Second, this will not be a normal rendition of Scaries for Kiddies. This was going to be a list I was doing for another article, but seeing as it mostly dealt with scary scenes from films kids watch, I figure instead of doing two different articles on kids for an issue, I'd simply take a break this time. Next issue, we'll be back to normal.

Now, this list is simple, there's some memorable scenes we all remember that scared the hell out of us in our youth, and I would do a full review of the films except for one problem.they themselves aren't horror films. So this list will be as follows: I'm going to list the most memorable childhood scary moments from non-horror films. If anything, if your little ones are interested in getting scared, you could show them these films and prepare to see them when the scenes come up.

So, let's look at some dark gems we have.

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
Stop The Boat!

If you're a kid with a sweet tooth, then you could imagine a chocolate factory would be a dream come true. Well, some dreams turn into nightmares. After Willy Wonka takes the kids and their chosen parent through the amazing room of endless eatables (and loosing the Gloops), he then takes them on a nice chocolate river cruise ride. However, when they turn into a tunnel, things turn acidy as the Oompa-Loompa rowers speed up the boat and the walls show some fucked up images. Despite their begging to stop, Wonka continues to have them row faster and recites a poem, growing more frantic with every verse.

What makes the scene, first off, is the complete 180 from what's happening before. The boat was going slowly and casually down the river, you might as well have been on a relaxing paddle cruise. They then turn into a tunnel and the walls show scenes that are some of the most craziest you could ever see in a family flick. The list includes a huge snail, a millipede on a man's face, a human eye, a chicken losing its head, Mr. Slugworth, a lizard eating bugs, a beetle, and in the middle of it all, Willy reciting a poem and getting more crazed as he goes. Gene Wilder will go down in history because of this.

Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (1968)
Heffalumps and Woozles, Beware...

As a Storm Grows in the 100 Acre Wood, Pooh gets a visit from the new guy in town, Tigger. After having some of Pooh's honey and finding out he doesn't like it, Tigger warns Pooh of the real threats to his favorite dish: the Heffalumps and Woozles that roam the forest and long for honey the most. After he leaves and Pooh goes to bed, he starts to dream of what Tigger warned him of. He has visions of Heffalumps and Woozles, all over the place, with them eating honey pots and him not getting any. He luckily wakes up, but only to find his house is flooded, a more real danger to him than some honey hungry Heffalumps and Woozles.

Disney did some crazy stuff in their older days, and this is one of them. Often, Pooh is funny and enjoyable in his cartoons, but this one scene isn't that at all. The scenes is a psychedelic acid trip in its purist form, with several scenes of crazy Heffalumps and Woozles dancing, singing and devouring honey and Pooh desperately trying to get some but continually being stopped. Disney did this as well with Dumbo in the pink elephant scene, and I would have included it as well, but it's pretty much the same thing so I only chose one. Then again, both where made in the 60's, so that pretty much explains it.

Peewee's Big Adventure (1985)
Large Marge Sent Him

Peewee Herman, a kid in a man's body, loves nothing more in the world then his bike, so you imagine how he must have felt when it was stolen. When he gets a fake location for it, he hitchhikes across America to get it back. After getting stranded in the middle of nowhere in the middle of the night, he gets a ride from a trucker. After he's in and he tries making conversation, the situation gets freaky. The trucker, woman in her 50's starts to talk about an accident she saw a decade ago. As she goes on about the driver and Peewee gets scared, she turns to look at him and shows her face, changing into an insane face. He then has her drop him off and he (by her request) informs the men in the truck stop that Large Marge sent him. They then inform him that she died 10 years ago in a very crash.

This scene is rather obvious from the moment the music starts and the woman starts talking. But the twist that Tim Burton uses is when she turns to face Peewee. Using (what he loves so much and should be used more) Claymation, she turns and before you know it, her head changes shape, mouth squeezes tight, hair poofs up and eyes go bold. At the very least, if you haven't seen it before, it will give you a jump, even more so when you're younger. Something else that's rather scary is later in the film, when Peewee has a nightmare about clowns destroying his bike, but the Large Marge scene is easily one of the most memorable moments ever.

The Wizard of Oz (1939)
She's related, she should have the shoes.

This was easily one of the first ever scary film icons for children. The reasons being obvious as she looks like an evil witch a child would fear; she's ugly, lives in a dark castle, and takes pleasure in causing her victims pain. She also has the classic pointy hat and flies on a broom. Also creepy is the fact that she commands an army of Flying Monkeys. Monkeys in general are rather dirty and they're something you wouldn't want to have all over you, but here, they also have wings. The scene that always scared me when I was little was when she taunts Dorothy with the crystal ball of Aunty Em, only to turn to her and mock her more.

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
They are beautiful, beautiful and deadly.

Famed archeologist Indiana Jones, is hired by the US government to hook-up with his friends (old buddy Sallah and former love Marian) to stop the Nazis from claiming the Arc of the Covenant. In Egypt, he nearly escapes with it, but the Nazis kidnap Marian and reclaim the Arc. On an island not far off, they prepare for a ceremony to test it's power. In order to free Marian, Indy threatens to destroys it but because of its historical significance, can't do it. After opening the chest and looking in, spirits suddenly rise up in the form of beautiful ghosts, but then change to demonic forms, killing the Nazis and sending their corpses to God (literally). Indy and Marion thankfully had closed their eyes and didn't look at what God had deemed them unworthy of seeing.

If you know your religious history, you knew that the second Belloq opened the chest, bad things were to come. How it all plays out is suspenseful; the spirits rising from the Ark and showing themselves as beautiful women before suddenly turning into creatures of Hell. They then kill Belloq and his fellows in some gruesome means. Through the whole film, it's hinted at the power of the Arc, but the Nazis never listened.

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989)
The Scorpion's Sting

Wayne Szalinski has hit a scientific breakthrough; he's discovered how to change the size of matter. Sadly, due to a baseball coming through the window and causing some trouble, his son and daughter, along with his neighbor's two sons, are shrunk. They then get accidentally thrown away in the garbage. Making a deadly journey through the overgrown backyard, the kids get help from a baby ant and take a night's rest in a Lego block. Suddenly, a scorpion comes through the grass and nearly claims one of the children. The baby ant manages to save them, but pays the ultimate price.

You know, you never know why a scorpion is in the backyard of a standard Californian backyard, but to be honest, you never care while watching the scene. The scorpion in this is a scary SOB, with pincers from hell and Death's scythe on its tale. Not only does the scene give you some chills, but it also tends to piss you off, as it gets it's pincers on Anty, the baby ant, and stings it. The kids manage to fend it off, but you can tell the wounds weren't enough to be lethal. If they had killed it off, it would be more satisfying, but I digress. Poor, poor Anty.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)
He's still scary, even if "Foot" is a lame gang name.

New York City is suffering from a terrible crime wave, most of which is caused by lost and confused teenagers who're being manipulated and controlled. Suddenly, new heroes arrive from the sewers, teenagers themselves, but not human teenagers, turtles who're trained ninjas. This, however, attracts the main man who's leading the crime wave, an Asian man called "The Shredder," who, true to his name, is covered with blades and wears a metal mask. As the story progresses, we learn just how cold and ruthless this man is and learn what connection he has to the turtles adopted father, the wise rat Splinter.

The first live action Ninja Turtles was memorable for several things, one of which was the damn impressive suits and special effects. Two others were the fun fights and the humor. However, that humor was non-existent every time The Shredder walked into the scene; it was serious all the way to the film score. The very first scene when you see him walk into the ally full of teen observers readied to be lectured, you know this man isn't a good one, and isn't to be fucked with. In the sequel, he made a return, but it wasn't the same, partly because it was more slapstick and they made Shredder comedic at times (two characters, Tokka and Rahzar, think he's their mommy).

Return to Oz (1985)
She stole a lunch pail and brought a chicken. Guilty!

Dorothy had it better off when she was in Oz. After returning to the farm with Aunty Em and Uncle Henry, she finds that it has suffered from a drought and that money is low. And to make it worse, Dorothy can't sleep due to her longing for the Tin Man, Scarecrow and Lion. Getting a loan from her sister, Em sends Dorothy to a local doctor who uses electroshock therapy as a means to cure his patient, but a girl name Ozma frees her in a middle of a thunderstorm and the two flee to the river. After being washed away in the deluge, she wakes up to find herself in Oz, but she relies that the land is worse off than when she left. When she heads for the Emerald City, she finds Wheelers there to meet her and Princess Mombi now ruling.

This movie will be a mystery to most as it wasn't the most successful of any of the films under the title "Oz." But, it has grown in popularity for it's loyalty to the actual book series. It also features a young Fairuza Balk, before her fame with "The Craft" and "The Waterboy." Anyway, when I first watched this film, it was fun until Dorothy arrived at the Emerald City and was confronted by the Wheelers; giggling and mentally insane men whose arms and legs end with wheels instead of hands and feet, and who follow and torment Dorothy. Although they do get there's when Tick-Tock (this films version of the Tin Man) arrives. Later on, we learn about the creepy as fuck fashion sense that Mombi has; she has several heads of women from Oz and exchanges them like dresses, her real head kept in a safe amongst them (there's a very creepy scene where Dorothy tiptoes through the heads to retrieve something). I highly recommend you check this out, it's nothing like "We're off to see the Wizard!"

Ewok Adventure: Caravan of Courage (1984)
Who though Endore was so scary?

On the forest moon of Endore in the galaxy of the Galactic Republic/Empire (depending on the time period), life is simple with no modern technology at all. The Towani Family have unfortunately crashlanded there and the children, Mace and Cindel, have suddenly disappeared, leaving their parents scared and confused. Suddenly in the night, a giant humanoid predator called a Gorax arrives and captures the parents. Meanwhile, Mace and Cindel live with the Ewoks (Cindel and Wicket become friends), but leave one night to learn what has become of their parents. In the night, a hunting beast of the Gorax nearly kills them but is killed the next morning by the Ewokes. When they go to find their parents at the Gorax cave, they run into some more creepy creatures, giant cave spiders (Luke Skywalker never had these problems saving his father).

Another film that might not be widely known, this was a TV film made to focus on the Ewok race after the 3rd Star Wars film (it's real position in the time line isn't known, and is debated to be Canon) and was aimed specificly for kids. While a majority of the creatures look cool, it's how they're introduced that made them scary. The Gorax looks awesome in light, but when he makes his first appearance, it's in the middle of the night and dark as hell. The same goes for his hunting beast; Cindel and Mace are sitting at a campfire when it slowly arrives and after a long chase, they hide in a small cave-like den, only to have the beast try to reach it's foot in constantly. Then there's the spiders. It doesn't matter what kind, a spider is creepy to most, no matter what kind, especially at the size it was. The film had a sequel, but I wouldn't say it made me jump like this one did.

There you have it, some of the most creepy and bone-chilling scenes from films that aren't designed to be. Since there was several films, there'll be no Fun Facts or Final Rating. That'll return next time. Hope you had fun with this break from the norm, I might do it again if I come across a similar situation.

Next time, John Carpenter proves that a remake can surpass the original. Until then, have fun.