Post #55649 by Kono on Fri, Oct 17, 2003 9:50 PM

The only movies that really scare me are ones where objects fly around of their own accord. Poltergeist, Amityville Horror (well, the book at least). Yeesh. If I think a movie's gonna have things flying around guided by unseen hands...I avoid it like the plague. Scares the bejeezus out of me! I have enough nightmares about that sort of stuff without having to see it on the screen. Werewolves? Bah, keep the door locked and stay inside. Aliens? Ditto. Demons? Stay away from the Ouiji board. A large blunt object (a tiki maybe?) rises up in the air and flies at you from across the room?! How the hell you gonna guard against that? God knows who lived where you live before you did! And what happened to them?! They could still be around...

Some favorites:
The Legend of Boggy Creek - First saw it as a kid and will still catch myself wondering if Bigfoot is real when I'm out in the woods by myself, sober.

Creature from the Black Lagoon - Classic. The "tikiest" scary movie that I can think of off the top of my head.

Night of the Living Dead - It's a cult classic for a reason. That it's in B&W is the icing on the cake. Creepy...

Requiem for a Vampire - Jean Rollin's vampire movies may not be all that scary but they are a real treat to watch with artsy cinematography and phenomenal soundtracks. Outstanding flicks. Just stay away from Mssr. Rollin's "Zombie Lake" which is possibly the worst movie of all time. No...really.

Andy Warhol presents: Flesh for Frankenstein; and AW presents: Blood for Dracula - These two movies are "must haves" for anyone with even a smidgeon of interest in quirky alternative cinema. Sexy, smart and funny. Especially Blood for Dracula. I see that they're a little expensive on Amazon. Ya might wanna watch for them on ebay if so inclined. 5 stars (each).

Them! - Sheriff Matt Dillon battles giant ants from the bowels of the nuclear contaminated earth. Made me scared of the woods as a kid. Later, as a teenager, I saw "Legend of Boggy Creek" and got scared of the woods again. Seeing "Deliverance" as a young man cemented it in my mind that the woods are not for me.

If I really wanted to have a creepy Halloween I think I'd just do a "One Step Beyond" and "The Outer Limits" marathon. Nothing IMHO captured the paranoia of Cold War America like these two series did.