I remember being both disturbed and fascinated by The Singing Ringing Tree as a kid, although overall the fascination won out. The bear looked scary, the imp was worrying, the vivid colour and narration made it like nothing else. Weird but wonderful.
I remember being freaked out by 2 Dr Who episodes in particular: Killer Yeti's in the underground (I was almost 5), and one with the Master where there was a plastic sofa that killed people, a daffodil that squirted plastic over your face to kill you and a sculptured figure that came to life when heated up. Somebody bought it from a gallery, put it in the back of the car and drove off with the heating on. The figure came to life and strangled him.
I loved Dr Seuss books very much, but my older bro was freaked out by the pictures. He absolutely refused to have the books in our shared bedroom at night time. I remember him stomping off to tell my dad when I snuck one in to read.
There was a kids series - don't recall much about it now - but there were these pumpkins that could move, and they touched a kid and turned him into a pumpkin. Had several nightmares about that one! I'd love to know what it was???
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I would run as fast as my teeny legs would take me, tears streaming down my cheeks..
Some Dr Who (Planet of the Spiders was the first, with that chanting bit)
They whispered. I never trusted people who whispered, it was usually my two older brothers up to something.
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Tripods
Pipkin's
All disturbed me in various ways.
I've never liked pantomimes, apart from one which is rarely performed.
The mini-series of Stephen's King's Salem's Lot
The Sapphire And Steel episode with the faceless man in the photograph
The Jagaroth in Doctor Who
Most of Hammer House Of Horror (although they're all pretty laughable on rewatching as an adult)
One Of These Days off Meddle
Jeff Waynes War Of The Worlds
Also in a slightly different way that chilled me and really made me think rather than outright scared me - a couple of short stories by Ray Bradbury from a collection called R Is For Rocket, 'A Sound Of Thunder' (which is very famous and is the origin of the term Butterfly Effect) and 'Frost And Fire'.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Beatrix Potter's Tale of Samuel Whiskas - that's dark - the rat catches a kitten and trusses it up in a pie so his wife can bake it. It's all done behind the skirting board and under the floorboards. Grim.
When my mum asked me if I'd name my son after my grandfather, Samuel, the story was the first thing that came to mind.
The Giant Robot
Pyramids of Mars
The Seeds of Doom
Armchair Thriller:
The Black Nun