Episode 4: Scary or Just Scared Us?

[@nightowl1851]

Completely relate to the feeling watching Dumbo getting drunk. I saw that movie as a kid in a drive-thru movie, maybe the first drive-thru I went to, watching Dumbo with his wild dreams on that big screen freaked me out. Also, yes, on Lord of the Flies. I saw this movie in lit class in 6th grade and it crushed me for years. P.S. I can't take horror movies.

[@lolamargarita8345]

My family laugh at me because I can watch serial killer movies like Silence of the Lambs with no problem, but I cannot watch where someone is mean to an elderly person or someone with a disability. Images like that just live rent-free in my head, and I cannot stop thinking about them.

[@ct6852]

I think a lot of people feel that way.

[@dustinsavage2832]

Earliest scary movie experience I can remember was walking in on my sisters watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer (the movie). Caught the scene where the two drunk guys are stumbling home and one gets bitten, then is later trying to get into his friend’s house through the window. I was probably 6 years old, but it created a paralyzingly fear of vampires that lasted until my adult life. Now “What We Do In the Shadows” is one of my favourite movies. Also, the false grail scene from The Last Crusade scarred me so much that I didn’t watch any Indiana Jones again until I was an older teenager.

[@whichonespink7542]

Just binge-watched the first 4 episodes, really glad you guys decided to do this and hope you keep it going. Looking forward to the next one!!

[@JacobLunbeck]

Horror lover here. The scary movie that I remember absolutely terrifying me as a child was the first Halloween. I was 10 or 11 when I first saw it and was able to make it to the end without any problems. Then the final scene happens where you hear Michael Myers' breathing get louder and louder. By itself this isn't so bad, but I happened to be sitting in front of an open window and a gust of wind quietly blew in and hit the back of my neck, making me think Michael was right behind me. Gave me terrible nightmares!

[@MorrisB3]

This episode REALLY feels like a therapy trauma session. 😂❤

[@jjperez1]

Looked like a therapy session! I mean that in a nice way!

[@shawnkildal3151]

When I was a kid, first time watching the Wizard of OZ scared me. Especially the scene at the end when they were chased and cornered at the witch's castle. CBS used to air the movie every single year for many, many decades.

[@mikell5087]

Same!

[@JacobLunbeck]

When you two started talking about a child’s first horror experience coming from Disney, it reminded me of this documentary about horror movies I once saw. One of the directors that was interviewed said the exact same thing and, in his opinion, how a child reacts to scary moments in a Disney film is a good predictor of how they will handle horror movies when they get older. Maybe you two are getting better at film analysis than you give yourselves credit for!

[@kathyhansen3151]

My first scary movie was poltergeist when I was around 5 lol. I loved it. I know weird but I loved the jump scares. And I love watching your jump scares. They are the best. Can’t wait for next October 🎃👻🤡👹

[@JoshuaDay]

As someone who isn't particularly a scary movie fan as such, I can absolutely say that I've never pictured myself in place of any characters on screen. Equally, I never get scared or traumatised by anything I watch, so maybe that is at least part of the reasoning.

[@citymistproductions]

I've loved horror movies for basically as long as I can remember. When I was young, my family was very strict about MPAA ratings, so I think my first horror film might actually have been 1922's Nosferatu. It's a silent movie and is very old, and it didn't really frighten me, but I was fascinated by the idea of being scared by a movie and watched tons of other classic horror films throughout my teenage years. As an adult, I still watch a lot of horror, make my own horror short films, and have acted in the occasional haunted house. I personally enjoy frightening people, as strange as that may sound, so watching a horror film, even if it does scare me, feels like an opportunity to learn from a peer instead of the personal attack that a lot of viewers seem to see it as

[@Tinker_LV426]

The Changeling 1980 shifted my DNA as a kid.

[@moneyball7908]

@Carly the face you saw at the end of “when a stranger calls” was an also an actor who appeared in both “Gladiator” And “braveheart”. He plays a good guy in both of those, if you ever want to reframe him for yourself, to help with the trauma haha

[@itsmedave81]

The Child Catcher from "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang". Still haunts me.

[@rockindocs5716]

The witches terrified me as a kid too. Gave me nightmares

[@manuelvillacana9284]

The first scary movie that I saw that traumatized me when I was a kid was the howling from the year 1981, and it was a very scary movie about werewolves. But I've been in love with horror movies ever since and of course, warewolves are my favorite monsters.

[@ct6852]

When you watch horror, it's not that you turn your empathy completely off, but you do turn it down a bit. You take it more for the whole...the sum of it's parts. To be less scared, you recognize that it's just storytelling, and the actors, and director and set designers, and composers etc. are working together to give you a a dark experience. And you get a piece of that experience, without actually having to go through it yourself. And yeah, it's fun. It's like a controlled experiment. You get the adrenaline rush, and the creepy vibes, and the shared experience of things that are usually taboo. And that's exciting. And Cassie I also consider The Witches my first horror movie. LOL

[@MorrisB3]

I LOVE this. Rooting for you girls. I was raised on tons of Adult and Horror movies. Plus, I am an American in Texas so nothing really scares me. 😂

[@MoviesandCoffee]

I was scared of EVERYTHING as a kid & I saw some films I shouldn't have but the funny thing is I love scary movies now. Maybe it reminds me of being a child? It's manufactured fear, like a rollercoaster.

[@ct6852]

Yeah, that's how I look at it. Like a bunch of people got together to put on a show designed to get the audience's heart rate up. The 'controlled' aspect is what makes it fun and not horrible.

[@ct6852]

Scream was kind of the one that got me hooked. I remember my babysitter telling me they were filming a movie at her grandparents house, and it turned out it was Stu's home from the big climactic scene at the end. I got to hear a bit about the filming, but it was pretty hush hush, even back then. Anyways saw it at the theater when I was 11 and it was a super fun experience. Then immediately rented a bunch from the video store after that. I've seen most of them at this point.

[@Mr59Kenzo]

Cassie The primary source material for early Disney movies was traditional fairy tales and folk stories; most notably seen in their first feature-length film, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," which heavily drew from the Brothers Grimm fairy tale of the same name

[@GilbertClark]

Your jump scares are the best. Keep watching scary movies please. You too Carly, please.

[@timwong5908]

The two movies that I remember scaring me as a kid were Phantasm and The Sentinel (as well as Night Gallery (tv show)). I was way not ready for both.

[@johndrake2147]

1st traumatic scene for me as a kid was the swamp scene in Never Ending Story.... poor Artax ... also the massive black wolf didn't help.

[@pepperVenge]

The first Hostile film and the 2007 Hills Have Eyes ruined me.

[@ct6852]

I distinctly remember people walking out of Hills when it started to get disturbing.

[@justtired9957]

My first scary movie was Jaws. I was very young…maybe 8 or 9. It stuck with me, but I became fascinated with the genre. The Exorcist was the first horror film that disturbed me.

[@noodle_fc]

As a kid, I got scared watching Ghostbusters. Not by the ghosts though, because I knew ghosts don't exist. I got scared when they go to fight Gozer and the ground cracks open and swallows them. We lived in the midwest. I'd never experienced an earthquake, but I knew it was a possibility, and I thought that's what would really happen! DIDN'T LIKE THAT ONE BIT

[@mike91mdk45]

My first scary film as a kid was interview with the vampire. Lestat especially. The scene where he comes back from the swamp all rotted, grimy, and angry. Can't unsee it. That and the warwick davis leprechaun films. His makeup and voice in those movies freaked me out. My older brother used to tease me about it lol, mimicking that voice at night outside my door. I'm great with horror now, though i prefer action films.

[@meetmeonAndor]

like many others, I was exposed to horror films a little too early. One film that should've totally destroyed me, as a 6-7 year old kid, was The Exorcist. I've experienced it while hanging out with my older cousins who were already in Junior High and High School. That movie, surprisingly, did nothing to me. No nightmares at all, considering it's one of scariest of all time. Now that I've seen it a bazillion times, it's literally just a comedy. Others will agree, lol. And one horror movie I was obsessed with as a kid, Children of the Corn [1984] by the absolute legend, Stephen King. I don't know why. I just loved it. I remember drawing and recreating the scenes, like my very own script, lol. Today, I don't care much for it, but I still remember most of the lines. The theme song is creepy too. Favorite monster: Jason Vorhees. I've always liked his style of wearing the Hockey Mask in silence.

[@meetmeonAndor]

im with Carly, I cannot watch Signs alone. I've always been terrified of the "Greys". I had a lot of nightmares as a child. There were nights where I would wake up in the middle of night, on my side, and I'd be so terrified of turning around affraid of actually seeing an alien by my bed staring at me. I would just stare at the wall until daylight. I guess I watched too much of The X-Files and alien/ufo documentaries. As an adult, I get goosebumps everytime I see them. Even ET scares me a little, lol. Since Carly is ok to watch alien movies, Fire In The Sky [1993], would be a good one to watch together sometime. Based on true events. love the podcast! cheers 🍻

[@oscarchip01]

The score from Jaws kept me from watching it as a little kid. My dad took me to see Jaws 4 and the opening scene had me running out of the theater by the music alone. Then there was The Exorcist. It was re-released in theaters when I was 5 or 6. When it got really scary, I felt I had to keep my eyes opened to be safe. Back then wearing a knife on your belt wasn’t a big deal, I took my dads knife out of its sheath and held it in front of me and stabbed at the screen to keep the bad stuff away. I ended up cutting my dad. At a very young age, I learned what’s in my head is likely worse than what’s on the screen. Fast forward to high school and my sisters and I are on a horror movie kick. We rented The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and before you see anything bad happen, the atmosphere and sets made it too scary for my sisters and they turned it off. I don’t think they’ve ever finished it. Then The Exorcist is released again for the 20th anniversary and we go see it. I was wearing a flannel shirt and a t shirt underneath, my sister Nichole took my flannel and she was hiding under it and I look over to my sister Abby and she’s covered her eyes with her hand. As an adult, it’s certainly what I can’t see is what creeps me out the most so movies like The Blair Witch Project and Dark Waters get me the best.

[@manuelvillacana9284]

I knew it, Cassie and I are closer to the same age. Because Dumbo was my childhood favorite movie. Even though it wasn't hers, it was something in the v.h.s. box that we own. Along with Beverly Hills cop, Conan the destroyer.a sure thing and Return to wtich mountain. But the earliest of life for me is the mid-eighties. P.s. Yes, we picture ourselves as the characters in horror movies.

[@robertallen972]

As a lifelong horror fan, I can state unequivocally that I absolutely empathize with the characters on screen. But I’m also aware that what’s taking place onscreen is fiction. I don’t believe Cassie is fully able to make that distinction. Time and again I’ve heard her talk about liking or disliking an actor based on the characters they played, even going so far as to say that she hoped a particular actor was a “good guy” in a movie she was about to react to, because she wanted that actor to “redeem” himself after a prior, unconnected movie. They are NOT the characters they portray. It’s fiction. And, once you can make that distinction fully, the scary stuff onscreen just becomes another story, to be told well or poorly.

[@brianabare7515]

I have always been jumpy! Totally relate- have had an 8 year old jump scare me and she and her friend could not stop laughing

[@hfsjfc8111]

I can watch the older scary movies without getting too scared now but 21st century scary movies rely too much on the loud sounds and jump scares and it takes me out of the plot. That said, I watched Poltergeist when I was younger than 10 and had massive nightmares and I didn't watch it till I was over 20, still hesitantly. But now, I can watch it without blinking an eye (and your reaction to it was my favorite.) The movie that shouldn't have been scary but scared me was War of the Worlds because of the noise the tripods made when they first come out of the ground. I've had a fear of noises that aren't recognizable and that was one.

[@cliffendicott7832]

This is a silly one.... The first thing I remember watching on TV that gave me a nightmare as a kid was the TV special "Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer". I don't remember being scared watching it, but that night I had a nightmare that the Abominable Snowman was chasing me in the Artic. I woke up because he caught me and was about to smash me into a rock - woke up screaming for my mother. I realize I was 6 years old or something like that, but it's still comical to me that that show gave me a nightmare.

[@seefitch4601]

Bambi scarred me at about age 3. Beetle-Juice horrified me when he turned into the snake...I screamed my head off & ran outta the room! There's a movie called Silent Night Deadly Night...avoid it at all costs! Snakes, needles & Santa are my triggers...I will straight up flip out! Sadly, the stories that Disney chooses to re-make, have truly horrific endings in reality. A Goofy Movie is my fave Disney film...then Aladdin. Most of the live action Disney films I love are from Hollywood Pictures. Disney's unloved films like Hook go there. Hook is 1 of my all time favorite too!

[@seefitch4601]

Continued: As an adult...I walked out of The Devil's Rejects. I can handle violence. I don't like slasher flicks..only Natural Born Killers & God Bless America. But, clowns trigger me almost as much as Santa. I'm not exactly afraid of them...I just want to attack them lol But I hated the clown in The Devil's Rejects so much that I was a bit relieved when the actor died. The 4th Kind messed with me for a week or 2. Frailty is a hard movie to wrap your head around. Off subject: Surely, you've seen 12 Monkeys with Brad Pitt & Bruce Willis...it's 1 of my faves!

[@onemanreactionfaction7636]

It looks like I have a new favorite podcast! I've been a subscriber/viewer of PIB since day 1 and I look forward to seeing what you two do with this. As for what scared me as a kid, mannequins and dolls. There were a lot of TV shows and movies as a kid that had evil mannequins and dolls. I couldn't go into O'Neill's or JC Penney with my mom without getting freaked out by the mannequins. I always thought they were watching me. And I've been a huge horror guru since I was 3. I would actually love to be a guest with you two in the future. I'm an expert in the collectibles industry and I'd love to talk to you about all the pieces/collectibles that people send you and talk to you about the sports/pop culture collectibles in general. I think it would be fun! Keep up the good work!

[@EdiCemalovic-z3m]

This is one of my favorite KZbin podcast ever! Been amazing!

[@Piper79h]

Invisible Man was too scary… it unnerved me. I am also very easily startled. I jump when my husband or kids come into a room. It’s dumb. I don’t know why, but my jump game is strong.

[@zanejunkin]

My first was Fidget The Bat from The Great Mouse Detective. When he appeared, I jumped back like 5 feet and screamed. 😱

[@citymistproductions]

As a child, I was a big fan of the British science fiction show Doctor Who, and I remain a huge fan to this day. The show is known for being frightening to children, but the only episode that really ever got to me was 2011's "Night Terrors," in which the leads are trapped inside a dollhouse in a little boy's closet and are chased through the halls by enormous wooden dolls. I had some very vivid nightmares following that episode and didn't revisit it for almost ten years

[@jhibbitt1]

It was the empty child one that did it for me

[@choof7543]

My parents were fairly lax when it came to what I watched, so just listing movies Cassie has seen these are all movies I saw before I was 8: the shining, Halloween, alien/aliens, nightmare on elm Street, JAWS, Poltergeist. I also grew up on an actual Elm Street so those movies just hit different.

[@valoguy]

Bring me on as a guest next Halloween. I'll explain how horror movies were changed by the real life actions of one man in late 1950s rural Wisconsin.

[@EdiCemalovic-z3m]

I saw the 2006 "When a Stranger Calls" with Camilla Belle. It was crazy! She was on Disney Channel movie Rip Girls." She was a little girl in "The Lost World: Jurassic Park." "Push" with Chris Evans and Dakota Fanning. Anyone saw the movie "10,000 BC." She was in that one.

[@ct6852]

The Camilla Belle one was a really solid remake imo. Took everything good about the first one, and extended it out.

[@shawnkildal3151]

CBS used to air a show late, late at night on Friday's called Kolchak: The Night Stalker. Kolchak was a Chicago news reporter who kept dealing with Vampires, Mummys, etc. I was too young but watched anyway and it still scars me.

[@RumSoakedGamer]

When I was younger I was already watching things like Jurassic Park (1993) and Predator (1987) and loving it. In retrospect, it's curious. Because I don't really care for horror films. You'd think those examples would have been precursors, but, no. I just find them utterly predictable. Maybe even boring. Just seems like its all about the shock and gore factor. But that by itself is not scary. It's certainly not entertaining. It's simply disgusting. In my humble opinion, anyway. Haha

[@BryanAlaspa]

Here's why I love horror. I hate roller coasters. You'll never catch me jumping out of a perfectly good airplane. I get my thrills with horror novels and movies. I love being scared and a good jump scare. I'm also an author of horror novels. Also...I've seen so many horror movies in case you ever need a guest LOL.

[@IJdude1]

I went to a birthday party when i was 10 or 11, for some reason all my friends were way older than me. We ended up watching "Hostel part 2"... needless to say I didn't get much sleep that night!

[@SaRENRampaiger]

childhood trauma for me in movies: Fantasia's Chernabog from Nightmare on Bald Mountain, Cujo (Phobia of barking dogs), and Audition from Japan plus LittleFoot's mom in Land Before time.

[@Benjerro]

I watched X-Files with my mother as kid and I never got scared from anything, EXCEPT the aliens. I don't know why, but the bright light and then you are gone, scared me for many years. We had a bathroom window and when a car drove down the street at night, the headlight would shine trough the window. I was scared to go to the bathroom, when it was dark outside.

[@wolfie_von]

My first horror movie was Stephen King's Silver Bullet when I was 3 w/ my mom. Then Night of the Living Dead and The Lost Boys when I was 9. It's just snowballed since then 😅

[@ThomasSchmid]

1980's movie called Alligator, about a flushed away pet alligator that grows enormous and kills people. Had a nightmare of it coming out of the floor and eating me and my bed whole, as a 10 year old maybe. I still don't like horror movies and jump scares to this day, and I'm 46

[@internetsideshow]

I am never frightened by scary movies (I absolutely love them), but I cannot play a horror video game.

[@Charles-d4e3b]

A review. 5 stars You ladies rock!!!! I remember your Dante’s Peak watch was awesome. Pet Cemetery Rachel’s sisters twisted back scene , I’ll twist your back like you twisted mine. I can’t. Just can’t. The MIST ending scene with Thomas Jane in the car should be removed. ( not really but Geez ) It should be a crime. Any parent can not handle that scene. No way

[@FutureBoy85]

I don't remember my first scary movie but I've been watching em since I was very young. Maybe too young 😅 I consider myself a horror movie veteran, but the Exorcist scared me so bad as a kid 😱 I can watch it now and not get scared. When I was in high school. The Grudge by Sam Raimi creeper me out 😂 Not as bad as the Exorcist though. It's one of my favorite horror movies. That one and Insidious 😈 I'd be lying if I said I didn't find yalls jumpscares amusing 😁 I love watching scary/horror movies for the thrill I guess. It's fun to be scared watching a movie because there's no danger. I guess it's kinda like people who like to ride roller-coasters. I have a fairly high threshold when it comes to horror movies. Probably because I started watching them at a young age.

[@jaredkinney9239]

I watched Coraline, the animated movie with the button eyes, when I was 10, and that gave me nightmares for months

[@SaRENRampaiger]

ANd my other childhood trauma would be the cartoons of Watership DOwn and Charlotte's Web..

[@ejo24]

7, if ya know ya know

[@jasonpratt3970]

I don’t do horror often. October slows my reaction viewing so much because so many of the channels commit the entire month to horror and suspense.

[@ShaMicKan]

I don’t like gore, because it gross, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen a movie I thought was scary. I was a big fan of the Stephen King adaptations even as a child.

[@BryanFritchie]

I don't do horror movies, either. I just don't think it's good for the brain and it desensitizes people to certain types of behavior. And for Carly, I also close my eyes during previews at the theater (which I also still love going to).

[@manuelvillacana9284]

P.s The reason why the Dumbo sceneabout him getting drunk didn't affect me is because I was raised by my father, who was a alcoholic and he ended up dying of liver Sorosis but when he was drunk, he was happy because he needed alcohol in his body each day and when he didn't have alcohol. He was a bit mean. So it makes sense to me. You're not seeing where Dumbo got drunk and start to see the pink elephants. And I think I asked my dad. Did he see pink elephants?😂

[@nappsandnurture]

Car , watch Pinocchio 😅

[@existenceisrelative]

Hey! I didn't know this existed!!

[@jdogjohnson382]

Candyman (1992) really scared me as a kid dont know if you ladies have seen that one but considering how you handle certain horror films i may not recommend that one it is creepy and gory in parts.

[@paulwhittaker5494]

For an odd heartwarming sob then Batteries Not Included for me & for pure trauma then Watership Down 1978 & Kes from 1969... ( I don't have a problem with super gross out horror, but anything psychological that taps into the anxiety & paranoia of human existence, I nope out of... )~ It Follows is one that I couldn't watch due to that...

[@user-dannny12]

5 stars from for this and for popcorn in bed chanel and can't wait to turn in for next time and is this going to be a weekly podcast

[@rafaybutt7581]

0:40 really then how about a 1 or a 0 or a negative 0:44 or what😏😁

[@Metal_is_the_Solution]

I really wish Cassie would watch The Walking Dead fully on the channel!

[@sjy3000]

You ladies may have been the most sheltered ever. You are both around 40 and act like these reactions are the first time you ever saw a scary movie