When I was in high school, isolated from the rest of the world overseas in Turkey, all we had were movies and music to keep us entertained. I had a model railroad track, slot cars, models, and blocks. The blocks, even though I had 'graduated' to erector sets, were fascinating and on those tile floors I would try to put several sets together and build them up as high as possible. I also started my guitar habit...
But the movies -- especially horror movies -- I would go to like I wanted to get lost in a different world. I hated campy ones. I wanted to get hit by the scariest stuff they could dish out. I prepared myself mentally to get stone serious, psyched out.
When we lived in Greece there were a lot of outdoor theaters in neighborhoods. Two of the first I watched when in grade school were: "Premature Burial" and the "Pit and the Pendulum". I was hooked after that. And at about 6 or 8 years old, scared out of my skin.
Those were the times of serious movies that were intended to scare the bejeebers out of you. And they succeeded. I was able to watch nearly every Hammer Film that came out in the late 50s and 60s, my favorites being unadulterated Gothic Horror. Oh yes. Christopher Lee was king of that genre. He and Peter Cushing.
So, I dedicate the next 12 days to remembering not only these great films but ANY neat horror flick that AR folks might like to offer up as their favorite. The favorite has to be a line or phrase from one of those memorable movies. It can be from any year and genre, sci-fi to chain saw. If you'd like to offer the context, great.
I will start with this line from Invasion of the Body Snatchers. It's nearly the end of the movie and you don't know who has been 'converted' from the pods. People are roaming the street and we are hoping our hero Donald Sutherland has not succumbed.
The line is (something like this):
"HHHHHHHHHCCCCCCCCCCTTHHHHAAAAAAAAA"
If you've forgotten this scene, here it is again:
OK, you're next!!
btw: I will assume a different avatar every day from now til Halloween...
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