Writer's Block: Fright Show

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The Hitcher, 1986, with Rutger Hauer and Jennifer Jason Leigh.

I don't really dig scary movies anymore. I used to feel pretty bold, but I've gotten wimpier over the years, and I cover my eyes a lot during scary movies now. I think it has a lot to do with getting older and becoming ever more aware of my own mortal vulnerability--I just don't enjoy being fake-scared anymore, since I have plenty of things to be truly scared about--and having a kid was the final straw.

I did enjoy scary movies back in the day. But I generally stayed away from movies involving the supernatural/evil spirits. I watched a few, but I always had a strong feeling that I didn't need to be feeding that stuff to my brain. I've never seen Rosemary's Baby or the Exorcist, although by now I've seen bits of them while flipping channels. I love the old campy zombie movies, but hardcore Satanic stuff kinda bugs me.

So... The Hitcher. I first saw it when I was in college, at a rundown theater in Napa that showed double features for a buck or two. Rutger Hauer is so incredibly creepy in it. He manages to terrorize the kid, staying one step ahead of him all the way, without needing supernatural powers, just his own psychopathy. And Jennifer Jason Leigh is in it. I've always had a huge thing for her, so that's a big plus. And it is super scary and suspenseful. Check it out!

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[the-changeling.livejournal.com]

I was at the World Premiere of The Evil Dead. In a tiny West end cinema in Glasgow. No one else would show it, and the producers and some cast flew in and gave us a 'show' before it came on. (Whereby they sawed the hand off one of the actors.)

This was about midnight, after we'd watched the night time showing of The Blues Brothers.

Air was blue with ganja.

BY the time we got to The Evil Dead... we were laughing our heads off. We realy did love it.. but boy, how we laughed...

:-)

Hitcher scared the crap out of me. Anything with Rutger... but The Hitcher... scared rigid!

Dont' know what my scariest would be...

[twirlgrrl.livejournal.com]

I didn't see the Evil Dead... wonder if I'd like it? It's funny, huh? Funny and horrific = good combination. :)

[the-changeling.livejournal.com]

It spawned all the low budget 'thicko' stuff that came behind it. We laughed because..

the girl in the white nighty is all alone in the woods in her cabin and hears something scary outside and... she goes outside to see.

That sort of stuff. Total corn.

An, well, when she was raped by the tree... I mean.. raped by the tree branches.

Anyone who found this film scary, was 7 years old and hiding behind the couch. It was _terrible_.

But then went onto cult status. Go figger.

[sprig5.livejournal.com]

the only scary movies i liked were the chucky doll movies. otherwise, to me horro movies are either boring or.... well, i feel that real life is scary enogh.