As mentioned in an earlier post I was terrified (along with every other 70's kid) of this guy:
(http://www.political-rant.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/chitty-chitty-bang-bang-scary-child-catcher-lollipops.jpg)
And at a younger age:
(http://www.thechestnut.com/rupert/raggety/09.jpg)
I mean seriously, what were they thinking? :o
So, what / who were your childhood bogeymen? (with pictures).
Talos from "Jason and the Argonauts"
(http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg236/capthugeca/Taslos_zpsdfwlpn8j.jpg) (http://s249.photobucket.com/user/capthugeca/media/Taslos_zpsdfwlpn8j.jpg.html)
For ages after seeing the film, I wouldn't go upstairs on my own in case he was up there.
Really, I always found him rather funny. He's still under your bed you know :)
Which means Raggerty's under mine :-SS :-SS :-SS
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/02/Davros_Wisher.png)
Scared me spitless!
Oh dear god yes; forgot about him. It was the rubbery face and sealed eyes!
It has to be the Mekon.
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iOcZxnXni3g/Us1aVHxbaMI/AAAAAAAAEJM/Gal54QxJbCc/s1600/cas-00b-Phil-Lewis.jpg)
Aggggghhhhhh!!!!!!!!
I'd forgotten him too :'( :-SS :'(
The episode of Doctor Who with the country manor house being attacked by some sort of giant sea anemone. I became convinced it was lurking behind my bedroom door.
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D =O =O =O =O
Quote from: Last Hussar on 04 February 2015, 08:31:59 PM
The episode of Doctor Who with the country manor house being attacked by some sort of giant sea anemone. I became convinced it was lurking behind my bedroom door.
Picture please. :)
Anyone remember that green slime thing in Doctor Who (circa Tom Baker) that slowly ate people X_X
Daleks. Always Daleks.
Oh and Jimmy Saville.
The Mekon
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g440/dourpuritan/Mekon_Big_zpsskqauxy9.jpg)
X_X...
Thank you, Nobby !.......(You oik !)
Cheers - Phil
Quote from: Techno on 05 February 2015, 07:46:02 AM
X_X...
Thank you, Nobby !.......(You oik !)
Cheers - Phil
Looking good Phil :D
None. But I remember reading a vampire story late at night in my teens, quite aware it was a story, and enjoying it. The book was, however, illuminated by a lamp over my shoulder, and when I'd finished and I turned out the light, I still remember how the area of floating blackness in the middle of my retina gave me the heebie-jeebies.
That aside, history scares me far more than fiction.
Quote from: FierceKitty on 05 February 2015, 08:36:58 AM
That aside, history scares me far more than fiction.
There is that. I remember reading about "The Black Hole of Calcutta" when I was about ten; really frightened me.
Quatermass and the Pit always gave me the shivers - particularly the bit where the workman collapses and ground under him ripples.
Quote from: Hertsblue on 05 February 2015, 09:08:42 AM
Quatermass and the Pit always gave me the shivers - particularly the bit where the workman collapses and ground under him ripples.
Dodged that one; was a little too young.
Saw the Exorcist when it first came out...never again. One of those films that by today's horror standards is probably quite tame but at the time it scared the sh*t out of me. Apart from that no real baddies, we got into the whole TV thing late as we lived in various places around the globe in the '60's.
Quote from: Subedai on 05 February 2015, 09:55:50 AM
Saw the Exorcist when it first came out...never again. One of those films that by today's horror standards is probably quite tame but at the time it scared the sh*t out of me. Apart from that no real baddies, we got into the whole TV thing late as we lived in various places around the globe in the '60's.
The exorcist is still scary; any horror with kids in freaks me out.
Quote from: getagrip on 05 February 2015, 07:52:17 AM
Looking good Phil :D
Reminds me that I'll need a haircut soon. :-[
Cheers - Phil
When I was a lad (wheeze..), it was the fear of monsters under the bed :-S. Putting out the bedroom light was therefore a challenge :-\.
Because they only attacked in darkness! :o
So, when the light was on, I carefully paced out (in Usain Bolt paces) the distance to the bed. On the final pace, the plan was then to launch myself into the air towards the bed with a dive that would impress Superman (so as to foil any last minute attempts by monsters to grab my ankles). Of course, when you turn off the light, it goes pitch black. And there are lots of obstacles (chair, chest of drawers, wardrobe). Considering the number of times I did that at top speed in (literally) blind faith (and terror), its a wonder I never ran (or dived) into a wall or piece of furniture.
I love these .....
http://rockwellxpar.tripod.com/mergedmonstersunderthebed13.html (http://rockwellxpar.tripod.com/mergedmonstersunderthebed13.html)
(view from Image 14 onwards .... oh, view them all - they're all good!)
;D Love the Calvin and Hobbs ;)
Quote from: Techno on 05 February 2015, 10:48:17 AM
Reminds me that I'll need a haircut soon. :-[
Luck you still got any at your age....
IanS
Quote from: ianrs54 on 05 February 2015, 12:38:06 PM
Luck you still got any at your age....
IanS
Yeah, but you should see what he does with it :D
Oh no! Do you think Techno's sculpting ability is tied to his hair length - like Sampson's strength?
(http://non-productive.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/nosferatu-1922.jpg)
Noseratu, 1922.
My mother saw this in about 1950 and still won't leave a bedroom window open.
I think it looks like a shaved Ross Noble.
Quote from: fsn on 05 February 2015, 01:08:01 PM
Oh no! Do you think Techno's sculpting ability is tied to his hair length - like Sampson's strength?
It's possible:
Michelangelo:
(http://a4.files.biography.com/image/upload/c_fill,dpr_1.0,g_face,h_300,q_80,w_300/MTE1ODA0OTcxNzIzNjIxOTAx.jpg)
Rodin:
(http://www.biografiasyvidas.com/biografia/r/fotos/rodin.jpg)
Just a couple of famous sculptors I selected at random(ish). :D
Perhaps he should grow a beard; he'd be even better!
Can't really remember any Baddies that scared me as a kid. Certinaly not the comic (to me) child catcher from CCBB.
Quote from: Steve J on 05 February 2015, 04:15:33 PM
Certinaly not the comic (to me) child catcher from CCBB.
Comic? :o :o :o
The little old lady librarian ghost in the film The Ghostbusters [not the stupid monster she turns into mind, but the human-looking spirit].
(http://img4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110624123150/ghostbusters/images/thumb/1/17/Libraryghost05.png/500px-Libraryghost05.png)
Here's a youtube clip ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYjFKsJjCP0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYjFKsJjCP0)
Quote from: getagrip on 04 February 2015, 06:57:32 PM
As mentioned in an earlier post I was terrified (along with every other 70's kid) of this guy:
(http://www.political-rant.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/chitty-chitty-bang-bang-scary-child-catcher-lollipops.jpg)
And at a younger age:
(http://www.thechestnut.com/rupert/raggety/09.jpg)
I mean seriously, what were they thinking? :o
So, what / who were your childhood bogeymen? (with pictures).
ARRRRGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH... that is me needing to change my underwear now... please give warnings if HE is going to appear:)....back to therapy I go :'(
Quote from: Westmarcher on 05 February 2015, 10:52:37 AM
When I was a lad (wheeze..), it was the fear of monsters under the bed :-S. Putting out the bedroom light was therefore a challenge :-\.
Because they only attacked in darkness! :o
So, when the light was on, I carefully paced out (in Usain Bolt paces) the distance to the bed. On the final pace, the plan was then to launch myself into the air towards the bed with a dive that would impress Superman (so as to foil any last minute attempts by monsters to grab my ankles). Of course, when you turn off the light, it goes pitch black. And there are lots of obstacles (chair, chest of drawers, wardrobe). Considering the number of times I did that at top speed in (literally) blind faith (and terror), its a wonder I never ran (or dived) into a wall or piece of furniture.
you forgot that Monsters under your bed are stupid...so if you flush the loo and sprint, it doesn't matter if the light is off, they think you are still in the bathroom until the flush stops...
As a small child I knew there were no monsters under the bed because if I was upset or anxious I would go and lie under the bed until I had calmed down.
No ... I have no idea why I did it nor why it worked. But it did!
Quote from: Hertsblue on 05 February 2015, 09:08:42 AM
Quatermass and the Pit always gave me the shivers
That film got me as a kid too X_X
Quote from: Maenoferren on 05 February 2015, 05:16:13 PM
you forgot that Monsters under your bed are stupid...so if you flush the loo and sprint, it doesn't matter if the light is off, they think you are still in the bathroom until the flush stops...
Sad thing is, Nobby's still doing that :D
I used to think that the noise of the toilet flush would wake the monsters up, so I did not flush. It really annoyed my older sister :d
Quote from: Sandinista on 05 February 2015, 06:17:19 PM
I used to think that the noise of the toilet flush would wake the monsters up, so I did not flush. It really annoyed my older sister :d
;D
Beginning to think a moderator should merge this thread with the 10mm = crazy topic. It's beginning to explain a few things :)
All of this....Just all of it
http://youtu.be/Sg6IVUvVsAs
Quote from: Fenton on 05 February 2015, 06:49:46 PM
All of this....Just all of it
http://youtu.be/Sg6IVUvVsAs
Oh dear lord, I'd forgotten that X_X
Can you remember the rug on polished floor mantrap one? Used to worry me!
Quote from: getagrip on 05 February 2015, 06:58:45 PM
Can you remember the rug on polished floor mantrap one? Used to worry me!
Mmmm. Sounds like you suffered from a form of
luposlipaphobia. :-B
[Luposlipaphobia - the fear of being pursued by timber wolves around a kitchen table while wearing socks on a newly-waxed floor.]
Quote from: Fenton on 05 February 2015, 06:49:46 PM
All of this....Just all of it
http://youtu.be/Sg6IVUvVsAs
Eek! That is me never going near water again....
The one where drivers were stolen by aliens had me peeking round corners for months!
(http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc94/madlemmey/296391_10150408896171101_346357442_n_zpsk1jg2rbf.jpg) (http://s214.photobucket.com/user/madlemmey/media/296391_10150408896171101_346357442_n_zpsk1jg2rbf.jpg.html)
(http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc94/madlemmey/149500_10150095077096101_4089628_n_zpswgbvupnc.jpg) (http://s214.photobucket.com/user/madlemmey/media/149500_10150095077096101_4089628_n_zpswgbvupnc.jpg.html)
Nuff said!
Love the teddy bear cartoon :)
It's a rather big monster to get under the bed.
Quote from: fsn on 05 February 2015, 08:24:56 PM
It's a rather big monster to get under the bed.
They expand when they come out ;)
My order brother once told me a vampire lived under mine, b@$tud! >:(
Quote from: getagrip on 05 February 2015, 08:30:40 PM
They expand when they come out ;)
Have you spoken to your doctor?
;D
...... Dr Siggy Freud by any chance? :)
Quote from: Westmarcher on 05 February 2015, 08:49:30 PM
;D
...... Dr Siggy Freud by any chance? :)
He's way beyond that...he needs Arkham or similar :D
;D ;D
BTW my wife has never been too keen on clowns (makes you wonder why she married me :O)- probably therapy that back fired). Does anyone remember the clown in Poltergeist?
(I must admit I found that slightly scary myself - and we were both grown-ups when we saw it! :-S #:-S)
P.S. Mad Lemney .... Anatidaephobia ..... always liked that one! ;D Maybe we need our own phobia. How about Monstrasublectophobia?
The ultimate scary clown is Pennywise from it: I'm still scared of him!
Quote from: getagrip on 05 February 2015, 10:32:08 PM
The ultimate scary clown is Pennywise from it: I'm still scared of him!
It is one of the best horror books I've read from the pen of Mr King...apart from the ending, which I thought was pants. The fillum isn't too bad though I agree.
The other book of his that scared the cr*p out of me was The Shining, the bit with the body in the bath...shudder.
Quote from: Subedai on 05 February 2015, 10:41:13 PM
The other book of his that scared the cr*p out of me was The Shining, the bit with the body in the bath...shudder.
Didn't read the book but the film
was excellent!
Quote from: Westmarcher on 05 February 2015, 10:49:46 PM
Didn't read the book but the film was excellent!
Oh, trust me, the book is oodles better.
Strangely though I much preferred the film of Carrie to the book.
Quote from: Westmarcher on 05 February 2015, 10:49:46 PM
Didn't read the book but the film was excellent!
Kubrick never showed his genius more than taking that tacky little piece of hack writing and seeing its potential for one of the top movies ever made. Those long tracking shots get me every time, even after seeing it dozens of times.
... red rum ..... redrum ..... :-S :-S ..... :d
He wasn't scary !
You only had to feed him Polos to keep him happy.
Cheers - Phil
Quote from: Techno on 06 February 2015, 06:49:07 AM
He wasn't scary !
You only had to feed him Polos to keep him happy.
Cheers - Phil
;D =O ;D
Quote from: Westmarcher on 05 February 2015, 11:30:05 PM
... red rum ..... redrum ..... :-S :-S ..... :d
What's scary about a Grand National winner?
Quote from: Hertsblue on 06 February 2015, 09:30:13 AM
What's scary about a Grand National winner?
Stewards' enquiry?
He's gone to that great paddock in the sky....
... or a Tesco lasagne :)
Turf luck either way.
Well, he was thirty, according to Wikipedia. That's got to be almost as old as the Queen Mother in horse years?
Hoof 'ave believed it! (I know, I've cracked that one before :-[). Very close, HB. According to one source, a 30 year old horse is roughly age 85 in human terms apparently. The QM was, of course, 100 when she died and in her nineties, had suffered a broken collar bone, a fractured pelvis and two replacement hips (one of which, ironically, was in consequence of a slip at Sandringham stables). It was a hairline fracture that prompted Red Rum's retirement (we don't know if he slipped in the same place .. he might have .. but probably not :-\ ). 30 years is the average life expectancy of a horse. So, they both did rather well! I didn't know all of that before. What a wonderful educational forum this is. :-B
:)
Can't help thinking that "retirement" for horses is a massive euphemism. :-\
Remember Blade Runner?
Was it a Derby winner? :-\
Are we equating the queen mum with a horse?
What next? A Tesco lasagne ... with some fava beans and a big Amarone? ;)
Certainly not. Do you take me for a foal?
You did seem a little hoarse :)
But well shod.
IanS
Come on guys, let's not saddle Techno with coat duty again :D
X_X X_X X_X X_X
Give me strength !
Nobby can't chew all of these coats.....
Cheers - Phil
I think Techno is bridling at the thought Gareth
Good point Steve; but he'll soon get the bit between his teeth :D
Not so sure Gareth I think he'll stirrup trouble if you keep annoying him with puns
Oh god - another canter through the puns.
He should be okay if we don't trot out the same old gags.
He's going to pommel you
You lot trying to stirrup trouble?
Neigh lad.
Poor crop of puns
How come I get saddled with the job of returning all these coats ?
Excuse me while I stifle a yawn. (Is that one too horsey ?)
Cheers - Phil.
Phil, you're such an old nag :D
But stable.
Hay, this is better than our usual fodder.
Phil Please get their 'oats for them would you
Way to spur him on Steve
I think you and Leman are jockeying for position to see who can make up the best pun. I'm not sure who it is so I'll sit on the fence
Bet you a pony I win :D
I'd bale out now, while you've got the chance.
Hay - Ho !
Cheers - Phil.
I pop out for a bit and its all gone to pot. You all need to shut your traps!
I was going to type that Will but the forum started throwing up errors. Got all buggy in fact
Do they charge carriage for this?
Just back in from the pub. Good to see there's been no long faces whilst I was away. :)
We kept our fingers on the Trigger like a Champion
Well the mane thing is - as long as you enjoyed yourselves. :D
I don't think we can keep this up furlong.
League it alone!
I think Lemmey just nosed a head with that one...
IanS
;D ;D
Just when I thought there couldn't be any mare (say in Scottish accent).
But I think we'll have to rein it in now. Serious question. Whilst I was away, which one of you was Muffin the Mule? :-X
That is an arrest-able of fence you know....
IanS
Comments like that make you look a bit of an ass
I resemble that remark...
IanS
Getting back to the topic of this thread, I notice nobody has mentioned the Big Bad Rabbit. Too traumatic a memory, is it?
Don't know what that was but Watership Down (which parents thought would be all fluffy bunnies) really messed my head up!
Wossa "wardship"?
A vessel with a large courtyard.
Parliamentary Ship ??
IanS
Quote from: FierceKitty on 07 February 2015, 12:10:27 PM
Wossa "wardship"?
Wardship - when a child is protected and made a ward of court.
Wardship Down - presumably termination of the above :)