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Gen X childhood TV and film moments that felt genuinely frightening

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Txutxioyigx · 14/09/2026 18:44

Gen X scary things:
Noseybonk
Mr Bronson -‘kendalllllll’
Triffids
Chocky
Tripods
Worzel Gummidge when he changed heads
Daleks
The Wheelers in Return to Oz
Any others ?

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MadellineBellPictureMeGoneNS · 15/09/2026 15:36

DialSquare · 15/09/2026 13:37

Hartley Hare was in Pipkins. Humphrey the Cushion was in Hickory House. I wasn't frightened by either as a kid but looking at them now, I can see what everyone is saying!

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There's a YouTube video
Hartley hare "being naughty with a glove puppet"

Oh Michael!!

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Txutxioyigx · 15/09/2026 20:51

Just asked my DH and he said Grotbags !

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HarryGrotter · 15/09/2026 21:08

Came on to say when the wind blows! And Threads, absolutely terrifying. Me and my best mate were babysitting her little brother (we were about 13 ish) and her parents rented us nightmare on Elm Street from blockbuster. Shit us up for ages.

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