I once put this somewhere else on GC but when the Disney Kingdom Keeper books came out, I emailed Ridley Pearson and told him about my horror of Maleficent over the years and asked him why he resurrected her anyway. He wrote something to the effect of, "I have this THING for Maleficent!"

Aggh. I better get used to her being back, it seems. Soon after Sleeping Beauty came out, my mother put these sweeping black curtains in one of the bathrooms and commented, "Hey, they look like Maleficent's robes!" That was it, I was out of there, didn't go back in that bathroom for months.

^^ I love Disney villains, and Maleficent is one of my favorites :)

I was flat out terrified of riding a bicycle. Refused to learn until about 4th grade.

(I'm a triathlete now.)

My sister dressed up as Maleficent for Halloween a few years ago. She loves Halloween and she went all out...the creepy tinted skin, the horned head, everything. Sounds like she could have gotten a lot of candy at some of your houses, when you dropped the bucket and ran away screaming!
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1) Yes, you are losers. Tales From the Darkside - now THAT was a scary show!

2) WTF?!!!

Pool grates!

I didn't think there were sharks in there, but every kid I knew from swim team was convinced that you could get a finger trapped in one and then drown. We'd dare each other touch them. The grate in the diving team's dive well was particularly scary because it was 12 feet down.

This, oh that was sooo scary! Especially the one about the doll houses.

I have an older sister (8 years older) and I always wanted to watch whatever she was watching. When I was 6 she was watching "IT" with her friends. Needless to say, clowns scared (and still scare) the bejeezus outta me.

This song. Still scares me to this day.
http://youtu.be/gMLPnk9-6MM

^^^ I'm not even going to click on that link. I'm too scared! (seriously)

Some of you mofos on GC scare the shit out of me LOL.

I have a distinct memory of being 3 or 4 years old, watching "Sleeping Beauty" from inside an empty laundry hamper (looking out through the holes). Maleficent couldn't get me in there!

Why my parents let my terrified toddler self keep watching the movie, I'll never know.

Anything with UFOs or aliens. It always led to bad dreams.

However, nothing is more anxiety-inducing for me than playing volleyball in gym class. I still REFUSE to play it to this day.