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[VulcanRaven]

Which cartoons scared you as a kid? I watched Extreme Ghostbusters a lot and it had many scary episodes. I'm still suprised that they were allowed to make it. The episode Deadliners was scary:

I still watched it often. Other scary episodes were Home is Where the Horror Is and Fear Itself.

 

[Furlong]

I don't know about cartoons, but this is the sort of thing our sadistic teachers used to make us watch back in the early 80's:

 

[The Cockatrice]

not truly scared but it was so creepy as hell.

 

[Sean Mirrsen]

Felidae was pretty scary in places, back when I first watched it.

 

[SirTerry-T]

British TV used to show a lot of the shorts from The National Film Board of Canada back in the 80's. One in particular "The Hunger", always freaked me out. It's also famous for being one of the earliest CG animated films.

 

[jufonuk]

Ulysses, Terrahawks.

 

[AV]

 

[Blade2.0]

The devil from the first cow and chicken cartoon always creeped me out

 

[Peggies]

"Lord of the Rings" 1978 - the Nazguls were terrifying.

"The Real Ghostbusters" - Episode "The Boggieman Cometh" was really scary.

 

[DGrayson]

not a cartoon but that clown episode from are you afraid of the dark

 

[J-Roderton]

This episode of Rugrats.

 

[Happosai]

not truly scared but it was so creepy as hell.

I've spoken to and exchanged letters with the creator of Courage the Cowardly Dog a few years ago (John R. Dilworth). He gave me a list of voices he contributed in certain episodes...that was his voice in that episode. Pretty cool guy and he's still working on a couple projects out of his home animation studio in NYC right now. The last I talked to him, he doesn't go out that much as COVID-19 has New Yorkers pretty freaked out and seems to enjoy working at home anyway. Nearly all of the ground-up production and early animation drafts of Courage were made with in New York, too.

 

[V1LÆM]

another one for courage the cowardly dog. that shit just creeped me out.

 

[Retinoid]

That fucking I'M NOT STU scene from the Rugrats.

 

[iconmaster]

The Last Unicorn. Worth it, though.

 

[Ailynn]

"UNICO in the Island of Magic"

The only movie I've ever seen where a demonic puppet wizard transforms the people of the world into mindless building blocks used to construct his evil fortress.

 

[Sidney Prescott]

Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids.

It was shown in the UK in the early 2000's as I was growing up, such a good show. Creepy as hell for a kids show, and really dark in some episodes. Despite that, it had some great humour that is still appealing even for an adult watcher. I would highly recommend it, if you can find it anywhere. I'm pretty sure there is some episodes on YouTube.

 

[VulcanRaven]

I always found this scary in the 1990 Moomin cartoon:

 

[Outlier]

I don't remember any specific cartoon show scaring me, but this cartoon movie scene...


Oh the nightmares memories. :^)

 

[NeoIkaruGAF]

Expected a Watership Down thread.

I didn't even see the whole movie, but that scene with the rabbits suffocating underground still haunts me even if my memory of it is so faint after so many years.

 

[Mistershine.]

Expected a Watership Down thread.

I didn't even see the whole movie, but that scene with the rabbits suffocating underground still haunts me even if my memory of it is so faint after so many years.

Came to say watership down. The film is rated U yet it contains a seagull that tells the rabbits to piss off and a death count that rivals The Expendables, but with more blood.

 

[Kenpachii]

The Last Unicorn. Worth it, though.

Completely forgot about this, fuck me when seeing that bull, shit gave me nightmares for ages.

Came to say watership down. The film is rated U yet it contains a seagull that tells the rabbits to piss off and a death count that rivals The Expendables, but with more blood.

Yea that one horrible.

 

[DESTROYA]

Every episode of the “Road Runner“ thinking is this the day the coyote will catch him ?

 

[Kimahri]

Cartoons never scared me. I enjoyed anything dark and twisted. The only two times I can remember having been scared to the point of lying awake that night, was after watching Lonesome Dove and 1. Seeing a bunch of guys getting lynched, and 2. Seeing a guy get a spear through his chest. Those things lingered.

But I feel completely in love with that show. Must have been 7-9 or something.

 

[G-Bus]

Agree with a few mentioned already.

Would like to add Secret of Nimh.

 

[triplestation]

the simpsons treehouse of horror gave me strong ominous feelings

 

[Tesseract]

twain's mysterious stranger

 

[Porcile]

I wouldn't say it was scary but Courage the Cowardly Dog was so weird and unenjoyable.

I also hated cartoons with ugly art styles and creepy looking characters like Ed, Edd and Eddy, The Cramp Twins, Mike, Lu & Og, Fat Dog Mendoza and Ned's Newt.

 

[bitbydeath]

Fraggle Rock - The Terrible Tunnel

 

[AJUMP23]

The secret of Nymm was scary when I was young.

 

[Mr. PlayStation]

Which cartoons scared you as a kid? I watched Extreme Ghostbusters a lot and it had many scary episodes. I'm still suprised that they were allowed to make it. The episode Deadliners was scary:

I still watched it often. Other scary episodes were Home is Where the Horror Is and Fear Itself.

holy shit and here I thought I was all alone thinking I am the only one who used to get scared watching Extreme Ghostbusters. Such a damn good series. Even the one where they all effed up by this weird looking man eater type creature who needs them to solve the riddle, that was scary too. Oh oh there was this one episode where they need to go inside the Chamber thing which houses all captured spirits and demons to save some of them who are trapped. That was scary too.

 

[Amiga]

Pinocchio, been a good boy ever since watching it.

 

[VulcanRaven]

holy shit and here I thought I was all alone thinking I am the only one who used to get scared watching Extreme Ghostbusters. Such a damn good series. Even the one where they all effed up by this weird looking man eater type creature who needs them to solve the riddle, that was scary too. Oh oh there was this one episode where they need to go inside the Chamber thing which houses all captured spirits and demons to save some of them who are trapped. That was scary too.

Its one of my favorites too. The series was my first introduction to Ghostbusters. The movies are great but I remember being disappointed that they weren't as scary as the cartoon. The Pied Piper of Manhattan was also a great episode.

The credits were also creepy:

 

[Rien]

We always had a couple of Disney films translated to a graphic novel.
One of them was The Great Mouse Detective and I never seen the film before, which to this date I still have.
I couldn’t go past one page because of the freaky bat.
There was one drawing in which he looked just way to fucking scary.

Couldn’t find the drawing but the bat is still creepy

 

[Ionian]

Expected a Watership Down thread.

I didn't even see the whole movie, but that scene with the rabbits suffocating underground still haunts me even if my memory of it is so faint after so many years.

It's very good, used to wait every year at Christmas for it to be played. Most times it wasn't.

Looking back on it though, bloody hell.

We had two bunnies, one died in it's sleep and the other had it's head decapitated by a fox. Who then hid it in our hedge.

I was so small when it happened but had to keep a brave face for my younger sister.

Awesome film though, worth watching but certainly not for kids these days. It's brutal.

 

[Alx]

The secret of Nymm was scary when I was young.

Yeah definitely. I remember being especially afraind of the scene where you see the rats stealing electricity in the night, while the farmer was on the phone with the Nimh labs saying he didn't notice anything special. Of course there was also the Great Owl entrance, or the kids drowning in their house...

 

[EverydayBeast]

Certainly courage the cowdardly dog

 

[Kadayi]

My Grandmother thought 'Disney' and let me watch Fantastia when I was probably 6 or so

I'm not sure what was more terrifying:

Night on Bald Mountain



Or

The Sorcerer's Apprentice

 

[GeorgPrime]

I love Fantasia. Both. Never thought it was terrifying as a kid.

I watched IT as a kid (like 6 years old) and Aliens. That was terrifying

 

[Tschumi]

None. But 'Round the Twist rode my nightmares like a cowboy.

 

[Volt-man98]

Courage the cowardly dog.

 

[Aesius]

The Pleasure Island scene in Pinocchio, especially the kids being turned into donkeys.



And although it's the live action part of a cartoon, this part in the Super Mario Bros. Super Show where Luigi becomes POSSESSED by a ghost scared the absolute shit out of me as a kid:



I actually have a very distinct and clear memory of running out of our living room and into my bedroom every time it would come on (I watched these VHS tapes religiously) and one time my mom and brother laughed at me for being so scared. So then I forced myself to come out and watch it and I realized it was actually pretty stupid and not scary at all.

 

[MaestroMike]

The devil from the first cow and chicken cartoon always creeped me out

lol he was hilarious bouncing on his as$ to move instead of walking

 

[Neil Young]

This fucker from Johnny Quest....it was an invisible monster they made visible.

 

[Kayoba]

Anastasia

 

[Radical Dreamer]

family still laugh at me to this day because I used to cry when I saw that fucking thing ;(

 

[Evil Calvin]

Which cartoons scared you as a kid? I watched Extreme Ghostbusters a lot and it had many scary episodes. I'm still suprised that they were allowed to make it. The episode Deadliners was scary:

I still watched it often. Other scary episodes were Home is Where the Horror Is and Fear Itself.

That's like Hellraiser 2 in cartoon form.

 

[ThatStupidLion]

this motherfucker pulling his ears off

 

[OmegaSupreme]

+1 for the Red Bull in The Last Unicorn. Fuck that thing.

 

[GoldenEye Samurai]

Ren and Stimpy freaked me the fuck out for some reason.