Did this movie scare anyone else?
This movie terrified me as a child when I saw it on TV in the seventies! I loved it though!
shareMe too! Still love it!
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Me 3!!! I was 8 years old when I saw this movie. It scared me so bad I was messed up for what seem liked forever, but now that I am 40 years old and a Spiritualist I laugh at the fear. But ooooh did this movie scare #@!#$*! out of me back then.
shareI remember when I was a child having dreams about a Gorgon who turned people to stone when they laughed...I thought it was just a dream until I saw this film....spooky. A tfirst I thought I must have seen Hammer's "The Gorgon". So - even though it more of Western, the horror parts stand out to children the most...!
shareThis movie seriously damaged me as a child! Scared the crap out of me! I was just reminded of it again when someone asked me if I've ever seen it.
shareAll the best kids movies are a little bit scary, I always thought that Pan was quite sinister but that's only because I've been raised in a western christian
culture that associates hooves and horns with the devil.
The irony is that satan from the bible is based on Pan.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TzcANOHiDo
Scary scene?
Medusa turning the loudmouth woman
into stone.
Actually, it was the process of her turning to stone that
still gives me the creeps.
The woman's(angry)face changes color(purple/green)
Medusa's eyes flash brightly, the woman falls
over backward as though she were dead. Finally the evil
hysterical laughter of Medusa when the transformation is complete.
On a lighter note, two "old coots" ask the husband if he
bought a statue. The husband replies, "It's my wife!"
The "old coots" laugh and say "Stoned Again!"
I saw this gem for the first time when I was
about seven years old. I bought a copy from
Movies Unlimited and have introduced it to my nephews, ages
twelve and fourteen. They thought the special effects
were kind of dated but have asked to watch it again.
They really enjoyed the Loch Ness Monster on the loose!
Medusa was the part that scared me the most as a child!
shareThe Medusa scene!
just evil.
I didn't even think it was tony randall until about a minute ago.
For me it was the serpent that scared me.
As a child it looked very realistic and the fact that it was doing very human things like smoking a cigar was very disturbing.
Between this film and "Jack The Giant Killer" there was more than enough to keep me scared as a kid.
I still wished that Dr Lao would come to my town and let me join his circus, though.
The Medusa scene scared the *beep* out of me as a child. The look of ecstasy on Randall's Medusa and her hysterical laughter drilled me right to the core, but now I actually find the climax of the "Loch Ness Monster on the loose" scene with the other six "faces" growing out on similar serpentine necks the most disturbing. It reminds me greatly of the multi-headed "Beast" in the Christian Book of Revelations. I simply can't believe that that wasn't an influence on the imagery in that scene. So *beep* creepy!
shareAn old friend told me how his little brother was terrified of the Loch Ness monster when they saw it as kids - if I heard right there was a Mr. Magoo cartoon before the movie (which also scared him). Their dad would mess with his head later, telling him they were going to Magoo's house to see the monster with seven heads (what a great dad!)
shareAs a child, the Medusa scared me.
As an adult, Apollonius scares me.