When you’re a kid, you never know how certain images are going to affect you. Sure, you know Candyman, Freddy Krueger and Chucky are going to terrify you, but you never expect cute little family movies to have scenes and characters that become nightmare fuel for the rest of your life. The holiday season sparked this discussion online, as many people confessed to being scared of The Grinch when they were kids. That might seem silly now, but when you’re young, The Grinch is supposed to make you uncomfortable. This made us realize that we need to examine some of these other shockingly scary characters from our youth. It’s time to recognize these feelings and move past them with the surprising characters that scared us when we were kids.
