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Pumpkin56 wrote:I always feel like spiders are crawling all over me when I watch Arachnophobia

I do too. I actually am afraid of Spiders.

Jack Skellington wrote:

Pumpkin56 wrote:I always feel like spiders are crawling all over me when I watch Arachnophobia

I do too. I actually am afraid of Spiders.

I'm a little creeped out by them. If I see one in the house, I do my best to trap it and release it outside. However, if it scares me or sneaks up on me, it's a dead spider. I'm not proud of that

Pumpkin56 wrote:

Jack Skellington wrote:

Pumpkin56 wrote:I always feel like spiders are crawling all over me when I watch Arachnophobia

I do too. I actually am afraid of Spiders.

I'm a little creeped out by them. If I see one in the house, I do my best to trap it and release it outside. However, if it scares me or sneaks up on me, it's a dead spider. I'm not proud of that

I get rid of them down the plug hole to a watery grave if I feel they're a threat!

Anyone in the older crowd remember Poltergeist (1982)?

That movie was SOOOO creepy. I remember the scene with the clown and the tree in the big hole for a pool in the back yard... and something about a steak crawling across the counter. Wicked awesome.

Then they went and made a couple sequels...

Oh, I wouldn't call Poltergeist an "unknown" horror movie. Maybe people don't talk about it so much nowadays, but it was a major hit and had two sequels, as you say. One of the stars was Craig T. Nelson, who has had a long career and is currently on TV in Parenthood.

There used to be talk of a Poltergeist curse because at least two of the young stars died untimely, the little girl through some weird disease, and the teenage girl because she was murdered by her boyfriend. She was the niece of a well-known author, Dominick Dunne. I think her name may have been Dominique Dunne.

I have Poltergeist on DVD but haven't watched it yet this year. Perhaps I will pull it out this afternoon.

jadewik wrote:Anyone in the older crowd remember Poltergeist (1982)?

That movie was SOOOO creepy. I remember the scene with the clown and the tree in the big hole for a pool in the back yard... and something about a steak crawling across the counter. Wicked awesome.

Then they went and made a couple sequels...

I LOVE Poltergeist! I will say though that I always have to look away during the steak scene and immediately after when the guy hallucinates that he's ripping his own face off. Both just make me want to gag. I'll probably watch it again this week

Murfreesboro wrote:Oh, I wouldn't call Poltergeist an "unknown" horror movie. Maybe people don't talk about it so much nowadays, but it was a major hit and had two sequels, as you say. One of the stars was Craig T. Nelson, who has had a long career and is currently on TV in Parenthood.

There used to be talk of a Poltergeist curse because at least two of the young stars died untimely, the little girl through some weird disease, and the teenage girl because she was murdered by her boyfriend. She was the niece of a well-known author, Dominick Dunne. I think her name may have been Dominique Dunne.

I have Poltergeist on DVD but haven't watched it yet this year. Perhaps I will pull it out this afternoon.

Her name was Dominique and she was Dominick's daughter AND she was Griffin Dunne's sister--he was in American Werewolf in London! I'm gonna have a Dunne horror movie-fest!

Oh, wow, I just did a quick Google search, and it looks like you are correct! All these years I thought she was his niece. Apparently her uncle was also a novelist, and he was married to Joan Didion. So she was the niece of famous writers, too. I must have gotten mixed up about that way back when it happened. All these years I have thought she was his niece.

I love American Werewolf in London. I didn't know there was a connection there, either.

Murfreesboro wrote:Oh, wow, I just did a quick Google search, and it looks like you are correct! All these years I thought she was his niece. Apparently her uncle was also a novelist, and he was married to Joan Didion. So she was the niece of famous writers, too. I must have gotten mixed up about that way back when it happened. All these years I have thought she was his niece.

I love American Werewolf in London. I didn't know there was a connection there, either.

Hey I had to do a google search too! I read your post and I was like, "no kidding? she was his niece? I always thought she was his daughter...is she related to Griffin or did I imagine that...?" Famous people are so tricky to keep straight

Well, I watched Poltergeist again yesterday afternoon. I had forgotten how good it is. I really like that it has a happy ending, sort of. I mean, at least the family is all together. I think I prefer it to Amityville Horror, which it somewhat resembles.

Then I saw Craig T. Nelson on Parenthood last night. Funny to see him then & now, within a few hours.

Another movie I like to pull out this time of year is Mary Reilly. I don't know that you could call that obscure--it stars Julia Roberts & John Malkovich--but I don't think it was a huge hit. I love its atmosphere and its unusual take on the Jeckyl & Hyde story. Plus, I just love John Malkovich in pretty near anything.

The Ninth Configuration.

Murfreesboro wrote:Well, I watched Poltergeist again yesterday afternoon. I had forgotten how good it is. I really like that it has a happy ending, sort of. I mean, at least the family is all together. I think I prefer it to Amityville Horror, which it somewhat resembles.

Then I saw Craig T. Nelson on Parenthood last night. Funny to see him then & now, within a few hours.

Another movie I like to pull out this time of year is Mary Reilly. I don't know that you could call that obscure--it stars Julia Roberts & John Malkovich--but I don't think it was a huge hit. I love its atmosphere and its unusual take on the Jeckyl & Hyde story. Plus, I just love John Malkovich in pretty near anything.

You mentioned seeing Craig T. Nelson then and now. I love comparing Alec Baldwin in Beetlejuice to how he looks now. He doesn't even look like the same person!

You're right, he looks extremely different now. By contrast, Craig T. Nelson, though aged, is still pretty much the same-looking guy.

He was great in Coach.

I never missed an episode.

I loved Coach, too. I think he finally did win an Emmy for that role, did he not?