I looks like fun. Jack White makes everything subversive!
I got interrupted in the middle of writing this post. It's about It Might Get Loud.
Angel: How're you feeling? Faith: Like I did mushrooms and got eaten by a bear.
'A Hole in the World'
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quester - Aug 11, 2009 6:25:26 pm PDT #3571 of 30000
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
le nubian - Aug 11, 2009 6:40:21 pm PDT #3572 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Speaking of horror movies:
what are your most memorable (and early) horror movie experiences?
a) in 9th grade I saw "Omen" at a friend's birthday party. It was not as scary as I thought it would be, but apparently I was the only at the party not screaming;
b) in elementary school (or jr. high), I saw "Burnt Offerings" on tv and that fucked my shit up for a couple of weeks. It is not a particularly good movie, but I found it really scary as a kid.
c) in college, I screamed through about 1/3rd of "The Lost Boys" at a dorm video party. My roommate and I were hugging each other during the last 30 minutes. It helped us bond...
§ ita § - Aug 11, 2009 6:45:51 pm PDT #3573 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Alien and Halloween freaked my shit out when I was young. Was it spaghetti that they were eating in Alien around when the belly-ripping starts? Whatever it was was what was on the menu for lunch afterwards. My friend's leg brushed mine under the table and I about lost it.
Polter-Cow - Aug 11, 2009 6:50:00 pm PDT #3574 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
My early horror movie experiences included Killer Klowns from Outer Space and Pulse. I think I was sometimes afraid of being burnt to death in the shower because of the latter.
Also, Candyman gave me nightmares. I watched it at an age when I covered my eyes when there was nudity. And then I slept on a couch downstairs next to a glass door; the whole night I was afraid someone was going to come in the room.
§ ita § - Aug 11, 2009 6:51:57 pm PDT #3575 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I watched it at an age when I covered my eyes when there was nudity.
I don't think I was ever that age.
Atropa - Aug 11, 2009 7:51:00 pm PDT #3576 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I saw Poltergeist when I was about 14, and I didn't sleep for DAYS. Especially because on the way home, the parents and I were talking about what scared us the most, and I mentioned the clown doll.
"But you have one like that", says Mom. "I think it's in the attic."
P.M. Marc - Aug 11, 2009 7:53:57 pm PDT #3577 of 30000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I saw Poltergeist when I was about 8.
My sister mocks me when I claim she scarred me for life, but seriously, she fed me horror films and horror novels from the time I was, like 6 or 7.
Changeling remains the scariest movie I've ever seen, though.
Laga - Aug 11, 2009 7:56:42 pm PDT #3578 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I think a saturday afternoon TV airing of THEM is responsible for my lifelong ant squick.
Polter-Cow - Aug 11, 2009 8:16:36 pm PDT #3579 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Changeling remains the scariest movie I've ever seen, though.
I presume you don't mean the Angelina Jolie movie?
DavidS - Aug 11, 2009 8:24:40 pm PDT #3580 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
what are your most memorable (and early) horror movie experiences?
1. Jaws: Saw it with the backyard neighbor because I was underage and it was R. Vividly remember everybody in the theater lurching backwards when the head rolled out of the sunken boat.
2. Halloween: Saw it with high school friends. Could not enter a darkened room without flipping on the light for about three years.
3. The Shining: Saw the midnight showing with my friends Karen (Emmett's godmother) and Phil. Both of them sat on either side of me and repeatedly grabbed my arms during the scary scenes.
4. Alien: We showed up and were excited that there was an entire row perfectly situated to handle our group of 7. Then we smelled the vomit. We sat elsewhere and watched three more groups arrive, get excited about their good fortune, sit and then depart with the audience laughing louder each time. At the same time, it really built the sense that this movie was going to freak our shit. (Which it did.)