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From: shiue@h-sc1.UUCP (steve shiue)
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Subject: Scariest Movies
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Date: Wed, 23-Oct-85 19:57:31 EDT
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	Okay gang.  How about a list of the movies we find
the most frightening, terrifying, etc?  Please don't put
down any entries that simply revolted you by being gory,
disgusting, etc. (because if you did, John Waters' "Pink
Flamingoes" would head all lists).  Without making any great
effort to rack my brain for titles, I'll toss off a few
titles that come immediately to mind.

1.  "Wait Until Dark", starring Audrey Hepburn as a blind
woman being terrorized by hoods looking for a doll filled
with heroin.  Alan Arkin as the chief hood creates one of
the most evil screen personas ever.

2.  "The Thing".  I refer to the one filmed around 1982,
directed by John Carpenter (of "Halloween" and "Escape from
New York" fame) and starring Kurt Russell (you know - the
guy who used to star in all those Disney movies like "The
Computer Wore Tennis Shoes").

3.  "The Evil Dead".  I believe that this starred and was
filmed by Michigan State University (correct me if I'm
wrong) students, including the director Sam Raimi.  A little
blurb at the end of the film touts it as "The ultimate
experience in grueling horror", and they kid you not - this
one is not for the faint-hearted.  Attentive film-goers will
note a little salute to this film in Wes Craven's recent
"Nightmare on Elm St."  Any information on other films that
Sam Raimi might have made would be greatly appreciated.

4.  "Don't be Afraid of the Dark".  I was surprised at how
scary this made-for-TV movie (circa mid '70's, I believe)
was.  It concerned these vicious, tiny gnome-like creatures
that lived in the basement or under the fireplace of the
house that the hapless heroin inherited.  Saw it too long
ago to be able to tell if it is in the same league as the 3
entries above.

	One film that has a reputation as being terrifying
is "Night of the Hunter", starring Robert Mitchum and
Shelley Winters (Mitchum plays an evil priest who has the
words "love" and "hate" tatooed on either hand), but I only
have this on the words of friends and Stephen King (in his
fantastic book, Danse Macabre).

	So how about it?  Suggestions?  Entries?

				-Steve Shiue

"Ah, they're dead - they're all messed up."
	-Sherriff in "Night of the Living Dead"