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Sunday, October 19, 2008

120- AMERICA'S SCARIEST FILM CHARACTERS This Coming Late October!!!.....

A) Michael Myers was the boy who grew up in "Halloween", wearing 'that' mask...Dr. Sam Loomis (Donald Pleasance) was the doc looking for him!...and Jamie Lee Curtis was in her first film as the babysitter...1978...around the top as a fave!...music was #1.
B) Hannibal Lecter..."Silence of the Lambs"...Jodie Foster (Clarice Starling)...fava beans...1991...
it's easy to understand how Anthony Hopkins earned an Oscar.
C) Freddy Krueger...1984..."A Nightmare on Elm Street"...dreams...teens not being able to sleep without Freddy getting into their dreams.
D) Jason Voorhees..."Friday the 13th"...1980...over 26 years!...125 victims...we always knew there would be another one 'cause his eye would pop open at the end.
E) "Jaws"...1975...Amity Island...a few scenes are classics!...opening one with girl!...two elderly
guys fishing at night on dock!
F) "Creature of the Black Lagoon"...1954....B&W...my first fave as a kid...excellent 'monster'.
G) "The Amityville Horror"...1979...actual house on Long Island...stopped by there on a trip to
New England...thumbs down on this flick.
H) "King Kong"...1933...notice the dates on a bunch of these films!...and the B&W.
I) "Hunchback of Notre Dame"...1939.
J) "Dr. Jekell & Mr. Hyde"...1931.
K) "Dracula"...1931.
L) "The Wolfman"...1941.
M) "Children of the Corn"...1984...Malachai & Issac...this one has some scare!
N) "Children's Play"...1988...Chucky...did he ever expire?
O) "Psycho"...1960...Norman Bates...the Bates Motel...the shower...B&W adds greatly to the
effects...scenes at the widow from afar...is she real?
P) "Alien"...1979...Xenomonph...this one "sceered" me, gave me the shivers.
Q) "Predator"...1987...'Dutch' (Arnold!)...liked this, too...music was excellent.
R) "The Shining"...1980..."Here's Johnnnnny!"...Jack Nicholson...direction, acting and filming
were tops...the writer's evolution, with facial remarks, are excellent.
S) "The Haunting"...1963...B&W...got to be around the top.
T) "The Mummy...1932.
U) "Texas Chainsaw Massacre"...1974...Leatherface.
V) "Frankenstein's Monster"...1931.
W) "Duel"...1971...we never "see" who the truck driver is...clever.
X) "The Birds"...1963.
Y) "Jurassic Park"...1993...the scene with the glass of water quivering!..."support actors" are so
real!
Z) "Poltergeist"...1982
AA) "Pet Sematary"...1989...this one, like many of the King books and movies, got to me.
BB) "Misery"...1990...two characters with brilliant acting and direction.
CC) "The Exorcist"...1973...you remembered it weeks later.
DD) "The Village"...2004...my fave!...fooled me.
EE) "Carrie"...1976...blood?
FF) "Wait Until Dark"...1967...she was a blind housewife...when two thugs come after her looking GG.... the last scene?...she turns out all the lights in her home to make the
scenerio equal...and?

Have one or three that I missed?

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