When I was a kid, I was terrified by The Skeksis in Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal.
Of course, it didn't help much that after the movie, my Dad would stand in hallways saying, in a high-pitched voice, "HHHHMMMMM," as an imitation of the baddest and most menacing Skeksis of the bunch.
These horrible creatures would roast and eat Gelflings, such our brave little heroes, Jen and Kira:
I think the part that scared me the most though is a scene in which Kira recalls the time when she was very young and the Skeksis attacked her home village.
Kira's mother puts her in a tree to hide her, and as soon as her mother lets go of her, she is snatched up by a Skeksis, never to be seen again. (Kira's father is also killed but I can't remember if they showed it or not. I know the scene with her mother, though, is burned into my memory.)
I think that was the most terrifying part to me--losing you parents, and most especially, right before your eyes.
Of course, it didn't help much that after the movie, my Dad would stand in hallways saying, in a high-pitched voice, "HHHHMMMMM," as an imitation of the baddest and most menacing Skeksis of the bunch.
These horrible creatures would roast and eat Gelflings, such our brave little heroes, Jen and Kira:
I think the part that scared me the most though is a scene in which Kira recalls the time when she was very young and the Skeksis attacked her home village.
Kira's mother puts her in a tree to hide her, and as soon as her mother lets go of her, she is snatched up by a Skeksis, never to be seen again. (Kira's father is also killed but I can't remember if they showed it or not. I know the scene with her mother, though, is burned into my memory.)
I think that was the most terrifying part to me--losing you parents, and most especially, right before your eyes.
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