My dads brother visited us one time - when I was around 7 years old - and they sent me to bed and watched a movie together on TV. I’m not sure where my mom was, perhaps taking care of my little brother, but I quietly went down the stairs and saw them watching the movie, and I stayed very quietly so they would not know I’m there.
It was a Bruce Lee movie, “The Big Boss (1971)”. In that movie Bruce works at a ice factory and his boss kills some people and puts them into the ice. That’s not the worst of it. They then have those big ice blocks and a big blade saw and that saw cuts the big blocks into smaller peaces. It also cuts those bodies in the ice blocks into smaller pieces.
I couldn’t believe what I saw and went back upstairs and couldn’t fall asleep. I never told my parents.
Stephen King’s IT was broadcast on network TV during primetime. I remember being excited to gather around the TV to watch a movie and oooooh boy was not prepared. I don’t think my parents let me finish.
I finished it! Couldn’t take a shower without fear or let my feet stick out from the blankets for years. Definitely the one that scarred me most, likely because I was in 1st grade.
Lol I think we’re around the same age. Definitely too young for evil clown Tim Curry.
I remember hearing about IT from other kids, and them describing all these horrific things that happen. When I watched it as an adult I couldn’t believe how tame it was. Everything had been exaggerated, and some of it was probably being confused with things from other movies.