10 Normal Things Movies Have Made Terrifying (Part II)

Bodies Of Water: Jaws/Lake Placid/Anaconda

This is probably the most glaring omission from our first list. Sorry people, tried to get a little too creative and silly, but my head is on straight now, and I can remember a time when any body of water made me uneasy. Jaws is the most prevalent example as to why, because Steven Spielberg masters terror by saving the shark’s reveal for so long, but my biggest example is Lake Placid. A far less superior film, but a much more stinging reminder that you never know what might be lurking under that deep, murky water you’re swimming nonchalantly across the surface of – especially when it takes place minutes from your favorite vacation spot.

Every summer I vacation in the Adirondacks, staying in a cozy lakeside abode with free reign of a gorgeous lake. We go water-skiing, tubing, swimming, wave running – you name it. Life was good as a child, splashing about with infinite enjoyment, but then everything changed. Damn you Lake Placid! How was I not supposed to think a giant crocodile wasn’t swimming under me whenever I jumped in the lake, just waiting to lurch up and snap its chompers into me? F#ck that shit. Then Jaws with the ocean? Man, I was done with water altogether. Beaches, Lakes, Reservoirs, Rivers, Creeks, Ponds, Puddles, Pools, Fountains, Bath Tubs, Showers – no thank you!