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We've all been pretty jaded to on-screen violence and cruelty for years, but when you were a young viewer - and naive as to just how dark films can get - which scenes scarred you, either because of the level of violence or because of a mean and/or cruel tone.
THE TOXIC AVENGER - I saw this after Part II (around 11 years old) and was not at all prepared. The scene where the kid gets run over by the villains haunted me for at least a year. Watching the film many times since, I realized the brilliance of this scene: it happens around the 8 minute mark and it's so vicious that it keeps you on the edge of your seat the entire film - wondering what could possibly be coming next. Also, the music playing in the background during the scene is the happiest, most upbeat pop song imaginable and makes it that much more disturbing. No scene before or since has upset me as much as this one.
ROBOCOP 2 - There's something off about this movie and I was aware of it even as a kid - it's one of the most mean-spirited Hollywood films ever released. The scene that really shocked me is when the Little Leaguers rob the electronic's store with their coach, especially when you see two of them torturing the elderly owner by smacking him on the knee with an aluminum baseball bat (one kid is hitting him and the other kid is saying: "Harder!").
STONE COLD - This was another one that seemed off at the time, in regards to its level of violence and cruelty. The opening montage of the biker shooting the priest, followed by him blowing up the judge who convicted him was really scary, but the scene that haunted me is when Chains and the other bikers abduct the National Guardsmen, put them in wood crates and shoot them to death in cold blood.
What are some of your traumatizing movie memories?
THE TOXIC AVENGER - I saw this after Part II (around 11 years old) and was not at all prepared. The scene where the kid gets run over by the villains haunted me for at least a year. Watching the film many times since, I realized the brilliance of this scene: it happens around the 8 minute mark and it's so vicious that it keeps you on the edge of your seat the entire film - wondering what could possibly be coming next. Also, the music playing in the background during the scene is the happiest, most upbeat pop song imaginable and makes it that much more disturbing. No scene before or since has upset me as much as this one.
ROBOCOP 2 - There's something off about this movie and I was aware of it even as a kid - it's one of the most mean-spirited Hollywood films ever released. The scene that really shocked me is when the Little Leaguers rob the electronic's store with their coach, especially when you see two of them torturing the elderly owner by smacking him on the knee with an aluminum baseball bat (one kid is hitting him and the other kid is saying: "Harder!").
STONE COLD - This was another one that seemed off at the time, in regards to its level of violence and cruelty. The opening montage of the biker shooting the priest, followed by him blowing up the judge who convicted him was really scary, but the scene that haunted me is when Chains and the other bikers abduct the National Guardsmen, put them in wood crates and shoot them to death in cold blood.
What are some of your traumatizing movie memories?
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