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     To : ALL                                  Number : 7324  
   From : SYSOP                              Refer To : None  
Subject : SCARIEST FILM MOMENT                   Read : N/A                 
   Date : 06/13/88                           Security : None    

And why.  What a topic.  Let me start by telling you what scares me to
death:  Loss of time.  Like in Roman Polanski's (and the writers' of
course) "The Tenant".  The lead character goes to bed all nice and neat,
and in the morning Shelley Winters, the landlady tells him if he doesn't
stop all that noise at night, she's going to evict him.  Polanski (in
the male lead role) is as confused as WE are.  What does she MEAN, stop
the noise... what noise.


     To : SYSOP                                Number : 7325  
   From : BUZZ DIXON                         Refer To : 7324  
Subject : SCARIEST FILM MOMENT                   Read : 06/14/88            
   Date : 06/14/88                           Security : None    

The scariest film moment I ever saw was in LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT.  The
criminal father is interuprted in the middle of his rampage by his grown
son, a weak and impotent man who has been brow-beaten by his father's
gang throughout the film.  The son has a gun pointed straight at his
father's head and tells his father that he's going to put a stop to him.
 He tells his father that he (the son) has finally come to his senses,
that he realizes his father is an evil man, and he's going to shoot him
and kill him and put a stop to his father's evil.
  
And the father says, "No, you're not.  You're going to take that gun and
stick it in your mouth abd blow your rbains out.  Do you hear me?"  The
father begins to mercilessly castigate the son and the son, unable to
stand up to his father's verbal abuse, breaks down, sticks the gun in
his mouth, and shoots himself.
  
(This was NOT a movie with supernatural or science fiction overtones;
the father had no preternatural abilities.  He just had his grown son
completely and totally dominated.)
  
THAT was the scariest thing I've ever seen on film.  It's crazy, it's
lunatic, it's utterly horrifying...
  
...and it has the ring of truth to it.


     To : SYSOP                                Number : 7331  
   From : BILL WARREN                        Refer To : 7324  
Subject : SCARIEST FILM MOMENT                   Read : 06/15/88            
   Date : 06/15/88                           Security : None    

   I have been scared by different kinds of scenes from time to time in
my life.  When I was a kid, Gort melting his way out of the block of
plastic in THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL scared the shit out of me,
perhaps literally; the cobra-head ray-blaster rising out of the "meteor"
in WAR OF THE WORLDS terrified me; Christopher Lee bursting through the
door in HORROR OF DRACULA scared me, but not as much as his entering the
tomb quietly, a few scenes later; the >concept< of INVASION OF THE BODY
SNATCHERS frightens me enough that I have nightmares about it.
    There are others that no doubt I will think of as soon as I log
off.


     To : BUZZ DIXON                           Number : 7332  
   From : BILL WARREN                        Refer To : 7325  
Subject : SCARIEST FILM MOMENT                   Read : 06/20/88            
   Date : 06/15/88                           Security : None    

   Another thing that scared me was the very last glance in the
rear-view mirror by Travis Bickle in TAXI DRIVER: not only has he not
changed for the better, he's gotten worse, and he's still out there.


     To : BILL WARREN                          Number : 7334  
   From : SCOTT IVERSON                      Refer To : 7331  
Subject : SCARIEST FILM MOMENT                   Read : 06/20/88            
   Date : 06/15/88                           Security : None    

How about that moment in WAIT UNTIL DARK when blind Audrey Hepburn is
trying to escape evil incarnate in the form of Alan Arkin? When he
lunges out of that closet...  brown shorts.
 
Scott~


     To : SYSOP                                Number : 7344  
   From : DONNA KUYPER                       Refer To : 7324  
Subject : SCARIEST FILM MOMENT                   Read : 06/16/88            
   Date : 06/16/88                           Security : None    

You know, one of my scariest real life moments was in the dentist's
office.  They were getting ready to put me out and the next thing I
remember I was totally disoriented.  I came to seeing that chrome light,
but it was out of focus.  In the pit of my stomach was the worst feeling
- I didn't know where I was, and I seemed to have no memory.  Unlike
waking up from sleep, this was total and lasting disorientation.  It was
the scariest feeling in my whole life.  
 
After what was probably 15 seconds, I cleared up and the panic started
to go away.  I think I had fainted (I do that on occasion - it's no fun
believe me).  Anyway, Mike, sorry - this isn't a film story but a true
life one prompted by your message.


     To : DONNA KUYPER                         Number : 7345  
   From : SYSOP                              Refer To : 7344  
Subject : SCARIEST FILM MOMENT                   Read : 06/19/88            
   Date : 06/16/88                           Security : None    

Yeah, I think I can see it.  Guy rips open your chest cavity and films
what your feeling.  Like Kafka... yeah.  Like Kafka.  


     To : SCOTT IVERSON                        Number : 7348  
   From : BILL WARREN                        Refer To : 7334  
Subject : SCARIEST FILM MOMENT                   Read : 08/16/88            
   Date : 06/20/88                           Security : None    

  Yes, that gave me quite a start, but I thought we were talking about
SCARY film moments, not sudden-shock film moments.  The latter are far
easier to do than the former; even William Castle could do a
sudden-shock whenever he felt like it.


     To : SCOTT IVERSON                        Number : 7350  
   From : PATRICIA VESELICH                  Refer To : 7334  
Subject : SCARIEST FILM MOMENT                   Read : 08/16/88            
   Date : 06/20/88                           Security : None    

In reading down the messages with "scariest film moment" as the subject:
the first scene that occured to me was the WAIT UNTIL DARK scene. 
Here's to everyone on the BBS - that someday they may be a part of the
most "whatever" scene on film or television!


     To : BUZZ DIXON                           Number : 7362  
   From : LARRY DITILLIO                     Refer To : 7325  
Subject : SCARIEST FILM MOMENT                   Read : 06/28/88            
   Date : 06/26/88                           Security : None    

Buzz, don't want to panic you, but the guy who played the father was at
the WGA meeting the other night. I had to take a moment to remember he
was an actor and not bash his brains in.


     To : BILL WARREN                          Number : 7365  
   From : CRAIG MILLER                       Refer To : 7331  
Subject : SCARIEST FILM MOMENT                   Read : 07/02/88            
   Date : 06/27/88                           Security : None    

The scariest moment in a film for me was in THE HAUNTING, when there's
the pounding, pounding, pounding coming down the hall.  The heroine
locks her door and the pounding starts against the door.  And grows. 
And the massive oak door begins to buckle...


     To : CRAIG MILLER                         Number : 7366  
   From : KATHY SELBERT                      Refer To : 7365  
Subject : SCARIEST FILM MOMENT                   Read : 07/13/88            
   Date : 06/28/88                           Security : None    

Even worse than the door pounding moment in THE HAUNTING is the scene
where the lights come back on and the character asks, "Who was holding
my hand?"
 


     To : KATHY SELBERT                        Number : 7368  
   From : BILL GIVENS                        Refer To : 7366  
Subject : SCARIEST FILM MOMENT                   Read : 06/29/88            
   Date : 06/28/88                           Security : None    

My scariest film "moment" was every frame of "The Innocents", filmed way
back when with, I think, Deborah Kerr.  A Henry James (I think) ghost
story with many nape of the neck hair-raising moments, and nary a drop
of blood and gore.


     To : CRAIG MILLER                         Number : 7373  
   From : LARRY DITILLIO                     Refer To : 7365  
Subject : SCARIEST FILM MOMENT                   Read : 07/13/88            
   Date : 06/30/88                           Security : None    

Gee Craig I've seen door jambs buckle when you walked thru them. And
you're right, it is scary...


     To : LAURA MITCHELL                       Number : 7382  
   From : BILL GIVENS                        Refer To : None  
Subject : SCARIEST FILM MOMENT                   Read : 07/03/88            
   Date : 07/01/88                           Security : None    

I seem to vaguely remember the TV version of 'A Turn of the Screw' . .
. but then again, just about everything I remember is vague  (I suffer
from CRS Syndrome -- Can't Remember Sh**).  Wonder if the TV version is
out on video (as are many old tv shows?).  I suddenly came up with a new
"most frightening moment" -- the idea of George Bush as President!.


     To : LAURA MITCHELL                       Number : 7391  
   From : BILL GIVENS                        Refer To : None  
Subject : SCARIEST FILM MOMENT                   Read : 07/07/88            
   Date : 07/03/88                           Security : None    

What's just as scary to me is the idea of Dukakis as President, too --
even though I'm a lifelong "liberaler than thou" yellow dog Democrat. 
What scares me is his continual harping on "traditional family values"
-- which are the very words that Falwell uses to cover up his neo-Nazi
fascism.  I'm a bachelor who's moral, honest, kind to old ladies,
animals and babies, goes to church on Sundays, and every now and then
even manages to wave the flag -- but have no truck with "traditional
family values".  If the Duke is trying to court the conservatives with
those words, then I want no part of him.  I'd much prefer somebody who
had the balls to make a stand rather than court votes by telling the
head-in-the-sand folks what they want to hear.  But unfortunately,
there's no one running who's doing that.  How about a few "traditional
individual values" for once?  Hey .... how did I get into all this? 
Well, c'est la vie. (or la guerre).


     To : BILL GIVENS                          Number : 7413  
   From : LAURA MITCHELL                     Refer To : 7391  
Subject : SCARIEST FILM MOMENT                   Read : 07/08/88            
   Date : 07/07/88                           Security : None    

I rather like Dukakis, despite the traditional rhetoric you mention.  I
have two main reasons.  First, I caught part of an informal press
conference he gave reporters from the Gannett newspapers (on C-SPAN, I
think).  He amazed me by ACTUALLY ANSWERING THE REPORTER'S QUESTIONS! 
As a former reporter who has written on politics and now a government
issues coordinator who will have to work my way through the political
morass, I found that truly refreshing.  And he wasn't at all reluctant
to criticize himself in giving his answers.  He showed an unusual blend
of self-confidence and humility.
      
My second reason for liking Dukakis is very personal.  As someone with a
disability and a staff member of the Multiple Sclerosis Society, having
accessible facilities available is very important to me.  Dukakis's
campaign headquarters here was accessible, and his campaign manager told
me the word to make things accessible came from very high up in the
campaign.



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