For some of us Gen Xers, it felt like once we came home from school, we were given merely Pop-Tarts and a remote. What many of us watched on TV (and in movie theaters, for that matter) could easily scare the wits out of any emotionally mature adult. For us, it was both joyous and absolutely terrifying.

In a Threads post, a woman who goes by Steph (@calmcreatorclub) specifically reaches out to Gen X to ask, “What was the scariest thing on TV when you were a kid? Name it.” Perhaps because it’s almost Halloween, this post deeply resonated. In fact, it received over 4.3 thousand comments in less than three days. People from all over the world were ready to talk about the shows, movies, and commercials that kept them looking under the bed every few hours for years.

With the introduction of cable TV, including HBO, Showtime, and Cinemax, many of us were exposed to movies we’d normally have had to sneak into. Writer Stephen King was........

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