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{{quote|''When I read the book I remembered that children's stories are, indeed, where true horror lives. My childhood nightmares would have been quite featureless without the imaginings of [[Walt Disney]], and there's a few little details concerning black button eyes in that book that make a small part of the adult brain want to go and hide behind the sofa.''|[[Terry Pratchett (Creator)|Terry Pratchett]] on ''[[Coraline (Literature)|Coraline]]''}}
{{quote|''When I read the book I remembered that children's stories are, indeed, where true horror lives. My childhood nightmares would have been quite featureless without the imaginings of [[Walt Disney]], and there's a few little details concerning black button eyes in that book that make a small part of the adult brain want to go and hide behind the sofa.''|[[Terry Pratchett]] on ''[[Coraline (novel)|Coraline]]''}}


{{quote|'''''[[Oh Crap|"HOOOOOOOOLY SHIT I'M GONNA DIE!!"]]'''''|'''[[Nintendo Capri Sun|NintendoCapriSun]]''', [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWqB37dXSnk Let's Play Mother 3, Pt. 51: Holy Shit, I'm Gonna Die!], upon {{spoiler|Lucas and Boney being cornered by the Ultimate Chimera}}}}
{{quote|'''''[[Oh Crap|"HOOOOOOOOLY SHIT I'M GONNA DIE!!"]]'''''|'''[[Nintendo Capri Sun|NintendoCapriSun]]''', [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWqB37dXSnk Let's Play Mother 3, Pt. 51: Holy Shit, I'm Gonna Die!], upon {{spoiler|Lucas and Boney being cornered by the Ultimate Chimera}}}}
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{{quote|''Would you turn me to a child again? "No, never, I am your Guide." You can see a small grin on the face of the master, when the puppet's in his place.''|''The Boy Who Wanted To Be A Real Puppet'' by [[Sonata Arctica]]}}
{{quote|''Would you turn me to a child again? "No, never, I am your Guide." You can see a small grin on the face of the master, when the puppet's in his place.''|''The Boy Who Wanted To Be A Real Puppet'' by [[Sonata Arctica]]}}


{{quote|'''Petey:''' ''TA-DAH! The first drawing of an actual toad zombie! Look--it's walking inexorably towards you! Walk walk walk walk!''<br />
{{quote|'''Petey:''' ''TA-DAH! The first drawing of an actual toad zombie! Look--it's walking inexorably towards you! Walk walk walk walk!''
'''Alice:''' ''Thanks! I wasn't sure what to dream about tonight, but now I know.''|''[[Cul De Sac]]'' by Richard Thompson}}
'''Alice:''' ''Thanks! I wasn't sure what to dream about tonight, but now I know.''|''[[Cul De Sac]]'' by Richard Thompson}}


{{quote|"If you're trying to scare me... ''you're doing a good job!!''"|'''[[Castlevania|Simon Belmont]]''', ''[[Captain N the Game Master]]''}}
{{quote|"If you're trying to scare me... ''you're doing a good job!!''"|'''[[Castlevania|Simon Belmont]]''', ''[[Captain N: The Game Master]]''}}


{{quote|[Letting your young child watch ''The Fellowship of the Ring''] would be like subscribing to nightmares.|Swedish movie critic in a review in the ''Nerikes Allehanda''. (At the time, seven-year-olds could watch the ''LOTR'' movies in theatres with a parent, and eleven-year-olds could go see it alone if they wanted).}}
{{quote|[Letting your young child watch ''The Fellowship of the Ring''] would be like subscribing to nightmares.|Swedish movie critic in a review in the ''Nerikes Allehanda''. (At the time, seven-year-olds could watch the ''LOTR'' movies in theatres with a parent, and eleven-year-olds could go see it alone if they wanted).}}


{{quote|''Sometimes fear is the appropriate response.''|1, ''[[9 (Animation)|9]]''}}
{{quote|''Sometimes fear is the appropriate response.''|1, ''[[9]]''}}


{{quote|"This movie is a goddamn torrent of traumatizing, horrifying images designed to scare the literal shit out of you when you're ten. (...) ''[[Poltergeist]]'' originally was, according to the MPAA's official website, rated R; however, director Tobe Hooper and producer [[Steven Spielberg]] were able to get the movie a PG. On appeal. That basically means that they visited the MPAA's office, held out their hands, and said, “Awww, c'mon!” and the film got a PG rating with no additional cuts or alterations. Millions of children everywhere were later scarred for life. Thanks, guys! I would forward my extensive therapy bills to Spielberg's office if I weren't sure I'd be greeted with a punch in the nuts and a Cease and Desist letter from his attorneys."|Topless Robot, [http://www.toplessrobot.com/2008/07/the_8_pgrated_movies_that_should_not_have_been_rat.php The 8 PG-Rated Movies That Should Not Have Been Rated PG]}}
{{quote|"This movie is a goddamn torrent of traumatizing, horrifying images designed to scare the literal shit out of you when you're ten. (...) ''[[Poltergeist]]'' originally was, according to the MPAA's official website, rated R; however, director Tobe Hooper and producer [[Steven Spielberg]] were able to get the movie a PG. On appeal. That basically means that they visited the MPAA's office, held out their hands, and said, “Awww, c'mon!” and the film got a PG rating with no additional cuts or alterations. Millions of children everywhere were later scarred for life. Thanks, guys! I would forward my extensive therapy bills to Spielberg's office if I weren't sure I'd be greeted with a punch in the nuts and a Cease and Desist letter from his attorneys."|Topless Robot, [http://www.toplessrobot.com/2008/07/the_8_pgrated_movies_that_should_not_have_been_rat.php The 8 PG-Rated Movies That Should Not Have Been Rated PG]}}

Latest revision as of 14:24, 8 August 2014
When I read the book I remembered that children's stories are, indeed, where true horror lives. My childhood nightmares would have been quite featureless without the imaginings of Walt Disney, and there's a few little details concerning black button eyes in that book that make a small part of the adult brain want to go and hide behind the sofa.
—Terry Pratchett on Coraline

"HOOOOOOOOLY SHIT I'M GONNA DIE!!"

Would you turn me to a child again? "No, never, I am your Guide." You can see a small grin on the face of the master, when the puppet's in his place.
—The Boy Who Wanted To Be A Real Puppet by Sonata Arctica

Petey: TA-DAH! The first drawing of an actual toad zombie! Look--it's walking inexorably towards you! Walk walk walk walk!

Alice: Thanks! I wasn't sure what to dream about tonight, but now I know.
—Cul De Sac by Richard Thompson
"If you're trying to scare me... you're doing a good job!!"
—Simon Belmont, Captain N: The Game Master
[Letting your young child watch The Fellowship of the Ring] would be like subscribing to nightmares.
—Swedish movie critic in a review in the Nerikes Allehanda. (At the time, seven-year-olds could watch the LOTR movies in theatres with a parent, and eleven-year-olds could go see it alone if they wanted).
Sometimes fear is the appropriate response.
—1, 9
"This movie is a goddamn torrent of traumatizing, horrifying images designed to scare the literal shit out of you when you're ten. (...) Poltergeist originally was, according to the MPAA's official website, rated R; however, director Tobe Hooper and producer Steven Spielberg were able to get the movie a PG. On appeal. That basically means that they visited the MPAA's office, held out their hands, and said, “Awww, c'mon!” and the film got a PG rating with no additional cuts or alterations. Millions of children everywhere were later scarred for life. Thanks, guys! I would forward my extensive therapy bills to Spielberg's office if I weren't sure I'd be greeted with a punch in the nuts and a Cease and Desist letter from his attorneys."
—Topless Robot, The 8 PG-Rated Movies That Should Not Have Been Rated PG
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