The Wicked Witch of the West and the flying monkeys didn't freak me out at all. The stripy feet of the Wicked Witch of the East curling up and vanishing under Dorothy's house? Endless nightmares.
And Poltergeist. I still won't re-watch it.
Can we maybe vote on the whole murdering people issue?
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Atropa - Jun 28, 2010 1:38:07 pm PDT #9386 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Kathy A - Jun 28, 2010 1:43:10 pm PDT #9387 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I know I've told my mom's story here about how, when she was in nursing school, she and some classmates went to a conference in Kalamazoo. They checked into their motel and then decided to go out to eat and see the new Hitchcock film. Yes, it was Psycho. After, my now-aunt flat-out refused to take a shower, and one of the other women had my mom stand guard in front of the bathroom door while she showered, reluctantly.
Steph L. - Jun 28, 2010 1:44:04 pm PDT #9388 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
There was a scene where a woman was taking a hot shower and the water became scaldingly hot and she couldn't turn it off.
Could she not just jump out of the shower?
Polter-Cow - Jun 28, 2010 1:55:01 pm PDT #9389 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Probably not, but I don't remember why. Maybe she was just flailing a lot without considering that option.
erikaj - Jun 28, 2010 2:18:55 pm PDT #9390 of 30000
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
Don't know...Dark Crystal kind of freaked me out.
javachik - Jun 28, 2010 3:28:52 pm PDT #9391 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
For whatever reason, I was able to see ANYTHING as a kid and teen and not get freaked out. I read horror stories by the dozens and it wasn't a prob (although a book called The Elementals by Idunno Who, and Straub's Ghost Story were both memorably scary.)
But now? I am freaked out and scared by nearly everything!! I take holey sweaters to the movies JUST to watch the whole movie through the holes in the sweater. I am a wuss. Hell, I could BARELY watch half of Up.
DavidS - Jun 28, 2010 3:34:47 pm PDT #9392 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Heh. We've just had our first instance of "Push the button, Max!"
I had forgotten they had a two-man, pedal powered Zeppelin at the beginning of this movie.
And now I remember why I always thought of this as a Sunday Afternoon Movie. It's almost 3 hours long. That's your Sunday.
DavidS - Jun 28, 2010 3:37:47 pm PDT #9393 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
There's actually a lot of nice steampunk design in this thing.
eta: I had forgotten how awesomely gothic Professor Fate's mansion is. Truly Jack Lemmon's evil laugh has never been topped.
Why isn't there a t-shirt that says "Push the button, Max!"?
sj - Jun 28, 2010 5:58:47 pm PDT #9394 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I finally watched Up today, and predictably it made me cry and cry. Such a beautifully done movie.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 28, 2010 6:25:45 pm PDT #9395 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
(although a book called The Elementals by Idunno Who, and Straub's Ghost Story were both memorably scary.)
Oh, books can be much scarier than movies by letting your imagination fill in the gaps. The mental images I formed of Gregory and Fenny Bates when I read Ghost Story at the age of 10 put almost anything I've seen in horror movies to shame.