{"id":7265,"date":"2017-10-25T08:00:25","date_gmt":"2017-10-25T12:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlsincapes.com\/?p=7265"},"modified":"2017-10-18T10:31:40","modified_gmt":"2017-10-18T14:31:40","slug":"childhood-nostalgia-frights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlsincapes.com\/2017\/10\/25\/childhood-nostalgia-frights\/","title":{"rendered":"Childhood Nostalgia Frights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As great and as wonderful children\u2019s shows and movies are, they can have some pretty intense and creepy moments. \u00a0Even though I\u2019m an adult, there are some moments from recent kids shows that make me go \u201cwell that\u2019s messed up\u201d (<i>Adventure Time\u2019s<\/i> episode \u201cNo One Can Hear You\u201d is why I feel uncomfortable when hooved animals are drawn with hands). \u00a0Whenever something weird or creepy happens in a recent movie or episode, I always think back to the time when I was a kid and what creeped me out. \u00a0Since it\u2019s the month of October, here are some movies and shows that scared me as a kid.<\/p>\n<h3><i>Who Framed Roger Rabbit<\/i> (1988)<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7286 size-medium alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/girlsincapes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/roger-rabbit-300x166.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/girlsincapes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/roger-rabbit-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/girlsincapes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/roger-rabbit.jpg 597w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Although it\u2019s technically not a family film, many a person watched this movie when they were a kid so I\u2019m giving it leniency. \u00a0This film taught me the concept of the \u201cuncanny valley.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Somehow when I watched it as a kid, I didn\u2019t catch the scene where Judge Doom dips that poor animated shoe in the dip (THAT SHOE DID NOTHING WRONG). \u00a0Perhaps if I caught that scene, maybe it could\u2019ve given me a warning of Judge Doom\u2019s true nature.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Doom revealing that he was a cartoon character definitely shook me. \u00a0The build-up alone was creepy. \u00a0After he gets flattened by a steamroller, his flattened self gets up and reflates himself. \u00a0A person casually peeling himself off the floor after getting steamrolled is a huge warning sign that something\u2019s wrong. \u00a0Then his fake eyes pop out to reveal his red animated eyes. \u00a0Cartoon eyes on a live-action man\u2019s face doesn\u2019t look right, at all. \u00a0This coupled with Doom\u2019s voice turning into its original high-pitchiness made for a good scary moment. \u00a0Needless to say, it took until I was a teen to give that movie a rewatch.<\/p>\n<h3>\u201cAbracadaver\u201d from <i>The Powerpuff Girls<\/i><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7287 size-full alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/girlsincapes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Tumblr_nl1a8azHAg1rawb5do1_400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"185\" \/>This episode, and a movie I\u2019m going to touch on later, are reasons why I can\u2019t watch anything zombie-related, unless it\u2019s a\u00a0comedy. The zombie\u2019s backstory was child-unfriendly: he was a magician named Al Lusion who, after a mishap, slipped and fell into a <i>spiked coffin<\/i>. When the awoken Lusion attacks Townsville, of course, the Powerpuff Girls try to stop him.<\/p>\n<p>For a kids show, the design for the zombie version of Lusion is creepy. The part of the episode that really stuck with me is how, for a moment, it really looked like the girls weren\u2019t going to bounce back from the Lusion\u2019s clutches, especially Blossom. Having Buttercup getting sawed in half while Bubbles tied up in<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0a bag in a box filled with water, he basically yo-yos her into the same spike coffin that killed him decades earlier. Thankfully, it turned out Lusion was Blossom in disguise and it was all a magic act (still not sure how that happened).<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>\u201cNaimina Enkiyio\u201d from <i>The Wild Thornberrys<\/i><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wildthornberrys.wikia.com\/wiki\/Naimina_Enkiyio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-7288 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/girlsincapes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Naiminaenkijio1-300x203.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/girlsincapes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Naiminaenkijio1-300x203.png 300w, https:\/\/girlsincapes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Naiminaenkijio1-768x519.png 768w, https:\/\/girlsincapes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Naiminaenkijio1-1024x692.png 1024w, https:\/\/girlsincapes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Naiminaenkijio1.png 1182w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>When you watch a show about a girl that can talk to animals and goes on adventures with her family, the last thing you would expect is an episode that features a ghost.<\/p>\n<p>In this episode, Eliza and her family are in eastern Africa, and she learns of a legend about a forest where a little girl was lost and never returned to her village. Even though they never talked about the girl\u2019s life or even\u00a0say her name, a kid will immediately connect with her because she was a child that got lost in the woods. Being separated from one\u2019s family only to never see them again is high on the list of a child\u2019s worst nightmare.<\/p>\n<p>Due to a young Maasai teen boasting about being brave, Eliza enters the forest to prove her bravery. \u00a0It was this episode that taught my younger self an important horror movie lesson: people in horror movies make stupid decisions.\u00a0The idea of being lost in a forest is creepy enough.\u00a0Being lost in a haunted forest cranks the fears up to eleven.<\/p>\n<p>What stands out to me is when Eliza is stuck in a swamp. Right after she chastises her chimp companion Darwin for believing in the legend, she looks down and next to her reflection is the lost girl. \u00a0Eliza is understandably spooked by that. \u00a0After that part, I turned on my lights for the rest of the episode.<\/p>\n<p>To add on to the fun, I learned a year or so ago that the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Loita_Forest\">forest in question does exist<\/a><\/strong> and the legend is a tale locals tell to warn kids. \u00a0The closest I shall ever check out that forest is by looking up pictures in Google images, thanks.<\/p>\n<h3><i>Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs<\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (1937)<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.laughingplace.com\/w\/articles\/2014\/10\/26\/a-look-back-at-a-disney-halloween\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-7290 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/girlsincapes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/647642_1298403383087_full-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/girlsincapes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/647642_1298403383087_full-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/girlsincapes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/647642_1298403383087_full-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/girlsincapes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/647642_1298403383087_full.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> Just because a film is from the late 30s doesn\u2019t mean it can\u2019t still leave a mark. \u00a0For the most part, I found <i>Snow White<\/i> to be fine. I\u2019m sure I was at least bothered by the scenes of Snow White running in the forest (trees should <i>never<\/i> have eyes).<\/p>\n<p>However, the wicked queen\u2019s transformation into the old hag scared seven-year-old me. \u00a0That movie\u2019s production didn\u2019t hold back in portraying that: the music and animation really sell the atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p>I think the fact the wicked queen looked visibly pained as she was transforming was also another selling point. If the big bad of the movie is disturbed, it\u2019s not a good time. \u00a0Her hands shriveling and turning old especially creeped me out. This moment scared me so much that I distinctly remember rotating the sofa chair I was in so that I was facing the wall during the rest of her transformation.<\/p>\n<h3><i>Casper<\/i> (1995)<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scoopnest.com\/user\/Film4\/637244597077430272\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-7291\" src=\"https:\/\/girlsincapes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/CNfylZcUsAAmx82-300x219.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/girlsincapes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/CNfylZcUsAAmx82-300x219.png 300w, https:\/\/girlsincapes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/CNfylZcUsAAmx82.png 727w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Even though I still have a bit of a soft spot for the movie, Casper isn\u2019t a completely good film. While the set design for Casper\u2019s home is creative, some of the acting and line delivery can be a little hokey, or just down right awkward (someone <i>really<\/i> should\u2019ve rewritten Casper\u2019s line \u201cCan I keep you?\u201d).<\/p>\n<p>However, a moment from the movie that had me running out of my room was Kat\u2019s father looking at his reflection in the mirror. Due to Casper\u2019s uncles\u2019 shenanigans, they begin to change Dr. Harvey\u2019s reflection. It starts off normal enough: his reflection changes from Clint Eastwood, to Rodney Dangerfield, then to Mel Gibson (in hindsight that was the real scary part).<\/p>\n<p>Then we get to the final change: his reflection turns to the Crypt Keeper from <i>Tales From the Crypt<\/i>. At that time (and now) I found the Crypt Keeper to be really scary-looking. \u00a0Whenever <i>Tales<\/i> would come on, I would quickly change the channel before you would see Crypt Keeper. Plus, Crypt Keeper appearing came out of nowhere &#8212; up to that moment, the scene was comical.<\/p>\n<p>In hindsight, that scene could be a kid\u2019s introduction to a jump scare. \u00a0I thought watching a kids movie such as Casper would protect me from seeing that guy\u2019s face. I was sadly proven wrong.<\/p>\n<h3><i>Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island<\/i> (1998)<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/scoobydoo.wikia.com\/wiki\/Zombies_(Scooby-Doo_on_Zombie_Island)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-7292 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/girlsincapes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Zombies_are_real_Zombie_Island-300x225.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/girlsincapes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Zombies_are_real_Zombie_Island-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/girlsincapes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Zombies_are_real_Zombie_Island-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/girlsincapes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Zombies_are_real_Zombie_Island-1024x769.png 1024w, https:\/\/girlsincapes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Zombies_are_real_Zombie_Island.png 1435w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>I remember when I watched this movie as a kid, I ran away from the TV screen when things were getting really intense. For this reason, I started watching this movie every October.<\/p>\n<p>Something that I recently learned is that, when <i>Zombie Island<\/i> was released, the Scooby-Doo franchise was going through a rough time. <i>A Pup Named Scooby-Doo<\/i> finished its series a few years prior to <i>Zombie Island<\/i>, and the franchise was on shaky ground for a time.<\/p>\n<p>The movie\u2019s premise is simple enough: Scooby and the gang hear about some haunts in an old Louisiana plantation and check it out (as much as I love this movie, I would\u2019ve picked a less awkward setting for the haunting). Once there, they learn that pirates and Confederate soldiers haunt the land (again, we could change that last one). \u00a0Soon, they learn that these ghosts and zombies aren\u2019t someone in a mask: they\u2019re real.<\/p>\n<p>Just like the &#8220;Abracadaver&#8221; episode of <i>The Powerpuff Girls<\/i>, one of the reasons it causes some scares is because our heroes are shown in grave peril. There are moments where they\u2019re even close to death. \u00a0A moment that personally sticks out to me is when their former hostesses (in a scary cat form) drain Scooby and Shaggy of their life force, making them weak and noticeably shriveled.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>Those were my personal scares I had as a kid. \u00a0Since Halloween will approach us later this month, here\u2019s my question to you, the reader: what movies or shows gave you the willies when you were a kid?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>6 things we were maybe too young to see at that age. 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