Slog - Comments on Slightly Famous Monsters of Filmland http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/slightly_famous_monsters_of_filmland Holiday Sanctioned Topic: Stuff That Scared the Living Irrational Shit Out Of You As A Kid. A few personal faves:... Copyright 2008 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 14:07:49 -0800 Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:16:54 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by infrequent children of the corn and that freak choir background music.

]]> infrequent http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/slightly_famous_monsters_of_filmland#c836629 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/slightly_famous_monsters_of_filmland#c836629 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 14:13:32 -0800 Comment by Chris B Christ, I had nightmares for weeks after seeing Superman III because of that freakish robot lady thingy...

]]> Chris B http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/slightly_famous_monsters_of_filmland#c836634 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/slightly_famous_monsters_of_filmland#c836634 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 14:20:56 -0800 Comment by Megan Jesus Christ, the possessed girl with the pizza cutter has haunted me for years, I had no idea where it was coming from until now. How did I see that when I was so young? I'm going to call my mom and demand an explanation.

]]> Megan http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/slightly_famous_monsters_of_filmland#c836642 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/slightly_famous_monsters_of_filmland#c836642 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 14:26:35 -0800 Comment by Levislade The Twilight Zone movie, particularly the monster on the airplane wing - but really the whole thing. For weeks (months?) afterward, all my brother had to do was sing "doo-de-doo-doo doo-de-doo-doo," and I'd freak the fuck out. Nightmares and everything. My parents probably shouldn't have taken little 7-year-old me to that one.

]]> Levislade http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/slightly_famous_monsters_of_filmland#c836646 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/slightly_famous_monsters_of_filmland#c836646 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 14:30:39 -0800 Comment by misterblue Zuni. Fetish. Doll.

]]> misterblue http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/slightly_famous_monsters_of_filmland#c836654 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/slightly_famous_monsters_of_filmland#c836654 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 14:34:58 -0800 Comment by kid icarus Those fleamen from the original Castlevania. I swear they were always waiting at the foot of the staircase for me to stop playing and go to bed.

]]> kid icarus http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/slightly_famous_monsters_of_filmland#c836662 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/slightly_famous_monsters_of_filmland#c836662 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 14:39:42 -0800 Comment by ray maybe i'm a total wuss, but i remember being freaked out by large marge from the pee-wee movie.

]]> ray http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/slightly_famous_monsters_of_filmland#c836664 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/slightly_famous_monsters_of_filmland#c836664 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 14:42:38 -0800 Comment by elm That African doll with the knife from "Trilogy of Terror" starring Karen Black.

]]> elm http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/slightly_famous_monsters_of_filmland#c836677 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/slightly_famous_monsters_of_filmland#c836677 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 14:49:57 -0800 Comment by Paulus Lady Elaine Fairchilde

]]> Paulus http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/slightly_famous_monsters_of_filmland#c836696 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/slightly_famous_monsters_of_filmland#c836696 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:05:52 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe This list sucks ass in donkey hell.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/slightly_famous_monsters_of_filmland#c836697 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/slightly_famous_monsters_of_filmland#c836697 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:06:06 -0800 Comment by Amie GAHHHHHH

I hate you so much. SO SO SO SO SO MUCH for posting that Magic clip!

You die now.

]]> Amie http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/slightly_famous_monsters_of_filmland#c836702 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/slightly_famous_monsters_of_filmland#c836702 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:12:38 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV The Salt Vampire from Star Trek.

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/slightly_famous_monsters_of_filmland#c836708 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/slightly_famous_monsters_of_filmland#c836708 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:16:59 -0800 Comment by Julie @4 - Totally agree about the Twlight Zone movie. The plane, and the one where the little boy can have anything he wishes for and he wishes for his sister to have no mouth. The shot of her with no mouth freaked me out to no end.

]]> Julie http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/slightly_famous_monsters_of_filmland#c836720 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/slightly_famous_monsters_of_filmland#c836720 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:26:26 -0800 Comment by eustceia @7: i saw the peewee movie last year (late, i know! but i did watch the show when i was little), and large marge terrified me! it's all about the unexpected.

]]> eustceia http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/slightly_famous_monsters_of_filmland#c836723 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/slightly_famous_monsters_of_filmland#c836723 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:27:54 -0800 Comment by Dougsf Yes! Halloween 3! No one ever knows what the hell I'm talking about when I try to explain it, "no, it doesn't have anything to do with those other ones, it's the best, and it's got the sweet song." Blank stares.

]]> Dougsf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/slightly_famous_monsters_of_filmland#c836738 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/slightly_famous_monsters_of_filmland#c836738 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:43:07 -0800 Comment by Dougsf Hey, SLOG let me post after my last 5 attempts said my ISP was banned. This board is wonky.

]]> Dougsf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/slightly_famous_monsters_of_filmland#c836740 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/slightly_famous_monsters_of_filmland#c836740 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:44:15 -0800 Comment by flamingbanjo The Child Catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

]]> flamingbanjo http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/slightly_famous_monsters_of_filmland#c836741 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/slightly_famous_monsters_of_filmland#c836741 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:45:24 -0800 Comment by COMTE My stepmom used to drag me and my brothers to a bunch of drive-in B-movie horror flicks in the late '60's, so I got sort of innured to the schlock value from being bored off my seven year-old ass by such "classics" as "The Dunwich Horror" and "Count Yorga, Vampire".

But, yeah the little voodoo doll from "Trilogy of Terror" had the kids in my neighborhood freaked out for weeks! And I will admit to feeling pretty creeped out by the mirror-eyed albino ghouls from "The Omega Man" (both not surprisingly based on stories by one of the Masters of Terror, Richard Matheson).

But, the monsters that still give me shivers are all the disgusting mash-up creatures from John Carpenter's remake of "The Thing". That skittering spider-head thing in particular still sends chills up my spine.

]]> COMTE http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/slightly_famous_monsters_of_filmland#c836745 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/slightly_famous_monsters_of_filmland#c836745 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:48:10 -0800 Comment by COMTE Oh, and kudos for the Forrie Ackerman nod in the header.

]]> COMTE http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/slightly_famous_monsters_of_filmland#c836747 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/slightly_famous_monsters_of_filmland#c836747 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:49:34 -0800 Comment by BillyCorazon DUDE! YES! All of my biggies were already gotten by others, but, to recap:

1) Large Marge (Sent me screaming from the room at my friend's 6th birthday party)

2) Cyborg lady

3) Airplane Gremlin / No Mouth Girl / Monster Dan Ackroyd from Twilight Zone the movie

And to add a few more:

4) The Banshee from Darby O'Gill And The Little People (which caused me to pee my pants rather than go to the bathroom because I was convinced the Banshee was in the shower)

5) Meg Mucklebones (the green water hag thing) or the dancing black dress dummy from Legend


Nice with the Space Herpe too!! Ice Pirates is among the top 5 truly enjoyable bad movies ever made, like, so enjoyable, it really transcends the entire idea of "so bad it's good" and actaulyl becomes legitimately good.

]]> BillyCorazon http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/slightly_famous_monsters_of_filmland#c836794 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/slightly_famous_monsters_of_filmland#c836794 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 16:18:03 -0800 Comment by BillyCorazon Oo! OO! And the ghoulie that came out of the blow up Dracula toy in "Ghoulies". Forgot that one!

*shudder*

]]> BillyCorazon http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/slightly_famous_monsters_of_filmland#c836798 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/slightly_famous_monsters_of_filmland#c836798 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 16:19:10 -0800 Comment by Loushka The Voodoo Doll in Trilogy of Terror messed up every kid in my grade. I meet people my age (40's) who are still freaked out about that last shot of Karen Black. No spoilers people... let the those who haven't seen it have a fair crack the kind of blind terror we had as kids with the mere mention of that film.

]]> Loushka http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/slightly_famous_monsters_of_filmland#c836805 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/slightly_famous_monsters_of_filmland#c836805 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 16:22:45 -0800 Comment by Levislade @13 - Oh my god, I had totally forgotten about that! Horrifying. I am totally having nightmares tonight. Thanks.

]]> Levislade http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/slightly_famous_monsters_of_filmland#c836832 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/slightly_famous_monsters_of_filmland#c836832 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 16:44:21 -0800 Comment by Fnarf I haven't seen any of the movies referenced so far, but I'm still haunted by Gloria Swanson in Sunset Blvd.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/slightly_famous_monsters_of_filmland#c836870 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/slightly_famous_monsters_of_filmland#c836870 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 17:18:48 -0800 Comment by Blacksheep The chauffeur from "Burnt Offerings" which also starred...Karen Black!

]]> Blacksheep http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/slightly_famous_monsters_of_filmland#c836881 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/slightly_famous_monsters_of_filmland#c836881 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 17:27:19 -0800 Comment by leek Does anyone else remember the TV movie from the late 70s, I guess, with the ghost of the little girl who had fallen down the well trying to catch her doll? Aiieee.

Also: brain-eating armadillo larvae things from Star Trek II. Made me want to cover my ears for weeks.

]]> leek http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/slightly_famous_monsters_of_filmland#c836946 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/slightly_famous_monsters_of_filmland#c836946 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 19:30:51 -0800 Comment by erin aaaaaaaaaaah!

the little spidery robots from scanners (?) that shot people with something that made them blow up! horrifying!

and the weird things out of the weird animal in that star trek movie made me sleep with the blankies over my ears for about seven years afterwards.

]]> erin http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/slightly_famous_monsters_of_filmland#c836950 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/slightly_famous_monsters_of_filmland#c836950 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 19:46:44 -0800 Comment by patrick The bunyip from Dot and the Kangaroo terrified me as a kid. It's still creepy now.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=WtrYO-Mog60

]]> patrick http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/slightly_famous_monsters_of_filmland#c836994 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/slightly_famous_monsters_of_filmland#c836994 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 21:49:44 -0800 Comment by erin oh, totally not scanners, i just looked up the trailer on youtube. does anyone know what i am talking about? little arachnid-y robots?
i have a vivid memory of them, and i coudn't eat BBQ chicken for years after that cause that what mom was cooking that night and it reminded me of the utter terror i felt.

also, the red bull from the last unicorn made me hide behind the couch every time.

]]> erin http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/slightly_famous_monsters_of_filmland#c837025 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/slightly_famous_monsters_of_filmland#c837025 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 23:07:15 -0800 Comment by PdxRitchie Erin, do you mean Runaway with Gene Simmons & Tom Selleck?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bodOMl_o-3g

]]> PdxRitchie http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/slightly_famous_monsters_of_filmland#c837058 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/slightly_famous_monsters_of_filmland#c837058 Wed, 31 Oct 2007 03:42:59 -0800 Comment by PdxRitchie Also, about 10 years back my friends and I met Malachai(Courtney Gains). His friend said to us, very seriously, "Yes, it's Malachai, don't freak out, just be cool, he's a regular person."

Luckily we were able to keep our collective cool.

]]> PdxRitchie http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/slightly_famous_monsters_of_filmland#c837059 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/slightly_famous_monsters_of_filmland#c837059 Wed, 31 Oct 2007 03:46:58 -0800 Comment by misterblue #29 - SCREAMERS with Peter 'Robocop' Weller?

]]> misterblue http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/slightly_famous_monsters_of_filmland#c837199 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/slightly_famous_monsters_of_filmland#c837199 Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:16:54 -0800