Things that terrified you as a kid

[stony]

Flying monkeys in the Wizard of Oz. Monkeys with wings! Could there be anything more terrifying?

 

[peoffrey]

Daleks.

 

[simonr555]

The Incredible Hulk, the gypsy who used to knock on our door every week selling pegs and the crap old hoover my mum had.

 

[BWTAC]

The opening titles to the Edgar Wallace Mysteries on tv.

 

[acquiesce]

The wolf in the Neverending Story. Evil bastard

 

[meeesh]

Opening titles/music to tales of the unexpected frightened the shit out of me

 

[paphos-mcfc]

Jimmy Saville :-S

 

[Carver]

Giraffes

My mum told my sister to close the door as there was a draught coming in- she thought she said 'giraffe' and was terriffied. (We had just been to Chester Zoo).

 

[mcfc2112]

The original Oompa-lumpas...they still freak me out now!

 

[Carstairs]

Flying monkeys in the Wizard of Oz. Monkeys with wings! Could there be anything more terrifying?

The wheely-hand dudes in the Wizard of Oz!

didn't like them at all.


I find the winged-monkeys quite sexy though.