I don't think so. It was an old B&W version.
Probably the Alistair Sim version, then.
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I don't think so. It was an old B&W version.
Probably the Alistair Sim version, then.
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.
the boat scene in the original Willy Wonka really freaked me out as a kid.
Heh.
The Oompa-Loompas kinda' scared me.
For me, it was Violet turning into a blueberry.
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.
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.
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.
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....
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!
See No Evil, I think it was called. Definitely an attempt to duplicate Wait Until Dark.
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.
I think I saw that one too. Doesn't the monster take her head off at the seam at some point?
I don't remember ever having a freak-out in the movie theater as a kid. My sister had a nightmare after we saw Jaws when I was 9 and she was 11, but I didn't have any problems. Closest I had was probably the insect scene in the second Indiana Jones film. The theater was practically empty when sis and I saw it so we had our legs hooked over the seats in front of us, and after that scene ended, I was practically in that seat in front of me, I had squirmed down so far. I remember sis pulling my sleeve, she got so into Poltergeist.