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When my daughter had covid 19 and went to the er.
I couldn't be there for her.
It's a sinking helpless feeling.

Last ER trip for my wife, they told me they would probably release her within a couple of hours. I spent all night trying to sleep in my car out in the parking lot. Then they finally came out and told me they had to keep her in the hospital for another day. While we were still in hawaii she was in the hospital for over a week and I could not see her. I really felt helpless.

not a Halloween movie, but Joy Ride is a pretty good scary B movie.  with Paul Walker in the 1st one, I don't think is in the 2nd or 3rd one
they are on a cross country road trip and get stalked by a serial killer that drives a 18 wheeler
what scares me is the sound of that 18 wheeler, the turbo diesel sound.  even when I hear that now on the road, makes me think of this movie.  cross country trucker driving a 18 wheeler would make the perfect serial killer

people with zero life experience who think they know it all...

John Carpenter's Christine
not scary to me, but a good movie.  I like movies with cars

people with zero life experience who think they know it all...

 

 
My favorite scary tv show was the Outer Limits episode called Galaxy Being.
Scary music and scary sound on effects. Creepy looking alien.

not a Halloween movie, but Joy Ride is a pretty good scary B movie.  with Paul Walker in the 1st one, I don't think is in the 2nd or 3rd one
they are on a cross country road trip and get stalked by a serial killer that drives a 18 wheeler
what scares me is the sound of that 18 wheeler, the turbo diesel sound.  even when I hear that now on the road, makes me think of this movie.  cross country trucker driving a 18 wheeler would make the perfect serial killer

Sounds a little like the plot from the old Dennis Weaver movie, Duel.  An old tanker truck stalks him on the highway in the Mohave Desert.  It all started when Weaver passes the truck, the truck then speeds up to pass him, and he goes around the truck again.  After that, it's obvious the truck driver (who we never get a good look at) is out for blood.

The whole movie is narrated by Weaver, which includes his thoughts and emotions during the ordeal. 

When I first saw this, it wasn't that scary.  After I got my driver's license in high school and saw the movie again, it was much scarier since I could relate better to the road rage aspect!   

Sounds a little like the plot from the old Dennis Weaver movie, Duel.  An old tanker truck stalks him on the highway in the Mohave Desert.  It all started when Weaver passes the truck, the truck then speeds up to pass him, and he goes around the truck again.  After that, it's obvious the truck driver (who we never get a good look at) is out for blood.

The whole movie is narrated by Weaver, which includes his thoughts and emotions during the ordeal. 

When I first saw this, it wasn't that scary.  After I got my driver's license in high school and saw the movie again, it was much scarier since I could relate better to the road rage aspect!   

I remember that one.  the whole movie is like a chase scene, iirc. 
I like that movie too.  has the scary 18 wheeler sound.
I wouldn't mind getting a Ford F350 with turbo diesel so I can make that scary sound.   

I remember that one.  the whole movie is like a chase scene, iirc. 
I like that movie too.  has the scary 18 wheeler sound.
I wouldn't mind getting a Ford F350 with turbo diesel so I can make that scary sound.   

Yes.  he stops for gas in the beginning after the duel starts (even though he's unaware).  The attendant tells him he needs a new radiator hose, but he thinks the guy is just trying to make a buck off him -- so he leaves without a new hose.

Of course, after he manages to pull far ahead of the truck up a hill, the hose fails,  Nobody could see THAT coming!   

Yes, the movie is almost all chase scene.  When he tries to get help, nobody believes him.  His emotions are running so high, he gives the impression he's "not all there." 

I just looked it up on Amazon.  It was released in 1971, and the director was none other than Steven Spielberg.  It's only $3.99 to rent (not free with "Prime"), but well worth the cost.

You can watch the trailer here, the scene where he's reporting the trucker to the police from inside a phone booth.

https://www.amazon.com/Duel-Dennis-Weaver/dp/B00RNV4MDA/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2N7JCZEUXBJ8P&dchild=1&keywords=duel+1971&qid=1603928225&s=instant-video&sprefix=duel%2Cprime-instant-video%2C393&sr=1-1-catcorr

I found a link to the movie for free:



It's almost 50 years old, so I guess copyright isn't a big deal.     

Yes.  he stops for gas in the beginning after the duel starts (even though he's unaware).  The attendant tells him he needs a new radiator hose, but he thinks the guy is just trying to make a buck off him -- so he leaves without a new hose.

Of course, after he manages to pull far ahead of the truck up a hill, the hose fails,  Nobody could see THAT coming!   

Yes, the movie is almost all chase scene.  When he tries to get help, nobody believes him.  His emotions are running so high, he gives the impression he's "not all there." 

I just looked it up on Amazon.  It was released in 1971, and the director was none other than Steven Spielberg.  It's only $3.99 to rent (not free with "Prime"), but well worth the cost.

You can watch the trailer here, the scene where he's reporting the trucker to the police from inside a phone booth.

https://www.amazon.com/Duel-Dennis-Weaver/dp/B00RNV4MDA/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2N7JCZEUXBJ8P&dchild=1&keywords=duel+1971&qid=1603928225&s=instant-video&sprefix=duel%2Cprime-instant-video%2C393&sr=1-1-catcorr

his first "real" movie
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Spielberg_filmography

I thought I saw Duel on cable just recently but I didn't watch it

Cane and Banana spiders (basically any big spider, not counting daddy long legs) and centipedes.

Cane and Banana spiders (basically any big spider, not counting daddy long legs) and centipedes.

I was watching The Thing remake the other day. Love the original, and the remake is good too.

Centipedes creep me out. They die by fire!

Watched the first movie in the Scream series last night after depleting my Halloween collection.

For all its dumb plot and conversations about "Rules of Horror Movies,", they had a great cast, and Wes Craven did a good job directing.  The script was bought in a bidding war between 7 studios and sold for $400,000. 

Henry Winkler agreed to act in it and receive no mention in the credits under "Cast" to not detract from the lesser-known stars of the movie.

Drew Barrymore, who was actually cast as Sidney, the lead role, had scheduling conflicts.  She asked to have the role of the first victim in the movie, which went on to be a huge "thing" when the movie came out.  You just don't kill off a big star like Drew first thing.

The whole cast was excellent, and Wes Craven even has a cameo as the janitor, Freddy, mopping the floor of a school hallway in his Freddy Kruger sweater and hat.   

For all it's comedy, it still manages to pull off some scary scenes and gags.

BTW, Linda Blair from the Exorcist also has a minor role as an annoying news reporter.   

I think Scream 2 is on deck for tonight after Duel.   

I loved the original and older Nightmare in Elm Street. They got weird after the first couple.

I loved the original and older Nightmare in Elm Street. They got weird after the first couple.

Yeah, the first two were definitely "not weird!"   

But, I know what you mean.  It became more and more of a witchcrafty, Satanistic, make-up-the-rules-as-we-go exercise.

Here is a playlist of HPD's Unexplained Paranormal Ghost Stories.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLx2eXUvnYsJTgPPDeKH-8yHPSl1XgSAV7

Here is a playlist of HPD's Unexplained Paranormal Ghost Stories.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLx2eXUvnYsJTgPPDeKH-8yHPSl1XgSAV7

Wait...

Where's the story about the disappearing mailbox?   

Planning on watching Scream 3 tonight.  If I remember the time I watched it, it was disappointing compared to the first two.

I'll have to focus on the cast and trivia stuff to stay interested if it starts to lose me.

If anyone is thinking of watching Scream for the first time, here's the overview:

Scream:  Serial killer starts killing teens just before 1 year anniversary of Sidney Prescott's mother's rape and murder.  Sidney keeps getting calls from the killer.  Gale Weathers, reporter and author, never believed Sidney identified the right person as the killer who went to prison, and the new string of killings might prove he's still out there killing.

Scream 2:  Sidney's in college, and the killings start all over gain.  The movie opens with the premiere showing of the move Stab, created from Gail Weathers' second book on the killings in Scream.  It's a movie in a movie about the first movie in the series.      The first suspect Sidney put in prison is released and on campus trying to get her to help him make money off their relationship to the killings.  Some of the original movie cast are being murdered along with students with names similar to the first book's/movie's victims. 

Scream 3:  On the set of a new Stab movie, Stab 3,.  The new film is currently in production and includes a new Ghost Face killer on the loose. "The murders draw a reporter, ex-cop, and young woman to the set of the movie inspired by their lives. They soon find out that they are dealing with a trilogy, and in a trilogy...anything can happen."  I guess they had to skip right over Stab 2, since this is the third Scream -- and the triliogy stuff needed to parallel both Scream and Stab.   

The whole series incorporates the Rules of Horror Movies, the formula for a movie sequel, and the final rules for the last movie in a trilogy.  Kind of helps tie the movies together in addition to the Movie-in-a-Movie concepts.

If you watch the first Scream, you HAVE to watch all 3.  Otherwise, you just miss out on the whole horror genre and trilogy formulas.  They make the movies make so much more sense!