Comments on: Horror Roundtable - Week Twenty

By: Iloz Zoc

Iloz Zoc — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 21:03:02 +0000

Dracula, with Bela Lugosi. Watched it late one night, with the lights off.

By: warren

warren — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 21:36:28 +0000

I was kind of scred when Edward Scissorhands cut that bush into a devil to scare the organ lady. Well, I was really scared cause there was a tall bush that grew up to my seccond floor bedroom window.

I was disturbed by that scene in Robocop when the big robot blows away the executive in the corporate meeting, bloodiest thing I had seen.

By: Mexploitation » Horror Roundtable

Mexploitation » Horror Roundtable — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 23:58:43 +0000

[…] This week’s horror roundtable over at The Horror Blog features me again, as well as a lot of other people, talking about movies that scared us when we were kids, but don’t anymore. […]

By: Gary

Gary — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 11:20:36 +0000

I tried so hard to think of something that scared me as a kid, but having Steve as an older brother drained all fear. That Unsolved Mysteries show scared the stinky sausages outta me though. That music along with the fact that everything on the show was REAL. Movies don’t kill, but those black and white ghosts that peek around the corners will.

By: Mike Wolff

Mike Wolff — Sun, 12 Nov 2006 07:25:28 +0000

Well for me it was the Blob, and the reason why was based on fairly advanced childhood logic. Vampires are really easy to foil (at least the old school lugosi versions), Frankenstein’s monster and werewolves you just need a really, really good door. Godzilla’s a problem but at least you had plenty of early warning to panic. But the blob, ah now we have a problem. Garlic didn’t bother the blob, it goes under doors, and has the habit of sneaking. Nope the blob was definite check under the bed material for me as a young laddie.

Have fun all,
Michael Wolff
http://strangenity.blogspot.com/

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 07:07:32 +0000

“I tried so hard to think of something that scared me as a kid, but having Steve as an older brother drained all fear.”

Man, was I really that mean an older brother?

By: Gary

Gary — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 09:07:26 +0000

No way!

What I mean is you strengthened me so that I may become the Root of all Evil!!!

By: John

John — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 18:46:47 +0000

Salem’s Lot used to give me nightmares when I was six or seven. The little kid scritching and scratching outside his brother’s window was too terrible for words. I rented it a few years ago and was terribly bored. We accidentally started with the 2nd tape and so ended up watching it semi-backwards. It didn’t seem to matter, though, as it was lame either way.

By: platyjoe

platyjoe — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 00:44:52 +0000

The Kevin Bacon drill scene in Friday the 13th killed me. I slept for many years as a youngster with my hands near my neck so I’d know if that bitch was trying to drill me.

My wife says that my hands still take up that position (she calls it “vampirish”) to this day.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 07:36:01 +0000

Gary, I thought you were just born that way. I am proud to have been instrumental in your development.

John, I had the exact same experience, and was tempted to write about that scene for the recent Vampire blog-a-thon. I recently picked up the Salem’s Lot dvd, and now you have me worried that I’ve made a mistake.

Platyjoe, though it isn’t from Friday the 13th I often tuck the sheets into the crook of my neck, or even hoist the neck of my shirt up to my chin, because my neck feels real vunerable.