Childhood Trauma
by Illyngophobia | created - 28 May 2017 | updated - 15 Sep 2017 | PublicInspired by the countdown list by YourMovieSucks, here's a compilation of stuff I remember from my childhood that affected me in one way or another in no particular order.
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1. Courage the Cowardly Dog (1999–2002)
TV-Y7 | 11 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The offbeat adventures of Courage, a cowardly dog who must overcome his own fears to heroically defend his unknowing farmer owners from all kinds of dangers, paranormal events and menaces that appear around their land.
Stars: Marty Grabstein, Thea White, Peter Fernandez, Simon Prebble
Votes: 51,009
Episodes/Moments:
1) King Ramses' Curse: The Entirety
2) Perfect: "You're Not Perfect"
3) Everyone Wants to Direct: The Entirety
4) The House of Discontent: The Spirit of the Harvest Moon
2. The Brave Little Toaster (1987)
G | 90 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
A group of dated appliances embark on a journey to the city to find their master after being abandoned in a cabin in the woods.
Director: Jerry Rees | Stars: Jon Lovitz, Timothy Stack, Timothy E. Day, Thurl Ravenscroft
Votes: 27,751
Episodes/Moments:
1) Toaster's Nightmare
2) The "It's A B-Movie" number
3. James and the Giant Peach (1996)
PG | 79 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
An orphan who lives with his two cruel aunts befriends anthropomorphic bugs who live inside a giant peach, and they embark on a journey to New York City.
Director: Henry Selick | Stars: Paul Terry, Joanna Lumley, Pete Postlethwaite, Simon Callow
Votes: 74,032 | Gross: $28.93M
Episodes/Moments:
1) The Mechanical Shark
2) James' Nightmare Sequence
4. Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction (1997–2024)
TV-PG | 60 min | Mystery, Thriller, Fantasy
Five mysterious stories are shown in which people meet strange or unexplainable events. The viewer is invited to decide if the stories are fact or fiction.
Stars: Jonathan Frakes, Don LaFontaine, Campbell Lane, James Brolin
Votes: 5,450
Episodes/Moments:
1) The Red-Eyed Creature
2) The Hooded Chair
3) Kid in the Closet
4) Blood Bank
5) Murder on the Second Floor
6) Creepy Comics
7) The Battered Doll
8) The Perfect Record
9) Merry-Go-Round
10) Dead Friday
And many...many more...
5. Rugrats (1991–2003)
TV-Y | 30 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Tommy, Chuckie, Angelica, Phil and Lil and Susie find themselves in a slew of adventures - both real and imaginary. Baldly go where no baby's every gone before as the Rugrats turn the ordinary into the extraordinary every day.
Stars: Elizabeth Daily, Christine Cavanaugh, Nancy Cartwright, Kath Soucie
Votes: 38,511
Episodes/Moments:
1) Angelica's Worst Nightmare: Angelica's Dream Sequence
2) What Big People Do: The Ending of Chuckie's Dream
3) Chuckie vs. the Potty: Chuckie's 'Execution' Nightmare
4) The Mysterious Mr. Fiend: Mr. Friend's Head Spinning
5) Under Chuckie's Bed: The 'Monster'
6. It (1990)
TV-14 | 96 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
In 1960, seven pre-teen outcasts fight an evil demon who poses as a child-killing clown. Thirty years later, they reunite to stop the demon once and for all when it returns to their hometown.
Stars: Richard Thomas, Tim Reid, Annette O'Toole, Harry Anderson
Votes: 140,931
Episodes/Moments:
1) Pennywise torments Young Eddie.
7. Child's Play (1988)
R | 87 min | Horror, Thriller
A struggling single mother unknowingly gifts her son a doll imbued with a serial killer's consciousness.
Director: Tom Holland | Stars: Catherine Hicks, Chris Sarandon, Alex Vincent, Brad Dourif
Votes: 116,822 | Gross: $33.24M
Episodes/Moments:
1) Chucky reveals himself to Andy's mom
8. Creepshow (1982)
R | 120 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
"Creepshow" is a 1982 movie that tells five grisly tales from a children's comic book: a murdered father rising from his grave, a bizarre meteor, a vengeful husband, a mysterious crate's occupant, and a plague of cockroaches.
Director: George A. Romero | Stars: Hal Holbrook, Leslie Nielsen, Adrienne Barbeau, E.G. Marshall
Votes: 53,273 | Gross: $21.03M
Episodes/Moments:
1) Hank's Death in Father's Day
2) The Entirety of The Crate
3) The End of They're Creeping Up On You
9. Mr. Meaty (2005–2009)
TV-Y7 | 30 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
The bizarre adventures of two slackers working at a fast food restaurant.
Stars: Jamie Shannon, Catherine Disher, Scott McCord, Clé Bennett
Votes: 1,592
Episodes/Moments:
1) Moochmaster P: Parker gets a tapeworm
10. Recess (1997–2001)
TV-Y | 23 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Comic tales of a group of good friends, four boys and two girls, during breaks in primary school, as they grow up, relate to each other, and have brushes with authority.
Stars: Andrew Lawrence, Ashley Johnson, Jason Davis, Rickey D'Shon Collins
Votes: 28,155
Episodes/Moments:
1) Terrifying Tales of Recess
11. Don't Look Under the Bed (1999 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 100 min | Family, Fantasy, Horror
A teen enlists the help of an imaginary friend named Larry Houdini to deal with a prank-playing bogeyman, who's framing her for his dastardly deeds.
Director: Kenneth Johnson | Stars: Erin Chambers, Ty Hodges, Robin Riker, Steve Valentine
Votes: 3,730
Episodes/Moments:
1) Just about the whole damn thing
12. Jumanji (1995)
PG | 104 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
When two kids find and play a magical board game, they release a man trapped in it for decades - and a host of dangers that can only be stopped by finishing the game.
Director: Joe Johnston | Stars: Robin Williams, Kirsten Dunst, Bonnie Hunt, Jonathan Hyde
Votes: 377,145 | Gross: $100.48M
Episodes/Moments:
1) Alan gets sucked into the board
2) The giant spiders
13. Pingu (1980–2006)
TV-Y | 5 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
"Pingu finds himself in tricky and comical situations, but he always learns a lesson. Pingu spends his days with his parents and baby sister, Pinga. Everyone in his town speaks ""Penguinese."" Laugh along and find out what happens.
Stars: Carlo Bonomi, David Sant, Marcello Magni, Sam Michaels
Votes: 8,429
Episodes/Moments:
1) Pingu's Dream: The Walrus
14. Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1990–2000)
TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A group of teenagers meet in the woods, and tell scary stories.
Stars: Ross Hull, Daniel DeSanto, Raine Pare-Coull, Jodie Resther
Votes: 16,199
Episodes/Moments:
1) The Tale of Laughing in the Dark: Anything involving Zeebo...screw that.
15. Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985)
PG | 91 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
When eccentric man-child Pee-wee Herman gets his beloved bike stolen in broad daylight, he sets out across the U.S. on the adventure of his life.
Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Paul Reubens, Elizabeth Daily, Mark Holton, Diane Salinger
Votes: 59,118 | Gross: $40.90M
Episodes/Moments:
1) Large fvckin' Marge
16. Even Stevens (2000–2003)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
The Stevens family live in Sacramento, California, where the two younger children in the family, Ren and Louis, who have opposing personalities, often clash.
Stars: Shia LaBeouf, Christy Carlson Romano, A.J. Trauth, Nick Spano
Votes: 15,335
Episodes/Moments:
1) A Very Scary Story
17. Jaws (1975)
PG | 124 min | Adventure, Mystery, Thriller
When a killer shark unleashes chaos on a beach community off Cape Cod, it's up to a local sheriff, a marine biologist, and an old seafarer to hunt the beast down.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, Lorraine Gary
Votes: 659,903 | Gross: $260.00M
Episodes/Moments:
1) The Opening
2) Michael's near death experience at the estuary
18. Double, Double Toil and Trouble (1993 TV Movie)
TV-Y7 | 96 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
On Halloween night, two precocious little girls try to save their parents from their nasty old capitalist aunt's greedy clutches. Magic abounds and they meet mysterious new friends along the way.
Director: Stuart Margolin | Stars: Mary-Kate Olsen, Ashley Olsen, Cloris Leachman, Phil Fondacaro
Votes: 3,882
Episodes/Moments:
1) Mr. N and Kelly hiding out
19. Goosebumps (1995–1998)
TV-PG | 22 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
"Goosebumps" was a series of scary anthology stories based on the children's books by R.L. Stine. Series one was hosted by R.L. Stine for twelve episodes.
Stars: R.L. Stine, Kathryn Short, Cody Jones, Scott Wickware
Votes: 15,241
Episodes/Moments:
1) The Haunted Mask I & II
2) Stay Out of the Basement
3) Cuckoo Clock of Doom
4) Let's Get Invisible
5) Bride of the Living Dummy (Ending)
20. The Sixth Sense (1999)
PG-13 | 107 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Malcolm Crowe, a child psychologist, starts treating a young boy, Cole, who encounters dead people and convinces him to help them. In turn, Cole helps Malcolm reconcile with his estranged wife.
Director: M. Night Shyamalan | Stars: Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment, Toni Collette, Olivia Williams
Votes: 1,051,950 | Gross: $293.51M
Episodes/Moments:
1) Cole gets attacked in the closet
2) Shotgunned ghost
3) Slit wrists ghost
21. Garfield in Disguise (1985 TV Short)
Not Rated | 25 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
When Garfield and Odie are out trick-or-treating, they end up at a haunted house.
Director: Phil Roman | Stars: Lorenzo Music, Thom Huge, Gregg Berger, C. Lindsay Workman
Votes: 2,306
Episodes/Moments:
1) "Scaredy Cat" number
2) Act III: The Tale and the Ghost Ship
22. Creepshow 2 (1987)
R | 92 min | Fantasy, Horror
Three macabre tales from the latest issue of a boy's favorite comic book, dealing with a vengeful wooden Native American, a monstrous blob in a lake, and an undying hitchhiker.
Director: Michael Gornick | Stars: George Kennedy, Lois Chiles, Domenick John, Tom Savini
Votes: 28,366 | Gross: $14.00M
Episodes / Moments:
1) The Raft
23. Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge (2001 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 81 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
A young witch and her grandmother work together to foil the plans of a wicked warlock's son before he can use powerful spells to create chaos in the world.
Director: Mary Lambert | Stars: Kimberly J. Brown, Judith Hoag, Daniel Kountz, Joey Zimmerman
Votes: 10,602
Episodes / Moments:
1) Kal curses the party goers
24. Super Mario 64 (1996 Video Game)
K-A | Action, Adventure, Comedy
When the evil Bowser steals 120 power stars and traps Princess Peach within the walls of her own castle, it's up to Mario to save her once again.
Director: Shigeru Miyamoto | Stars: Charles Martinet, Leslie Swan
Votes: 7,066
Episodes / Moments:
1) Unagi the Eel in "Jolly Roger Bay"
2) The Mad Piano in "Big Boo's Haunt"
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