Never been much for horror, because I never know what will freak me out and stick with me. But I can look at grisly casefile photos with no problem(I still wonder if that's not a past-life thing)
That's one spunky little girl you've raised. I'm gonna eat her.
The Mayor ,'End of Days'
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erikaj - Aug 12, 2009 6:39:22 am PDT #3596 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
Frankenbuddha - Aug 12, 2009 6:39:55 am PDT #3597 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Anybody else see the thing where Karen Black gets chased around by an African fetish doll with a knife? Nightmare fuel for years off of that one, and it was part of a made-for-TV anthology movie.
Kathy A - Aug 12, 2009 6:41:12 am PDT #3598 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Trilogy of Terror, right?
Cashmere - Aug 12, 2009 6:41:41 am PDT #3599 of 30000
Now tagless for your comfort.
I was 10 when a neighbor took us to see the original Friday the 13th film. I was way too young. The theatre was packed and I had to sit on my neighbor's lap. I watched the movie through my hands. My twin and I had bunk beds and because of the Kevin Bacon scene I didn't sleep in my bed for six months.
A few years later, I was at my aunt's house and she was watching Motel Hell on cable. I started watching it but after the first reveal I lost it and screamed. I spent the rest of the afternoon under a blanket.
I'm not a big fan of horror movies.
Frankenbuddha - Aug 12, 2009 6:43:30 am PDT #3600 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Trilogy of Terror, right?
That's it! I was spacing on the name.
Night Gallery used to get almost that extreme (I'm thinking of the earwhig episode). 70s TV used to get away with some crazy shit. Elizabeth Montgomery playing Lizzie Borden comes to mind, as well.
Kathy A - Aug 12, 2009 6:46:35 am PDT #3601 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Elizabeth Montgomery playing Lizzie Borden comes to mind, as well.
I remember watching that TV movie while I was babysitting. She was really excellent in the role.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 12, 2009 6:52:21 am PDT #3602 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I think Eraserhead, while not technically a horror movie, was the one that freaked me out the most. It was days afterwards before I got a good night's sleep.
Fred Pete - Aug 12, 2009 6:58:33 am PDT #3603 of 30000
Ann, that's a ferret.
70s TV used to get away with some crazy shit.
George Peppard also played Dr. Sam Sheppard in a TV mini-series around '75 or so. Gave me a sleepless night or two.
And while I didn't see movies, I'd like to mention that I read both Jaws and Helter Skelter around that time. Jaws gave me a moment or two, nothing major, but I've never gotten up the courage or whatever to see the movie. Helter Skelter gave me nightmares all winter.
Kathy A - Aug 12, 2009 7:00:29 am PDT #3604 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
My mom wouldn't let me see Helter Skelter when it was first broadcast on tv, but I did read the book about that time (5-6th grade, IIRC), and the photos in the book of the crime scenes really did stick with me. I think that was the first true-crime book I read.
Glamcookie - Aug 12, 2009 7:04:10 am PDT #3605 of 30000
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
I watched old horror films with my dad from about the age of 2 on and I loved them. I had a Dracula doll ("Jack Leeler!").
At about 6 or 7, I was watching TV (unsupervised) and started watching Sssssssss (I think that was what it was called - about a doctor who was injecting people with something that slowly turned them into snakes). Lifelong fear of snakes started right there. I had snake nightmares for years after and always worried about someone throwing a snake in when I was showering. :::shudder:::
Saw Poltergeist at around 11 or 12 and was all freaked out. I remember ET came out after and I was scared to see it as I thought it would be like Poltergeist.
Rediscovered love of horror in early teens with Nightmare on Elm Street. Had a huge love for that movie. Now, as an adult, I love a good suspenseful scare, but hate gore. So I don't see too many horror films.
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