16 Spooky Things That Kept '80s Kids Up All Night

For kids growing up in the '70s and '80s, let's be real — we saw some stuff.

Thanks to the lack of helicopter parents (latchkey kids unite!) and endless hours spent plopped in front of the TV eating sugary cereals , you could say the line between reality and fiction (and cavities and no cavities) was probably a bit blurred.

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For kids in the '70s, the movies and TV they were exposed to were super raw. From Vietnam war films to scenes that left nothing to the imagination, there were little to no boundaries. We really did witness it all. Raiders of the Lost Ark Melting Face and Jaws Poster Paramount/Universal loading... The "melting face" scene from Raiders of the Lost Ark and the haunting question of what might lurk beneath the surfa