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Seriously, when I read the title, I thought "why don't the werewolves just turn the gladiators to create a group of super-lycanthropes?" How come the organizers of these games don't see that coming? #werewolves
06:29 PM
We need more of that. #werewolves
06:23 PM
Boo. #werewolves
05:57 PM
Hmmmm... #werewolves
07:15 PM
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Nightmares. #horror
10/30/09
1. Leatherface from the Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
2. Norman Bates from Psycho
3. Pennywise the Clown from IT.
4.The Xenomorph from Alien
5. Michael Myers from Halloween
6. Jason Vorhees from Friday the Thirteenth.
7. The cat creatures from Sleepwalkers. #horror
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i would have to say that along with@goldfarb, the thing was absolutely terrifying to me. and the other thing i would add to the list is the space ships from (the original) war of the worlds scared me (they looked like street lights to me). #horror
10/30/09
Now I have an urge to hook a bunch of people up to monitors and show them movies to see who and what scares them. Probably been done. #horror
10/30/09
Diff'rent strokes/slashes. #horror
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The Exorcist got to me as a child, I did and still do have possession issues. Now I see it is more about a man's struggle with his faith then about scary movie stuff. #horror
10/30/09
anyway...
my top 3 would have to be
3 - The Thing
2- Pennywise
1 - Alien
I first saw Alien when I was about 9 or 10, scared the sit out of me...for years (yes years) later I would sometimes lay awake at night and get a chill of fear about being attacked a xenomorph...but I would use Logic to conquer my fears!
this is how it works...
1 - there are no xenomorphs
2 - even if there were, why would they be at my house? no reason.
3 - even if they were at my house it would be a quick kill (this was before Aliens came out so the idea of being grabbed for incubation wasn't around). #horror
10/30/09
Christine was a pretty tough customer.
Shelob and the Balrog from "Lord of the Rings" have got to be up there.
I don't know what knocked on the door in "The Haunting" but it has always been the most terrifying moment in film for me.
Simon from "Session Nine" was a creep.
The androids in "Blade Runner" were fairly sinister.
Killer Bob, anyone?
Also--not really a character per se, but the house in the Amityville Horror was certainly a presence architecturally. I would argue that Hill House in "The Haunting" and The Overlook Hotel in "The Shining are also "characters". #horror
10/30/09
Like the original story there are no females in this film only scientists and their support group.
We all have seen this film so I do not have to go any further.
A creature who can take you over and look like you is a pretty scary thing.
and as far as TV scifis go I would go with the BORG.I always thought that was a great idea for an evil space enemy. #horror
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