Ricki Yasha Tarr

Hump Day Question Extravaganza (hyperbole)

What was the first movie/TV show that legitimately scared you?

What scared you about it?

How do you do feel about it now?

My experience:

When I was 7, after my parents put me to bed, my parents put on the movie Alien. I snuck out of bed and hid behind the couch, and watched the whole thing, and they never realized I was there. I was completely terrified, but I knew if I told my parents why I would get in big trouble, so after I was sure they fell asleep I took my pillow and blanket and snuck into their room, and slept on the floor, then got up really early before they woke up, and got back into my own bed. I was scared of Aliens for years and most of my childhood nightmares revolved around them. Now I think Alien is a pretty great movie, and Ripley is bad ass, but honestly I'm still terrified of being a lone survivor.

Aug 2, 2023 at 11:01pmWeb
Show threadDianeLipartitoAug 2, 2023
@RickiTarr
I think it was "Jaws." I was 15. I couldn't get the 1st scene out of my mind for years. The woman who played Chrisy made it so realistic. When I was a kid, I was afraid of fire. We used to have the fire dept come to our elem school to teach us what to do in case of fire in the home and two of my classmates (twins) had their house burn down. It spooked me. After I saw Jaws I remember thinking, 'Ok, I don't want to burn up in a fire for sure, but also, I don't want to be eaten.'
Show threadDianeLipartitoAug 2, 2023
@RickiTarr I don't think about it too much now, because I don't go into the ocean anymore.(At the time my grandparents lived at the Jersey shore and we would go there a lot), but, in spite of not being an ocean swimmer now, I still don't want to be eaten.
Show threadRicki Yasha TarrAug 2, 2023
@DianeLipartito I have a lot of respect for the ocean, I won't go in over my head
Show threadDianeLipartitoAug 2, 2023
@RickiTarr Me too. A LOT. I know how powerful it is and spent a lot of time watching it as a kid, and body surfing up to a certain age until I realized, you know what, this thing could kill me. Very good plan, to stay away from the deep water. Rip tides also are something I heard about a lot having lived close to the shore.
Show threadcarrickdbAug 3, 2023
@DianeLipartito @RickiTarr I saw Jaws when I was ~12 and had a similar experience. Utterly terrifying. Great movie.
Show threadSpaceHistory, etcAug 2, 2023
@RickiTarr If I’m going to be honest, it’s this (https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0059221/). I was 7. There was a picture with eyes that moved and an organ that played a scary song by itself. I didn’t sleep for a week. Oh, and also Mr. Magoo Christmas Carol.
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966) ⭐ 7.2 | Comedy, Family, Mystery

1h 30m | G

IMDb
Show threadRicki Yasha TarrAug 2, 2023
@rlpaulprodn I totally have stuff like that too, when you're a kid, things like that are more unsettling, I was terrified of the Lady puppet from Mr Roger's
Show threadCreative! Queer!! Autistic!!!Aug 3, 2023
@RickiTarr @rlpaulprodn
I was just thinking today about how they made Lady Elaine Fairchilde so much more cuddly and loveable in DANIEL TIGER'S NEIGHBORHOOD!
Show threadwindexingAug 2, 2023
@rlpaulprodn @RickiTarr mr.magoo’s Christmas Carol terrified me too. But the worst was a movie called Target Earth with a robot that had a death beam.
Show threadRicki Yasha TarrAug 3, 2023
@indexing @rlpaulprodn Oh I'll have to look that up
Show threadSpaceHistory, etcAug 3, 2023
@RickiTarr @indexing Not the whole thing; just The Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come. Oh man, that was scary!
Show threadRicki Yasha TarrAug 3, 2023
@rlpaulprodn @indexing Same! Still gets me every time
Show threadChristina Mother of SpidersAug 3, 2023
@rlpaulprodn @RickiTarr I loved that movie as a kid! Okay, I still enjoy it
Show threadNaomi PAug 2, 2023

@RickiTarr I came home from school and turned on community television. There was some black and white horror movie on, and there was a creepy person. I quick turned it off again and I don’t know what it was, but for years I had to slide my hand into my bedroom and turn on the light before I could go in.

Now? Not scared of the dark anymore. But I still don’t like horror movies or books as a genre.

Show threadRicki Yasha TarrAug 2, 2023
@gannet You're not even sure what movie it is?
Show threadNaomi PAug 2, 2023

@RickiTarr I turned it on in the middle and we didn’t get TV guide. The description of “man lurching around the stairs in the dark with creepy music” isn’t very helpful for an ID. 🤷🏼‍♀️

Community TV was run out of the local library and was extremely eclectic.

Show thread💙 I Bleed Blue 💙Aug 2, 2023

@RickiTarr
Alfred Hitchcocks "The Birds". It came out in 1963. I saw it in 1966-67. I was 6 or 7 year old. I'm not afraid of birds, except when when they are black and in big flocks.

I also don't like being outside when it's dark...because of Jason in Friday the 13th. 🫤

When we built our house, I intentionally made sure there was no window over the kitchen sink😆

Show threadRicki Yasha TarrAug 2, 2023
@Ibleedblue My Mom tells a story that when she saw Birds in the theater, that when she came out there were birds everywhere squawking super loud, she got so spooked she ran to the car.
Show threadWilling to cut a deal. . .Aug 3, 2023

@RickiTarr @Ibleedblue

A bit north of I-10 near Katy, TX, there's a theater complex where the parking lot was built over some main grackle hub or something. During certain times of the year, in the evening, they remind you that this was their place first.

Show threadHeatherAug 2, 2023
@RickiTarr Riki Tiki Tavi. I was terrified of there being a cobra around the toilet base in the bathroom for years
Show threadRicki Yasha TarrAug 3, 2023
@dvmheather Oh man, that does sound frightening!
Show threadSamuel ThorpeAug 3, 2023
@dvmheather @RickiTarr it was so scary, but I loved this movie so much. Rikki was so triumphant!
Show threadCallalilyAug 2, 2023
@RickiTarr
The Birds. I saw it when I was a kid & was terrified. Night of the Living Dead was scary too. The original black & white movie.
Show threadRicki Yasha TarrAug 3, 2023
@Callalily Night holds up, still Scary
Show threadGettinJimmy widdit🇺🇦Aug 2, 2023
@RickiTarr the shining..1980ish
Show threadRicki Yasha TarrAug 3, 2023
@Jimmyjimjim The actual horror elements of that movie don't feel that scary, well maybe bath lady, but Jack himself is terrifying to me
Show threadMycotropicAug 2, 2023

@RickiTarr Salem's Lot, whatever year it hit television for the first time. My parents went to bed and I saw it was on TV. Our TV room had a big wide window in it, a sofa under the window and the TV facing the window so your back was to it. It's rural Virginia and dark outside. I had all the lights in the house off of course.

I was good for a while, then the kid died. Then the kid came back in a filthy suit scratching at the glass of the second story window by floating up and down.

Horror.

Show threadRicki Yasha TarrAug 3, 2023
@mycotropic That sounds so scary!
Show threadMycotropicAug 3, 2023
@RickiTarr I watched the whole thing laying on the sofa with one eye on the screen and one eye pointed at that window which is impossible but that's how I remember it!
Show threadMrCAug 2, 2023

@RickiTarr I don't know if it was the first to scare but definitely the first to leave a strong enough impression that I remember it 40 years later...

My elementary school used to show a movie to the school once or twice a year.

When I was in first or second grade, they showed the Disney headless horseman animated movie. Scared the figurative poop outta me. I don't think I've ever watched it since.

Show threadRicki Yasha TarrAug 3, 2023
@ScotttSee Oh wow that is a good one
Show threadRPh is in the garden 🪴 🏳️‍🌈Aug 2, 2023
@RickiTarr
The most memorable scare was while watching Aliens in the theater.
I literally jumped out of my seat and into my friend’s lap. It was when an alien popped out of the ceiling. I agree that now, Ripley is an awesome badass.
I did not see any subsequent Alien movies. Nope. No way. No how.
Also, children (of the corn) staring while creepy music plays in most unsettling.
Show threadRicki Yasha TarrAug 2, 2023
@CuriousRPh Corn is scary!!
Show threadSteve8282Aug 2, 2023
@RickiTarr saw Jaws alone opening Saturday. I was eleven.
Show threadRicki Yasha TarrAug 2, 2023
@Steve8282 WHAT, THEY LET YOU?!
Show threadSteve8282Aug 3, 2023
@RickiTarr My parents didn’t know and the Canadian film rating system allowed it.
Show threadChasAug 3, 2023

@RickiTarr

I was about the same age. Late 1960's New Zealand

Doctor Who was considered too fanciful and clearly a kids show and it was shown just before my bedtime.

The first time I saw the Cybermen I had nightmares of them appearing out of thin air in the dark of my bedroom for weeks.

The Daleks and the other monsters were frightening but never bothered me like that. The Cybermen freaked me right out as a kid

Show threadRicki Yasha TarrAug 3, 2023
@mvdn777 WOW the statue one got me
Show threadChasAug 3, 2023

@RickiTarr

The Weeping Angels? Yeah, they got to me too

Show threadCogito-Ergo-SumAug 3, 2023

@mvdn777 @RickiTarr -
If you think about it, while the Daleks & other monsters are more alien in design from other worlds, what makes the Cybermen so horrific is it is like live human organ donation. The Cybermen are made from organic human hosts & they cut out the emotional reactions you'd have to what they do! 😢

So, yes, it is terrifying! 💔 But DON'T have more nightmares!! 🥰 @doctorwho

Show threadChasAug 3, 2023

@WiseWords @RickiTarr @doctorwho

One of my favourite shows my entire life. All the different Doctors and companions, some weird & goofy, others grumpy and fraught. I still don't like seeing the Cybermen even now

Show threadRicki Yasha TarrAug 3, 2023
@WiseWords @mvdn777 @doctorwho Umm yeah horrifying
Show threadRicardo HarvinAug 3, 2023

@RickiTarr 10 years old. Drive-in theater. The original release of Night of the Living Dead.

The daughter, and the gas station.

I still can't watch much gore at all, but I am now finally able to enjoy some horror, like It Follows, Get Out, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, Midsommar, and Let the Right One In.

I rewatched NOTLD last year and still turned my head during those scenes.

Show threadRicki Yasha TarrAug 3, 2023
@ricardoharvin MidSommar is one of my favorite all time horrors
Show threadMark MaguireAug 3, 2023
@RickiTarr In the mid-‘70s, some day over each Christmas, my mother’s side of the family would gather in my grandfather’s house. I’d be able to stay up way too late and the TV would be on in the background. One year, really late, a horror movie came on. I’m nearly sure it was probably Daughters of Satan. A 16th century oil painting of women accused of witchcraft being burned at the stake comes alive. Freaked me out - still to this day. Turns out Tom Selleck was in it.
Show threadMark MaguireAug 3, 2023

@RickiTarr Also, that alien lad in the end credits of the original Star Trek used to send me out of the room at light speed with fright. Every episode.

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/StarTrekS1E10TheCorbomiteManeuver

Star Trek S1 E10 "The Corbomite Maneuver" / Recap - TV Tropes

Original air date: November 10, 1966 An ordinary day on the Enterprise. Kirk is taking a required physical, so Spock has the chair. Suddenly, they run into what looks like the Apple Spinning Beach Ball of Doom that they just can't seem to escape …

TV Tropes
Show threadRicki Yasha TarrAug 3, 2023
@MarkMaguire He is in some kind of uncanny valley
Show threadKevin Teljeur ❄️Aug 3, 2023
@MarkMaguire @RickiTarr Oh, yeah!
Show threadRicki Yasha TarrAug 3, 2023
@MarkMaguire I love that movie lol
Show threadKanaMaunaAug 3, 2023
@RickiTarr Oh, that would be Psycho. I was around six or seven and I was flipping the channels and I came across a movie where this woman was looking around in a cellar. Then there’s this old woman sitting with her back to the viewer and the chair spins around and it’s a corpse. Needs to say I didn’t watch much television for a while after that. Also tried to avoid coming up behind tall chairs where somebody dead could be hiding.
Show threadRicki Yasha TarrAug 3, 2023
@KanaMauna That one holds up pretty well
Show threadKanaMaunaAug 3, 2023
@RickiTarr When I was a bit older (12?) I watched the whole thing and traumatized myself a second time whenever I took a shower.
Show threadRicki Yasha TarrAug 3, 2023
@KanaMauna I will still periodically check behind the shower curtain
Show threadCrystal_Fish_CavesAug 3, 2023
@RickiTarr I went to a birthday party when I was about 6 where they showed Snow White and I developed a terror of witches. I would not go on the ride at disneyland or watch all of The Wizard of Oz. Then I grew up to be a wiccan so something in me broke eventually.
Show threadRicki Yasha TarrAug 3, 2023
@Crystal_Fish_Caves When she ate that apple I always got a little chill
Show threadPat MadiganAug 3, 2023
@RickiTarr The Wizard of Oz must have scared me pretty good, back when I was 4 years old, watching it on a black and white TV.
That night, I had a nightmare about the Wicked Witch of the West, and woke up to her evil laughter. Half a century later, I still remember that dream with perfect clarity!
Today, I would probably consider the witch to be quite date-able, even in color. I think witches are sexy.
Show threadRicki Yasha TarrAug 3, 2023
@patmadigan My hubs always said the trees throwing apples scared the bejeebers out of him
Show threadPat MadiganAug 3, 2023
@RickiTarr That too. And a person literally melting. Flying monkeys. Holy shit, that was a kid’s movie?
Show thread👩‍🦯The Blind FraggleAug 3, 2023
@patmadigan Well thanks, but I'm not green, lol.
Show threadPat MadiganAug 3, 2023
@Fragglemuppet Nobody’s perfect 😂