The Movies that Messed Us Up as Kids

By dregaldo on October 24, 2023
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Is there a movie that you watched as a kid that slightly traumatized you? As much as I love the movie, The Wizard of Oz, the flying monkeys and talking trees kept me up at night as a kid. I’ve also heard how traumatic Bambi is so that is one movie I can not bring myself to watch.  Buzzfeed rounded up the top responses for their list of the movies that really messed us up as kids. How many on the list do you think messed you up?

  1. The Wizard of Oz
  2. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
  3. E.T.
  4. The Brave Little Toaster
  5. Gremlins
  6. Poltergeist (1982)
  7. Coraline
  8. Bambi
  9. Watership Down
  10. Return to Oz

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