Am I the only Buffista that's seen that movie, or just the only one to be scarred by it?
I saw it on home video, so while it was undeniably freaky, it wasn't especially scarring. I also found it horribly sad in the end.
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Frankenbuddha - Jun 28, 2010 9:49:45 am PDT #9324 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
tommyrot - Jun 28, 2010 9:51:17 am PDT #9325 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Heh, was that the musical one with Albert Finney?
I don't think so. It was an old B&W version.
But I remember we saw it in the Shawano WI theater....
Frankenbuddha - Jun 28, 2010 9:52:01 am PDT #9326 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I don't think so. It was an old B&W version.
Probably the Alistair Sim version, then.
Amy - Jun 28, 2010 9:53:49 am PDT #9327 of 30000
Because books.
Is that ... Saint Blood? I'm not sure why I'm trying to translate it that way, but I know I haven't seen it.
I can't think of a movie that really scarred me, although the boat scene in the original Willy Wonka really freaked me out as a kid.
tommyrot - Jun 28, 2010 9:55:14 am PDT #9328 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
the boat scene in the original Willy Wonka really freaked me out as a kid.
Heh.
The Oompa-Loompas kinda' scared me.
Jessica - Jun 28, 2010 9:57:03 am PDT #9329 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
For me, it was Violet turning into a blueberry.
§ ita § - Jun 28, 2010 9:59:10 am PDT #9330 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I also found it horribly sad in the end.
It was the end that scarred me. Sort of how the end of Oldboy just made me reel. Recast the whole movie in another light, and also made me not want to let anyone touch me for the next hour. My arms were just hyper-sensitive.
It was just so fucked up. The movie had been la-la-la-messed up, and then blammo! No, it's worse than that.
Is that ... Saint Blood?
Holy blood.
Kathy A - Jun 28, 2010 10:04:00 am PDT #9331 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Kids film that freaked me out--those damn flying monkeys in Wizard of Oz.
Movie I saw on TV that freaked me out--don't remember the name of it, but I think it was a Mia Farrow film in which she played a blind woman. There was a scene where she was drawing herself a bath and filling up the tub, not knowing there was a dead body in it. Gives me the chills remembering it even now!
Also saw a Frankenstein flick which might have been a Hammer film, in which there was lots of ballroom dancing scenes with one of the women wearing a choker that covered up the fact that her neck had been stitched back into place.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 28, 2010 10:06:15 am PDT #9332 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
Am I the only Buffista that's seen that movie, or just the only one to be scarred by it?
I've held off seeking it out precisely because it disturbed you so. Despite our similar tastes I think your tolerance for freakiness in a movie is higher than mine based on Audition and Oldboy, so I've filed that one away in the Don't Need To Lose That Much Sleep category.
tommyrot - Jun 28, 2010 10:06:40 am PDT #9333 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Kids film that freaked me out--those damn flying monkeys in Wizard of Oz.
Oh yeah, those freaked me out too. It's because they can fly, which means YOU CAN'T RUN AWAY FROM THEM!
I first saw that on TV, and was trying to think of freak-outs in a movie theater....