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To ask for the most wtf films your parents let you watch

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Thetruth02 · 19/10/2019 23:24

So inspired by the fact that “Wish you were here” is now on amazon. Watched it the other day and clearly remember it being on tv and everyone in my class shouting “up yer bum” for a week. I reckon we were around 8 years old!

Watched it today and am shocked that not only did my parents let me watch it, but seemingly so did lots of others.

I also remember going to sleepovers and watching things like nightmare on elm street etc at a pretty young age.

What can’t you believe your parents let you watch?

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LemonPrism · 20/10/2019 00:21

IE when I was 9. That shit fucking scarred me. When they were shooting people/robots out of a cannon. When he tried to drown someone. I had nightmares

HairToday79 · 20/10/2019 00:22

Yes I also remember 'up ya bum'! Grin
My favourites were all the nightmare on elm streets, dirty dancing, pretty women and topgun.
Was Shock at Rita , sue and Bob too and platoon but I don't think watching any of them did me any harm.
Oh and I was obsessed with all the kickboxer fighting films but they didn't make me violent.

Tweetingmagpie · 20/10/2019 00:23

I remember watching the crying game and band of gold very young, probably 6 or 7!

pigeononthegate · 20/10/2019 00:24

Escape from Sobibor, when I was 8. Totally screwed me up!

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Thetruth02 · 20/10/2019 00:29

@Tweetingmagpie band of golf was brilliant! Am now realising how much age innapropriate stuff I read and watched. Tbf am not horrified - I feel that actually it’s turned me into a more educated adult

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Tweetingmagpie · 20/10/2019 00:33

Band of golf GrinGrinGrin

taytosandwich · 20/10/2019 00:34

We used to have scary movie nights where we would watch Stephen King, Nightmare on Elm St and similar. I vividly remember watching Tommyknockers when I was about 7/8. Jurassic Park was also scary AF for a child.

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Thetruth02 · 20/10/2019 00:34

@IamMoana why??? Beetle juice is a great film... was it the bit where their faces melt off?

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pigeononthegate · 20/10/2019 00:35

Bloody hell tayto, I was in my 30s when I saw Tommyknockers and it scared the shit out of me! Also the Langoliers (shudder)

taytosandwich · 20/10/2019 00:37

I'm laughing now at some of the stuff people's parents let them watch. Where was our family while we were watching Child's Play and It?! It's not funny really, any wonder so many of us are taking Sertraline and Citalopram Confused

HairToday79 · 20/10/2019 00:40

I hope you're joking.
Sheltered life if a film leads you to antidepressants 😬

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Thetruth02 · 20/10/2019 00:42

@taytosandwich the current generation of children suffer most with their mental health - and of mn is anything to go by people don’t let their children watch Finding Nemo in case it’s triggering

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Thetruth02 · 20/10/2019 00:44

@Tweetingmagpie my typo may lead to a new series... a group of 50 something men meet on a golf course and choose to become giglalos

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kitnkaboodle · 20/10/2019 00:48

At 11 or 12 I happily watched I Claudius after Guides on a Monday - orgies, rape, incest, other depraved sexual practices, child killing etc etc. I think my parents saw it as cultural/educational. There wasn't a watershed then and I'm sure it was on at peak times ..

HoppyHop · 20/10/2019 00:48

Yep, watched Poltergeist before were 10 years old. As well as Christine and a collection of the Confessions of a Window cleaner/driving instructor films that we had in the house. HmmBlushTrue 70's kid!! In fairness I don't think my parents knew we had watched them.

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Thetruth02 · 20/10/2019 00:50

Love how we all remember what we used to watch after guides/brownies.

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Thetruth02 · 20/10/2019 00:51

Oh and I remember going to a weekend away with the guides - someone sneaked in a copy of Forever by Judy Blume

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kitnkaboodle · 20/10/2019 00:57

The truth- we always had those Pan books of horror stories after lights out on guide camp. They were quite hardcore iirc ...

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Thetruth02 · 20/10/2019 00:59

Oh I’m from the point horror era - they could be quite creepy

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taytosandwich · 20/10/2019 01:01

@HairToday79 I am joking. I wish I'd had a sheltered life!

JeezyPeeps · 20/10/2019 01:02

Not the kind of answer you are looking for, but ring of bright water. I'm still traumatised..

HairToday79 · 20/10/2019 01:06

Taytosandwich you never know on MN ..

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Thetruth02 · 20/10/2019 01:10

@JeezyPeeps funny enough the most “traumatic”thing I ever remember watching was Watership Down... far more upsetting than Freddie Kruger and co.

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JeezyPeeps · 20/10/2019 01:20

Yep, I was also traumatised by Watership Down. But that was shown at the school - which was worse as I had to pretend to be totally cool with it.

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Thetruth02 · 20/10/2019 01:23

@JeezyPeeps the song Bright Eyes” still makes me me feel weird

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