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2011/09/26 21:06:14
Subject: Movies and things, that gave you nightmares
Medium of Death wrote:The zombie noise is pretty disturbing.
Spoiler:
Listen to it Forwards and look out for "Yabba! My ice cream!!
Mandorallen turned back toward the insolently sneering baron. 'My Lord,' The great knight said distantly, 'I find thy face apelike and thy form misshapen. Thy beard, moreover, is an offence against decency, resembling more closely the scabrous fur which doth decorate the hinder portion of a mongrel dog than a proper adornment for a human face. Is it possibly that thy mother, seized by some wild lechery, did dally at some time past with a randy goat?' - Mimbrate Knight Protector Mandorallen.
Excerpt from "Seeress of Kell", Book Five of The Malloreon series by David Eddings.
"You need not fear us, unless you are a dark heart, a vile one who preys on the innocent; I promise, you can’t hide forever in the empty darkness, for we will hunt you down like the animals you are, and pull you into the very bowels of hell." Iron - Within Temptation
2011/09/26 21:08:01
Subject: Movies and things, that gave you nightmares
as for movies, a few scared me as a kid; Nightmare on Elm St., Friday the 13th, etc etc. But the one that really gave me nightmares was Killer Clowns from Outerspace - i half recall a scene where an evil alien clown forces his way through some pipes to get at some teenagers trapped in a bathroom (sounds a bit like a scene from IT too, now that i think about it). i noticed that this movie is on netflix now, i might have to watch it again to see if my fears are still justified.
As for books, theres only ever been one to truely give me nightmares. Gerald's Game by Stephen King. there was something about the way he portrayed Death (as a character) that just stuck with me. id wake up in the middle of the night in a panic, groping for the light switch praying that that same shadow wasnt lurking in the corners of my room.
and for video games, well, they dont really scare me that much anymore. startle, yeah, but not really scare.
Malifaux - Rezzers
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2011/09/26 21:16:22
Subject: Movies and things, that gave you nightmares
I actually had to think about this one for a while, as I honestly couldn't remember the last time a book or movie scared me..even a bit.
As far as I can recall...the last scene in any movie that scared me was in Blacula...when the female Cab driver vampire runs towards the camera and attacks the mortician...I think I was about 4 or 5 at the time.
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2011/09/26 21:30:11
Subject: Re:Movies and things, that gave you nightmares
After watching Alfred Hitchcock's the birds I was paranoid of crows for about a week, I would have been 15-17 years old at the time (can't remember when I saw it).
2011/09/26 22:09:47
Subject: Movies and things, that gave you nightmares
Gah, that movie was terrible. I still can't believe they killed some of those animals just for the sake of killing them...like that possom they STABBED IN THE NECK and the turtle the chopped up. IIRC, the director completely disowns that movie.
Back on topic; another movie that I found to be super creepy
I've been spelunking before, and I know how it feels to be crammed into a tight cavern underground with no light, and while being knee to chest deep in water. This one hit it home for me haha
I don't think any movie has given me nightmares that I can remember, but incidentally I was watching John Carpenter's The Thing last night while I tried to sleep (I actually can't sleep without a radio or television on, it's weird), managed to fall asleep, and the creepy ambient music from the credits must've caused some kind of bad dream because I woke up and immediately switched DVDs in a half-awake quasi-panic. Didn't even look at what DVD I was putting in, all I could think in that semi-asleep state was that the music had to stop.
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2011/09/27 00:05:53
Subject: Movies and things, that gave you nightmares
nerdfest09 wrote:The scene in Predator where the camera swings up the tree and the bodies that he skinned are swinging there! scared the crap out of me when I was 8!
also Hellraiser 5 Inferno, was as freaky as hell! the chatterers in coats floating in the background of the bar scene gave me the heebies!
There are others but in order to not sound like a giant sooky wuss bag i'm keeping them to myself, although KC's beard has appeared in my nightmares eating children too!....
Nerdfest09
Holy CRAP! My buddy Nerdfest...in the Off Topic?! GTFO!
I remember after I first watched Predator, I would hear the "over here" sound it made in dreams and such for a good month. No nightmares mind you, but it was creepy anyways
2011/09/27 00:10:56
Subject: Re:Movies and things, that gave you nightmares
I want to say "what the hell did our parents think when we were growing up?" But... Ill admit, I let my 6 y/o son watch some pretty scary movies with me
2011/09/27 00:12:22
Subject: Re:Movies and things, that gave you nightmares
biccat wrote:Cujo gave me serious nightmares as a kid.
This.
Coolyo294 wrote:I didn't sleep well the week after I read the Zombie Survival Guide.
This to a much lesser extent only because my older brother saw me reading it and pulled a prank on me while I was asleep...scared the hell outta me...
ChainswordHeretic wrote:The Headcrabs in Halflife. I was working second shift when that came out, and always played at night with the lites out so I wouldn't wake the wife.
Also this...I can't tell you how many times when I first played those games that I was creeping through some dark hole and freaked because a headcrab zombie jumped up at me...but I was much younger then and now I just laugh at them...
The movie "They Live!" also freaked me out when I was younger...those weird rotting faces scared the crap outta me...
2011/09/27 00:28:47
Subject: Re:Movies and things, that gave you nightmares
KingCracker wrote:I want to say "what the hell did our parents think when we were growing up?" But... Ill admit, I let my 6 y/o son watch some pretty scary movies with me
Yeah, but I bet you didn't top it off with this:
Prestor Jon wrote: Because children don't have any legal rights until they're adults. A minor is the responsiblity of the parent and has no legal rights except through his/her legal guardian or parent.
2011/09/27 02:45:00
Subject: Re:Movies and things, that gave you nightmares
I loled at aliens in the chestburster scene, and during apollo 18, I kept laughing in all of the "scary" parts, which scared the crap out of my friends.
My nightmares are of not turning in big reports, not movies.
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2011/09/27 02:51:50
Subject: Movies and things, that gave you nightmares
Well, the only things that have successfully scared me are Criminal Minds (some of the cases they have had are just creepy. Especially the woman that stole children and brainwashed them to become her own children and then if they disrespected her, she would throw them into an oven... Worst thing is that was a real crime, arghhhh.)
Then some of the serial killer movies I have seen not the over the top Freddy Revenge, but the normal guy that goes killing people. Reminds me of Lucius the Eternal with freaking blade.
From whom are unforgiven we bring the mercy of war.
2011/09/27 02:53:31
Subject: Movies and things, that gave you nightmares
Gah, that movie was terrible. I still can't believe they killed some of those animals just for the sake of killing them...like that possom they STABBED IN THE NECK and the turtle the chopped up. IIRC, the director completely disowns that movie.
Back on topic; another movie that I found to be super creepy
I've been spelunking before, and I know how it feels to be crammed into a tight cavern underground with no light, and while being knee to chest deep in water. This one hit it home for me haha
no most of the actors do the director was proud of it
2011/09/27 03:04:41
Subject: Re:Movies and things, that gave you nightmares
The thing that got me when i was a wee tacker was an epidsode of The X files. It was on at about 9:30ish, my mum was out and my dad had fallen asleep so i thought i was gonna be cool and watch a big kids show. The episode i caught was the one with the monster that uses crows to herald its arrival and kills you after you see it in a reflection. Dont remember what the ep is called but i wasnt able to look in a mirror for months afterwards and i'd leg it as fast and far as i could if i ever saw a crow. Even to this day if a crow comes out of no where and suprizes me i still get the crap scared out of me.
2011/09/27 03:05:53
Subject: Re:Movies and things, that gave you nightmares
Brother Azul wrote:The thing that got me when i was a wee tacker was an epidsode of The X files. It was on at about 9:30ish, my mum was out and my dad had fallen asleep so i thought i was gonna be cool and watch a big kids show. The episode i caught was the one with the monster that uses crows to herald its arrival and kills you after you see it in a reflection. Dont remember what the ep is called but i wasnt able to look in a mirror for months afterwards and i'd leg it as fast and far as i could if i ever saw a crow. Even to this day if a crow comes out of no where and suprizes me i still get the crap scared out of me.
Now wonder dude the Crow is the symbol of death, and its bad luck too. plus I immedately flash back to Tristram Cinematic from Diablo 1
From whom are unforgiven we bring the mercy of war.
2011/09/27 11:07:07
Subject: Re:Movies and things, that gave you nightmares
KingCracker wrote:I want to say "what the hell did our parents think when we were growing up?" But... Ill admit, I let my 6 y/o son watch some pretty scary movies with me
Yeah, but I bet you didn't top it off with this:
Thats hilarious, looks like something my brother the Giant does to his kids. I laugh, but it is really bad parenting
2011/09/27 11:13:46
Subject: Movies and things, that gave you nightmares
Gah, that movie was terrible. I still can't believe they killed some of those animals just for the sake of killing them...like that possom they STABBED IN THE NECK and the turtle the chopped up. IIRC, the director completely disowns that movie.
Back on topic; another movie that I found to be super creepy
I've been spelunking before, and I know how it feels to be crammed into a tight cavern underground with no light, and while being knee to chest deep in water. This one hit it home for me haha
It would have been better without the lame bad guys. It was great right up until they showed up, then it the Wife and I just started laughing. We'd slaughter them like bad cheese was the consensus.
I don't get nightmares, but this one and having a shark fin appear about four feet from me when crabbing in Texas City made me a nonentity in the ocean:
Funny story. On honeymoon in Mexico went snorkling with wife. In addition to giant jackfish I had a cramp. The Wife kept swimming on but I got into difficulty, and here comes a shark. er!!!!! The Wife's reply when I pleasantly expressed my displeasure at the situation. "Its ok old man. You're insured."
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2011/09/27 11:15:20
Subject: Movies and things, that gave you nightmares
We watched the Shining in Uni after bag of mushrooms and a night out of $1 beers. As soon as I saw the blood gushing out of the elevator, I freaked out. Even though we shut it off, I couldn't sleep that night at all because of the image.
2011/09/27 11:25:29
Subject: Movies and things, that gave you nightmares
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er!!!!! The Wife's reply when I pleasantly expressed my displeasure at the situation. "Its ok old man. You're insured."
