My Mum gave my son a 3ft clown that looked like it had been taken from the set of Poltergeist. That got washed and unfortunately fell apart in the washing machine & had to go in the bin. There was no way I was having that in my house as well as the fact that my neighbours tree was getting close...
Pet Semetary (the spelling is American) scared the crap out of me, I read it again though, as well as quite a few of his others! The film didn't live up to my imagination.
Ghosts & supernatural I'm happy to be scared about. Poltergeist scared the crap out of me when I first saw it and still gives me the heebies after watching it another 3 times & the sequels.
I'm not scared by slash & gore, it's just not my cup of tea. Freddie Kruger is not likely to scare me as...