Movies/TV shows that gave you nightmares as a kid

[Lock Jaw]

As the title of the thread says... discuss this.

I will start. I can think of a few major ones.


1)

Ernest Scared Stupid. That troll gave me nightmares. I think a lot of it had to do with watching it while there was a thunderstorm going on outside... and in the movie when the troll is coming out of its burial site and it is all thunder and lightning, it just happened to be at the exact same time as what was going on outside.

2) Technically I was around 12 when I first saw it... but... it got to me. For whatever reason.



This guy. "Der Kindestod" from some random Buffy Season 2 episode. It was the one scene where he just stalks in front of an open doorway or something. Freaked me out. To this day I can't watch this episode and look directly at the screen when I know that part is coming up.

3)

This random episode of Are You Afraid of the Dark. Used to watch the show all the time, and was perfectly fine, but then for whatever reason this one got to me. About some old man who every time he goes to sleep, demons come out of the water. Probably not even close to one of the scariest things they had on that show. Dunno.

4)

Was one of my favorite movies growing up... but that clown man...

He'd just show up in other nightmares I'd be having and be all "...run"