r/SipsTea • u/jaywritethekid • 1d ago

Wait a damn minute! Bruh...

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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/MaximusHomerdrive 1d ago

My folks took me to see The Texas Chainsaw Massacre when I was 5. As it was starting, they told me it was a true story. Parenting was very different in the 70's.

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u/FreeOGPoohShiesty 16h ago

Lol. It’s kinda true. Just minus the chainsaw and mostly everything. But the psychopath with mommy issues was real.

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u/MaximusHomerdrive 15h ago

The psychopath with mommy issues was actually (very, very loosely) based on real life serial killer Ed Gein. That's why my parents told me that, I found out years later.