Nuns - no sense of humor
Oct. 31st, 2003 10:16 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
yendiAs the Kurgan said, Happy Halloween!
I am, once again, dressing up as Mystique, although without the nametag. No one at work has caught on yet.
We've talked about horror movies to death (yeah, I know). So let's shift gears today. What's your favorite moment of horror on TV? It could be a made-for-tv movie (not anything from USA, though -- if Buried Alive is at the top of your list, please don't admit it), a mini-series, or just a Halloween episode of a regular show.
As for me, a pair of Stephen King adaptations are at the top of my list: Tobe Hooper's Salem's Lot and the early-'90s version of The Stand. Two damned fine adaptations.
And, although they're not scary, per se, I adore the annual Treehouse of Horror episodes of the Simpsons. It just doesn't get any funnier.
I am, once again, dressing up as Mystique, although without the nametag. No one at work has caught on yet.
We've talked about horror movies to death (yeah, I know). So let's shift gears today. What's your favorite moment of horror on TV? It could be a made-for-tv movie (not anything from USA, though -- if Buried Alive is at the top of your list, please don't admit it), a mini-series, or just a Halloween episode of a regular show.
As for me, a pair of Stephen King adaptations are at the top of my list: Tobe Hooper's Salem's Lot and the early-'90s version of The Stand. Two damned fine adaptations.
And, although they're not scary, per se, I adore the annual Treehouse of Horror episodes of the Simpsons. It just doesn't get any funnier.
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Date: 2003-10-31 07:20 am (UTC)Don't know if this counts -
Date: 2003-10-31 07:20 am (UTC)That being said, I was a big fan of the X-Files and there were several creepy classics in that one (my favorite being the episode that took place at the site of a circus sideshow camp).
And then my favorite Twilight Zone episode was the one with Burgess Meredith and the nuclear bomb (where he's in the bank vault and is therefore the only survivor who loves to read and is actually happy that he'll have all the time in the world to read - until he breaks his very thick glasses). That's not really horror, but it's Twilight Zone so it deserves a mention.
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Date: 2003-10-31 07:22 am (UTC)Andre the Giant was BigFoot and he towered over Steve Austin. No way to fake that huge size difference. To my 6 year old eye it was obvious that he was gonna squash Steve. And then Steve got his legs pretty much sheared off in a rapidly closing gate.
Horrible, horrible.
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Date: 2003-10-31 07:24 am (UTC)"Hey, ladies!"
Tongue waggles.
Mwahahaha!
I think I will go as Everyman, or The Protagonist. Maybe Man v. Society.
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Date: 2003-10-31 07:29 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2003-10-31 07:32 am (UTC)The creepiest thing I've ever seen would have to have been the Invader Zim Halloween episode from a few years back before they ganked it from the air....
Rat bastards!
It's better to burn out than fade away
Date: 2003-10-31 07:37 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2003-10-31 07:42 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2003-10-31 07:46 am (UTC)Home, with the freaky incest monsters.
The Great Mutato, the two faced guy who impregnated all the women, but it was a horror comedy, done in black and white.
The Fiji Mermaid, with all the circus geeks and the creepy conjoined twins, with the mini twin being the real murderer and The Enigma eating the lil monster.
The Tooms episodes, with the stretchy guy who ate people's internal organs.
And of course, Jose Chung's:From Outer Space, best multi-view point, horror/comedy/alien episode ever. The Harryhausen homage alone makes it a great monster movie.
Re: It's better to burn out than fade away
Date: 2003-10-31 07:47 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2003-10-31 07:56 am (UTC)Something from Dr Who probably wins for moment, if you exclude horrific scenes from dramas.
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Date: 2003-10-31 08:45 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2003-10-31 08:46 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2003-10-31 08:56 am (UTC)I'm so glad somebody else loved this! It got virtually no attention at the time and very few people have seen it.
I wasn't happy when they cast Corin Nemec as Harold, but he pulled it off remarkably well. Everyone else's casting was spot-on (especially Ray Walston as Glen and Gary Sinise as Stu Redman).
Fantastic series. Great adaptation of King's best book.
cheers,
Phil
Re: It's better to burn out than fade away
Date: 2003-10-31 08:59 am (UTC)And of course Zander's reaction to Buffy pantomiming how she intends to kill the Gentlemen is the single funniest moment of the entire series.
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Date: 2003-10-31 09:25 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2003-10-31 10:08 am (UTC)Do you remember the Nightmare on Elm Street TV Series? ;)
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Date: 2003-10-31 10:09 am (UTC)I really need to get that on DVD...
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Date: 2003-10-31 11:23 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2003-10-31 11:23 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2003-10-31 11:35 am (UTC)Only in the past couple of years have I stopped taking a flying leap at the bed to avoid getting my ankles too close to clawed beasties.
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Date: 2003-10-31 11:39 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2003-10-31 11:54 am (UTC)Although I don't think the cheesy special effects will have the same effect on you today, that it did to me then.
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Date: 2003-10-31 12:09 pm (UTC)*nod*. I suspected as much. Probably best left to pleasant memories.
I did get some creepy D&D magic item ideas from the show. :)
I never saw the Nightmare on Elm Street Series. Was it on par with Friday the 13th?
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Date: 2003-10-31 12:34 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2003-10-31 12:49 pm (UTC)I still don't know why Ft13th, the series was named that. It had nothing to do with the movies at all.
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Date: 2003-10-31 03:14 pm (UTC)But I read the book after seeing the movie -- I'm pretty sure the home video version is trimmed -- and I'm still of the opinion that
Stirling Silliphant... sorry, I would have sworn I remembered that correctly -- Paul Monash managed to reduce the book to essentials and got those essentials on screen.(no subject)
Date: 2003-11-01 07:03 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2003-11-01 08:14 am (UTC)HEhhe
"Roswell, ROSWELL!"
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Date: 2003-11-01 07:24 pm (UTC)