"My parents took me to see it in the theatre, under the impression that it would be appropriate for a seven-year-old. Princess Mombi's macabre wardrobe of disembodied heads; the psychopathic laughter of the wheelers, with all four limbs ending in squeaky wheels; Nicol Williamson's sinister, vicious Nome King all are permanent fixtures in my unconscious hall of famous terrors. And Fairuza Balk's Dorothy is eerie to match, a perfect uncanny heroine for a truly twisted children's film."
"I remember seeing it at the cinema with a gaggle of kids sitting on the seats in front of me. I think it was supposed to be some kind of birthday treat for them, but when the head came bobbing out of the sunken boat the screaming, wailing youngsters had to be ushered quickly out of the theatre as several were clearly traumatised to the point of needing professional help."
"Was fortunate to stumble into it before it became an overhyped cliche but I was a MESS for hours afterwards. Simple premise, no fancy cinema tricks or CGI or gore. You barely saw anything. People seem to either love it or hate it, but I found The Blair Witch Project truly unsettling. I'm one of those people who finds suggestion far more scary than explicitness, and that movie has it in spades."
"Oh dear god, I still have PTSD from watching Wolf Creek nearly 20 years ago. It is brilliantly awful. You're just a head on a stick has to be one of the best horror one-liners of all time. soultrumpet There's a really unwholesome feel to it. As someone who used to hitchhike in those parts of the world, it certainly put the wind up me. You are far beyond any help in these incredibly remote places."
Films such as Return to Oz, The Blair Witch Project, Wolf Creek, and A Nightmare on Elm Street caused intense fear and lasting distress for many childhood viewers. Return to Oz provoked traumatic images: Princess Mombi’s disembodied heads, wheelers’ laughter, the Nome King, and an uncanny Dorothy. A cinema screening forced children out when a head bobbed from a sunken boat. The Blair Witch Project unsettled through suggestion and minimal visibility rather than gore. Wolf Creek created PTSD and fear of remote isolation. A Nightmare on Elm Street produced prolonged terror in anxious children.
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