In the early 1980’s there were horror films being released nearly every week. As I have mentioned in previous posts, my college friends and I went to see almost all these films. We even formed a loosely defined group who regularly went together to see these films. This group was called the Bad Cinema Club. The …
Category Archives: Halloween
Why Night of the Living Dead Scares Me
Night of the Living Dead is one of my favorite horror movies. I have watched it at times with audiences that laughed all the way through it. Other times, the audiences have been more likely to scream. One of the most memorable times watching was when I was in high school and my friend Ricky invited …
Why The Three Stooges Scare Me
There are a handful of Three Stooges shorts that have scary stories. When I was a kid watching these films, I saw them way more often than I saw any other horror movies. They were just scary enough to introduce me to the pleasures of horror films.
Why Laurel and Hardy Scare Me
The best horror films also make us laugh. Any time you go see a horror film that has a moment where the audience screams, it is always followed with laughs. Many comedians have made horror/comedy films. Laurel and Hardy went into this territory with their film Oliver the Eighth.
Why Pamelyn Ferdin Scares Me
I doubt if very many of you recognize the name Pamelyn Ferdin. But if you grew up in the 1960’s and 1970’s, you would have seen her in countless television shows. Younger kids would know her face if they ever watch Brady Bunch reruns. She was the voice of Lucy Van Pelt in many of the Peanuts …
Why Dana Andrews Scares Me
A few weeks ago, I saw the film noir classic, Laura for the first time. It is probably the film that Dana Andrews is best known for but I know him better for a handful of science fiction and horror films he made in the 1960’s. My favorite of these is a British film called The Frozen Dead.
Iron Man Halloween
The neighborhood where we live gets a lot of trick or treaters during Halloween. Our family has always enjoyed giving out candy. When I answer the door I try to interact with the kids. I’ll make comments about their costumes. If I recognize the character, I try to ask them about the movie or television …
Halloween with Granny
As my wife’s grandmother got older, there were years that we probably should have supervised her a little more than what we did. This was probably most obvious the year of my oldest daughter’s first Halloween. We planned to take my daughter trick or treating at the houses of several family members and make our final stop …
More Bad Cinema Club
Going to the movies in the early 1980’s was completely different experience than you get now. There were still drive-in theaters and small movie theaters that would show low budget and second-run films. There were lots of these films out making the rounds to these theaters. For me and my college friends, this created a …
Why Joan Crawford Scares Me
When I was growing up, I spent a lot of time with my sister and our best friend Nan watching TV together. The TV would be on sometimes even when we were doing something else. Many of the movies that the three of us came to know and love were ones that ran in the …