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Post by enigma72 on Nov 1, 2022 2:40:38 GMT
I'm watching the 1959
House on Haunted Hill.
That's the way to celebrate!
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Post by Penn Guinn on Nov 1, 2022 2:55:03 GMT
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Post by petrolino on Nov 1, 2022 2:58:52 GMT
Absolute classic. Happy halloween!!
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Post by enigma72 on Nov 1, 2022 3:18:51 GMT
Absolute classic. Happy halloween!! Petro and @pennguinn, I was 10 the first time I saw it. I didn't sleep for a week. Now it is so campy, but it truly scared me
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Post by petrolino on Nov 1, 2022 3:31:37 GMT
Absolute classic. Happy halloween!! Petro and @pennguinn, I was 10 the first time I saw it. I didn't sleep for a week. Now it is so campy, but it truly scared me A William Castle classic. I had the same experience with Vincent Price, but under the direction of Roger Corman. In particular, 'House Of Usher', 'Pit And The Pendulum' and 'Masque Of The Red Death' on late night television were life-changing to me, tthough I'd grown up seeing Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi movies as my mother was an avid horror reader and viewer (she's much more a Hammer fan, Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee).
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Post by enigma72 on Nov 1, 2022 3:37:28 GMT
Petro and @pennguinn, I was 10 the first time I saw it. I didn't sleep for a week. Now it is so campy, but it truly scared me A William Castle classic. I had the same experience with Vincent Price, but under the direction of Roger Corman. In particular, 'House Of Usher', 'Pit And The Pendulum' and 'Masque Of The Red Death' on late night television were life-changing to me, tthough I'd grown up seeing Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi movies as my mother was an avid horror reader and viewer (she's much more a Hammer fan, Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee).
PETRO!!! The 3 movies you mentioned did the same to me. Lol I saw them in the theater and was a mess, we were on vacation in Santa Cruz, ca. My parents took us to see this; 1962 I think? I didnt sleep. I don't like to be frightened. Unlike your mom, I hate horror genre
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Post by petrolino on Nov 1, 2022 3:44:56 GMT
A William Castle classic. I had the same experience with Vincent Price, but under the direction of Roger Corman. In particular, 'House Of Usher', 'Pit And The Pendulum' and 'Masque Of The Red Death' on late night television were life-changing to me, tthough I'd grown up seeing Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi movies as my mother was an avid horror reader and viewer (she's much more a Hammer fan, Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee).
PETRO!!! The 3 movies you mentioned did the same to me. Lol I saw them in the theater and was a mess, we were on vacation in Santa Cruz, ca. My parents took us to see this; 1962 I think? I didnt sleep. I don't like to be frightened. Unlike your mom, I hate horror genre
That last part, I actually feel I do understand. My mother's side of the family is deeply religious, a mixture of Christians and Catholics, and she sleeps with a bible under her pillow which she quotes in times of need. Nowadays, she barely touches horror, instead preferring crime fiction a la Agatha Christie, so I have to remind her she once was a "horror hound".
To be fair to her, horror has gotten gorier over the years, and she loves monster mythology, tales of the supernatural, things that go bump in the night. I'm forever thankful she raised me to be a horror fan as I was a sickly child who couldn't go out much (similar to Martin Scorsese in that regard).
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Post by petrolino on Nov 1, 2022 3:55:32 GMT
PETRO!!! The 3 movies you mentioned did the same to me. Lol I saw them in the theater and was a mess, we were on vacation in Santa Cruz, ca. My parents took us to see this; 1962 I think? I didnt sleep. I don't like to be frightened. Unlike your mom, I hate horror genre
That last part, I actually feel I do understand. My mother's side of the family is deeply religious, a mixture of Christians and Catholics, and she sleeps with a bible under her pillow which she quotes in times of need. Nowadays, she barely touches horror, instead preferring crime fiction a la Agatha Christie, so I have to remind her she once was a "horror hound".
To be fair to her, horror has gotten gorier over the years, and she loves monster mythology, tales of the supernatural, things that go bump in the night. I'm forever thankful she raised me to be a horror fan as I was a sickly child who couldn't go out much (similar to Martin Scorsese in that regard).
I have a great recommendation for you, enigma72. A wonderful science-fiction horror that's not too scary, similar to 'The Day The Earth Stood Still' (1951), 'Forbidden Planet' (1956) or 'Close Encounters Of The Third Kind' (1977) in this regard.
It's 'Arrival' (2016), directed by one of my favourite Canadians, Denis Villeneuve. Try this clip to see why (it's to do with Portugal) ...
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Nov 1, 2022 5:58:53 GMT
Good classic horror film.
Happy Halloween!
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Post by enigma72 on Nov 1, 2022 17:44:31 GMT
That last part, I actually feel I do understand. My mother's side of the family is deeply religious, a mixture of Christians and Catholics, and she sleeps with a bible under her pillow which she quotes in times of need. Nowadays, she barely touches horror, instead preferring crime fiction a la Agatha Christie, so I have to remind her she once was a "horror hound".
To be fair to her, horror has gotten gorier over the years, and she loves monster mythology, tales of the supernatural, things that go bump in the night. I'm forever thankful she raised me to be a horror fan as I was a sickly child who couldn't go out much (similar to Martin Scorsese in that regard).
I have a great recommendation for you, enigma72. A wonderful science-fiction horror that's not too scary, similar to 'The Day The Earth Stood Still' (1951), 'Forbidden Planet' (1956) or 'Close Encounters Of The Third Kind' (1977) in this regard. It's 'Arrival' (2016), directed by one of my favourite Canadians, Denis Villeneuve. Try this clip to see why (it's to do with Portugal) ...
you are so sweet! I loved the clip about Portuguese language. I could read it/understand the portugues! lol I have seen the three movies you mentioned. I loved them! That's the kind of drama I can go for! Not blood and gore. I read every Agatha Christie I could get my hand on, like your mom. I'm Catholic. Your mom and I would probably be fast friends! I haven't gone back to church since the pandemic. Does your mom attend in person. Thanks my friend. Has your health improved??
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Post by petrolino on Nov 5, 2022 3:20:34 GMT
I have a great recommendation for you, enigma72. A wonderful science-fiction horror that's not too scary, similar to 'The Day The Earth Stood Still' (1951), 'Forbidden Planet' (1956) or 'Close Encounters Of The Third Kind' (1977) in this regard. It's 'Arrival' (2016), directed by one of my favourite Canadians, Denis Villeneuve. Try this clip to see why (it's to do with Portugal) ...
you are so sweet! I loved the clip about Portuguese language. I could read it/understand the portugues! lol I have seen the three movies you mentioned. I loved them! That's the kind of drama I can go for! Not blood and gore. I read every Agatha Christie I could get my hand on, like your mom. I'm Catholic. Your mom and I would probably be fast friends! I haven't gone back to church since the pandemic. Does your mom attend in person. Thanks my friend. Has your health improved??
Nice, I thought there was a chance you might like those movies.
For sure, you'd get along with my mother; she's ultra-polite and nobody leaves her house without tea and biscuits. She's an artist (water colour painter), musician, cakemaker, so has a creative temperament ... though she was a nurse her entire life by trade. Still, if it doesn't move, she'll paint it, though she's slowed down now in her early 70s and says she's very happy to be retired. She doesn't go to church now, at least not with any degree of regularity, but like her surviving sisters and brothers remains devout.
My health's currently fine (thanks for asking!); I don't remember much of my serious hospitalisation, I was so young and I guess got used to it from birth. I'm allergy-ridden though, so experience helps in that regard/.
Hope you (and everyone) had a nice Halloween!
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Post by enigma72 on Nov 5, 2022 15:00:44 GMT
you are so sweet! I loved the clip about Portuguese language. I could read it/understand the portugues! lol I have seen the three movies you mentioned. I loved them! That's the kind of drama I can go for! Not blood and gore. I read every Agatha Christie I could get my hand on, like your mom. I'm Catholic. Your mom and I would probably be fast friends! I haven't gone back to church since the pandemic. Does your mom attend in person. Thanks my friend. Has your health improved?? Nice, I thought there was a chance you might like those movies.
For sure, you'd get along with my mother; she's ultra-polite and nobody leaves her house without tea and biscuits. She's an artist (water colour painter), musician, cakemaker, so has a creative temperament ... though she was a nurse her entire life by trade. Still, if it doesn't move, she'll paint it, though she's slowed down now in her early 70s and says she's very happy to be retired. She doesn't go to church now, at least not with any degree of regularity, but like her surviving sisters and brothers remains devout. My health's currently fine (thanks for asking!); I don't remember much of my serious hospitalisation, I was so young and I guess got used to it from birth. I'm allergy-ridden though, so experience helps in that regard/. Hope you (and everyone) had a nice Halloween!
Another It accomplishment of your mom's: She raised a wonderful son! Your mom and I probably went through a lot of the same experience: an ill child. Faith got me through, as I'm sure it did her. 🤗 I'm so glad you are well except for allergies
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Post by petrolino on Nov 5, 2022 19:18:03 GMT
Nice, I thought there was a chance you might like those movies.
For sure, you'd get along with my mother; she's ultra-polite and nobody leaves her house without tea and biscuits. She's an artist (water colour painter), musician, cakemaker, so has a creative temperament ... though she was a nurse her entire life by trade. Still, if it doesn't move, she'll paint it, though she's slowed down now in her early 70s and says she's very happy to be retired. She doesn't go to church now, at least not with any degree of regularity, but like her surviving sisters and brothers remains devout. My health's currently fine (thanks for asking!); I don't remember much of my serious hospitalisation, I was so young and I guess got used to it from birth. I'm allergy-ridden though, so experience helps in that regard/. Hope you (and everyone) had a nice Halloween!
Another It accomplishment of your mom's: She raised a wonderful son! Your mom and I probably went through a lot of the same experience: an ill child. Faith got me through, as I'm sure it did her. 🤗 I'm so glad you are well except for allergies
Seriously, thanks, but I've had my moments (we didn't speak for some time when I left home but I got back on the rails eventually). I do regret the emotions I put her through and have been trying to make it up ever since.
You clearly are a wonderful mother though, dealing with all the pressures of raising a child who lives with a long-term condition (through no fault of their own). There's a couple of children in my wider family living with more serious conditions than anything that's affected me, and they are always in my thoughts.
Keep the faith (I try to!), all the best to you and your family.
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