Everything is terrible, this is a fact.
Just when you thought it was safe to do something, anything... a film, a TV show, or even a book
will happily knock you down a few pegs.
Thrusting a possessed doll in your face, or even a resurrected child, or an overly-friendly
neighbour hellbent on offering your unborn child up to the devil.
Nothing is sacred.
And we have the entertainment industry to thank for that.
So today on Top 5 Scary Videos, we’re going to be listing off the Top 5 Things Horror
Movies Ruined For You…but more specifically me...AND my co-host for today, Jocelyn!
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L - 5 Admirers (Misery) It is by no means a foreign concept to lust
after the boy/girl next door, the boy/girl next doors parents, or even a celebrity crush.
And there is no film that perfectly hits the nail on the head -- or should I say the mallet
on the ankle, quite like Misery.
Directed by Rob Reiner, and based on the novel of the same name by Stephen King, this psychological
horror follows Paul Sheldon, a famed novelist who crashes his car during a blizzard, and
later wakes up in the home of Annie Wilkes -- Paul’s biggest fan.
Wilkes is the epitome of a fan girl, she gushes over his books, until discovering her favourite
character was to be killed off -- which ultimately almost gets Paul killed off.
What makes Misery so frightening is the idea that a person can know so much about you,
but at the same time no nothing at all.
I mean, I guess that IS the product of fame.
But I digress.
Wilkes made the idea of having an admirer, or even a fan girl, a horrifying concept.
Especially when you consider that you might one day crash your car, and wake up to a stranger
breaking your ankles with a hammer.
It’s not really my cup of tea.
J - 4 Sewer Drains (IT) IT, both the miniseries and film, ruined an
abundance of things for us.
No question.
It would be easy to say clowns were the biggest thing, and yes, Pennywise IS what made us
scared of clowns, but the beauty of “IT” is that it made the most mundane things, such
as a sewer drain, or a balloon, or even a library, something awful, and dangerous.
The opening scene of IT is iconic for a reason -- little Georgie watching as his paper boat
floats down a stream before floating into a sewer drain.
And as we know, we all float down there.
It isn’t so much the appearance of Pennywise that horrifies viewers, it’s more so that
his first appearance proves that no place is safe, not even a sewer drain on a friendly
neighbourhood street during the day.
L - 3 Hotels (The Shining) Do you ever get that chilling, almost nauseating
feeling, when you stay in a hotel.
Perhaps you’re alone.
It’s nighttime.
And you’re forced to walk alone down the length of a long empty hallway.
You can’t pinpoint the feeling, but you know you’re afraid, and walk slightly quicker
to get to your room.
Opening the door and double locking it instantly.
If you can relate to this feeling, then congrats, you have seen The Shining.
Little Danny Torrance peddling down the halls of the Overlook Hotel is what nightmares are
made of, and the true horror lies behind those closed doors.
What secrets do those rooms hold?
All I know is that this film made me terrified of many things, hallways, 60’s style carpets,
mazes, and twins.
Mostly the twins.
J - 2 TV’s There isn’t just one film that can be specifically
pinpointed as the beginning of this trend.
From Poltergeist, to Videodrome, to The Ring.
It has become an age old technique, successfully combing our fear of technology and advancements
in technology.
Poltergeist showed us what damage a TV could do in the hands of a demon, pulling in an
innocent child and holding her hostage between the realm of the living and the dead.
And, as we know, the TV in The Ring was nothing but a conduit , a messenger of sorts, a slave
to a higher power.
The power of a video tape.
Yup.
If this was a longer list you could guarantee that would have its own point.
Regardless, the image of Samara, dragging her swampy, decomping, greyish-looking body
through the TV, killing those on the other side, is horrifying enough for me to never
own a TV again.
Just kidding.
Would I ever?!
L - 1 Showers There is no act quite as mundane as taking
a shower.
For most of us it’s a morning ritual -- soaking away the horrors of yesterday and preparing
for something beautiful to come our way.
But, this is Top 5 Scary Videos -- so someone has to die.
Obviously.
Hitchcock successful destroyed the safety and comfort of a bathroom, bulldozing the
relaxation of a shower in his path.
As we know Marion Crane meets a devastating end at the hands of Norman Bates as she’s
innocently showering in one of the motel rooms at the Bates Motel.
The sound, the imagery, the blood swirling down the drain.
The scene became legendary and was way before it’s time, blazing a trail for slashers
to come.
Actress Janet Leigh was so terrified after shooting the scene she stopped taking showers
all together, taking only baths.
Respect.
Well, there we have it!
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Was there anything that we missed?
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