What were you afraid of when you were young?

I am a true aficionado about horror movies. However, of all the dozens (hundreds?) of movies I've seen, the one that truly scared me half to death in my youth was Robert Wise's The Haunting. Even today, 40 years later, I still get goose-bumps when I (vividly) remember some of the scenes.My only other phobia as a kid was the one I still struggle with: I'm middling claustrophobic.

Small world, eh?If you like horror movies, and can get past the idea that "horror movie = slasher flic", then I can't recommend "The Haunting" more highly. Avoid (like the plague) the two or three iterations that came out since Wise's 1963 movie. It is a true "spine-tingler" where you (never) see the thing(s) causing the phenomena. Beautifully done camera shots, extraordinarily dark and gothic sets (deliberately filmed in black and white), and excellent acting all serve to leave the real horror up to your imagination - which creates worse demons than you could ever put on a screen. Watch it alone, at night, maybe during a storm - and be prepared to not sleep for a week.Gawwds I love that movie.