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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 5,494 |
| | Posted: | | | | My 7 year old Granddaughter has progressed past Teletubbies/ Walt Disney Princess's/ ET / Ghostbusters the occasionally BW monster movies etc .. But I feel she is looking for something a bit more edgy and scarier .. as she is now asking for something Really Scarey .. ( Dan Ackroyd's Twlight Zone? )  We screened Jurassic Park last night and as exciting as it was .. there were still areas that were a bit over the top for her. including Crichton's screenplay on the whole generics scenario was 'over her head' and was... ' boring'..  She is obviously far too young for films such as Friday 13th and Halloween etc.. So I'm going to try and keep this in a PG level and my thoughts have now cast upon Made For TV movies.. I have the original 1990 IT and thought this may be the holy grail .. or maybe not.. (Plus That clown ( Tim Currey) he was pretty damn good as the evil character and I shouldn't scare her off all clowns together.., ( such as I did with my daughter 20 years ago ..  ) So have I missed any thing..? apart from TV's Lost IN Space / Twilight Zone and Outer Limits all at one or another time has seen some of .. Ideas?? | | | In the 60's, People took Acid to make the world Weird. Now the World is weird and People take Prozac to make it Normal.
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| Registered: August 23, 2008 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 1,656 |
| | Posted: | | | | Salem's Lot definitely had its moments. (I'm referring to the original, but the second attempt wasn't bad by any means.) Oh, and Trilogy of Terror (in particular, the Zuni Doll segment) still gives me the willies.  | | | Reviewer, HorrorTalk.com
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,494 |
| | Posted: | | | | another Stephen King .. Good one .. | | | In the 60's, People took Acid to make the world Weird. Now the World is weird and People take Prozac to make it Normal.
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| Registered: August 23, 2008 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 1,656 |
| | Posted: | | | | Sorry, updated my post to include Trilogy of Terror. | | | Reviewer, HorrorTalk.com
"I also refuse to document CLT results and I pay my bills to avoid going to court." - Sam, keeping it real, yo. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,494 |
| | Posted: | | | | ahh Super good one.. I'll have to pick that up.. as I only have it somewhere in my vhs collection...  | | | In the 60's, People took Acid to make the world Weird. Now the World is weird and People take Prozac to make it Normal.
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| Registered: May 26, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 599 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Alien Redrum: Quote:
Oh, and Trilogy of Terror (in particular, the Zuni Doll segment) still gives me the willies.
OMG, I remember the original airing date of this one. It scared the living sh*t out of me! |
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| Registered: March 10, 2009 | | Posts: 2,248 |
| | Posted: | | | | Fatherland way to f up a great book  |
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| Registered: August 23, 2008 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 1,656 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting widescreenforever: Quote:
ahh Super good one.. I'll have to pick that up.. as I only have it somewhere in my vhs collection...
I liked the Dark Sky Films DVD release. It has commentaries for all three shorts, and and short featurettes on Richard Matheson and Karen Black. Qoting Antares: Quote:
OMG, I remember the original airing date of this one. It scared the living sh*t out of me! A buddy of mine got me this:  It sits in my office and stares at me. Sometimes I make him face the wall because I don't like the look in his eyes. | | | Reviewer, HorrorTalk.com
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| Registered: September 29, 2008 | | Posts: 384 |
| | Posted: | | | | I have to agree with Stephen King's IT...that freaked the hell out of me when I saw it. I was pretty young at the time but still...I had seen many other "scary" movies, and none had been as scary as that movie. I'm not the hugest fan of scary movies, but that one definitely left it's mark on me. I have yet to watch it all the way through, but maybe someday I'll get around to it. If I do I'll probably think it's pretty silly now, and think I was a wuss, but it really was that scary at the time.  | | | | "The perfect is the enemy of the good." - Voltaire |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,635 |
| | Posted: | | | | Duel.
I think the director went on to direct a few episodes of Amazing Stories. I wonder if he did anything else? | | | If it wasn't for bad taste, I wouldn't have no taste at all.
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| | Posted: | | | | Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (1973) was scary when I was younger and saw it. Miramax was remaking it with Guillermo del Toro co-writing the screenplay, but who knows now...
Grave Secrets: The Legacy of Hilltop Drive (1992) was pretty creepy, and based on true events. Poltergeist was based on the original story also, but the story was changed quite a lot there. | | | | Corey |
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| Registered: March 20, 2007 | | Posts: 31 |
| | Posted: | | | | ROFL Quoting VibroCount: Quote:
Duel.
I think the director went on to direct a few episodes of Amazing Stories. I wonder if he did anything else? |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 183 |
| | Posted: | | | | I have to go with Trilogy of Terror , when I read the topic that was the first thing that poped in my mind. | | | “Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.”
“Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others."
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 950 |
| | Posted: | | | | The first time I saw It, I was 18. I never was scared of clowns...however, after that and Tim Curry, I am now! *shudders* I think it was his teeth...
Since people like Stephen King...how about the Langoliers? Not really a jump out at you scary, but more creepy than anything. Or more in the funny category (since she's only 7), Beetlejuice? Gremlins is a great one, too. | | | | Lori |
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| Registered: May 8, 2007 | | Posts: 824 |
| | Posted: | | | | Here's something that I think fits this bill.. made for TV, no harsh language, no graphic violence, but disturbing as hell. | | | | 99.9% of all cat plans consist only of "Step 1." |
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| Registered: February 10, 2009 | | Posts: 37 |
| | Posted: | | | | You can always give the Tales From The Darkside Series a try. Although I didn't find it remotly scary, but cornballish, a 7 year old may find it fun. Just my little food for thought. |
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