tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post8838124599866161252..comments2024-03-28T20:46:33.836-04:00Comments on Final Girl: 5 sweet revealsStacie Ponderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07784074536271206501noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-39231345481296623752010-05-03T11:55:06.207-04:002010-05-03T11:55:06.207-04:00Whitney: I agree... that last shot with Angela'...Whitney: I agree... that last shot with Angela's feral face still sticks in my visual memory like not many things have...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-62280216695896131022010-04-30T13:50:09.147-04:002010-04-30T13:50:09.147-04:00my mum MADE me watch salem's lot when i was ab...my mum MADE me watch salem's lot when i was about 13 or 14. it was the first dvd she actually bought for herself and she sat me down and made me watch it. considering my mum doesn't really implore i watch anything in particular, it was kind of a big deal. scarf stuff!<br /><br />as for the descent... i still have nightmares about it to this day. i watched it for the first time at a sleepover at my best friend's house back in high school, and i didn't sleep a wink that night. i was hyped up on a wicked amount of sugar and caffeine and totally convinced that my friends were going to rise up as cave dwellers and eat me. <br /><br />the first time i watched the ring, i was staying for the weekend at a friend's and she used to live even further out into the countryside than i did, proper remote, and she had both the japanese and the american remake on video (maybe it was dvd. but i think it was video. i was 14, i think they were still making vhs then) and we watched them both and then we were too scared to sleep. <br /><br />(i also have to agree with max on the ringu-eye scene because that made me squeal like a piggy. eye-things really freak me out.)<br /><br />i gotta say i think part of the reason why i always ended up so terrified is because i used to only really watch horror movies at my friends' houses, and not being used to the shadows and shapes and noises totally threw me out of my comfort zone. which is totally awesome and just makes the films even scarier, so i'm down with it. man, i gotta start going to sleepovers again ):<br /><br />alien goes without saying (i freaking love that film so much), and the texas chainsaw massacre kinda has to go in there.<br /><br />awesome top 5! :Dsoufex.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07729074489482758492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-4220740449802408782010-04-30T12:43:29.763-04:002010-04-30T12:43:29.763-04:00I agree with Whatever1964, I love love loved that ...I agree with Whatever1964, I love love loved that reveal in Sleepaway Camp. The junk is one thing, but that CRAZY look on her face at the end is the real reveal. WHAT???whitneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06048153758556096552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-27825884024010008582010-04-30T07:43:16.251-04:002010-04-30T07:43:16.251-04:001. I still get chills from watching Leatherface sl...1. I still get chills from watching Leatherface slam that sliding door shut. It's such a WTF moment before WTF became an annoying and easy fake word to use to define such moments.<br /><br />2. I watched The Descent alone with no real knowledge of what I was seeing, and that first glimpse of a crawler was one of the first yelps I've let out in yearrrrrrrrs. If you didn't know anything about the film, you might, as I did, not even expect anything supernatural or monstrous, so when it happens, it's terrifying.<br /><br />3. I'll add the moment in Child's Play when the mom is screaming at the still-doll-like doll to talk and his lil face suddenly morphs into the evil, foul-mouthed Chucky we know and love. It still gets me.deadlydollshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06061028044836745499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-66582493877683079522010-04-29T18:38:15.668-04:002010-04-29T18:38:15.668-04:00I love THE CRAFT and I especially love Fairuza Bal...I love THE CRAFT and I especially love Fairuza Balk. But isn't she, like, 40?<br /><br />I think she missed the role of a lifetime when Neil Gaiman couldn't get DEATH: THE HIGH COST OF LIVING made in the 90's, as he pretty much wrote it for her and she would have been iconic in the role.CashBaileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13593976245341180685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-55053747479290308262010-04-29T14:17:03.700-04:002010-04-29T14:17:03.700-04:00The Craft The Craft The Craft The Craft The Craft!...The Craft The Craft The Craft The Craft The Craft! That bit of trivia is now MY favorite reveal ever. (Please God, let there be a "Ring" sequel where Fairuza Balk plays Samara.)AEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02961200742501382827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-38598938430159210642010-04-29T12:57:10.401-04:002010-04-29T12:57:10.401-04:00"Snuck" is legit? Hmm. I'm not sure ..."Snuck" is legit? Hmm. I'm not sure how to feel.<br /><br />Anon, the Boom-A-Ring is amazing. I really want one. <br /><br />Best "Huh? ....okay." reveal: Final Exam. The killer is just some dude- no story, no motive, no identity. I kind of like that idea, but it wasn't executed very well. <br /><br />B-Sol, Five-spots?! I can't roll that high. Sorry.Stacie Ponderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07784074536271206501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-4877562094205250862010-04-29T11:54:52.220-04:002010-04-29T11:54:52.220-04:00My two cents... the reveal of Angela's junk at...My two cents... the reveal of Angela's junk at the end of Sleepaway Camp was truly a WTF moment for me back in the day... totally agree about TCM... that movie still scares the shit out of me...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-65462835736514632772010-04-29T11:02:28.045-04:002010-04-29T11:02:28.045-04:00Great list! I can't top anything on here.
Jee...Great list! I can't top anything on here.<br /><br />Jeepers Creepers, a movie that I have mixed feelings about, has a good, fun reveal.<br /><br />Also, the reveal (and utter change in direction) of Salma Hayek in From Dusk To Dawn is gory & fun.<br /><br />Finally: "Best Horror Film That Never Gives You the Satisfaction of a Reveal:" Duel.Chris Ottohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13435979081891289688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-27292390037714297872010-04-29T10:23:52.341-04:002010-04-29T10:23:52.341-04:00FYI: I'll be on the main stage at the Titular ...FYI: I'll be on the main stage at the Titular Xenomorph all week. Five-spots only, please.B-Solhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10717121313061173603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-48843165559597329462010-04-29T08:03:50.932-04:002010-04-29T08:03:50.932-04:00Yes, yes, that's all very well but how do I ge...Yes, yes, that's all very well but how do I get a boom-a-ring in the UK????? I must have, I NEEEEED one so bad it hurts!!!!!!!!!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-90591839099139150002010-04-29T06:29:29.393-04:002010-04-29T06:29:29.393-04:00Snuck is a real word. It's been in widespread ...Snuck is a real word. It's been in widespread use for more than a century and is currently more common than sneaked. Don't blame me, blame Webster's: they've made its use legit by giving it a gloss in the dictionary.CRwMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07896615209770501945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-78143409393823688432010-04-28T23:07:58.572-04:002010-04-28T23:07:58.572-04:00Exactly how I feel about The Ring... shit is only ...Exactly how I feel about The Ring... shit is only talked because it has been drawn and drawn and drawn from to the point we've lost its genius in the sea of "homages". If only you could mix the good parts of The Ring with the good parts of Ringu, you'd have something epic...CHUKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05652450601745887594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-58050008852215839202010-04-28T21:42:45.837-04:002010-04-28T21:42:45.837-04:00Big fan of the original Salem's Lot as well. ...Big fan of the original Salem's Lot as well. One of the great things about the novel, speaking of sweet reveals, is that the word "vampire" isn't used until almost a third of the way into the book. Everything that is described beforehand is just some kind of vague evil...you don't know what it is. Maybe not even supernatural. Just evil.<br /><br />I wish I could go back in time before I knew it was about vampires and read it for the first time all over again. Sweet reveal!Verdant Earlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03139591223231428391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-21879439534049572602010-04-28T21:42:45.836-04:002010-04-28T21:42:45.836-04:00Spielberg is a master of reveal--even with the her...Spielberg is a master of reveal--even with the hero (such as in "Raiders of the Lost Ark"). Here are two... the reveal of the shark in "Jaws" and the Tyrannosaurus Rex (with the lightning) in "Jurrassic Park" (and how about that second reveal--the Velociraptor not just as a reveal but as a jump scare through the pipes after the power returns).<br />The one from "The Texas Chainsaw Massacare" though is also powerful and one of the most effective I have seen.<br />Why not do this as a series?MHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-60627519750706571352010-04-28T20:03:11.116-04:002010-04-28T20:03:11.116-04:00Drunk Stacie on The Scare-ening!?!
Yes, please!Drunk Stacie on The Scare-ening!?!<br /><br />Yes, please!CashBaileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13593976245341180685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-90422348581273242232010-04-28T19:45:43.129-04:002010-04-28T19:45:43.129-04:00Two things:
1)I'm with you about 'The Ring...Two things:<br />1)I'm with you about 'The Ring' I fucking love that movie! Out of all the Japanese-ghost-girl remakes that one is my fave. I know I peed on myself when Samara crawled out of that tv. And while I have the American and Japanese versions of the film and I enjoy the JP one the American version is my fave.<br />2)I loved that reveal in 'The Descent', it really freaked me out. Interesting fact, I had read that the director, Neil Marshall, did not let the principal actors see the actors in the creature make-up until they actually filmed that scene so that he could get a genuine scare from them. The girls didn't know what they had looked like before hand, or where they where on the set, that just made the scene even more unnerving! <br /><br />Great list! ^_^Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09613446043524944189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-3958031647588433052010-04-28T18:44:38.021-04:002010-04-28T18:44:38.021-04:00I always liked the reveal from "the Howling&q...I always liked the reveal from "the Howling" where the werewolf hand almost gently takes the folder away from Belinda Balaski, and then you see it just looming over her. Great post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-35048675963754041822010-04-28T18:28:08.636-04:002010-04-28T18:28:08.636-04:00You'll pry my Brittany Murphy body pillow from...You'll pry my Brittany Murphy body pillow from my cold, dead fingers!!<br /><br />Andre, I don't know why we're psychically linked, but it's true...unless YOU copied MY Salem's Lot post from 2007! A-HA! Nice try...nice try.<br /><br />Salem's Lot is just SO GOOD. I need to find some friends who haven't seen it- introducing people to good horror is the best. I love that it's, like, 4 hours long. Great way to spend an afternoon.<br /><br />Ugh, Gord that Evil Dead scene KILLED me. It's terrifying. That movie was not funny to me in the least when I was a young'un (truth be told, I still think it's more scary than funny).<br /><br />Max, you're 100% right about the eye. I forget about it in context of the reveal since I've seen the original version so few times...maybe it's time for a revisit.<br /><br />And I'll be perky as can be on The Scare-ening! Think of all the booze I'll have had by then...Stacie Ponderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07784074536271206501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-79411034004946627542010-04-28T18:12:00.836-04:002010-04-28T18:12:00.836-04:00I miss the days of horror build up. Now it seems ...I miss the days of horror build up. Now it seems like every horror movie has some sort of idiotic prologue for the first ten minutes. Whether it's revealing backstory or eliminating some random shmuck who has nothing to do with anything. I'm starting to think that modern horror films just don't have the balls to make their audience wait anymore.Koompahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14117129727322584767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-41789163531244634422010-04-28T18:08:17.488-04:002010-04-28T18:08:17.488-04:00Does the reveal during the card game in Evil Dead ...Does the reveal during the card game in Evil Dead count? Sure no one had died by this point (well save for the original inhabitants) but the demon of the forest who had been terrorizing them was now flesh. I have never been as terrified during my entire my life as I was when I saw that film at the ripe old age of 10. My hands were over my face the rest of the film from that point on.gordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11955994070918697381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-27213760784677335332010-04-28T17:51:20.406-04:002010-04-28T17:51:20.406-04:00Can't really argue with any of those.
Althoug...Can't really argue with any of those.<br /><br />Although I'd quite easily put Sadako from the Japanese RING there because not only was that scene way creepier in the original, but also the big reveal of her single, psychotic eye peering out from among her hair was the best reveal of its kind since BLACK CHRISTMAS.<br /><br />I swear, I think a few drops of wee may have come out when I first saw that. The US version just had her in creepy make-up scowling and it was a bit silly.CashBaileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13593976245341180685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-18474795518272608702010-04-28T17:48:13.345-04:002010-04-28T17:48:13.345-04:00Why are we psychically linked so well? I just fini...Why are we psychically linked so well? I just finished my Salem's Lot post- and described in detail how I peed my pants during Barlow's reveal.....<br /><br /><br />You read my post didn't you? This whole post is just a giant copyright of my post ISN'T IT?! That's it. I'm looting your Brittany Murphy body pillow,Andre Dumashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07170879111034420803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-27213984750187580602010-04-28T17:31:56.709-04:002010-04-28T17:31:56.709-04:00Tobe Hooper directed Salem's Lot? I never, eve...Tobe Hooper directed Salem's Lot? I never, ever knew that. That was a great reveal, though. One minute Lance Kerwin is sitting at the kitchen table being his usual snotty, entitled self, and the next minute *bam* he's a fucking orphan! Awesome.<br /><br />Anyway, I hope your case of the cranks doesn't mean there won't be any Scare-ening tonight. I'm still laughing at your brilliant idea for a Human Centipede boardgame. (I keep thinking of those old plastic "Barrel of Monkeys" figures you could string together using their arms and tails).spazmohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17770439241696826129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-75217041363085328852010-04-28T17:14:49.097-04:002010-04-28T17:14:49.097-04:00Salem's Lot is one of my all time favorites. I...Salem's Lot is one of my all time favorites. I just love the vamp scene in the hospital. <br />"Bill?...Bill!?!?!"<br />And! The the scariest little kid vampire scratching at the window. That scene alone cause the electricity bill to skyrocket at the folks home. Closet light! Closet light!<br /><br />Stacie, you are brilliant. Did I spell brilliant right?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com