Top Ten films and TV shows that gave me nightmares as a child.
10. The Survivor (1981) D avid Hemmings' 1981 Horror based on James Herbert's novel of the same name really put the wind up me. Robert Powell stars as a pilot who alone survives a plane crash leaving 300 people dead. The film plods its way laboriously through Powell's characters visions of crash victims and mission to seek the truth behind why he survived and what happened in the crash. As a child of ten or eleven I watched this one evening at my school (don't ask!). The scenes of the burned victims, in particular the children gave me a good couple of nights of wide eye syndrome. Jenny Agutter also stars and so who can blame anyone for watching. 9. Psycho (1960) Alfred Hitchcock's seminal film based on Robert Bloch's novel. Janet Leigh plays Marion Crane who is on the run from her boss and does a disappearing act leaving her old life behind. As she wearies on her long journey, she pulls off the highw...
