Help me ID a film that freaked me out when I was a kid

Matt Till · #1 08-18-2008, 09:45 PM

Alright, I know very little of this film, it's something I watched a little of as a kid and it freaked me out. The only thing I remember is the movie might have been set in a sort of mythological setting, I think it may have dealt with Greek Gods.

This is the main thing I remember, the main villain (I believe) was gold. The scene that stuck with me/freaked me out, the main character wakes up in a forest hanging by his neck from a tree. He manages to cut himself down and the camera pans back to discover that there are about a hundred corpses hanging from various trees throughout this section of the forest.

I THINK at some point there was a battle with Medusa, but I'm not sure. Anyone have a clue what I'm talking about?

xlows · #2 08-18-2008, 09:53 PM

Jason and the Argonauts?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057197/

I feel like I've seen what you're talking about, but I'm not sure I can put my finger on it either.

phat daddy · #3 08-18-2008, 09:59 PM

I hope you figure it out, sounds cool.

nataku · #4 08-18-2008, 10:43 PM

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Originally Posted by xlows

Jason and the Argonauts?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057197/

I feel like I've seen what you're talking about, but I'm not sure I can put my finger on it either.

+1, it's almost certainly Jason and the Argonauts from your description.

I remember watching it and The Odyssey with my Dad as kid, good times.

Unrepresented · #5 08-18-2008, 11:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Matt Till

Alright, I know very little of this film, it's something I watched a little of as a kid and it freaked me out. The only thing I remember is the movie might have been set in a sort of mythological setting, I think it may have dealt with Greek Gods.

This is the main thing I remember, the main villain (I believe) was gold. The scene that stuck with me/freaked me out, the main character wakes up in a forest hanging by his neck from a tree. He manages to cut himself down and the camera pans back to discover that there are about a hundred corpses hanging from various trees throughout this section of the forest.

I THINK at some point there was a battle with Medusa, but I'm not sure. Anyone have a clue what I'm talking about?

The Medusa thing is almost certainly from Clash of the Titans, but the forest scene doesn't match up. It's Greek mythology though. Some of Ray Harryhausen's finest. He also did Jason and the Argonauts a few decades prior.

**Marcus Willett** · #6 08-18-2008, 11:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Matt Till

Alright, I know very little of this film, it's something I watched a little of as a kid and it freaked me out. The only thing I remember is the movie might have been set in a sort of mythological setting, I think it may have dealt with Greek Gods.

This is the main thing I remember, the main villain (I believe) was gold. The scene that stuck with me/freaked me out, the main character wakes up in a forest hanging by his neck from a tree. He manages to cut himself down and the camera pans back to discover that there are about a hundred corpses hanging from various trees throughout this section of the forest.

I THINK at some point there was a battle with Medusa, but I'm not sure. Anyone have a clue what I'm talking about?

Yes. Sounds like a scene from Excalibur. Not Greek at all (based on the Arthurian legend), but the scene fits your description exactly. Mordred is the main villain in a gold suit of armor. One of the knights of the round table (Perceval) is hung from a tree along with others and manages to get free, seeing his companions hung on that tree. The scene occurs at the 1:42:58 mark on the DVD.

JB Lars · #7 08-18-2008, 11:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Marcus Willett

Sounds like a scene from Excalibur.

Beat'd. I freakin' love this movie, but it creeped me out as a kid, too. Let us know if that's the one.

funkalicious101 · #8 08-18-2008, 11:53 PM

Hmmm, I've seen a movie like that before... Nothing you would have seen as a kid though...

bongomania · #9 08-19-2008, 12:06 AM

You didn't grow up like a lot of USA kids did, then. I remember my dad took me to see Apocalypse Now when it came out in theaters, I was 9. I remember seeing all kinds of not-for-kids movies in theaters and on TV when I was a kid.

funkalicious101 · #10 08-19-2008, 12:15 AM

I suppose it was rather subtle, but I was hinting is was a pornographic film...

K_Shizzle · #11 08-19-2008, 12:24 AM

I got really freaky nightmares after watching...either Excalibur or Merlin as a kid. Wimp

i_got_a_mohawk · #12 08-19-2008, 12:59 AM

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Originally Posted by bongomania

You didn't grow up like a lot of USA kids did, then. I remember my dad took me to see Apocalypse Now when it came out in theaters, I was 9. I remember seeing all kinds of not-for-kids movies in theaters and on TV when I was a kid.

I think that happens all round really, I remember, at the age of about 6 or 7, Aliens was on the TV, my dad told me I should stay up late and watch it . . . I did, didnt get much sleep for the rest of the week tho!

Alcyon · #13 08-19-2008, 02:31 AM

Man, that freaked me out as a kid too, and I could never remember what movie it was. Wasn't there also an incestual sex scene or something?

Relic · #14 08-19-2008, 05:05 AM

It's Excalibur for sure. That's one of my top ten all time fav movies.

Bruce Lindfield · #15 08-19-2008, 05:14 AM

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Originally Posted by i_got_a_mohawk

I think that happens all round really, I remember, at the age of about 6 or 7, Aliens was on the TV, my dad told me I should stay up late and watch it . . . I did, didnt get much sleep for the rest of the week tho!

I remember watching the original "Alien" film at the cinema and being terrified - but it was mainly because you didn't see the alien until very late, so your imagination was actually creating something much worse than could ever have been on the screen....

But after seeing the alien it wasn't scary and seeing it subsequently on TV and the follow-ups - they weren't scary at all!

It was just that sense of not knowing what was coming, that was much scarier than anything they could have shown!

TheDarkReaver · #16 08-19-2008, 05:15 AM

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Originally Posted by funkalicious101

I suppose it was rather subtle, but I was hinting is was a pornographic film...

Well generally when tha average person thinks of porn they don't think of hanging corpses and a medusa.

You're into some weird stuff.

i_got_a_mohawk · #17 08-19-2008, 06:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Bruce Lindfield

I remember watching the original "Alien" film at the cinema and being terrified - but it was mainly because you didn't see the alien until very late, so your imagination was actually creating something much worse than could ever have been on the screen....

But after seeing the alien it wasn't scary and seeing it subsequently on TV and the follow-ups - they weren't scary at all!

It was just that sense of not knowing what was coming, that was much scarier than anything they could have shown!

Im sure you werent in the first years of primary school when you saw that tho

Relic · #18 08-19-2008, 06:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Bruce Lindfield

I remember watching the original "Alien" film at the cinema and being terrified - but it was mainly because you didn't see the alien until very late, so your imagination was actually creating something much worse than could ever have been on the screen....

But after seeing the alien it wasn't scary and seeing it subsequently on TV and the follow-ups - they weren't scary at all!

It was just that sense of not knowing what was coming, that was much scarier than anything they could have shown!

I saw the movie "The Exorcist" when I was about 11. I think I still have soiled shorts hidden somewhere.

Matt Till · #19 08-19-2008, 06:54 AM

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Originally Posted by TheDarkReaver

Well generally when tha average person thinks of porn they don't think of hanging corpses and a medusa.

You're into some weird stuff.

Yeah seriously... corpse porn? That's messed up.

Matt Till · #20 08-19-2008, 07:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Marcus Willett

Yes. Sounds like a scene from Excalibur. Not Greek at all (based on the Arthurian legend), but the scene fits your description exactly. Mordred is the main villain in a gold suit of armor. One of the knights of the round table (Perceval) is hung from a tree along with others and manages to get free, seeing his companions hung on that tree. The scene occurs at the 1:42:58 mark on the DVD.

This is it!! I watched the trailer and the second they showed Morded, I knew it was it!

Yeah, I don't know where I was getting the memory of Greek mythology, a bunch of spliced together messed up memories. I think I'm going to make it a point to hunt down all the films that scared the bejesus out of me when I was a kid because I "accidentally" watched them.

Excalibur
The Wall (The Flower Animation gave me nightmares for weeks)
Warlock (Dude french kissed the dude only to bite out his tounge!)

and there is some version of "The Pit and the Pendulum" I need to find, maybe you guys can help with that. I remember the movie starting out with a witch trial, she is assumed guilty, of course, the sentence was hanging. (I guess hangings freaked me out for some reason... hmm) Rather than setting her up in the gallows, the hangman just stuck the noose around her neck and started whipping her around. It was a pretty brutal scene. Anyone know which rendition this is?

Thanks for the help.