Some traumatizing moments from films made in the 80’s of children book story films which were so shocking that the memories remain us to this day!
We can look at current films and marvel at how cool the effects are nowadays but the 80’s had some of the greatest story lines and also some truly shocking moments, some of which you are sure to remember as your drift down memory lane in the images below.
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The scene where Artax drowns in the Swamps of Sadness in The NeverEnding Story
When Big Bird is kidnapped by the Sleaze Brothers and forced to sing songs as a sideshow act at their carnival in Follow that Bird
The death of Littlefoot’s mother in The Land Before Time
Heart breaking scene of E.T. dying in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
When the Fratellis try to chop Chunk’s hand off in a blender in The Goonies
Very scary scenes with the goblins in Labyrinth
Everything about the Horned King in The Black Cauldron
Pumping heart pulled from a chest in Indiana Jones The Temple Of Doom
Face becomes skeletonized in Indiana Jones The Last Crusade
Judge Doom’s reveal in Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Large Marge in Pee-wee’s Big Adventure
The scene where Mr. Boogedy appears in Mr. Boogedy
Nazi face meltdown in Indiana Jones Raiders Of The Lost Ark
Optimus Prime’s death in Transformers: The Movie
The scene in Return to Oz where a headless Princess Mombi chases after Dorothy
The scene in The Adventures of Mark Twain where Satan shows the children how easy it is for him to destroy human life
The first glimpse of the Skeksis in The Dark Crystal
Stripe’s terrifying death in Gremlins
The huge blood sucking leech scene in Stand by Me
The White Queen’s transformation in Alice Through the Looking Glass
Will Halloway watches himself get guillotined in Something Wicked This Way Comes