Posted on 11/23/2004 9:31:31 PM PST by John Robertson
What's your favorite horror movie...and why? What fried your hair, and still makes it jump if you get a little too tired and you remember a sequence or two from something that scared the stuff out of you.
I've always dismissed horror movies as a waste of time, but the older I get, the more I realize they must serve some function--some cathartic function--because they are an enduring genre, and each generation likes to find its own favorite scary movies. Heard a commentator saying the other day, the reason the country is so preoccuppied with horror films right now is, it's a horror we can "handle," versus the real, terrorist kind of horror.
>>Last, but surely not least, is a documentary off of Discovery or A&E called "A Haunting in Connecticut"
Oh my, that one also scared the beejeezers out of me. Esp when they showed the mental hospital (which was very close to where I went to HS) and I realized that this could have happened near my hometown for all I know.
They re-ran it around Halloween this year. I made the mistake of watching it. Another sleepless night.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, if you want a great, suspenseful movie without the modern gore
You bet! I remember sitting in a car in the parking lot after the movie, waiting for my friend to come out to the car. He slapped my window as he walked by, and I jumped in my seat and screamed!
"The Sound of Music"
I don't think that were expecting anything other than a dinner scene going into that take. Watch Veronica Cartwright during the scene. She looks off camera at the crew for help while Hurt is choking and flopping around.
The scariest movie I EVER saw was The Way We Were. Streisand was terrifying. Gave me the Buckwheat/Willies for weeks afterwards!
Wow, some great shots. Brought the movie back to life. I'm going to have to watch it again now....thanks!
Ridley Scott also did "Black Rain" and "Thelma and Louise"...good films, all.
LOL - yeah, it was pretty intense.
Until I saw that movie, I had always believed that there was SOME good (God given 'spark of life') in everybody, no matter how bad they may have seemed.
After that, I realized that the possibility of true evil also existed in everyone, and that only our faith and choices allowed one or the other to thrive.
I believe that I probably began to truly understand the meaning of 'free will' then, and the power of faith.
I don't know. I guess the house...the woods at night.
If you haven't read "It" by King, I highly recommend it. A fabulous book, unlike the TV movie. Cujo is also a good read, the book is in large part told from the point of view of the dog.
The Blob scared me when I saw it on TV when I was about 8.
The old Werewolf movies always got to me when I was young. The old Gypsy woman always creeped me out.
I'm not a big fan of horror movies, so I'm sure that true aficionados of the genre will think my list is lame, but FWIW:
The Silence of the Lambs
The Sixth Sense (not really horror, but it's spooky)
Nightmare on Elm Street (the first one)
To me, Donnie Darko was more a mystery to be solved. Didn't scare me, but an interesting flick.
"SAUSAGES"
Yes the book is by Shirley Jackson. The remake of the original movie was terrible. Glad someone else appreciates this oldie but goodie!
THAT's THE GUY, THAT's the GUY, HIM, HIM HIM HIM, HE, HE (pointing very emphaticly), yep.....
Yep.
Billy Mummy. (hate, hate, hate, hate)
I don't dislike Billy Mummy, but, well - kicks the dirt a little, and looks coyly away - so what? [Shane come back!!!!] I dislike the the guy a little, its not like I'd KILL him. I'm not under suspicion am I inspector?
I will check those out! I love novels set in the Victorian era. I even like all the Sherlock Holmes stories. Of course they are very tame by today's standards. But it 's fun to sit by the fire with Sherlock and Dr. Watson in their Baker Street flat.
We did that one in "Read-a-movie-Lit" class...
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