Comments on: The Horror of It All Pt. 1: It Started in the Basement http://www.christophergronlund.com/blog/tjw/2012/05/11/the-horror-of-it-all-pt-1-it-started-in-the-basement/ Mon, 20 May 2013 15:13:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: The Juggling Writer - The Horror of It All Pt. 4: My Own Tales of Terror http://www.christophergronlund.com/blog/tjw/2012/05/11/the-horror-of-it-all-pt-1-it-started-in-the-basement/comment-page-1/#comment-2112 The Juggling Writer - The Horror of It All Pt. 4: My Own Tales of Terror Mon, 14 May 2012 17:11:53 +0000 http://www.christophergronlund.com/blog/tjw/?p=4150#comment-2112 [...] read had me walking around the convention in a haze of ideas. I could easily pull from my youth and write about basements or attics. (When in doubt, I’m a sucker for the past.) Maybe an ode to 50s B-movie horror? Or just go [...] [...] read had me walking around the convention in a haze of ideas. I could easily pull from my youth and write about basements or attics. (When in doubt, I’m a sucker for the past.) Maybe an ode to 50s B-movie horror? Or just go [...]

]]> By: Christopher Gronlund http://www.christophergronlund.com/blog/tjw/2012/05/11/the-horror-of-it-all-pt-1-it-started-in-the-basement/comment-page-1/#comment-2103 Christopher Gronlund Mon, 14 May 2012 03:58:37 +0000 http://www.christophergronlund.com/blog/tjw/?p=4150#comment-2103 Yeah, I used to see commercials and they'd terrify me! Like you, I'd see something for a moment, and it paralyzed me. Along the way, i realized something: my imagination made it worse! I can't think of too many times something that terrified me was knocked down a step once I saw the movie and realized what terrified me wasn't as bad on screen or TV as it was in my mind. (Now, if only I could have stopped later warping it all back into something terrifying, I'd be fine!) Yeah, I used to see commercials and they’d terrify me! Like you, I’d see something for a moment, and it paralyzed me. Along the way, i realized something: my imagination made it worse!

I can’t think of too many times something that terrified me was knocked down a step once I saw the movie and realized what terrified me wasn’t as bad on screen or TV as it was in my mind. (Now, if only I could have stopped later warping it all back into something terrifying, I’d be fine!)

]]> By: Shawn http://www.christophergronlund.com/blog/tjw/2012/05/11/the-horror-of-it-all-pt-1-it-started-in-the-basement/comment-page-1/#comment-2094 Shawn Sun, 13 May 2012 06:04:59 +0000 http://www.christophergronlund.com/blog/tjw/?p=4150#comment-2094 I used to be terrified of movies I hadn't even seen. I was convinced Freddy would get me if I fell asleep, despite having never seen any of the Nightmare films. Then, when I was 15 (much later than I should have), I thought "Fuck it, this is silly," and started renting every horror film I could get my hands on. I immediately became a huge fan of the genre. I used to be terrified of movies I hadn’t even seen. I was convinced Freddy would get me if I fell asleep, despite having never seen any of the Nightmare films.

Then, when I was 15 (much later than I should have), I thought “Fuck it, this is silly,” and started renting every horror film I could get my hands on. I immediately became a huge fan of the genre.

]]> By: Christopher Gronlund http://www.christophergronlund.com/blog/tjw/2012/05/11/the-horror-of-it-all-pt-1-it-started-in-the-basement/comment-page-1/#comment-2088 Christopher Gronlund Sat, 12 May 2012 12:40:44 +0000 http://www.christophergronlund.com/blog/tjw/?p=4150#comment-2088 CMS: Of all youthful indiscretions, it is the one that shames me the most... CMS: Of all youthful indiscretions, it is the one that shames me the most…

]]> By: The Juggling Writer - The Horror of It All Pt. 2: Stephen King http://www.christophergronlund.com/blog/tjw/2012/05/11/the-horror-of-it-all-pt-1-it-started-in-the-basement/comment-page-1/#comment-2087 The Juggling Writer - The Horror of It All Pt. 2: Stephen King Sat, 12 May 2012 10:37:38 +0000 http://www.christophergronlund.com/blog/tjw/?p=4150#comment-2087 [...] Part 1 of 5: It Started in the Basement [...] [...] Part 1 of 5: It Started in the Basement [...]

]]> By: CMStewart http://www.christophergronlund.com/blog/tjw/2012/05/11/the-horror-of-it-all-pt-1-it-started-in-the-basement/comment-page-1/#comment-2084 CMStewart Sat, 12 May 2012 01:06:34 +0000 http://www.christophergronlund.com/blog/tjw/?p=4150#comment-2084 Ha! I love the movie Killer Klowns from Outer Space! But actual real life clowns- not so much. Not at all. But you are forgiven for your youthful indiscretion. ;) Ha! I love the movie Killer Klowns from Outer Space! But actual real life clowns- not so much. Not at all. But you are forgiven for your youthful indiscretion. ;)

]]> By: Christopher Gronlund http://www.christophergronlund.com/blog/tjw/2012/05/11/the-horror-of-it-all-pt-1-it-started-in-the-basement/comment-page-1/#comment-2082 Christopher Gronlund Fri, 11 May 2012 18:51:36 +0000 http://www.christophergronlund.com/blog/tjw/?p=4150#comment-2082 CMS: Yes, clowns! (My shameful confession, for a very short time when I was younger, I was a clown!) Now, as scary as clowns are, Killer Klowns from Outer Space is a fave schlock movie. And zombie clowns and things like that...no problem. But actual clowns, especially out at night (and maybe with a shovel)...yeah, I'd rather face a bunch of zombies. I lived a few towns away from where John Wayne Gacy was doing his thing. It was creepy 'cause I knew young guys were disappearing. (Granted, a little older than me, but still...) When I found out he was a clown and saw a photo of him dressed up, I knew the face of terror! We definitely agree on the clowns thing. The hole in the bottom of the boat scene...I can now watch it. In fact, everybody reading this can by going 4:30 into this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hb3gYaKT6r8 It's still creepy, just the way it happens. Years ago, in Canada, I swam down in a lake to look at a log on the bottom. OF COURSE there was a fish in it, and it shot out at me and I almost choked. I KNEW there'd be a fish down there, but...as I got close, I thought about that scene from Jaws. American Werewolf in London. I just loved him chatting with his friend. Don't know why, but it was the neatest thing to me as a kid. Normally, it would have creeped me out. And...I was old enough that I thought, "How'd they do that?" during the transformation. So there was a fascination with special effects that made it a step removed from terrifying to me. CMS: Yes, clowns! (My shameful confession, for a very short time when I was younger, I was a clown!) Now, as scary as clowns are, Killer Klowns from Outer Space is a fave schlock movie. And zombie clowns and things like that…no problem. But actual clowns, especially out at night (and maybe with a shovel)…yeah, I’d rather face a bunch of zombies.

I lived a few towns away from where John Wayne Gacy was doing his thing. It was creepy ’cause I knew young guys were disappearing. (Granted, a little older than me, but still…) When I found out he was a clown and saw a photo of him dressed up, I knew the face of terror! We definitely agree on the clowns thing.

The hole in the bottom of the boat scene…I can now watch it. In fact, everybody reading this can by going 4:30 into this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hb3gYaKT6r8 It’s still creepy, just the way it happens. Years ago, in Canada, I swam down in a lake to look at a log on the bottom. OF COURSE there was a fish in it, and it shot out at me and I almost choked. I KNEW there’d be a fish down there, but…as I got close, I thought about that scene from Jaws.

American Werewolf in London. I just loved him chatting with his friend. Don’t know why, but it was the neatest thing to me as a kid. Normally, it would have creeped me out. And…I was old enough that I thought, “How’d they do that?” during the transformation. So there was a fascination with special effects that made it a step removed from terrifying to me.

]]> By: Christopher Gronlund http://www.christophergronlund.com/blog/tjw/2012/05/11/the-horror-of-it-all-pt-1-it-started-in-the-basement/comment-page-1/#comment-2081 Christopher Gronlund Fri, 11 May 2012 18:36:57 +0000 http://www.christophergronlund.com/blog/tjw/?p=4150#comment-2081 Cynthia: Yeah, I'm pretty used to the dress form, now, but when you begin a new project, it takes getting used to in the mornings when I come out of the office and into the living room. (I'm always at the ready, just in case it's transformed into something wicked during the night! I promise, should that ever happen, to go gentle on your sewing project in my rush to defend myself at 5:30 in the morning!) Cynthia: Yeah, I’m pretty used to the dress form, now, but when you begin a new project, it takes getting used to in the mornings when I come out of the office and into the living room. (I’m always at the ready, just in case it’s transformed into something wicked during the night! I promise, should that ever happen, to go gentle on your sewing project in my rush to defend myself at 5:30 in the morning!)

]]> By: CMStewart http://www.christophergronlund.com/blog/tjw/2012/05/11/the-horror-of-it-all-pt-1-it-started-in-the-basement/comment-page-1/#comment-2079 CMStewart Fri, 11 May 2012 14:04:13 +0000 http://www.christophergronlund.com/blog/tjw/?p=4150#comment-2079 I feel the same way about clowns. I don't get scared easily, but clowns are evil, and warrant a flight or fight response. The head in the boat hole scene in Jaws- I had a similar reaction. The first time I saw Jaws, I was sitting in a theater, and I knew what was coming next. Hooper was poking around the bottom of an abandoned boat in giant shark-infested waters at night- what else is gonna happen?! So I covered my eyes for a few seconds to spare myself. Except I timed it wrong, and uncovered my eyes at the exact moment the head popped out. And I screamed- loud. The people in the theater laughed. Strangers laughed at me! So now whenever I watch the awesome movie Jaws, I be sure to keep my eyes wide open with full concentration during the head-popping scene. 8) Yep, American Werewolf in London was revolutionary. The first time I saw it, I thought to myself, "This could actually happen. Given just the right circumstances, there's maybe a one in a million chance of this actually happening. Cripes." I feel the same way about clowns. I don’t get scared easily, but clowns are evil, and warrant a flight or fight response.

The head in the boat hole scene in Jaws- I had a similar reaction. The first time I saw Jaws, I was sitting in a theater, and I knew what was coming next. Hooper was poking around the bottom of an abandoned boat in giant shark-infested waters at night- what else is gonna happen?! So I covered my eyes for a few seconds to spare myself. Except I timed it wrong, and uncovered my eyes at the exact moment the head popped out. And I screamed- loud. The people in the theater laughed. Strangers laughed at me! So now whenever I watch the awesome movie Jaws, I be sure to keep my eyes wide open with full concentration during the head-popping scene. 8)

Yep, American Werewolf in London was revolutionary. The first time I saw it, I thought to myself, “This could actually happen. Given just the right circumstances, there’s maybe a one in a million chance of this actually happening. Cripes.”

]]> By: Cynthia Griffith http://www.christophergronlund.com/blog/tjw/2012/05/11/the-horror-of-it-all-pt-1-it-started-in-the-basement/comment-page-1/#comment-2078 Cynthia Griffith Fri, 11 May 2012 13:16:23 +0000 http://www.christophergronlund.com/blog/tjw/?p=4150#comment-2078 Don't forget how my dress form scares ya when you forget I've got a sewing project sitting on it ;) Heehee! Don’t forget how my dress form scares ya when you forget I’ve got a sewing project sitting on it ;) Heehee!

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