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I don't like any scary movies, ever since Poltergeist scared the crap out of me as a kid. I later had a sleepless weekend after watching The Ring for the first time. I generally try to stay away from them.

I especially don't like when they set scary movies in my state, in houses 5 minutes from my office. Of course like a train wreck I'm drawn to the movie "Haunting in Connecticut". I researched it online and found the address of the house and drove by it to find out where it was. I also read lots of stories about how the story was not necessarily corroborated, and I really don't believe it's true, but the freak out factor of having it set in CT scares the crap out of me. It also makes me afraid of anyone who has ever lived in Southington (which includes half of my office) in case they were ever in the house. I bet they wouldn't admit it. Especially not to a neurotic freak like me!

sunflower wrote:I don't like any scary movies, ever since Poltergeist scared the crap out of me as a kid. I later had a sleepless weekend after watching The Ring for the first time. I generally try to stay away from them.

I especially don't like when they set scary movies in my state, in houses 5 minutes from my office. Of course like a train wreck I'm drawn to the movie "Haunting in Connecticut". I researched it online and found the address of the house and drove by it to find out where it was. I also read lots of stories about how the story was not necessarily corroborated, and I really don't believe it's true, but the freak out factor of having it set in CT scares the crap out of me. It also makes me afraid of anyone who has ever lived in Southington (which includes half of my office) in case they were ever in the house. I bet they wouldn't admit it. Especially not to a neurotic freak like me!

Was that the one where the family bought the former funeral home and made the kids sleep in the basement where they did the embalming?

Or was that A Haunting in Georgia? I get the two mixed up.

Sisyphean Fan wrote:

sunflower wrote:I don't like any scary movies, ever since Poltergeist scared the crap out of me as a kid. I later had a sleepless weekend after watching The Ring for the first time. I generally try to stay away from them.

I especially don't like when they set scary movies in my state, in houses 5 minutes from my office. Of course like a train wreck I'm drawn to the movie "Haunting in Connecticut". I researched it online and found the address of the house and drove by it to find out where it was. I also read lots of stories about how the story was not necessarily corroborated, and I really don't believe it's true, but the freak out factor of having it set in CT scares the crap out of me. It also makes me afraid of anyone who has ever lived in Southington (which includes half of my office) in case they were ever in the house. I bet they wouldn't admit it. Especially not to a neurotic freak like me!

Was that the one where the family bought the former funeral home and made the kids sleep in the basement where they did the embalming?

Or was that A Haunting in Georgia? I get the two mixed up.

It's something like that, they bought or rented a house that they didn't know was a former funeral home until they found the old equipment and then found proof they did seances there or something. I don't know if the kids had to sleep in the basement. I guess the story was on some ghost stories show a few years ago (I don't remember what now) but I'm not big on that stuff.

Is this why you're wanting to move? You'll need to search IMDB for a list of states that have not been the setting for a horror film. I reckon that's why you crossed Texas off your list.

You and my daughter would get along great.

We cannot let her see even the slightest scary movie unless it's an afternoon matinee, or else she will not be sleeping that night.

Maybe it is why I want to move! CT is full of random supposedly scary crap, but seeing it in a movie...yuck. Why'd they have to put the state's name in the movie title? I wouldn't have even suspected it, even if they called it "The Haunting on Meriden Avenue", I wouldn't have put the pieces together.

I guess Texas also got the shaft...any other states? There's the Amityville Horror too. I used to think that was about Amity, CT and I never wanted to go there when I was young.

sunflower wrote:

Sisyphean Fan wrote:

sunflower wrote:I don't like any scary movies, ever since Poltergeist scared the crap out of me as a kid. I later had a sleepless weekend after watching The Ring for the first time. I generally try to stay away from them.

I especially don't like when they set scary movies in my state, in houses 5 minutes from my office. Of course like a train wreck I'm drawn to the movie "Haunting in Connecticut". I researched it online and found the address of the house and drove by it to find out where it was. I also read lots of stories about how the story was not necessarily corroborated, and I really don't believe it's true, but the freak out factor of having it set in CT scares the crap out of me. It also makes me afraid of anyone who has ever lived in Southington (which includes half of my office) in case they were ever in the house. I bet they wouldn't admit it. Especially not to a neurotic freak like me!

Was that the one where the family bought the former funeral home and made the kids sleep in the basement where they did the embalming?

Or was that A Haunting in Georgia? I get the two mixed up.

It's something like that, they bought or rented a house that they didn't know was a former funeral home until they found the old equipment and then found proof they did seances there or something. I don't know if the kids had to sleep in the basement. I guess the story was on some ghost stories show a few years ago (I don't remember what now) but I'm not big on that stuff.

The show was called A Haunting in Connecticut (which I guess is why they're calling the movie that). It was TLC or Discovery or one of those type channels. It's several years old, but they show it constantly. I bet your DVR could find it. Ha!

sunflower wrote:Maybe it is why I want to move! CT is full of random supposedly scary crap, but seeing it in a movie...yuck. Why'd they have to put the state's name in the movie title? I wouldn't have even suspected it, even if they called it "The Haunting on Meriden Avenue", I wouldn't have put the pieces together.

I guess Texas also got the shaft...any other states? There's the Amityville Horror too. I used to think that was about Amity, CT and I never wanted to go there when I was young.

Nothing scary in Cali. Just skanks and skrunks.

sunflower wrote:Maybe it is why I want to move! CT is full of random supposedly scary crap, but seeing it in a movie...yuck. Why'd they have to put the state's name in the movie title? I wouldn't have even suspected it, even if they called it "The Haunting on Meriden Avenue", I wouldn't have put the pieces together.

I guess Texas also got the shaft...any other states? There's the Amityville Horror too. I used to think that was about Amity, CT and I never wanted to go there when I was young.

They probably had to call it that because the tv doc was called that, so the audience will know that it's that story.

That clown doll in "It" scared the heck out of me....and I don't I ever watched more than 5
minutes of the movie. No scary movies for me at any time. I spend too much time alone and
I would be hearing noises all the time and would never get any sleep.

Freddy Kreuger made me afraid of the dark from the time I was 12 right into my 20's..... I think working at Mecca's what finally got me over it.... ironically by sleeping during the day.....

I even saw a ghost when I was 10 and that didn't make me afraid of dark rooms.....

lb13

I can't escape! They were talking about the movie on the radio this morning.

I never saw "It"...so I don't think I will! The clown part of poltergeist is what got me. Clowns freak me out a little bit, dolls more than real ones, except where real ones seem like molesters, but that's a different kind of creepy.

After I saw "The Ring", anytime the phone rang for a week or two, I was a mess. I always let the machine get it.

I will still not be seeing this movie, even though I know it's got to be fake because the house is still standing and I'm assuming someone lives in it so it can't be all that bad.

TheConfessor wrote:Is this why you're wanting to move? You'll need to search IMDB for a list of states that have not been the setting for a horror film. I reckon that's why you crossed Texas off your list.

Are there any states where there haven't been horror movies set? I even remember one from a couple years ago that I think was set in North Dakota.

sunflower wrote:I don't like any scary movies, ever since Poltergeist scared the crap out of me as a kid. I later had a sleepless weekend after watching The Ring for the first time. I generally try to stay away from them.

I especially don't like when they set scary movies in my state, in houses 5 minutes from my office. Of course like a train wreck I'm drawn to the movie "Haunting in Connecticut". I researched it online and found the address of the house and drove by it to find out where it was. I also read lots of stories about how the story was not necessarily corroborated, and I really don't believe it's true, but the freak out factor of having it set in CT scares the crap out of me. It also makes me afraid of anyone who has ever lived in Southington (which includes half of my office) in case they were ever in the house. I bet they wouldn't admit it. Especially not to a neurotic freak like me!

I enjoy seeing movies set in the Atlanta area because it's fun to try to recognize local settings (even more so when they have characters mysteriously walking or driving along and have them show up a few seconds of real time later miles away).

I remember actually being there when they shot the bus hostage sequence of Sharky's Machine near the old underground Atlanta.

I never had a problem with scary movies freaking me out. Only two movies ever really scared me to the point that it affected me after the movie was over.

One was 'In Cold Blood', I must have been around 9 at the time and my older brother (who was 14) and I went to see it. For some reason our parents were out at another event. It scared us so that when we got home we bolted and set the chain locks on all the doors, turned every single lignt on in the house and turned the TV on full blast - then fell asleep. With all that noise and the doors bolted, our parents couldn't get in or wake us and ended having to bust down the door to get in.

The second was 'Deliverance', when we saw it we all left the theater physically shaking. I think it is hard to relate the true impact it had now, but then there was nothing like it and we went into the theater not having a clue about the story. I think a big part of it having such a tramatic effect was because there are parts of upstate NY that is indistingishable from rural Georgia.

I guess these two being set in a rural situation and having grown up in such a community as well as being so real and so well made (the first being a true story and the second being extremely believable) truly scared me. On the other hand, movies like 'The Exorcist' had zero effect on actually scaring me as well as any of the supernatural thrillers, monster movies, etc. I enjoy them, and will be startled by them but they don't have the deep, long-lasting effect as these two movies did on me.

---Jay

frogman042 wrote:I never had a problem with scary movies freaking me out. Only two movies ever really scared me to the point that it affected me after the movie was over.

One was 'In Cold Blood', I must have been around 9 at the time and my older brother (who was 14) and I went to see it. For some reason our parents were out at another event. It scared us so that when we got home we bolted and set the chain locks on all the doors, turned every single lignt on in the house and turned the TV on full blast - then fell asleep. With all that noise and the doors bolted, our parents couldn't get in or wake us and ended having to bust down the door to get in.

The second was 'Deliverance', when we saw it we all left the theater physically shaking. I think it is hard to relate the true impact it had now, but then there was nothing like it and we went into the theater not having a clue about the story. I think a big part of it having such a tramatic effect was because there are parts of upstate NY that is indistingishable from rural Georgia.

I guess these two being set in a rural situation and having grown up in such a community as well as being so real and so well made (the first being a true story and the second being extremely believable) truly scared me. On the other hand, movies like 'The Exorcist' had zero effect on actually scaring me as well as any of the supernatural thrillers, monster movies, etc. I enjoy them, and will be startled by them but they don't have the deep, long-lasting effect as these two movies did on me.

---Jay

This reminds me of the Bill Cosby routine, "The Chicken Heart That Ate New York".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_Hds19e ... annel_page


If you listen to the whole thing you'll hear an early endorsement of Jello.

frogman042 wrote:I never had a problem with scary movies freaking me out. Only two movies ever really scared me to the point that it affected me after the movie was over.

One was 'In Cold Blood', I must have been around 9 at the time and my older brother (who was 14) and I went to see it. For some reason our parents were out at another event. It scared us so that when we got home we bolted and set the chain locks on all the doors, turned every single lignt on in the house and turned the TV on full blast - then fell asleep. With all that noise and the doors bolted, our parents couldn't get in or wake us and ended having to bust down the door to get in.

The second was 'Deliverance', when we saw it we all left the theater physically shaking. I think it is hard to relate the true impact it had now, but then there was nothing like it and we went into the theater not having a clue about the story. I think a big part of it having such a tramatic effect was because there are parts of upstate NY that is indistingishable from rural Georgia.

I guess these two being set in a rural situation and having grown up in such a community as well as being so real and so well made (the first being a true story and the second being extremely believable) truly scared me. On the other hand, movies like 'The Exorcist' had zero effect on actually scaring me as well as any of the supernatural thrillers, monster movies, etc. I enjoy them, and will be startled by them but they don't have the deep, long-lasting effect as these two movies did on me.

---Jay

The true ones always get me. Like my dad used to say, it's the sons of bitches that are still alive that you got to watch out for.

And here's to getting old. Last weekend my brother made a Ned Beatty joke. I laughed, he laughed and all the kids just stared at us blankly. Dammit, Deliverance is NOT that long ago! From the way they acted, you'd have thought we were talking about taking the Stutz Bearcat out for a spin.

The Lone Fanny wrote:

frogman042 wrote:I never had a problem with scary movies freaking me out. Only two movies ever really scared me to the point that it affected me after the movie was over.

One was 'In Cold Blood', I must have been around 9 at the time and my older brother (who was 14) and I went to see it. For some reason our parents were out at another event. It scared us so that when we got home we bolted and set the chain locks on all the doors, turned every single lignt on in the house and turned the TV on full blast - then fell asleep. With all that noise and the doors bolted, our parents couldn't get in or wake us and ended having to bust down the door to get in.

The second was 'Deliverance', when we saw it we all left the theater physically shaking. I think it is hard to relate the true impact it had now, but then there was nothing like it and we went into the theater not having a clue about the story. I think a big part of it having such a tramatic effect was because there are parts of upstate NY that is indistingishable from rural Georgia.

I guess these two being set in a rural situation and having grown up in such a community as well as being so real and so well made (the first being a true story and the second being extremely believable) truly scared me. On the other hand, movies like 'The Exorcist' had zero effect on actually scaring me as well as any of the supernatural thrillers, monster movies, etc. I enjoy them, and will be startled by them but they don't have the deep, long-lasting effect as these two movies did on me.

---Jay

The true ones always get me. Like my dad used to say, it's the sons of bitches that are still alive that you got to watch out for.

And here's to getting old. Last weekend my brother made a Ned Beatty joke. I laughed, he laughed and all the kids just stared at us blankly. Dammit, Deliverance is NOT that long ago! From the way they acted, you'd have thought we were talking about taking the Stutz Bearcat out for a spin.

Or a Bill Cosby vinyl album.

The Ring was on HBO or something, and Mini-me wandered in the room, and he couldn't sleep for days. Rain Man thought it was funny. He loved Samara and thought it was great that Daveigh Chase was also Lilo.

I like being scared. But Identity kept me up late because it was a rainy night here when I saw it, just like in the movie, and Steve was out of town, so I wouldn't go upstairs. I slept in the guest room.

The Lone Fanny wrote:

frogman042 wrote:I never had a problem with scary movies freaking me out. Only two movies ever really scared me to the point that it affected me after the movie was over.

One was 'In Cold Blood', I must have been around 9 at the time and my older brother (who was 14) and I went to see it. For some reason our parents were out at another event. It scared us so that when we got home we bolted and set the chain locks on all the doors, turned every single lignt on in the house and turned the TV on full blast - then fell asleep. With all that noise and the doors bolted, our parents couldn't get in or wake us and ended having to bust down the door to get in.

The second was 'Deliverance', when we saw it we all left the theater physically shaking. I think it is hard to relate the true impact it had now, but then there was nothing like it and we went into the theater not having a clue about the story. I think a big part of it having such a tramatic effect was because there are parts of upstate NY that is indistingishable from rural Georgia.

I guess these two being set in a rural situation and having grown up in such a community as well as being so real and so well made (the first being a true story and the second being extremely believable) truly scared me. On the other hand, movies like 'The Exorcist' had zero effect on actually scaring me as well as any of the supernatural thrillers, monster movies, etc. I enjoy them, and will be startled by them but they don't have the deep, long-lasting effect as these two movies did on me.

---Jay

The true ones always get me. Like my dad used to say, it's the sons of bitches that are still alive that you got to watch out for.

And here's to getting old. Last weekend my brother made a Ned Beatty joke. I laughed, he laughed and all the kids just stared at us blankly. Dammit, Deliverance is NOT that long ago! From the way they acted, you'd have thought we were talking about taking the Stutz Bearcat out for a spin.

I knew you were older than me.

Rexer25 wrote:

The Lone Fanny wrote:

frogman042 wrote:I never had a problem with scary movies freaking me out. Only two movies ever really scared me to the point that it affected me after the movie was over.

One was 'In Cold Blood', I must have been around 9 at the time and my older brother (who was 14) and I went to see it. For some reason our parents were out at another event. It scared us so that when we got home we bolted and set the chain locks on all the doors, turned every single lignt on in the house and turned the TV on full blast - then fell asleep. With all that noise and the doors bolted, our parents couldn't get in or wake us and ended having to bust down the door to get in.

The second was 'Deliverance', when we saw it we all left the theater physically shaking. I think it is hard to relate the true impact it had now, but then there was nothing like it and we went into the theater not having a clue about the story. I think a big part of it having such a tramatic effect was because there are parts of upstate NY that is indistingishable from rural Georgia.

I guess these two being set in a rural situation and having grown up in such a community as well as being so real and so well made (the first being a true story and the second being extremely believable) truly scared me. On the other hand, movies like 'The Exorcist' had zero effect on actually scaring me as well as any of the supernatural thrillers, monster movies, etc. I enjoy them, and will be startled by them but they don't have the deep, long-lasting effect as these two movies did on me.

---Jay

The true ones always get me. Like my dad used to say, it's the sons of bitches that are still alive that you got to watch out for.

And here's to getting old. Last weekend my brother made a Ned Beatty joke. I laughed, he laughed and all the kids just stared at us blankly. Dammit, Deliverance is NOT that long ago! From the way they acted, you'd have thought we were talking about taking the Stutz Bearcat out for a spin.

I knew you were older than me.

Oh, smooth move, gramps. I'd forgotten about that...........almost.

Rexer25 wrote:

The Lone Fanny wrote:

frogman042 wrote:I never had a problem with scary movies freaking me out. Only two movies ever really scared me to the point that it affected me after the movie was over.

One was 'In Cold Blood', I must have been around 9 at the time and my older brother (who was 14) and I went to see it. For some reason our parents were out at another event. It scared us so that when we got home we bolted and set the chain locks on all the doors, turned every single lignt on in the house and turned the TV on full blast - then fell asleep. With all that noise and the doors bolted, our parents couldn't get in or wake us and ended having to bust down the door to get in.

The second was 'Deliverance', when we saw it we all left the theater physically shaking. I think it is hard to relate the true impact it had now, but then there was nothing like it and we went into the theater not having a clue about the story. I think a big part of it having such a tramatic effect was because there are parts of upstate NY that is indistingishable from rural Georgia.

I guess these two being set in a rural situation and having grown up in such a community as well as being so real and so well made (the first being a true story and the second being extremely believable) truly scared me. On the other hand, movies like 'The Exorcist' had zero effect on actually scaring me as well as any of the supernatural thrillers, monster movies, etc. I enjoy them, and will be startled by them but they don't have the deep, long-lasting effect as these two movies did on me.

---Jay

The true ones always get me. Like my dad used to say, it's the sons of bitches that are still alive that you got to watch out for.

And here's to getting old. Last weekend my brother made a Ned Beatty joke. I laughed, he laughed and all the kids just stared at us blankly. Dammit, Deliverance is NOT that long ago! From the way they acted, you'd have thought we were talking about taking the Stutz Bearcat out for a spin.

I knew you were older than me.

Can't you see she's got a gun?

lb13

The Lone Fanny wrote:

Rexer25 wrote:

The Lone Fanny wrote: The true ones always get me. Like my dad used to say, it's the sons of bitches that are still alive that you got to watch out for.

And here's to getting old. Last weekend my brother made a Ned Beatty joke. I laughed, he laughed and all the kids just stared at us blankly. Dammit, Deliverance is NOT that long ago! From the way they acted, you'd have thought we were talking about taking the Stutz Bearcat out for a spin.

I knew you were older than me.

Oh, smooth move, gramps. I'd forgotten about that...........almost.

I haven't been able to chat when you were there. I needed to let you have a shot at me.

Rexer25 wrote:

The Lone Fanny wrote:

Rexer25 wrote: I knew you were older than me.

Oh, smooth move, gramps. I'd forgotten about that...........almost.

I haven't been able to chat when you were there. I needed to let you have a shot at me.

And besides, how the hell do you even know who this is, anyway? I'm being sneaky and underhanded, dammit!

littlebeast13 wrote:

Rexer25 wrote:

The Lone Fanny wrote: The true ones always get me. Like my dad used to say, it's the sons of bitches that are still alive that you got to watch out for.

And here's to getting old. Last weekend my brother made a Ned Beatty joke. I laughed, he laughed and all the kids just stared at us blankly. Dammit, Deliverance is NOT that long ago! From the way they acted, you'd have thought we were talking about taking the Stutz Bearcat out for a spin.

I knew you were older than me.

Can't you see she's got a gun?

lb13

Yes, that should strike fear into the heart of a Red Raider right there..... bang bang!