Scariest Movie

[Worf101]

To me the Scariest Film I ever saw was the original T.V. miniseries of "Salems Lot". There were/are things in that vampire film that I'd not seen/thought of before...

1. Children as victims of vampirism preying on their peers, parents SIBLINGS!. When the little Glick boy floats out of the mist and begins scratching on the SECOND STORY WINDOW of his brother, goose bumps began running up and down my spine.

2. The vampire was the ugliest seen since "Nosferatu". You could almost smell the stench of death through the T.V. screen.

3. The "Teacher I'm Sick" scene... chite...

4. The mortuary scene. He's making a cross while behind him the Glick's boy's mom begins to reanimate one jerk at a time.

I could go on and on but this two parter was so terrifying that CBS was flooded with phone calls and complaints from parents who's kids couldn't sleep that night from sheer terror. Outcry was so "Wellisan" in scale that they considered NOT showing the second half.

PS. - A year later I was stupid enough to read the Stephen King book. I finished it during a rainstorm on a dark night. Later that night I was awakened by the sound of scratching on my second story window. I literally "pi**ed" myself with fear and the fact that I was too scared to get up and go to the bathroom. That's how sure I was that some vampire was waiting to mesmerize me into inviting him or her in.

It turned out to be a branch from a nearby tree, blowing in the wind.

Da Worfster

[Worf101]

Other's in the "Running".

1. "The Omen" - The graveyard scene. When the nanny shows up in the hospital.

2. "Night of the Living Dead" - Shows you that you don't need color film or money to scare the chite out of people.

3. "Phantasm" - A drive in movie that was a real "cut above" the rest.

4. "The Fly" - Both versions were/are marvelous.

5. "The Thing" - Carpenter version gives more "WTF" moments than you can imagine.

6. "The Howling" - One of the best werewolf movies ever made. Beats the pants off "An American Werewolf in London" if you ask me.

7. "28 Days Later" - Great zombie movie. Fast zombies is a scary zombie.

8. "Them" - Giant ants give me nightmares. Why hasn't this one been redone?

9. "Alien" - In space they can't hear you scream.

10. "Jaws" - Under water they can barely hear you scream.

11. "The Sentinel" - Burgess Meredith as Satan... wow.

12 "Poltergeist" - The coffins rising from the rain soaked earth!!!! Are you chittin' me????

Da Worfster