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10/30/09
Unrelated, know this list excludes serial killers...but the Nightmare on Elm Street series is truly incredible. I DESPISE formulaic horror, so even the Friday the 13th & Halloween franchises bore the shit out of me, but I recently got on amazon for 9 bucks all 4 N.O.E.S on 2 DVDs and GODDAMN. You get so fucking nervous for those kids to fall asleep! I think this series in particular touches on a lot of nerves because it makes you fear something you usually want (SLEEP! PEACE! REST!) and the anything goes in the dream world. Freddy is truly the quintessential monster because he plays on personal fears and shortcomings and incoporates them into his revenge. The mind-fuck and slightly psychedelic component of these movies is PRIME horror viewing, not to mention the deliciously hyper colorized 80s-ness that pervades the entire thing.
GAWD I love it. Happy Halloweeners! #scarymovies
10/29/09
We spun her backwards...and forwards...until she was quite...quite mad. And when we gave her a mirror and showed her what she had become; you should have heard the one...single..sound she made."
Something Wicked has always been a tradition in my house, whether we read it aloud by a kerosene lamp or watch it on video.
Mr. Dark is the epitome of elegant evil, and deserves his place of honor.
I will always owe Mr. Bradbury an infinite debt for showing me the human soul, in this and all of his stories. #scarymovies
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Anyway, an excellent list. I'd love to rewatch Something Wicked This Way Comes, because I remember it being really creepy (in a good way) but haven't seen it in years. And good to see The Others getting some appreciation - I found it much more disturbing than I expected it to be. For some reason, in retrospect I found the
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brief visit of her husband really unsettling - where had he actually come from? And where was he going when he left? Shiver. #scarymovies
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The 1960s adaptation of The Masque of the Red Death also scared me. It's a pretty intense Poe story, and the colors of the costumes and set are perfectly eerie. #scarymovies
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Otherwise, The Exorcist, as obvious as it is, will always get me. Mostly because religion scares me. Related, The Exorcism of Emily Rose was SO underrated and a seriously amazing film. I have to agree on The Others, beautifully filmed. As is The Orphanage.
Any version of The Invasion Of The Body Snatchers makes me piss myself, as my big fear is my being the only "normal" around a sea of zombies.
Alien? SCARY.
God I know I am missing so much... #scarymovies
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Dunno, really depends on how big a stick you've got. #scarymovies
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It was similar to Crouch End by Stephen King, a short story in Nightmares and Dreamscapes, in that "strange unsettling journey" genre. #scarymovies
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I have always wanted to be Midge when I grow up, which is completely missing the point of that movie. #scarymovies
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OH SHIT, THEY FUCKING ARE. #scarymovies
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