10 traumatic films for children

Ashley Bauer asked her Twitter followers what films traumatized them as children, and more than 26,000 people joined the discussion. Interestingly, some of the films mentioned in the comments are not at all horror movies. For example, the author of the post called "Jumanji" traumatic.

Oh this is a good one.

I'll start: Jumanji pic.twitter.com/q9aVSi1Grq

- Ashley Bower (@loudandfearless) February 18, 2020

Collected the most popular answers. For example, more than 4 thousand people agreed that this shot from the cartoon "Earth Before Time" haunted them in childhood.

I thought we ALL agreed to never speak of this again. Ow, my feelings.

- 🏳️‍🌈Faith Lehane🏳️‍🌈 (@ Trubie2012) February 19, 2020

I thought we ALL agreed never to talk about this again.

Ingenious concept:

Most kids couldn't WAIT to fall asleep at night & stop thinking about the monsters in scary movies.

Then comes along NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET where the hell starts WHEN you fall asleep.

No. Just no. pic.twitter.com/OBJEXkLoZg

- Bhakti (@BhaktiBrophy) February 19, 2020

- "A Nightmare on Elm Street".
- But the idea is brilliant: after scary films, children want to go to bed as soon as possible in order to forget about the monsters. And then A Nightmare on Elm Street comes out, where everything BEGINS in a dream.

Pinochio. The scene where Lampwick turns into a donkey freaked me out. pic.twitter.com/5EKO0JLP0r

- Vivian ʕ • ᴥ • ʔ (@vivkinder) February 18, 2020

Pinocchio. I was scared by the scene in which Wick turns into a donkey.

Poltergeist. That goddamn clown! Lol. I couldn’t sleep well at my friend’s house because she had one and a closet facing the end of the bed. I did it a few times, though. 😄 pic.twitter.com/pwXsIuPeK3

- Agent 99 🌎 Protect Wild Horses (@GetSmartResist) February 19, 2020

"Poltergeist". This damn clown! I could not sleep well at my friend's house because she had a clown and a wardrobe in front of the bed.

Well, and where without the "Jaws" (they were mentioned many times).

This. Scene. Right. Here. pic.twitter.com/6CIOHGEyAO

- malibucowgirl ☀️ (@malibucowgirl) February 19, 2020

Here. This. Scene.

Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Was at someone else's house and they were watching it. That crap was messed up (still is!) pic.twitter.com/paZpAcsoLj

- TruthWarrior ✝🗽🇺🇸 ✝ (@RLSTheFirst) February 19, 2020

"The Texas Chainsaw Massacre". I was visiting, and the owners of the house watched it. This movie is crazy.

I loved every other minute of the movie— and I still do— but man, the Boat Ride scene in Willy Wonka? The stuff that lifelong nightmares are made of.

- Trey Callaway (@TreyCallaway) February 18, 2020

I love Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, but the boat scene? Nightmares of a lifetime are guaranteed.

Who Framed Roger Rabbit... Do I even need to say why? pic.twitter.com/icjgzp1kzI

- Tristan Petty (@leiliaoieoawiej) February 19, 2020

Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Do I really need to explain why?

The Exorcist freaked me out pic.twitter.com/DxILY6JsBf

- Ron Rhodes (@RonanRhodes) February 19, 2020

The Exorcist scared the hell out of me.

I'm still messed up about The Day After pic.twitter.com/HLJ3UIaRSG

- bird of peace (@libraryluna) February 19, 2020

I still haven't come to my senses after the movie "The Next Day".

Have you watched films or cartoons as a child that influenced you as much? Let us know in the comments.