I remember being terrified of Poltergeist when I was young - there was a big toy clown in the girls bedroom - bloody petrified me!
Me too... although it was a kind of nerves rather than being grossed out. And John Carpenter's
"The Thing". I saw that when I was six years old. HOW I saw it, I don't know. I guess my parents didn't notice or care I was watching it. Gave me nightmares for *years*.
I love both of these films now though. I find them freaking hilarious.
Update on movies that scared me. Well The Ring unnerved me a bit. And Ju-On gave me chills in places. I *was* watching it alone in a dark room in the middle of the night, mind you. (I'm talking about the Japanese versions of these movies. I haven't watched the Hollywood and I don't want to. I know it will suck compared to the original.)
Other than these two films, and the other two when I was a kid (and maybe that chair scene from Ghostbusters when I was a young 'un), I don't think anything has scared me.
IT was great - too bad the second half isn't as good as the first. Pennywise is awesome.