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Originally posted by Cheshire
Nightmare on Elm Street is a classic for me, after that mostly B movies ~ The Blob, Toxic Avenger... Glitter...
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Man, I remember seeing The Blob on TV when I was about 5. I watched it right up until the old farmer-dude starts poking a lump of blob with a stick, and it rolls down his arm and eats him. I ran and hid behind the recliner and screamed my head off, had nightmares for weeks.
I was a sensitive child...
My faves now are:
1. Alien -- I think someone on here referenced the idea that Alien is a haunted house movie in outer space. I think that idea is orginally from Stephen King's non-fiction book Danse Macabre. It's a great book, if you love horror movies and horror fiction, definitely pick that one up!
2. The Haunting -- now, I'm talking about the 60's black-and-white version of Shirley Jackson't book The Haunting of Hill House. That movie, even though they show absolutely no gore, no nothing, can reduce me ot a quivering glob of fear everytime. It's about how what they DON'T show you becomes so terrifying in your mind's eye...no Hollywood FX could ever compare.
This is one scary movie..."Come Home Eleanor" written in blood on the wall, the door that bulges in and out like a heart beating, Eleanor thinking she's holding Theo's hand all night while they're scared out of their wits, but there was *something* else there...ack! I'm getting chills thinking about it.
3. The Sixth Sense
4. Okay, laugh if you want, but there's a recent episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer that has got to be one of the scariest things I've ever seen on TV -- "Conversations with Dead People." If you use Kazaa, check it out. The scary stuff is Dawn home alone while the entire house starts going crazy, (There's blood on the wall that reads: "Mother's milk is red today" and the furniture rearranges itself between lightning flashes) and she starts hearing these thunderous booming noises.
She eventually calls out "Okay, once for yes, twice for no! Do you understand me?" The house booms back once.
"Mom -- is that you?" (Her mother died last season.) The house booms back once -- yes, it is her mother.
"Are you okay?"
One boom...followed quickly by another. No.
"Are...are you alone?"
One boom...followed quickly by another -- loudly, frantically. NO.
Then the shit hits the fan.
5. Okay, my #5 is another Buffy episode: "Hush." Also available on Kazza, with Norwegian subtitles for some bizarre reason.
Fairy-tale monsters called the Gentlemen come to town, and steal everyone's voices...and rip out some hearts. The makeup on these Monsters of the Week is great, and they are totally fucking creepy. And the ep pulls off a neat trick -- for most of the episode, there is NO dialogue. It's very well done.