Halloween TeaWeekend 2010. Horrors of horrors?

[Mrs. Chip]

I also like very much The Shining.

Possibly my fave of all time is The Shining combining Steven King and Jack.

The music from The Shining

The Shining is my favorite scary movie & one my favorite movies in any genre.

Honourable mention goes to The Shining.

Do I see a pattern here? Yeah, Kubrick, Jack and King rock!
Great movie and music choice!

One interesting tidbit which I believe may have been mentioned in another dimension at some point, Stephen King did not like the choice of 'Jack' as Jack Torrence. He felt that the character Jack, as portrayed by JN, appeared as being crazy before he arrived at the Overlook, and not driven into madness by the Overlook and it's 'spirits' as was the intent.
Just sayin' Certainly doesn't matter!

[kymidwife]

The one that truly frightened me the most was The Exorcist... but not necesssarily my favorite or the most entertaining.

The original Halloween movie, Silence of the Lambs, and The Shining are all in a close tie for my favorites. Interestingly enough, I didn't care for any of the Halloween sequels. As for the Hannibal series, I thought Hannibal and Hannibal Rising were both dreadful, but I loved Red Dragon. The Shining is a stellar movie, but in many ways a poor representation of the book. The book is always better, as they say. Back in the day, I was terrified of the first Freddy Krueger movie.. but its not one I enjoy watching over and over.

One, two, Freddy's coming for you... three, four, better lock your door... five, six, grab your crucifix... seven, eight, gonna stay up late... nine, ten, never sleep again... <shiver>

I haven't cared for the blood/gore/sex genre since I was about 14, with the original Halloween movie being the only exception.

Happy Halloween Weekend!

[tortoise]

I voted for The Shining. So much is done in that film with simple tension. And what about the scene where the boy just peddles his trike through the enormous room of the hotel; the fierce rattle of the wheels on the wood, then the sudden quiet softness as he rolls over the carpet. These little details go far in creating atmosphere in a truly wonderful film.

Psycho is probably my favorite "scary" movie, though by the time I saw it, I had become so desensitized that it wasn't really scary. Psycho has created an entire sub-genre of movies now that have become incredibly cliche.I'm not surprised as it is terrific and must have been very shocking in it's day.

Golden Yunnan this morning and looking forward to YM fukamushi after lunch.

[David R.]

I happen to have read a thesis on the Shining from a student of a cinema school. He got the perfect mark of 20 out of 20, which was a first. It described every little detail of the film, from colours used, light, height of the eyes in the shot, etc, literally analysing the movie frame by frame. EVERYTHING in the film is well thought about and wanted. That's why it is such an incredible film.

There are so many interesting things to tell about this movie, but it is not the place.

For instance, it is funny to know that S. King didn't like this movie. And it is funnier to know that for Kubrick, S. King's novel was just a canvas for a film on the Oedipus complex and fairy tales...

Kubrick was a mad man, but a true genius. He is definitively the best director I know.


PS : Nenugal, now that you've mentioned it, Ju-on 1, the japanese original, really scared the cr*p out of me. The pace of the film is really breathtaking.

[JeiKun4114]

I'm a huge Japanese Horror film fan, by far the scariest and creepiest Ive ever seen. This weekends tea will consist of Kakurei Gyokuro, Sayamacha Sencha, and some Da Hong Pao (Big Red Robe). My Pu-erh taste buds are starting to kick in for this winter

[Chip]

Our mod also was frightened as a child by the Hitchcock film, The Birds!

Oh yeah, The Birds freaked me out. I would not go in the basement nor upstairs for a few days.

Great TD. Began with Sencha Premier from Adagio. Then a really bangin' session of Yutaka Midori Supreme with the Mrs. brewed cooler than I usually do and a little longer. Home run. Finishing with a prelim sencha tasting.

[Skippyandjif]

Hm... Well, Stephen King's "Rose Red" freaked me out, but mostly because I watched it literally three days before my mom, brother, and I moved to a new house in which the stairway up to what was going to be my room looked just like one in the movie that led to a severely haunted attic. (Silly, yes, but I was fifteen.) What didn't help was that a door to a storage space in my potential room randomly opened and shut while I was moving stuff up there. Needless to say I moved to a different room.

The scariest movies I've seen have been Japanese though-- St. John's Wort, Kairo, Ringu, Juon, etc.

Yunnan black tea all day, probably going to continue drinking it all night.

[RaynBeatle]

The ring, the grudge....yeah...-_-

[gargoylekitty]

Only thing that spooks me in horror movies are zombies that can think/run. Everything else doesn't bother me, much different from when I was a little kid and just reading The BFG scared me because of the kid-eating giants, though I do love Japanese, and some Korean, horror movies.

Got some samples from Chicago Tea Garden today. Brewing up some of their Aoyagi Kamairicha right now.

[JBaymore]

I don't watch these kinds of movies. There are enough things in the world that are truly scary; I don't need more of that as "entertainment".

Of that listing in the poll, I have seen exactly two of those flicks: Jaws and Psycho.

best,

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

[Victoria]

I don't watch these kinds of movies. There are enough things in the world that are truly scary; I don't need more of that as "entertainment".

+1

I've seen about most of those, but I'm not sure I really enjoyed them. I don't like being scared. Silence of the Lambs doesn't seem to fit, that is my favorite of the list.

I don't really like Halloween and will be glad when it's over. There are too many sick people out there who use any opportunity for animal abuse and other sick actions like tampering with candy.

Started the day with a Chinese Black.
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[rdl]

I don't watch these kinds of movies. There are enough things in the world that are truly scary; I don't need more of that as "entertainment".

Silence of the Lambs doesn't seem to fit, that is my favorite of the list.

i have not thought of this in many years until now - the last film i saw was silence of the lambs, when it came out, not here but in a country with plenty of its own horrors but films like that were not allowed to be shown until the government changed that year. the friend i went with had nightmares for months, having never been exposed to that before. then it occurred to me how easily i could take in that violence and alter it into something intellectual. i decided to view the world as theater after that, and not go into the dark for it. actually it wasn't the last film i saw. i did see march of the penguins, but that isn't suitable for halloween.

[debunix]

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.

[Chip]

Perhaps the desire or "need" to be scared is tied to what makes a person tic. For example, a thrill seeker will likely find all kinds of ways to find that heightened state caused by fears, thrills, etc.

Well, I am speaking for myself I guess.

Is there a therapist in the TeaHouse?

Anyway, different strokes for different folks.

Began the TD with Yutaka Midori Supreme again brewed on the cooler side , 155* in a preheated pot . Yeah, see ... I am such a wild and crazy thrill seekin' guy!

[geeber1]

I'm with the 'no horror movies' crowd. When I was younger, I enjoyed scary movies like 'Carrie,' read Stephen King's books, and believed in ghosts. As I got older (and especially after having kids) I decided that real life is scary enough without adding to it.

Of the list, I've seen a few: the Alien franchise, which I think crosses the lines of both sci-fi and horror; Psycho; and The Shining.

The Simpsons' 'Treehouse of Horror' Halloween episodes are as scary as I get these days.

Yunnan Golden Pekoe from TeaChat in my cup this morning.