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QUOTE (Finding IT @ Oct 2 2008, 05:46 PM)
QUOTE (MalNarpet @ Oct 2 2008, 09:32 AM)
gotta go with the old school on this one

I watched 'Ghost Story' recently and it held up
was pretty faithful to the book too if I recall correctly

'Dark Night of the Scarecrow' made an impression on me at the time also

Newer stuff. Too much CG, not enough decent storytelling? old.gif

Very good book if you like the genre. Peter Straub has all be been eclipsed by King. I like him better.

You almost can't compare King and Straub anymore; they've gone in different directions.

And I loved the book. . .don't know how I missed the movie.

 

I wish someone would do a movie version of 'The Talisman', the King/Straub collaboration. Not a screen version. . .too much would need to be cut from it. But a series. . .would be great. I love that book and re-read it every so often.

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QUOTE (MalNarpet @ Oct 2 2008, 07:17 PM)
QUOTE (umoveme @ Oct 2 2008, 07:00 PM)
Anyone see "The Changeling" with George C. Scott???

yeah saw it as a kid. What I remember most about it was a an old-fashioned wheelchair moving around by itself. Freaked me out. Also scary was just the commercial for "Magic" with Tony Hopkins. It had a ventriloquist's dummy speaking.

I remember being terrified of that commercial. The dummy said a little poem. I remember the last line was, "Magic is fun. We're dead." or some such.

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QUOTE (Marathonist @ Oct 3 2008, 08:17 AM)
QUOTE (Finding IT @ Oct 2 2008, 05:46 PM)
QUOTE (MalNarpet @ Oct 2 2008, 09:32 AM)
gotta go with the old school on this one

I watched 'Ghost Story' recently and it held up
was pretty faithful to the book too if I recall correctly

'Dark Night of the Scarecrow' made an impression on me at the time also

Newer stuff. Too much CG, not enough decent storytelling? old.gif

Very good book if you like the genre. Peter Straub has all be been eclipsed by King. I like him better.

You almost can't compare King and Straub anymore; they've gone in different directions.

And I loved the book. . .don't know how I missed the movie.

 

I wish someone would do a movie version of 'The Talisman', the King/Straub collaboration. Not a screen version. . .too much would need to be cut from it. But a series. . .would be great. I love that book and re-read it every so often.

Well, you will hopefully get your wish. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0384580/

 

 

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QUOTE (Finding IT @ Oct 3 2008, 09:00 AM)
QUOTE (Marathonist @ Oct 3 2008, 08:17 AM)
QUOTE (Finding IT @ Oct 2 2008, 05:46 PM)
QUOTE (MalNarpet @ Oct 2 2008, 09:32 AM)
gotta go with the old school on this one

I watched 'Ghost Story' recently and it held up
was pretty faithful to the book too if I recall correctly

'Dark Night of the Scarecrow' made an impression on me at the time also

Newer stuff. Too much CG, not enough decent storytelling? old.gif

Very good book if you like the genre. Peter Straub has all be been eclipsed by King. I like him better.

You almost can't compare King and Straub anymore; they've gone in different directions.

And I loved the book. . .don't know how I missed the movie.

 

I wish someone would do a movie version of 'The Talisman', the King/Straub collaboration. Not a screen version. . .too much would need to be cut from it. But a series. . .would be great. I love that book and re-read it every so often.

Well, you will hopefully get your wish. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0384580/

Oh, YES! Thanks- made my morning!

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QUOTE (MalNarpet @ Oct 2 2008, 08:25 PM)
On Oct. 17th TCM is showing a night of '70s thrillers'. One of them is a Jodie Foster film called "The Little Girl Who LIves Down the Lane" which was creepy back in the day.
http://www.tcm.com/thismonth/article.jsp?c...rticleId=208657

AWESOME!!! Looks like I'll have to pick up another couple 8 hour tapes for this one!! Thanx for the heads up!!

 

And I remember Don't Go To Sleep too..I had taped it a while back, but the tape it was got got lent out and never returned...I'll have to find those clips on YouTube, and hope to God it eventually gets released on DVD in the future...

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My mom used to make me watch this when I was a little kid and it scared the hell out of me. it's a great ghost story and still holds up well today. Not to be confused with the horrible remake.

 

http://funster.us/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/The-Haunting-1963-.jpg

 

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