In my early childhood years, late night TV horror films were produced in black and white. They allowed your brain to fill in the colour of blood. The two that influenced the nightmares of my life, watched prior to the age of six with a cousin, late at night when everyone else was sensibly asleep:

1. The Great Behemoth – a nessie type monster, living in the East River knocks over ferry boats. I grew up outside of NYC and this was a REAL possibility for me.

2. The Crawling Eye – a spiderlike creature, living in a cloud on the side of a mountain, devouring people travelling up said mountain in cable cars. It fostered in me a full fledged case of pediatric cable car phobia. Now, as an adult, I can’t look at random clouds clinging to the side of Grouse Mountain without thinking of the Crawling Eye. My kids even call them Crawling Eye clouds.

In my college years it was Looking for Mr.Goodbar that fueled my fears; horror in flickering full colour. Especially after another student, in a nearby dorm, was the victim of a stabbing death one night.

It’s many years later and I don’t appreciate horror films or any type of psycho-thriller. Give me a musical or quirky comedy any day. A recent favourite? Odd as it sounds it was Death at a Funeral. I was still LOL the next day. Pure political incorrectness.

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I can’t in any way link this to knitting, but I can show you some stash enhancement bought at ebay store Simply Yarn. Two skeins of Blue Heron Rayon Metallic, priced lower than at most stores, with reasonable shipping. If you decide to get some, tell Jacquie that Li sent you.

Ah ha – here’s the missing link: It will provide me with plenty of movie watching knitting.

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8 responses to “Oh the horror”

  1. Jane Avatar

    Mine was “I know who you are and I saw what you did” it was about the teenage girls making phoney phone calls and actually caught someone . VERY SCAREY! I had a hard tme babysitting by myself at night thinking about that movie!

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  2. Jane Avatar

    The scariest movie for me was Alien. Hard to think so when watching it now, but my husband and I came out of that movie and it took us hours to get over the fright.

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  3. Rosie Avatar
    Rosie

    I remember, “I know Who You Are and I saw What You Did.” Very scarey. My first one I watched with my Mom with Betty Davis and Joan Crawford. It was called, “Whatever Happened to Baby Jane.” Of course, “Psycho” was a scarey one too. Remember Chiller Theater, The Curse of the 50 Foot Woman.
    Rosie

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  4. errs Avatar

    OMG — the Crawling Eye scarred me for life. One of these days I’m going to have to watch it again and maybe shake the creepy feeling.

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  5. Dorothy Avatar

    I remember when my son was in grade school,about first or second grade, we watched “The Blob” on television – the old one with Steve McQueen. I thought it was pretty cheesy, but apparently it was real enough to scare my poor son half to death. I was sure I had scarred him for life!

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  6. Sandy Moore Avatar
    Sandy Moore

    Well…I am in love with SIMPLY YARN, and I will definitely become a satisfied customer. Oh dear…my stash is already miles long.
    I would love a copy of the herringbone scarf pattern. Thank you.

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  7. angelarae Avatar

    That looks a lot like Tilli Thomas Disco Lights yarn. Is it similar? I’ve been wanting to see that Death At A Funeral Movie. Sounds like my kind of film. We watched Cold Comfort Farm this weekend. Too funny. Similar, I think.
    Ang

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  8. Joanne Avatar

    Hi,
    I do ot like horror movies. But I do like SiFi. That yarn is gorgeous. I curious to see what you make with it.

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