# ID this vaguely remembered scene from an '80s movie/TV show

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**Created:** [August 24, 2011, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-vaguely-remembered-scene-from-an-80s-movie-tv-show/593952 "2011-08-24T21:31:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-vaguely-remembered-scene-from-an-80s-movie-tv-show/593952/1 "2011-08-24T21:31:19Z")

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When I was 6 or 7 or so (so 1989-ish), I remember being up late one summer night and watching TV with my parents. I don’t recall what movie or TV show was on, but there was this scene that was quite nightmare-fuelish for my young self that freaked me out.

I’m fairly sure the production was contemporary to the '80s - it had that “'80s look” to it. The scene was two boys who were playing around in the woods and had discovered some sort of old shack or lean-to, which they decided to crawl into. One of them thought it would make a pretty cool place for a hideout, while the other was saying it was dangerous and they shouldn’t be out there. He decides to bail and the other boy just sits there by himself a minute, then the entire thing collapses on top of him and kills him, and there’s an exterior shot of the boy’s “ghost” flying off into the sky. At that point I was rightly terrified and took off screaming to my room.

Does this vague remembrance ring a bell to anyone?

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**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-vaguely-remembered-scene-from-an-80s-movie-tv-show/593952/2 "2011-08-24T23:36:36Z")

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Moved thread to Cafe Society, where movie questions live.  
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**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-vaguely-remembered-scene-from-an-80s-movie-tv-show/593952/3 "2011-08-25T23:21:17Z")

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No idea, but it sounds like a fantastic origin story for Casper The Friendly Ghost.