But Mum, I've done a wee! and other tales

[KatherineB]

I had to be taken out of Snow White because it terrified me so much (this was a re-screening in about 1980).

[gerund]

When I was 8 or 9 I watched an old black and white movie from Hammer Horror called The Abominable Snowman

At the time I had been protected from horror films by my Mother, but this time I was put into a TV room during a Christmas Party. The TV was initially set to a childrens movie, but as soon as the adults left one of the other children changed the channel.

The movie ends with Peter Cushing being caught by the Yeti and all we see as the viewer is Cushing being approached by this large ugly creature, then we see him back at the monastery where he states there is no such thing as the Yeti. He has been brainwashed by the creatures and does not remember.

I went home that night and could not turn off the light and get into bed. I was frozen at the light switch for about half an hour. I kept seeing the creature come into the light in the cave as it approached Peter Cushing.

I have since watched that old movie and laughed at the cheesy mask they made to make the monster seem terrifying. But at 8 years old I was not ready to see that movie. I was a little boy who hid behind the couch when Lassie was trying to save Timmy who had fallen down the well.

"Woof woof"
"What's wrong girl?"
"Woof Woof"
"Timmy's in trouble?"
"Woof woof"

I never saw any of that, I was behind the couch with my hands over my ears.

A Hammer Horror was too much.

[Trixie]

After reading some of the other stories it made remember a tale from my own youth (thanks, people! ).

When I was a kid probably around 3 or so, my parents decided it would be a good idea to see Planet of the Apes for family movie night at the drive-in. And that is showing my age. I don't actually remember the movie itself I just remember being freaking terrified of the apes. Though some of that may have been with help from my older siblings. Still haven't seen any of the movies all the way through and yes I still find the apes kinda creepy.

[taxguykarl]

When I was a kid probably around 3 or so, my parents decided it would be a good idea to see Planet of the Apes for family movie night at the drive-in. And that is showing my age. I don't actually remember the movie itself I just remember being freaking terrified of the apes....and yes I still find the apes kinda creepy.

I cringe at the thought of those kids (yes that age and even younger) whose fool parents thought it was a good idea to take them along to Hannibal--that's right, The Silence of the Lambs sequel.

[Jay 2K Winger]

I cringe at the thought of those kids (yes that age and even younger) whose fool parents thought it was a good idea to take them along to Hannibal--that's right, The Silence of the Lambs sequel.

I'm grateful that when I worked at the movie theater when that movie came out (Hannibal), the theater was adamantly against severely underage children going in to see that movie. Hell, they were carding people left and right for that film.

[Ironclad Alibi]

The first horror movie I remember seeing, because it scared me so much, was Horrors of the Black Museum. The trick with the binoculars really freaked me out. We saw it at a drive-in theater when I was 11 or 12.

[gerund]

The last time I went to a movie theatre was to see Kill Bill 1. Sitting next to me in this ultra violent movie was a little girl I estimate was about 4 or 5 years old.

I don't know what her mother was thinking, bringing a girl that age into such a movie, but she sat there the whole time just looking down and singing to herself. She spoiled the movie for me, because every time there was a period of silence I could hear her singing, and the whole time I could see her out of my peripheral vision kicking her legs.

Now I wait and watch them at home.

[Employee28567]

This is one reason to miss the drive-in. When I was a wee tot, back in the Olden Days (the 70's), my parents lined the back cargo area of the station wagon with blankets and pillows, put us both back there and watched anything they wanted. We're talking Marianne Faithful in Naked Under Leather (now called Girl on a Motorcycle; it's available from Criterion Collection), Papillon--the one with the guillotines, and all those delightful Woody Allen comedies, like Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex, but were Afraid to Ask.

They assumed we were asleep.

That's ASS-U-ME-D.

[Trixie]

I'm sure that's what my parents thought I'd be sleeping. There's a bit of an age difference between me and my siblings but even so just made them young enough so staying home to babysit wasn't an option.

[Legacy_of_Torment]

Parents let their kids in to see Hannibal?! When that movie was released here, we used to take bets on who was going to be the one out of 250 people to throw up when it came to a certain scene. Garunteed there was always one, and yep...'twas me who had to clean up.

[Mytical]

I honestly don't remember what movies I went to as a child. The drive ins I do remember, the sitting in a back of a vehicle or in lawn chairs I remember. The water balloon fights, the games of tag, throwing frisbees.. mind you this was a drive in.. and before the movies started. We were in our seats, watching the movie when that come on.. because my mom and dad expected that.. and if they didn't get it.. the wrath of some deity would come from the heavens upon our poor heads. Thy shalt not test my mom and dad... you will fail the test every time.

You asked permission to go to the concession stand. In fact the only thing you did not have to ask permission for was to go to the bathroom.

I remember going to my first indoor theater.. I was on extra special good behavior .. because they made sure to let me know that it was a treat... and one that would not happen again if I was not behaved. Then again, my parents were always told "You have such well behaved children! How do you do it?". There are still people today who actually raise children. They are getting fewer and fewer though (or at least seems that way)

Note : I will admit my parents did use a belt on me when I was young, it was a different time. However, after about 7 years old they never had to. Their voice alone was enough, we knew exactly how far we could press our luck. When 'the voice' was used, discussion ended and we did as told.

[Jay 2K Winger]

There are still people today who actually raise children. They are getting fewer and fewer though (or at least seems that way)

Correction, Myt:

There are plenty of people who raise children. Lots of them, in fact.

There does, it must be said, seem to be a depressingly fewer number of people who raise their children well. Crucial difference.

[Pagan]

Got the crap scared out of me by just a clip from a movie on TV when I was about 8....the shower scene from "Psycho". To this day, I swear it was in color.

[Dentarthurdent]

Cranky Old Person: So? I'm gonna do that, too! Show me which seat, that way, you only need to clean up one!

I am frankly baffled by your assertion that this particular sucktomer would do anything thoughtful like making someone's job easier by peeing in a peed-in seat.

[EricKei]

D.a.d.: Touché. ^_^

I recall going to an R-rated movie many years ago, and ending up seated two rows behind a group of about ten teeny-boppers...er, 13-14ish girls, escorted by a lone parental-type figure >_<