For some reason, zombies, vampires, Frankenstein's Monster, mummies, and most other monsters don't scare me. But werewolves freak my shit right out.
Company of Wolves. When they're coming thru the window? Holy hell.
I don't fancy spending the next month trying to get librarian out of the carpet.
Spike ,'Chosen'
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Gandalfe - Oct 24, 2005 5:21:03 am PDT #8139 of 10002
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
Vonnie K - Oct 24, 2005 5:25:51 am PDT #8140 of 10002
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
My scare-o-meter standard will always be Carnival of Souls. The grinning white face of the ghoul floating by the window never fails to scare the living daylight out of me. Oh, and that carnival dance of the dead and the creeeeepy organ music! Brrrrr.
Jars - Oct 24, 2005 5:37:35 am PDT #8141 of 10002
Aliens are what freak me out the most. There's a family story where I woke my parents up at three in the morning convinced I was going to be abducted and experimented on. I was seven.
Hence my thinking Signs was terrifying, even if they were the stupidest aliens of all time.
tommyrot - Oct 24, 2005 5:39:30 am PDT #8142 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Quick! Name all the movies where some character gets partiall frozen with some cryogenic liquid (liquid nitrogen, helium, etc), and then that frozen part of their body gets shattered. I'm thinking Alien: Resurrection, and I think some Bond movie, but that's all I can think of. Terminator 2 doesn't count, as it's not a human who gets frozen.)
Frankenbuddha - Oct 24, 2005 5:42:36 am PDT #8143 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Quick! Name all the movies where some character gets partiall frozen with some cryogenic liquid (liquid nitrogen, helium, etc), and then that frozen part of their body gets shattered. I'm thinking Alien: Resurrection, and I think some Bond movie, but that's all I can think of. Terminator 2 doesn't count, as it's not a human who gets frozen.)
Does Carl on Aqua Teen Hunger Force count?
Tom Scola - Oct 24, 2005 5:47:59 am PDT #8144 of 10002
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Hot Shots, Part Deux
tommyrot - Oct 24, 2005 5:48:34 am PDT #8145 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Does Carl on Aqua Teen Hunger Force count?
Heh. Sorta.
My computer desktop is a picture of a rose that's been dipped in liquid nitrogen and then shot with a bullet. It's making me obsessed with... more evil applications of cryogenics. I'm wondering if any movie has portrayed the partial freezing of humans realistically.
Nutty - Oct 24, 2005 5:49:14 am PDT #8146 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
then that frozen part of their body gets shattered.
This very plot-cliche was the source of the Funniest Chalk Outline EVAR on The X-Files once. There was a tiny mark to denote where each piece fell on the lab floor. (Yes, that was the beginning of an episode, which ended in near-death by wind tunnel.) (This is what happens when sicentists can't handle other people playing with their toys.)
tommyrot - Oct 24, 2005 5:55:42 am PDT #8147 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
There was a tiny mark to denote where each piece fell on the lab floor.
Oh yeah, I remember that. That was damn funny.
My brain must be stuck on "evil" today. Now I'm wondering if any film, etc has shown someone falling into a vat of mercury. Because you'd pretty much just float on top of the mercury (very little of your body would be submerged) because mercury is so dense. Like, even steel will float halfway out of mercury. So putting a human in mercury would just look damn weird. Plus, you know, somewhat toxic to the human.
Frankenbuddha - Oct 24, 2005 6:25:19 am PDT #8148 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Because you'd pretty much just float on top of the mercury (very little of your body would be submerged) because mercury is so dense.
I remember an article in National Geographic on mercury (this is probably all the way back in the 70's) where they had a photo of a man, dressed in heavy clothing (boots, gloves, no exposed skin except his head) sitting on top of a pool of mercury. Pretty freaky. This is also an article where they went into how hatters used to use a lot of mercury in their business which is why the Mad Hatter was mad.