Beware — you’re in for a scare!
Halloween may be over, but horror fans are flooding social media with screenshots from the scariest movies they’ve ever seen.
Comic book writer Gail Simone took to Twitter on Sunday, asking her 186,000 followers to post a photo from a film that left them terrified as a child.
“Show ONE image from a horror movie that scared the hell out of you as a kid. Please use hashtag #StillScaredDammit,” Simone wrote.
More than a thousand film fans replied to the request, with some sharing snaps from old Hollywood horror productions from the 1930s and ’40s. Others added photos from more recent decades.
Given that Simone asked her followers to post pictures of films from their youth, many took the tweet as a chance to indulge in 1980s nostalgia.
“Picture this — it’s the 80’s,” one person wrote. “I’m in either kindergarten or 1st grade. I’m at a sleepover birthday party at a karate school. It’s about midnight. And the parents decide to put this on — FOR THE KIDS.”
They accompanied the post with a freaky photo of Freddy Krueger in 1984’s “A Nightmare on Elm Street.”
Several other ’80s fans posted photos from the cult classic zombie film “Day of the Dead” (1985). Others shared images from the 1986 fantasy flick “Labyrinth,” starring David Bowie.
“Maybe not a horror movie but ‘Labyrinth’ really messed me up as a kid, especially the Helping Hands scene,” one Twitter user wrote, accompanied by a photo of a young Jennifer Connelly being snatched away.
“That movie was all-around terrifying. That includes David Bowie’s bulge,” one person humorously responded.
Some younger Twitter users posted pictures from films made in the ’90s and the noughties.
One person said they were still spooked by 2005’s “The Exorcism of Emily Rose,” 16 years after it was first released.
Simone was left stunned by the fact that her simple tweet created a storm on Twitter.
“This is the number two trending topic [on Twitter],” she excitedly announced hours after her initial post.
“You seem awfully proud of the horror you have unleashed on us all,” one follower hilariously responded.