Poll: Unintentional Horror

Results of 2,938 votes:

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   Breaking Bad (2008)

    

   Bryan Cranston
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   The Wizard of Oz (1939)

    

   The flying monkeys in The Wizard of Oz freak one editor out to this day, but as a little kid, they were the worst kind of terror in the world. During the annual TV airing of the movie, her mom would m…
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   The Little Mermaid (1989)

    

   Near the end, the sea witch Ursula -- already an unsavory character -- grows exponentially in size and terrorizes a ship during a nasty storm.
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   Independence Day (1996)

    

   For one editor it was the stuff of nightmares -- literally. For around six months after seeing the movie, he was pursued by the city-sized alien spaceships every night when he went to sleep. No matter…
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   White Chicks (2004)

    

   The Wayan Bros.'s lame attempt to capitalize on the lame trend of black male comics cross-dressing for comedic effect kicked off anew in the early '00s by Big Momma's House. Only the Wayans took the e…
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   Planet of the Apes (1968)

    

   One editor was pretty young at the time she saw this film, and there was something about the way the ape's mouth moved in the mask that freaked me out. She avoided the movies, the show, and couldn't e…
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   Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)

    

   There was something so subtly sinister in the look of Robin Williams's Doubtfire get-up - one editor can't ever nail down if it's the facial prosthetics, or clothes, or the fact that he's their flippi…
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   Westworld (1973)

    

   When Westworld started, one editor figured, cool, a fun western one he hadn't seen before. What followed was a little kid's nightmare come to life onscreen. And when the Robot Gunslinger's face slid o…
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   Crawlspace (1986)

    

   OK, so technically this is a list for unintentionally scary movies and TV series, but it must be said that when he was alive, Klaus Kinski could freak the bedazzles out of anyone just by ordering ice …
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    Little House on the Prairie (1974)

     

    Nellie Olsen was a spoiled brat, and Laura's nemesis, but she also scared the crap out of one of the editors. "Little House on the Prairie" was one of her favorite shows but whenever she app…
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    Small Wonder (1985)

     

    The basic premise: a scientist invents a Voice Input Child Indenticant robot, and he and his family dress her up in a what looks like a doll outfit and pass her off as their daughter Vicki. Whether th…
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    The Electric Company (1971)

     

    While watching Morgan Freeman and the rest of the cast was delightful, a few of the animated segments -- chiefly, a weird animated wiggly electric mouth that counted numbers in an odd robot voice -- s…