A good scary movie has the ability to terrify a wide audience; young or old, horror can creep into the minds of viewers of any age. How often have we had a fear developed in our childhood that can still make us shudder as adults?

Children in horror movies are often some of the most memorable parts of the film. Audiences everywhere remember Haley Joel Osment's iconic line, "I see dead people," from the film The Sixth Sense. Terrifying scenes in The Exorcist were that much scarier knowing that we were watching the performance of a young Linda Blair, who played a possessed Regan MacNeil.

However, while there have been plenty of child actors who appeared in horror films, very few of them recall that the actual shooting of the film was a nightmare. Janet Ann Gallow, who appeared as Cloestine Hussman in the 1942 film The Ghost of Frankenstein, recounted a relatively pleasant experience while filming the movie.

According to Universal Horrors: The Studio's Classic Films, 1931-1946, Gallow enjoyed spending time with the film's antagonist, Lon Chaney Jr.

"I spent a lot of time with Lon," said Gallow, according to the book, written by Tom Weaver, Michael Brunas, and John Brunas. "I was always riding his legs, his knees, sitting on his lap. He was nice, gentle with me, and easy to work with - better than anyone else!"

While Chaney certainly played a terrifying figure, he worked hard to make sure that Gallow didn't experience any legitimate terror when interacting with him.

"I approached him like I was going to a favorite uncle, not a monster," said Gallow. "The director yelled that maybe I should be frightened, but I wasn't - even Chaney told me, 'You won't be scared of me - just watch every day as they put on the makeup and change my looks.' and he was right - it didn't scare me at all, and it worked better that way."