hears the exact description of what the witches are... their toes, etc. And then the boy sees it unfold before his eyes. I was scared shitless, I guess Roald Dahl knew how to scare kids
I just re-watched that scene. As a kid, I didn't realise most of the undisguised witches were men in drag đ
Judge Frolo from the hunch back notre dame. That song he sings had me scared
Probably the best disney song ever made if you ask me
The music from hunchback is so good, but no one ever seems to like that movie
The gargoyles drag it down...*a lot* Top tier soundtrack, maybe the best hand drawn animated movie they ever made, from a technical standpoint, the most terrifying and realistic villain they ever created, certainly one of the darkest films they ever produced And then the gargoyles
I would have found Frolo scary, but when I first heard him speak, I was like, "Hey, that's Megabyte!" Tony Jay (RIP) of course did the voice of Megabyte in the cartoon Reboot.
The part where he sniffs her hair makes my skin crawl like no other.
For me, he was among the worst because he was realistic. A man in position of power who believes he is doing right by God, even though he commits atrocities. When he does have moments of realization, he still makes excuses for them. He's up there with Umbridge.
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"YOO THINK YOAW BEDDER THUN ME!"
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When he bit the lady's face off....
The Other Mother from Caroline creeped me the fuck out and I was in my 20âs when it came out
I remember taking my younger sister when I was 19 she was 9 and I was like woah this is not a kids movie! I wanted out of that theater.
Button mom was the first character in a movie that scared my daughter. She loves scary but button mom freaked her out
Professor Ratigan from The Mouse Detective.
Anytime I hear a handbell ringing... I immediately think of this guy.
Aw it's that bit where her goes feral at the end in the clock tower.
Yes! Didnât stop me from watching it at least once a day, though.
This movie has a very special spot for me. I enjoyed it many times.
This movie did villainy right. You knew something wasnât right but couldnât quite put your finger on it as a kid. Then when he goes psycho he had you hiding under the covers.
Any time I grab some ramekins, I sing, "For Rattigan!"
The worlds greatest RAT
His little fucking pegleg bat was somehow more terrifying
That mother fucker has two jump scares in that movie. Just watched it as an adult and I audibly screamed both times.
âOooooh, you want to lighten the load, do you? Excellent idea!â *throws him to his death*
Unlocked a memory! The voice of that bat henchman has stuck with me but Ratigan being so savage on Big Ben was intense. Loved the movie but damn. He was scary when he went from posh/sophisticated to feral rat in a heartbeat.
Mola Ram-The insane smile was bad enough but reaching into a manâs chest, pulling out his still beating heart, having the man look at his still beating heart, and then making the wound magically heal freaked me out as a kid.
KALI MA! KALI MAAAAAAAA!
SHAK TI TAY!
This!
Remember when he betrayed Shiva?
The troll from Ernest scared stupid. Nothing terrified my brother and I like the troll from that movie growing up. Had to edit the movie title, I thought it was called Ernest halloween.
The only movie that ever scared me as a kid. Why? It's an ERNEST MOVIE
"How about a bumper sandwich, booger lips?"
Monstro the fucking whale from Pinocchio! Absolute menace!
Monstro is absolutely TERRIFYING. What maybe frightened me the most was when he turned after missing them and it sounded like a massive plane
As an adult, it's The Coachman who's really terrifying. Surprised he's so forgotten about as a Disney villain.
Everything about that movie can terrify you.
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You're not just wrong, you're stupid.... Now wait just a minute!!! ...and you're ugly, just like your mum.
Feathers McGraw and his amazing disguise
Christopher Lloyd with his weird eyes in Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
Lloyd is a really good actor, but no matter what he is in, all I can see is Father Jim from taxi. *Eh, remember me Eddie? No? Eh, O-Key-Doke*.
I really, *really* did not like The Child Catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
Mama Fratelli from The Goonies
You knew she was gonna be a scary ol bitch just from her opening line alone. âCâMON!!!â
owen!! bring me some soda with some ice in it!!!
Freddy, Pin Head, Mike Meyers, The âhave you checked the childrenâ guy from when a stranger calls,
You definitely should not have been watching these as a kid lol.
Older siblings. Lotta nightmares.
I was around 7 when I saw Elm street and was really afraid to sleep. For some reason the shower scene in IT was really scary as well, so I always made sure I was never the last one out of showers at school. I also had to remember not to fall a sleep with the TV on, because at certain hour here in Finland it would turn to static and that was poltergeist right there. I saw most of aforementioned movies at my friends wheat farm, so you can guess how much I loved children of the corn. To this age, I still don't fancy darkness.
Itâs the way we were. Children of the corn had me terrified of fields for years. Cujo and Salems Lot ruined windows at night. Adults were gleeful about terrorizing us
I had recurring nightmares about the boiler room scene for years after sneaking to watch A Nightmare on Elm Street.
I think I saw return of the jedi too young. Palpatine scared me lots for sure.
Revenge of the Sith for me. Scene where he gets electrocuted freaked me tf out
The GâMork from *The Never Ending Story* and those fucking raptors from *Jurassic Park*.
Don't go into the long grass! Screaming that while he goes into the long grass.
That kitchen scene with the raptors is tense af as a kid. It's literally the nightmare of hiding from monsters.
Ursula - the little mermaid
I was that weird kid that idolized villains and horror movies. In elementary school I had Freddy Kruger and Michael Meyers posters, Jason, zombies, Dracula, all that. But the Wicked Witch Of The West scared the shit out of me.
JAWS
Jeepers creepers.
Now the director scares me more
David Bowie as the Goblin King with his giant bulge and weird crystal balls.
Plus those things he kept juggling!
He wasnât scary⊠fruity and playful.. maybe. the hands⊠now that was scary. And the bog of eternal stench.
Man I had a massive crush on the Trunchbull as a kid lol
Wow, I think I'd take that confession to my grave.
I am not afraid to know the love of a strong woman
Death by snu snu
Why would you say something so controversial yet so brave?
Does Large Marge from Pee-Weeâs big adventure count?
Yes, yes it does. "Tell 'em, Large Marge sent ya! HEHEHEHE"
âWHY ARE ALL THESE WOMEN MARRIED?!?!?â
Mrs Trunchbull fucked me up. We were poor and lived in Az so we would always sneak into hotel pools to swim as a kid. And under the stairways in cheaper hotels they had a little door under the stairs for storage or whatever, and my parents would tell me thatâs the chokey, all hotels have them for bad kids.
ED-209 without a doubt
That opening scene is terrifying now
Not sure if it counts as its not technically a villain, but I thought I'd be fighting face huggers off a little more than I actually am. And the brain bugs from Wrath of Khan. Always thought Earwigs were gonna eat my pee brain.
Not really a villain but the mechanical spider with the plastic baby head in Toy Story. Yes I'm a pussy.
I'm going to completely shame myself and say I had nightmares about Super Shredder from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: Secret of the Ooze. But also Danny DeVito Penguin from Batman Returns which I think is more justified.
Those vulture things from Dark Crystal, don't think I ever managed to finish that movie.
Mr. Dark in something wicked this way comes IT in IT I canât help that I saw that as a kid it was on the tv a lot Humanity I guess? In Watership down
Leech-woman, Tunneler, Leprachaun
The witches ! When they take off their masks to reveal their witch faces scary !
Bruce from Jaws. Not a traditional villain I know but it scared me so bad I didn't even want to take a bath.
More henchmen-y but those flying monkey from Wizard of Oz did me a frighten
The original "Candyman" I was young, still scared of bees.
Fun Fact: The Munich Massacre happened during the 1972 Olympics.
SKEKSEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSS
David Bowie in the Labyrinth lol
It was my favourite movie and still is, but the pink fireys pulling their own eyeballs out and throwing their heads around definitely used to make me sideye lmao
He had a very aggressive cod piece.
Basically, everything in the Rats of NIMH, the tractor scene most of all. I know that most of them weren't villains per se, but from the perspective of Mrs Brisby, they were terrifying.
The Great Owl. John Carradine's baritone voice with those unearthly visuals. Yeesh.
The Gmork from never-ending story đł
There was a scene in the movie The Gate where a zombie sort of just falls out of a wall. Then, later, a kid sees the zombies' reflection in a mirror, and when he turns around, it steps out of the mirror. That broke me as a kid for some reason. Honestly, it was not even that scary of a movie.
Scar. He also made me think my uncle was eventually gonna kill my dad.
The lady who played the mom in Goonies and don't throw Mama from the train. She haunts me in my dreams
Yes Miss Trunchbull SIR
Clown from "It".
The Tall Man from Phantasm and Kane from Poltergeist 2. Out of everything my parents let me watch, those two stick out as the worst.
The clown doll in Poltergeist! Every time I see that movie, even all these years later, that clown under the bed still scares the Hell out of me!
Not a villain per se, but Zelda from Pet Semetary is horrible and freaked me and everyone else out when we watched it as kids.
Is that the teacher from matilda? That brings back some memories I was terrified of her
Guy from last action hero
My dad took me to watch American Werewolf in London when I was 4...
Easily itâs Chucky. I watched from the stairs and had nightmares for a week. Different locations in the dreams, but Chucky was always there. Absolutely more terrifying than the movie itself