Halloween TeaWeekend 2010. Horrors of horrors?

[jazz88]

I said: The Shining but I'm not a fan of scary movies and haven't seen most of the films on the list.
Golden Curls in my cup.

[JBaymore]

....... and believed in ghosts.

That part of life I understand...... living in a slightly haunted house for the past 37 years.

Don't have to wait for Halloween to come around.

best,

...............john

[Victoria]

There are too many sick people out there who use any opportunity for .... sick actions like tampering with candy.

Who needs scary movies when we can scare ourselves?

Seriously, the fear is out of control.

Snopes documents clearly that random Halloween candy poisoning rumors are FALSE.

I didn't say poisoning, I said "tampering" and was just using it in a broad sense anyway to indicate whatever ill doing may be conceived. I definitely do not live in fear nor am I a fear monger, but stating my opinion of the unfortunate reality of the way this world is going.

That being said, we have a huge bowl of candy and expect probably close to 60 maybe even 70 Trick-or-Treaters this evening.

Today's Teas included Honorable Mention Baozhong from FLT and DYL from Tea Masters.

http://www.snopes.com/horrors/mayhem/needles.asp

[Herb_Master]

Not sure why people like HORROR films they tend to bore me unless there is a great plot and great acting, pure horror for horror's sake I find extremely unappealing.

That said I thoroughly enjoyed Hitchcock's "Birds" even re-watching I find many aspects of it gripping, but only in the same way that I find other films gripping (who done its, and spy dramas).

One scene I find extremely gripping is the section in the 3rd Man where the cat comes and snuggles up against harry Lime's shoes.

Another has to be in "Ice Cold In Alex" when they finally discover the traitor with his radio in the quicksand"

[Michael_C]

I've been collecting movies on DVD for a few years now, and have a pretty strong focus on grindhouse, drive-in, and art-house films. According to my database, I have 847 horror movie DVDs. Yikes!

It's funny, but when I got two of the films that terrified me as a child - "Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things" and "Return of the Blob" (I saw both at actual drive ins that my babysitter took me to - I must have been seven or eight years old and couldn't sleep after seeing either of them), well, when I got copies and viewed those films again recently - they are unbelievably not scary. "Return of the Blob" was directed by Larry Hagman for cryin' out loud! It was sure fun to watch them again and laugh at how goofy they are.

Most recently the French have put out some really good, intense stuff. "Martyrs" comes to mind, and "Inside" and "Frontiers" and even "La Calvaire". "Ils" was great, and there was no blood in that one. All of these films left a bad taste in my mouth - which is good! And I remember lying awake at night after seeing the original (German) "Funny Games" - but it might not really be a horror movie per se, much as Gaspar Noe's films are not.

Hey - it's Halloween! Time to replay Robert Wise's "The Haunting"! Good stuff!

[debunix]

http://www.snopes.com/horrors/mayhem/needles.asp

Did you read it? The vast majority of known cases were kids playing pranks on siblings or friends, and the far smaller proportion of documented cases of handing out such to strangers were copycat cases following the Tylenol cases of 1982. Hardly enough to support a trend in any direction, much less to suggest 'the way the world is going.'

Sorry, but the excesses of fear that dominate our society today are a personal pet peeve. Corporations peddling high-fructose drinks & juices to our children (instead of unsweetened delicious TEA!) are much more frightening.

As for horror films, they tend to blend together in my mind, from years of watching Creature Features with my father on Sunday afternoons. The Blob, The Birds, and innumerable Vincent Price features were scary enough for their time. Today, I'd rather watch Shaun of the Dead than anything that takes the genre more seriously.

And drinking some Jade Dragon yunnan green tea from Norbu today.

[gargoylekitty]

Today, I'd rather watch Shaun of the Dead than anything that takes the genre more seriously.

That's why, despite my unease about running zombies, when it comes to Western horror flicks, I love zombie movies. While Shaun of the Dead was a parody, even some of the more 'serious' ones tend to have a humor about themselves. Granted, I also just have a love of post-apocalyptic themes and those tend to fit into the zombie genre.

Rather looking forward to watching The Walking Dead tv series, which shouldn't be all too humorous should they be following the comics, but still pretty good(watched the first episode pre-air and going to watch it again tonight, the series is signed on for another season already, but , I think, I hope it gets the following to go beyond that. Although there's already stuff I'd complain about it, but that's for another forum). Lots of suspense and a good story.

Currently settling in to try sticky rice pu-erh tuocha from Chicago Tea Garden.

[nickE]

Sorry, but the excesses of fear that dominate our society today are a personal pet peeve. Corporations peddling high-fructose drinks & juices to our children (instead of unsweetened delicious TEA!) are much more frightening.

+1

Favorite horror movies for me are pretty similar to others here. The Shining, The Ring, Halloween.

Revisiting EoT's 2001 Jichanghao Yiwu today, seems darker. This is seemingly a good thing except it was really lacking in mouthfeel. Hmmm..

Oh yeah, Happy Halloween!

[Chip]

... the TD continued with sencha and more sencha.

The weekend was short on horror flicks, but high on great tea!

A reminder, OTTI will go live on Monday Eastern time at 6 pm. See the OTTI Schedule topic for a few details, a battle of the "mushi," asa versus fuka! Talk about horrors of horrors!

http://www.teachat.com/viewtopic.php?f= ... 60#p175565

[Seeker]

Getting on the bus late, heh heh.
In Yosemite celebrating my b'day (which was 1 1/2 wks ago) - but it's our tradition to do my b'day here on Halloween weekend (much less people).

I've seen every horror movie on the list, and most that have been mentioned (except for some of the foreign pieces). And for me, The Exorcist is by far and away the scariest. Wheeewww (shiver!).

I used to be really into scary movies, perhaps as a way to confront fear in a safe way and also perhaps for the adrenaline. nowadays tho, I'm with J and V - I don't need any extra anxiety in this world we live in.

Brought the Ringo kyusu up with us - finishing a 4th steeping of j g blend after an awesome steak dinner up here in these gorgeous mountains (at the base of Yosemite Falls no less, and which, btw, are flowing nicely after yesterdays rain).

Cheers

[entropyembrace]

http://www.snopes.com/horrors/mayhem/needles.asp

Did you read it? The vast majority of known cases were kids playing pranks on siblings or friends, and the far smaller proportion of documented cases of handing out such to strangers were copycat cases following the Tylenol cases of 1982. Hardly enough to support a trend in any direction, much less to suggest 'the way the world is going.'

Sorry, but the excesses of fear that dominate our society today are a personal pet peeve. Corporations peddling high-fructose drinks & juices to our children (instead of unsweetened delicious TEA!) are much more frightening.

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Actually...that you mentioned the corporations pushing high fructose drinks on kids.

There is a well documented case of kids candy being poisoned on a massive scale...and it´s not done by random psychos but by the corporations that manufacture the candy itself.

coal tar derived dyes, HFCS with heavy metal contamination, toxic preservatives...yep the candy is poisoned...but it´s not the creepy guy down the street that did it.

[TwoPynts]

Lots of great choices so it is hard for me to decide. Aliens stands out as the most entertaining/scary follow by Evil Dead II. Hellraiser is up there along with Nightmare on Elm Street, and Phantasm should have made the list.

Does the Rocky Horror Picture Show count as horror for the soundtrack?

[Chip]

Heh, Hellraiser had maybe the most intense quotable quotes ...

[brandon]

'Scariest' movie: Requiem for a Dream.

For the music - silence of the lambs.

[nickE]

'Scariest' movie: Requiem for a Dream.

More depressing IMO, although I did think it was a good film.