DEAD OF NIGHT (I saw the picture in there) with Michael Redgrave and the creepiest dummy ever really was spooky, and not in a good way.
Things that aren't really there coming out of the walls may be a cliche now but when done well can share the living daylights out of you. Exhibit A: Polanski's REPULSION.
Social, political and religious fundamentalism which threatens people's freedom is both disturbing and scary, more so when it is silently backed by the State.
On a political level, I second Jeff's comment. Not just Romney being President, but the sort of people he might sweep into office with him. Yikes!
On a non-political level, I always find technology that works by itself (when it's not supposed to) very creepy. Even though I was almost 20 when I first saw it, the scene early in "Close Encounters" where all the battery-operated toys start working (and the record player starts playing) freaked me out. In a later scene, when the aliens are abducting her son and the mom tries to call for help and the phone just keeps playing those famous five notes is also creepy. Anything where a television suddenly turns itself on--yeah, that'll make me hide my eyes.
The Fox & Friends morning team: Gretchen Carlson, Steve Doocy and not-Steve Doocy. Has there been a more ignorant trio on television (including the Three Stooges)?
It also made me remember one more, a guy we call "Rush" for reasons which will become apparent.
New Yorkers have instincts about these things. If you walked into a subway car and saw this guy you'd move to the other end of the car or another car.
He's a thin, middle aged guy with grey hair and big wraparound sunglasses. He frequents one of the Starbucks we go to locally. He gets his drink, then sits down with what appears to be an old-fashioned transistor radio (they don't exist these days, do they?, which he holds to his ear and listens to Rush Limbaugh for an hour or two. We never sit near him anymore, and if there are no other seats we leave.
There is something downright scary about the guy. If something happens some day (and it wouldn't surprise me) no one is going to say, "Old Rush? Yeah, he was a real nice guy."
Well, pretty much everything on this list except, oddly, snakes. My sister had two pet snakes and I got used to them. Chimpanzees and monkeys freak me out, even cute little monkeys.
I hate flies, cults, celebrities who lack even a scintilla of talent, bad drivers, cozies, pants worn around the knees that show some jackasses skivvies, and the Clintons. Want more? I got a million of 'em.
I don't like animals dressed as people either.
ReplyDeleteDEAD OF NIGHT (I saw the picture in there) with Michael Redgrave and the creepiest dummy ever really was spooky, and not in a good way.
ReplyDeleteThings that aren't really there coming out of the walls may be a cliche now but when done well can share the living daylights out of you. Exhibit A: Polanski's REPULSION.
What makes me uneasy? President Romney.
Jeff M.
Also 'scare'
ReplyDeleteSocial, political and religious fundamentalism which threatens people's freedom is both disturbing and scary, more so when it is silently backed by the State.
ReplyDeleteOn a political level, I second Jeff's comment. Not just Romney being President, but the sort of people he might sweep into office with him. Yikes!
ReplyDeleteOn a non-political level, I always find technology that works by itself (when it's not supposed to) very creepy. Even though I was almost 20 when I first saw it, the scene early in "Close Encounters" where all the battery-operated toys start working (and the record player starts playing) freaked me out. In a later scene, when the aliens are abducting her son and the mom tries to call for help and the phone just keeps playing those famous five notes is also creepy. Anything where a television suddenly turns itself on--yeah, that'll make me hide my eyes.
Like Indiana Jones, snakes creep me out. Politicians who obviously have never taken an economics course talking about the economy is always scary.
ReplyDeleteClowns, rats, talking infants on TV commercials.
ReplyDeleteJackie says parents who abuse their kids, especially infants and toddlers. You should have to pass a parenting course before you have a child.
ReplyDeleteHer second is the men who stand outside abortion clinics telling women what they can or can't do.
Jeff M.
Pediphiles
ReplyDeleteImages of Tea Party people in shorts. The KKK in sheets. Fox News and Republican hairdos in general. Big Bird in an ice storm.
ReplyDeleteI am scared on everything on here actually.
ReplyDeleteThe Fox & Friends morning team: Gretchen Carlson, Steve Doocy and not-Steve Doocy. Has there been a more ignorant trio on television (including the Three Stooges)?
ReplyDeleteAnd spiders.
Yeah, just looking at their faces is scary.
ReplyDeleteIt also made me remember one more, a guy we call "Rush" for reasons which will become apparent.
New Yorkers have instincts about these things. If you walked into a subway car and saw this guy you'd move to the other end of the car or another car.
He's a thin, middle aged guy with grey hair and big wraparound sunglasses. He frequents one of the Starbucks we go to locally. He gets his drink, then sits down with what appears to be an old-fashioned transistor radio (they don't exist these days, do they?, which he holds to his ear and listens to Rush Limbaugh for an hour or two. We never sit near him anymore, and if there are no other seats we leave.
There is something downright scary about the guy. If something happens some day (and it wouldn't surprise me) no one is going to say, "Old Rush? Yeah, he was a real nice guy."
Jeff M.
Jell-o. Any food that moves by itself should not be eaten.
ReplyDeleteAnd that is not the only reason to avoid it!
ReplyDeleteCertain kinds of eyes. Glassy ones, without depth, Like a snake's eyes.
ReplyDeleteWell, pretty much everything on this list except, oddly, snakes. My sister had two pet snakes and I got used to them.
ReplyDeleteChimpanzees and monkeys freak me out, even cute little monkeys.
I hate flies, cults, celebrities who lack even a scintilla of talent, bad drivers, cozies, pants worn around the knees that show some jackasses skivvies, and the Clintons. Want more? I got a million of 'em.
ReplyDeleteBTW, I love the Three Stooges, especially with Curly.
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