Trilogy of Terror (the Karen Black episode in particular) scared the holy living s--- out of me (1975!)...hard to believe it was broadcast on TV back then. (Written by Richard Matheson, one of my heroes!)
gary handman ...and yeah, I was alone in the house when I watched it. > Mine are actually tv schlock horror pieces, that left a big impression on > me as a kid. There's three: > > 1. "Let's Scare Jessica to Death" (thank God I wasn't alone when I saw it; > I was under a tent with my cousin Linda in my livingroom). > 2. "Trilogy of Terror," with Karen Black. This has to take, hands down, > the award for being the scariest, craziest most out of control bizarro > narrative out there. Yeesh. My skin crawls thinking about it. > 3. "Bad Ronald." Good Grief, what a creep fest this one is. Who the hell > ever came up with this in their tristed imaginations? > > The last from my psychedelic 70's childhood I saw in a theatre, where > daddy was friends with the projectionist, and I got to sit in the booth > and play with film cans: > > 4. "Arnold," starring Roddy McDowall and Stella Stevens. What a hoot that > film was. Why dad took me is beyond me. I guess for making up for all the > Disney stuff I dragged him to. But he managed to get this kind of stuff in > as well as Brynner's "Westworld." (It was the first feature film to use > digital image processing.) Yikes. It has all made me a very well-rounded > person. > > Don't know if these have been mentioned, but there's the perenially creepy > "Eyes Without a Face," subtitles won't bother you and "Peeping Tom." > Chiiiiiiiiiiiillllllllllllsssssssss!!!!! > > Elizabeth > > "You see, I don't believe that libraries should be drab places where > people sit in silence, and that's been the main reason for our policy of > employing wild animals as librarians." > --Monty Python > >> >> >>________________________________ >> >>From: [email protected] >> [[email protected]] on behalf of Ball, James (jmb4aw) >> [[email protected]] >>Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2011 2:13 PM >>To: [email protected] >>Subject: [Videolib] Friday fun question, early... >> >> >>Hi All, >> >>Here’s a Friday fun question (but with a bit of a head start): what are >> your favorite scary movies? >> >>Gary, you probably have a videography, don’t you? Broken down by genre, >> country of origin, director… J >> >>Cheers, >> >>Matt >> >>______________________________ >>Matt Ball >>Media Services Librarian >>University of Virginia >>[email protected] >>434-924-3812 >> >>VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of >> issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic >> control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in >> libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve >> as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel >> of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video >> producers and distributors. >> >> >>VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of >> issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic >> control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in >> libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve >> as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel >> of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video >> producers and distributors. > Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566 [email protected] http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC "I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself." --Francois Truffaut VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
