Miscellaneous Movie Musings - Page 398

Capt Jack · 01-29-2009, 01:22 PM

Im goin with that second thing.

scary? not

Alex · 01-29-2009, 01:34 PM

Poltergeist was the pinnacle of scary movies for me. But I was 8 when I saw it. And so I was a young boy who slept in a large second floor bedroom with a mean looking tree right outside the window.

But something about that scare fixed me as I believe it was also the last time I was scared by ANY movie. Movies can induce in me pretty much every other emotion but fear is not one of them. I can be startled, but not scared.

Cadaverous Pallor · 01-29-2009, 01:58 PM

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Do you mean "why" as in why spoil the memory of a good thing or, "why" as in why bother since the first one was one of the worst movies ever made and doesn't have in it a single legitimately scary moment where you think someone might actually die?

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Im goin with that second thing.

scary? not

Seriously? You guys don't think this movie is scary? As Alex mentioned, the kid with the evil tree, and the evil clown doll scene? What about when they're getting sucked into the closet? I swear, I could mention most every scene in that movie as wonderfully shot and pretty damn scary. It also has the best ending of any haunted house movie I've ever seen (not that I've seen a lot of them, but still.) The effects hold up, too.

Capt Jack · 01-29-2009, 02:43 PM

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Seriously?

seriously.....but then dont put too much stock in my opinion. Im the guy who couldnt sit through Devils Rejects without laughing my a$$ off the whole time.

Not Afraid · 01-29-2009, 02:21 PM

Not scary.

Gemini Cricket · 01-29-2009, 04:33 PM

Well, I guess I meant it as it's a perfectly fine popcorn fun horror flick that doesn't need to be done again so soon. What they really should do is do a decent sequel to it. None of the sequels were any good.

The clown doll, the kid-eating tree, the swimming pool full of supermodels.... yeah, I found it extremely scary when I was 10. Scared stiff each and every time I went back to see it...

Strangler Lewis · 01-29-2009, 07:54 PM

I give a pass to you folks who first saw it as a kid, but that doesn't make it scary for real. As a kid in Queens I would watch Japanese monster movies in the middle of the night and then look out my 7th floor apartment window to make sure the Empire State Building was still there.

I'll agree that the movie did a somewhat competent job with a few snapshots of childhood fears. But scary in a point A to point B way? In a "Gee, I'm worried that these people I care about might not make it out alive" way? No.

Eliza Hodgkins 1812 · 02-09-2009, 11:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Strangler Lewis

I give a pass to you folks who first saw it as a kid, but that doesn't make it scary for real. As a kid in Queens I would watch Japanese monster movies in the middle of the night and then look out my 7th floor apartment window to make sure the Empire State Building was still there.

I'll agree that the movie did a somewhat competent job with a few snapshots of childhood fears. But scary in a point A to point B way? In a "Gee, I'm worried that these people I care about might not make it out alive" way? No.

As a child, I had a fear or open closets (I had nightmares) and of trees that could swallow you whole (one neighborhood tree, in particular, based on stories and older kid told to younger ones). So, when I saw Poltergeist, which had both a closet AND a tree that swallowed kids whole, it terrified me. As a result, I still get residual creeps when I watch it. Heh.

innerSpaceman · 01-29-2009, 08:12 PM

Sorry, I was 22 when that movie came out. Scared To Death.

Go ahead and say it didn't scare YOU. You are absolutely wrong if you say it wasn't scary. All of my companions who saw that Pre-Release Screening (with the extra 4 seconds!) were scared crapless.

If it scared some people, it was scary. By definition.

Anyway, GC's right ... it's a great popcorn flick and the sequels sucked (d'uh).

lashbear · 01-29-2009, 09:26 PM

OK, I have to ask.

What 4 seconds were they, and did they make a huge difference ?

BTW: Poltergeist scared the stuffin out of me too. Maybe I couldn't handle those extra 4 seconds... but I have to know.

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Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Poltergeist was the pinnacle of scary movies for me. But I was 8 when I saw it. And so I was a young boy who slept in a large second floor bedroom with a mean looking tree right outside the window. But something about that scare fixed me as I believe it was also the last time I was scared by ANY movie. Movies can induce in me pretty much every other emotion but fear is not one of them. I can be startled, but not scared.
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Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	Well, I guess I meant it as it's a perfectly fine popcorn fun horror flick that doesn't need to be done again so soon. What they really should do is do a decent sequel to it. None of the sequels were any good. The clown doll, the kid-eating tree, the swimming pool full of supermodels.... yeah, I found it extremely scary when I was 10. Scared stiff each and every time I went back to see it...
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innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Sorry, I was 22 when that movie came out. Scared To Death. Go ahead and say it didn't scare YOU. You are absolutely wrong if you say it wasn't scary. All of my companions who saw that Pre-Release Screening (with the extra 4 seconds!) were scared crapless. If it scared some people, it was scary. By definition. Anyway, GC's right ... it's a great popcorn flick and the sequels sucked (d'uh).
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lashbear SwishBuckling Bear Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: In Isolation :) Posts: 6,597	OK, I have to ask. What 4 seconds were they, and did they make a huge difference ? BTW: Poltergeist scared the stuffin out of me too. Maybe I couldn't handle those extra 4 seconds... but I have to know. __________________ *I Heart* my Husband - I can't think of anyone I'd rather be in isolation with.**
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