Comments on: The Stories Behind Three More Horror Classics

By: Kimberlee

Kimberlee — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:06:08 +0000

These posts are great! I think a round three is basically a necessity at this point! I love random fact articles and yours are always the best. Please post another round!

By: Jeff J

Jeff J — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:32:06 +0000

Another note on Ed Gein & the movies - the human skin clothing and cannibalism was the foundation for Thomas Harris' Buffalo Bill character in Silence of the Lambs.

By: julian

julian — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 18:23:00 +0000

great post! thanks IMDB trivia!

By: phone

phone — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:44:56 +0000

So yur wit ur honey, n ur makin out wen the phone rigns. U anser it n the voice is “wut u doing wit my daughter?” U hang up n tell ur girl. She say “my dad is ded.”

THEN WHO WAS PHONE?

By: tanya

tanya — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 05:54:12 +0000

KEEP EM COMING!!!
but do the shining!!! i love these factoids!

By: TwoDragons

TwoDragons — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 19:32:01 +0000

Ahhh, spooky movies! Hubby and I used to be big scary-movie fans before the Kiddo came along. Event Horizon, In the Mouth of Madness, Hellraiser...

The one that scared me the worst though, was so cheesy it could cause gastric distress in the lactose-intolerant: Disney's "The Black Hole". The actual movie was absolutely awful, full of plot holes you could pilot a fleet of space cruisers through. But it had the most pants-wettingly terrifying robot in it, that still gives me a massive case of the heebie-jeebies--and I'm 35!

--TwoDragons

By: frannie

frannie — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 18:47:48 +0000

ken, you may be ale to find that movie on http://www.kindertrauma.com

(at your own risk!)

By: Abbey

Abbey — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 23:03:05 +0000

I remember reading a quote from Tobe Hooper about how after certain scenes he'd yell "cut" and EVERYone, cast and crew, would run to the windows and throw up, it was that intense. I could see it. TCM is one of my favorite movies ever, simply because the sets are so detailed. Can you imagine the set up time it took for all those bones we see the first time the camera shows us the inside of the house?

By: DJR

DJR — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 21:59:35 +0000

Loving the horror movie trivia.
Hope ya keep it coming. It would make a great permanent section to the site.

We need some Suspiria, Cannibal Holocaust, Last House on the Left, The Thing, and Dawn of the Dead (1978) trivia too!

By: Eric Kornblum

Eric Kornblum — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 21:26:30 +0000

Love these! Would love to see one for A Nightmare on Elm Street and The Shining. Maybe Hell Raiser...

By: crocstimpy

crocstimpy — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:58:52 +0000

@garbonzo - Loved Bruce's book. I laughed out loud reading much of it. I've always been a fan of Evil Dead so it was neat to hear stories about making it. And to this day I always look for someone 'shemping' in a low budget flick. @joecool - That sounds vaguely like the premise behind The Bad Seed with Julie Christie. Basically, an automated house falls in love with her and won't let her leave. It's been a while, but she didn't drown in the house. It just sounds like a similar premise. A movie that truly scared the hell out of me - and that's saying something - is Darkness Falls. The opening sequence really scared the crap out of me. The way it was staged and filmed was very frightening, and I was in my late 30's when I saw it. The movie kind of fell apart near the end, but it's well worth seeing for the beginning and other parts. Also, the first Jeepers Creepers was pretty good. I thought it was good because you didn't see the 'monster' hardly at all during the movie. Your imagination can always think of something far worse than somebody can show you. In the sequel you saw it all the time and I think that ruined it. Oh, and Blair Witch Project is worth seeing once. It's kind of pointless afte that. Sit through the whole movie because the payoff is the last 5 minutes, and especially in particular the last 10 or 15 seconds. I still get hairs standing up on the back of my neck when I think about it.

By: mark lansing

mark lansing — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:09:33 +0000

Fun piece, but the bit about TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE being financed by the profits of DEEP THROAT isn't true. The movie was financed by private backers in Texas, but it was distributed by Bryanston Pictures, which was run by the same folks who distributed DEEP THROAT. The guys behind DEEP THROAT were tied in with the Mafia, so when it began making a LOT more money than they ever expected, they needed to launder some of that cash, and Bryanston was started to do just that. When TEXAS CHAINSAW became a hit, Tobe Hooper discovered his business partners weren't interested in paying him what he was owed (and made a lot of threats when he asked for his money); it was years after Bryanston went under before Hooper and the producers saw a dime of the film's profits.

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By: Nathan H.

Nathan H. — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:13:06 +0000

The movie that scared the life out of me was "The Exorcist". I saw it during it's re-release in 1978 when I was 19 and thought I was mature enough to handle it. Needless to say, I wasn't! While others in the theater laughed while exiting after the film, I couldn't move because I was paralyzed with fear and that fear stayed with me for weeks after. I shudder just thinking about it. And from what I've read, there were some very strange events that took place during the filming of this movie.

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 04:55:54 +0000

Third round, please!!! That was great!

By: The Mutt

The Mutt — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 01:14:43 +0000

Horror movies have never scared me. Even when I was a small child. But the baboon scene in The Omen has haunted me to this day. I still have nightmares about baboons. I have to bypass their cage at the zoo.

And I was 18 when I saw it!

By: alex place

alex place — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:46:38 +0000

EVIL DEAD!!!!!

By: Sars

Sars — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:40:09 +0000

These articles are great, and I totally agree with gavsy in that I could read it year round. Great job!

By: Bryan

Bryan — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 23:28:46 +0000

This is a great article, and I'm going to look around Neatorama for the first (which I must have unfortunately missed).

By: b-ee

b-ee — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 22:15:51 +0000

do more, these are great

By: seekshelter

seekshelter — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 22:09:45 +0000

i kinda liked touristas... but i wouldnt compare it to something like hostel. the use of violence wasnt used in the same way even though there was a bit of gore... that underwater chase where they are breathing bubbles off the cave walls was kinda neat too..

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:58:49 +0000

I love Poltergeist, but I could never get past the ending. If a horrible evil inhabited my house, kidnapped my child and tortured my friends and family - I would get out of the freaking house! At one point they seem to think everything is a-ok and walk back into the house all smiley and cheery... which, of course, was a mistake. If any of this had happened to me, I would have pissed myself and ran screaming to the nearest metal hospital (after rescuing my family, of course). THEY GO BACK IN THE HOUSE! Argh. Still gets me riled up.

By: Woogie

Woogie — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:51:52 +0000

The Star Wars toys thing in Poltergeist is hardly an unknown bit of trivia. A bloody Tie Fighter flies plast, complete with engine sound, if I recall when they open the door.

By: Johnny Cat

Johnny Cat — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:15:02 +0000

I'm soo watching Poltergeist tonight! Great job (again), Stacy!

By: buu

buu — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:14:16 +0000

we want a third!

By: garbonzo

garbonzo — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:12:25 +0000

Another fantastic post! Bruce Campbell's Autobiography (Confessions of a B-Movie Actor) gives some fantastic behind the scenes info about the Evil Dead movies. Have you read it?

By: LisaL

LisaL — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:11:59 +0000

I could also read stuff like this year round. I love these little tidbits and definitely want more! Don't care what movie... just do more pls

By: joecoollv

joecoollv — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:11:07 +0000

Fellow Neatoramans (Neatoramites?) My wife presented me with a challenge, as a child/pre-teen she saw a horror movie in which the house did not want the daughter to leave home to go to college. She distinctly remembers a scene in which the house locked someone in a shower stall, and it filled up with water, drowning them. If anyone knows the title or can suggest where I can search for such a film, I would greatly appreciate it.

By: J of The Sandhills

J of The Sandhills — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:02:44 +0000

Texas Chainsaw Massacre seems to not to be the grandfather of the " inbred southern cannibal" genre.

Two Thousand Maniacs?

but it encouraged alot of drivers not to wander into country back roads, for sure.

By: Ali S.

Ali S. — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 20:59:02 +0000

@ StacyBee

Another great article! *high fives!*

I have to say that this trivia and facts stuff is quite interesting to read up on. I don't have a copy of these movies yet but I'm gonna make sure to keep an eye out for the goofs and neat things when I watch them again. Once again great stuff!

Oh, since we're on the Halloween theme how about the ultimate film of the undead? Nosferatu?