Subj : Re: What you can do with a movie trailer
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : Nick
Date : Wed Oct 05 2005 01:44:00

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape

RR wrote:

> Nick wrote:
> 
>>>>>>>>> D'oh!  I posted this a few days ago.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Slacker...
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> That's where he got the idea.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> In all fairness to Nick, it's *still* really, really
>>>>>>> amusing. 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I am a confessed chicken when it comes to scary movies.
>>>>>> However, I didn't find this one to be all that scary and I
>>>>>> was kind of hoping to get the Mrs to watch The Shining after
>>>>>> seeing the trailer. It doesn't seem to be working. 
>>>>> 
>>>>> I don't know if I'd say it's the "scariest" horror film ever,
>>>>> but it is deeply disturbing and wonderfullu executed. 
>>>>> 
>>>>> If I had to pick one horror flick that scares the bejeezus out
>>>>> of me more than any other, it would be "Rosemary's Baby".
>>>>> Anytime I watch it, I start jumping around and talking to the
>>>>> movie and freaking out.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I love that film. Like a real close film.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Ok, possessed movies are number one on my scary meter, followed
>>>> closely by monster movies.  I figure I can shoot psychopaths
>>>> since they don't have supernatural/superhuman powers, except
>>>> for John.
>>> 
>>> Have you seen RB? It involves none of the above. I think it's
>>> worse, which is odd, because it involves theologies to which I
>>> don't subscribe.
>>> 
>>> Nevertheless, there's something about the way Polanski shot it,
>>> the conviction of the actors and the script, and to an external
>>> degree, the fact that it was the film Polanski made shortly
>>> before the Sharon Tate was murdered by the Manson family. There
>>> are eerie similarities involving hive mentality and the ability
>>> for people to control other's minds. 
>>> 
>>> Freaky shit, man.
>> 
>> 
>> No, I haven't seen it.
>> And I intend to keep it that way.
> 
> What if I designed and put together a "happy" trailer for it?


Oooooooooooooooooooo!
Nah, babies are scary enough already.  I must admit, I always assumed 
that it was a possessed baby movie, kind of like The Omen or 
something.

(The other scary movie I have seen that I didn't really find that 
scary is Silence of the Lambs.  How does that one rate with you?)

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