Kindertrauma - A blog we luv

By Mike on April 18th, 2008

I think it’s safe to say when we were all much younger there was always that one movie or book that really scared the snot out of us. For me a couple movies that immediately come to mind are The Twilight Zone and Creepshow. I watched both of those alone when I was just a kid and to this day I still think they’re two of the creepiest flicks I’ve ever watched. In fact I still refuse to eat Corn Flakes. If you’ve seen Creepshow, you know why.

It’s fun however to go back and revisit those things that scared us years later. The folks at Kindertrauma do just that. According to their about page, “Kindertauma is about the movies, books, and toys that scared you when you were a kid. It’s also about kids in scary movies, both as heroes and villains. And everything else that’s traumatic to a tyke!” What a fun concept for a blog!

While spending a little time flipping through the Kindertauma archives, it didn’t take me long to find a post about yet another movie that creeped me out as a kid. I’m sure most people reading this will remember Poltergeist. Uncle Lancifer writes, “Don’t let the name Steven Spielberg or the PG rating fool you, this film has caused countless sleepless nights and it’s done so for decades.” No truer words have been spoken.

If there’s been a particular movie, tv show or book that has left you scarred for life, Kindertauma wants to hear about it! With KinderTrauma’s TraumaFessions feature, readers have the opportunity to chime in and submit their scary childhood confessions. For example, a reader by the name of Eric writes about the Beautiful Day Monster, which you’ve probably heard of if you’ve watched the Muppets. Thinking back on it now, I guess he was kind of creepy.

In a nutshell, Kindertrauma is like a trip down creepy memory lane and more than worthy of being an addition to your list of daily blog reads. It was a lot of fun looking back on all those movies that gave me nightmares as a kid. Hopefully I won’t have any nightmares this time around.

Categories: Movies, Retro, Reviews

4 Responses to “Kindertrauma - A blog we luv”

Cheryl on Apr 18th, 2008 at 3:14 pm

Like it!
Tish on Apr 18th, 2008 at 9:08 pm

Great review, Mike!

Poltergeist has always creeped me out. I watched it again a few months ago, and it had the same effect as when I was younger. Great movie!

The TV show that most creeped me out was Tales from the Darkside! Not sure if I’d still be as scared to watch it, but that show traumatized me as a kid!
Mark Sierra on Apr 19th, 2008 at 1:12 am

What a cool idea for a blog! We had this local TV show when I was a kid called Mr. Peppermint. He was this nice guy who dressed up in a red and white striped suit and had a walking cane (not that he needed it) and one of those flat-top straw hats.

Anywho…he had this coloring book that illustrated his adventures. There was this one page that had the scariest looking full-page cobra on it. It scared the Bejeezus out of me every time. I always skipped that page lest it jumped out at me and sucking my face whole. I remember trying to practice being “tough” by making myself stare at it and not be scared.

Never worked.

Gives me the heebie-jeebies just thinking about it again. :)
Mike on Apr 21st, 2008 at 1:31 am

@Tish: Thank you :) Poltergeist doesn’t creep me out quite as much now, but I think that’s probably because I’ve seen it so many times ;P

@Mark: Mr. Peppermint sounds more creepy to me than the cobra :P

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