Kermode Uncut: Horrors of the Past

[blokey8]

The eye monster from Pan's Labyrinth. Saw it when I was 11/12... weuurgh.

[Bassbait]

Pee Wee's Big Adventure - LARGE MARGE. Scared me to death as a kid.

[IamSnoogans]

As a child, 6 or 7, I remember loving 'The NeverEnding Story', but never reaching the actual end of the movie because of that big black dog looking thing that is supposed to represent 'The Nothing'. Then, when I was about 14, I overcame my fear of horror movies, after seeing John Capenter's Halloween all the way through for the first time. I had to go back to sleeping with a night light for at least a couple of weeks.

[frogtastic1000]

the tv series of incredible hulk scared the shit out of me

[venchlin]

Salem's Lot did it for me too, I even made a cross out of lolly sticks to protect myself!

[GCmediacourse]

Any Films in VHS are creepy in a strange sort of way

[ragingbrawler]

salems lot definetly i used to have to close the blinds and bolster the windows after seeing that scene as a kid.

[spyrothedragon590]

what was the film at 2:50?

[ResurrectionJoe]

Return to Oz was '85, not '75... it isn't that old...

[TheGubernot]

I'm ashamed to admit it at 37yrs old but all Danny Glick scratching the window still haunts me. Lol! It traumatised me for life.Geoffrey Lewis slurring LOOK AT ME didn't help either! James Mason was wrong to disown Salem's Lot even now it's a very strong piece of work it's still scary.

[sweatymonkeysballs]

Oh my god - I have the exact same feeling about 'foriegn textures' and have always felt that way about the dragon in never ending story. Always thought it was just me!

[maximuslaurius]

The Child Catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

But for true atavistic terror, Nosy Bonk from childrens TV prog. Jigsaw,

[Lilja124]

I was absolutely horrified by The Cable Guy when I saw that as a nine year old.

[TheDensley7]

I remember being frightened of Harry and the Hendersons when I was about 5.

[TheDensley7]

Return To Oz was 1985.

[Hennerson]

I love Dougal & the Blue Cat - the Blue Voice is truly sinister... One of the scariest I remember from childhood as a TV series called 'Children of the Stones', a very disturbing and claustrophobic story. Probably wouldn't be allowed now.

Another moment that scared the cr*p out of me was the 'Talos' scene from Jason & the Argonauts - Harryhousen at his finest

[purplevolcano]

@Hennerson - I really found the Blue Cat very menacing! I haven't thought about that for years. I don't remember the details but certainly the mood of the piece has stayed with me for nearly 40 years!

[mastershake99999]

hey mark, i remember when i was younger and i watched Spirited Away. I was so scared that i left the room crying.

[KingOfTheShrews]

@mastershake99999

Mark doesn't read these, the blog responses are on the BBC site where they're initially uploaded. Check them out there if you wanna be up to date and write comments that he will read. :)

[mastershake99999]

@KingOfTheShrews Thanks man cause of that info I join Kermode Uncut. Thnx man

[KingOfTheShrews]

@mastershake99999

No worries mate, spread the word! There are good comments that go unnoticed on youtube as not enough people realise where the vids are actually uploaded to. People reading this need to just google "Mark Kermode BBC blogs" and it will probably be the top link.

[lordtufty]

Did no one mention "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"? The childcatcher fucking scared me when I was young!

[TheHappydead]

oh i remember another one which again was partially taped over a recording of black adder or the young ones or something and it was a couple of scenes from jean pierre juenets The City Of Lost Children, it was worryingly warped and dreamlike and i forgot id seen it but id have a reoccurring dream which was incredibly similiar it was only yrs later that i realised my dreams which wer both scary and strangly uplifting had been subconsciously inspired by that film... its my favourite film now

[TheHappydead]

. hmmmmn i think for me its a film adaptation of i think a m.r. james story , which was partially recorded over a black adder video i used to like as a kid that my mum and dad had taped, it involved two victorian (i think) pale kids scratching on a manor house bedroom door that really quite disturbed me cant remember anything else about it. The sound of the Countdown clock also used to scare me, as did a french n saunders exorcist skit, and the judderman advert

[skinwalkerxxx]

First that comes to mind is Sleeping Beauty. It was so well done and realistic to the voices and movement I would hid behind a chair every time the dark queen with the big horns would appear

[TeddyRuxpinMomma]

I'm an odd specimen 'cause i find 'foreign textures' to be the most frightening aspect in the cinematic experience e.g., in pans labyrinth the white monster's pale fondant-like skin and the peculiar way it's skin wrinkled like a shar pei puppy. Or how the bulbous skin protrusions on the never ending story dragon resembled the entrails of an artic animal luke skywalker slices open in empire strikes back....did I mention I'm always loaded on pot.

[sweatymonkeysballs]

@TeddyRuxpinMomma

The human Brain another one - makes my stomache turn

[Camsam84]

Paperhouse has terrified me to this day. Depressingly creepy & totally blurred reality confused me as a child.

[MorthamO]

What about the psychadelic tunnel boat scene from the original Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory? My already chocolate piqued imagination was reluctantly rowed from the brilliantly dry Gene-Wilder-Wonka's giant sweetshop-esque rainforest paradise into an interminable tunnel, strobing sinfully like an extension of the red light district. It was like having my happiest dreams morphed into a nightmare - petrifying to a child who hadn't quite grasped the distinction between fantasy and reality.

[belasco1]

@ BOYZEEE1. You fail.

[BOYZEEE1]

There was a time when I enjoyed Mark Kermode's reviews. Now he tries too hard to be a celeb. I no longer listen to Mayo and Kermode. aka: Jock and strap.

[pontiuspilot1]

@BOYZEEE1 You must still find them appealing if you are going to the bother of commenting on their youtube channel. You sound like another one of those terrifying internet warriors?

[tommmmmer]

return to oz shit me right up, shit the bed thrice

[HannibalCat]

Definitely Danny Glick's appearance in Salem's Lot; the most frightening thing in the entire mini series.

[Vebinz]

@HannibalCat

Yeah,that whole movie had several really memorably scray scene, such as the one with Elisha Cook Jr. entering his bedroom and finding the revenant guy.

Also when the vampire first appears in the kitchen.

[Santos138]

Dougal and the Blue Cat still gives me chills just thinking about it, I remember being taken to my Gran's house to stay the night and being sat down to watch it, not sure if I've ever recovered from the psychological scars and even just the mention of the title in your video here invoked a feeling of complete abject horror from deep inside me!

[madammao]

Alot of ppl mentioned 'creepy' rather than gory.

Is creepy scarier than gory???

[CArownny]

@madammao Usually, but it really is a matter of opinion. What do you think?

[Soin3000]

I remember my economics teacher saying he always thought that the scariest cinematic moment he ever experienced was in 'Pinocchio'..."Oh look, it's a little wooden boy."

[MontyPython246]

Child's Play. I had only watched the trailer on TV and it scared the shit out of me!

[13evilpriest13]

Black hole - scene where maximillion uses its whirrung blade to kill someone

[K1mandt0m]

666 views

[firekind1980]

oz was 85. The only film i can think of that scared the crap out of me as a kid was a low budget 80s horror called retribution. I still find it pretty creepy especially the shock ending.

[DrLungbarrow]

is that one of the cracks in time and space from Doctor who in the background? oh my god, Dr Kermode is what's inside the pandorica!

[tooyjfwn]

anyone seen the tom selleck b movie with killer robotic spiders? scared the shit out of me

[muntkey]

@tooyjfwn Runaway! Robotic spiders and Gene Simmons, terrifying.

[jedivisconti]

Frank Langella's Dracula, with that soundtrack created by John Willians.

[CrazyAboutMovies23]

@jedivisconti Sounds really good :D

[Ashloomis]

What about Pinocchio? The Disney one. It's terrifying in many spots, but hat bit with the kid turning into a donkey before a mirror, and slowly losing his ability to speak outdoes any horror film I've seen.

[owdl114]

RE David Lynch impression: Made me laugh though it's soo wrong. He speaks much slower than that and not...well...as sinisterly.

[Jcolinsol]

@owdl114

He should have done the weird finger waggling thing.

[ThatFellowCoat]

Yep, Return of Oz was the first film I thought of when I read the video description. Those Wheelers especially frightened me as a child. I'm surprised there was no mention of Watership Down. I think parents everywhere must have been really surprised at how bloody and scary this "cute little bunny cartoon" was.

[petertyson2]

The scene of Freddy Krueger from the original "A Nightmare On Elm Street" where he is walking down the back alley with really long outstretched arms always creeped me out as a kid. That scene still has the power to send a few chills down my spine even now.

[69crafty]

Legend is pretty scary for kids and The Dark Crystal is another. Ramsey Cambell? haha he lives in the road next to me and i used to hang out with his son.

[williamwilson666]

Surprised there weren't any references to The Candyman. This was a film that made me shy away from mirrors unaccompanied well into my teens.

[kevycanavan]

yeooooow!