Washington DC, Sept. 21 -- Comedian and actor Patton Oswalt recalled watching the 1922 silent German horror movie 'Nosferatu' at the age of 5, reported People.

He talked about it in the new documentary 'Chain Reactions' and shared that he was attending a "Halloween activity day for kids" in Tustin, Calif., when the adults decided to put on the vampire flick amid the other festive activities.

"The adults meant well," he recalled. "They're thinking, 'Oh, let's make pumpkin cookies and let's do cut-out black cats. And we'll show the kids an old silent movie, Nosferatu. That'll be safe for the kids."

However, it turned out to be a major scare for him. "It's still one of the scariest things I've ever experienced," Oswalt said, as quoted by ...