r/SipsTea • u/jaywritethekid • 1d ago

Wait a damn minute! Bruh...

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u/Ornery-Ad8372 1d ago

When I was about their age my brothers and sisters locked me in the family room and turned the thriller music video on while I was sleep. I woke up to Michael staring into my soul and to this day that video gets to me. I can watch any horror movie ever made and not feel fear but for some reason seeing Mike as a ghoul or whatever the hell he was shook me to core.

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u/Honest_District_ 1d ago

I had a similar experience, and it sounds like we’re around the same age, too.

When I was a kid, my dad let me watch Alien, and the first time I saw the Xenomorph, it left me with such an intense fear that everything else suddenly seemed harmless by comparison. Ghosts, zombies, or standard monsters weren't worth talking about anymore. I developed a genuine, deep-seated fear of extraterrestrials.

As I got older, around 14 to 16, I watched Signs for the first time, and for years, that was the scariest movie in the world to me.

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u/Nicely_Colored_Cards 1d ago

Bro I envy you that you got to be 14-16. My Mom made me watch Signs when I was like 10-12. Alone in our basement at night. (Whilst the adults were upstairs having a dinner party.)

Shit ducked me up bad. (Tbf tho she didn’t know it was that scary.)