Themes From Scary Movies

Posted by Johnny Cat in Movies & SciFi, Music, Video Clips on October 20, 2009 at 10:23 pm

poltergeist-(2)Quick, think of a piece of music from a scary movie.

If you could think of seven different themes, chances are a few of them are on Cinematical’s list.

One of the seven is one of my favorite movies of the genre, Poltergeist, music by Jerry Goldsmith.

Jerry Goldsmith previously contributed a classic horror theme with his score for Richard Donner’s Omen, but this one, not unlike Komeda’s work on Rosemary’s Baby, runs counter to expectations that horror movie music needs to be naturally dark or heavy to be menacing. That said, the children’s chorus that sweetly and innocently provides a theme for the film’s young protagonist – ironically, sort of the conduit for both its “monster” and heroine – is at once wholesome and terrifying, creating a similar sense of unease and eventually terror as the kids embody the film’s themes of childhood swallowed by a mysterious and terrifying world.

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DIY Halloween Popup

Posted by Miss Cellania in Arts & Crafts, Gadget on October 11, 2009 at 11:21 am

Make your own scary character that pops up out of trash can to scare trick-or-treaters! Instructables user Back Roads shows you how to create this prop that uses compressed air. Link -via Lifehacker

 
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10 Reasons Not to Bring Someone Back from the Dead

Posted by Miss Cellania in Movies & SciFi on October 7, 2009 at 12:49 pm

You can learn a lot from science fiction. For example, you should not try to bring someone back from the dead because they will try to kill you. Proof comes from seven different stories that send chills down our spines.

Pet Sematary: Any dead creature buried in the ancient Micmac burial ground comes back to life, just not quite the way you put it in. After losing his young son Gage, Louis buries his son in the graveyard. Sure enough, Gage comes back — and promptly murders his mother.

That’s only one of ten reasons not to resurrect dead bodies. Link -via Gorilla Mask

 
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Terrifying Surgical Tools of Old

Posted by Queuebot in Medicine on July 2, 2009 at 3:57 pm

Think your health care plan is bad? Consider yourself lucky that you don’t live back in the middle ages when "advanced" surgeries were done using these 20 seriously scary surgical tools. Yikes.

This one to the left is the Arrow Remover:

Arrow Remover – Not much is known about this tool, but it is hypothesized that it was inserted into the wound in a contracted position, with the central shaft used to grasp the arrow. The blades, which appear to have their sharp edges facing outward, were then expanded using the scissor-like handles…

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From the Upcoming ueue, submitted by yugosakimi.

 
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12 Terrifying Pieces of Furniture

Posted by Miss Cellania in Home & Garden on June 15, 2009 at 10:14 am


Comfy furniture envelops you like a hug from a trusted friend. Then there are new designs that may haunt your nightmares! Pictured is a bench called Evolution by Nacho Carbonell. There are eleven more pieces that might be even more frightening! Link -via the Presurfer

 
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