"The scariest thing in The Shining is when Shelley Duval finds Jack Nicholson's crazy writings"
"No, the scariest thing in The Shining is Shelley Duval."
Scary movie moment memories:
1. The Haunting: Not the remake with Catherine Zeta-Jones, but the original, black and white one. Never
underestimate creepy sound effects, atmosphere, and an eerie opening. For years, I had this vague memory as a kid of watching a b&w movie on tv where a woman was slowly climbing a staircase to hang herself. Stayed with me for a long time and finally figured out what that movie was when I was older. And I'm still filled with disappointment that they remade the movie into the horrible remake with CZJ...and the previws actually made it look good, darn it.
"No, the scariest thing in The Shining is Shelley Duval."
Scary movie moment memories:
1. The Haunting: Not the remake with Catherine Zeta-Jones, but the original, black and white one. Never
underestimate creepy sound effects, atmosphere, and an eerie opening. For years, I had this vague memory as a kid of watching a b&w movie on tv where a woman was slowly climbing a staircase to hang herself. Stayed with me for a long time and finally figured out what that movie was when I was older. And I'm still filled with disappointment that they remade the movie into the horrible remake with CZJ...and the previws actually made it look good, darn it.2. Poltergeist: First off - clowns are creepy period. In my grandmother's house was a painting of some clowns that hung in a bedroom. Lucky me, whenever we stayed the night, my sister and I got to share that bedroom. Creeeeeped me out! And then I saw this movie...to quote Bart Simpson, "Can't sleep...clowns'll eat me."
Secondly...eating chicken+mirror+maggots = me never wanting to eat chicken in the middle of the night for fear of face disintegration.
Secondly...eating chicken+mirror+maggots = me never wanting to eat chicken in the middle of the night for fear of face disintegration.
3. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory: Nice movie. Cute songs. Candy = good! Wow, that factory sure looks neat! Look, you can get cream out of those mushroom tops! Hey, cool...it's a boat!Wait....
To quote the commentators from Bravo's 100 Scariest Movie Moments - "Then the movie takes a HARD left turn!"
4. Nightmare on Elm Street (and various sequels) - Truth in advertising...I had nightmares alright.
5. Halloween: Yeah, nothing happens for the majority of the movie. Yes, she's an idiot for throwing the knife away...twice. And yes, PJ Soles as Linda is annoying, totally. But when Michael jumps on that car when escaping from the institution...I jumped...and screamed.
Man, Linda was annoying!
6.Jaws: My most favorite movie ever...loved it since I was eight years old. Dad popped it into the video cassette recorder, I got waaay up close to the TV...and jumped waaaay back when the head popped out of the whole in the boat!7. Alien and Aliens: Alien was the first movie I remember my Dad recorded off of TV via our brand new, top-loading, cutting edge VCR circa 1980/81. Remember how the title credit slowly fades in letter by letter? No wide screen movie on HBO that time...even at 4 or 5 I remember thinking, "lliel...that doesn't make sense!"
Aliens I was old enough to see in the theater with my mom...first movie I remember watching through my fingers.
Aliens I was old enough to see in the theater with my mom...first movie I remember watching through my fingers.
In conclusion, blood and gore may scare some people, but for more eeriness and foreboding creep me out more...and clowns, don't forget clowns.
