(The headline is supposed to be sung in the same menacing kids voices used in Halloween III: Season of the Witch)
So yeah, it’s under a week ’til Halloween, and since it’s pretty much my favourite day out of the year, I figured I’d write the first (of multiple – I should probably warn you now) seasonal blog.
Our Halloween contest BLINK OR DIE will be live as of tomorrow, but more details on that later.
As is, by now tradition (anal, OCD like, tradition) I’ve compiled a list of ACTUAL SCARY HORROR MOMENTS
Yes, I know. Crazy.
They’re a lot harder to find than you’d think. As a jaded horror fan – how many films have actually left some kind of deep rooted psychological scar? This list is dedicated to the movie moments that on first viewing, fucked you up.
Bob from Twin Peaks - Without doubt the scariest entity ever seen on screen
I used to think that Bob was only scary because you just saw him in short, cleverly edited bursts. To test this theory, at around the age of 18 I printed out LOADS of pictures of Bob to help me get over it. It didn’t work. I had to put them away in a drawer, and still shudder when I think about him. And I’m not the only one. Even if you were a Twin Peaks obsessive and understood both who and what, he was. (click here if you don’t) he was still the nearest I’ve ever seen to the manifestation of evil incarnate – well – you know what I mean. BOB EST SCARY.
Sadako emerges from the TV – Ringu
Forget bad Hollywood remakes and a market over-saturated with Asia extreme, cast your mind back to 1998 and the first time you saw Ringu. Let’s not get into how Japanese cinema is scarier anyways, just based on the sense of spatial awareness. Instead, watch, and remember how you freaked out when you first rented the DVD, all alone, in the dark of your room.
The Murderous Dwarf – Don’t Look Now.
Don’t look now is genius. If you haven’t seen it. You should. It’s another one of those movies that reminds you about how cinema was actually good in the 70’s. The scary dwarf killer petrifies me. I’m sure dwarves dressed in red trigger some kind of weird brain activity, Lynch loves them too.
The Tube Scene – American Werewolf in London
Sometimes, late at night I’ll be standing at TCR waiting for a train and a shiver will run up my spine. It’s not ‘cos of death train or godforbid Creep – it’s far scarier than that. Watch it below, and then add American Werewolf to your Halloween Movie Marathon list.
Before I go, a quick note about BLINK OR DIE. You can click here for all the information you need, but the basic idea is you make us your favourite death scene blink, and send it to us at die@blinkbox.com and the winner gets a Living Dead Dolls Jason Vorhees ( you can’t get him anymore, ooooohhhh).
‘Til next time.
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