No seriously, I am.
When I was little, my Dad wasn't really into censorship. He took me to see Die Hard when I was 7 at the theater. He went to a friends house around the corner and left Basic Instinct in the VCR (remember those?!)
Whoops. I learned a lot watching that movie..
I will never forget the time he let me watch Silver Bullet.
He has always been an avid Stephen King fan. Reads every book. When I was little, King was notorious for some scary shit. I mean, a CLOWN that lives under the street?
*excuse me. I am feeling verclempt. talk amongst yourselves...*
So when Silver Bullet was out on video, he sure wanted to watch it. And there I was right beside him.
Glued to the tv and terrified at the same time.
The interesting thing about this poster is that.. it was a long long time ago but I think this werewolf is far freakier looking than some of the modern day ones.
So from what I remember, some dude is a wolf by night and is a mean mofo. He kills pigs and people and is generally not well received by the town folk.
Then comes along our favorite 80's kid:
Cory Haim.
He figures out who the bad guy is and takes him down, all while cruising around town on his scooter called, Silver Bullet.
How YOU doin? |
They even had to trim the tree down and hang blankets in front of my window.
Ever since, I have always been afraid of things that go bump in the night.
While I am sure it was the freaky wolf man that scared me, I wonder if this scared me more:
Gary Busey |
Because that is not for the feint of heart.
What are you afraid of?
4 comments:
Clowns...thanks to Stephen King and my father.
Your dad and my dad are the same. I watched Predator with him when I was 7. Loved it. I've never seen Silver Bullet, though. Fears? Losing my kids. And bees.
Forgot that Gary Busey was in it - that alone *could* be the scariest element!
Other than that, as a Stephen King fan, am going to say that it was one of my least-favorite books and movies. :/
We could try "It" instead, if you want! ;)
My parents were very careful with what we watched. BUT, one day we visited a friend of theirs, a priest. I was seven years old and my brother five and that priest put on Raiders of the Lost Ark for us. To this day, I have that scene of the mans face melting and his eyeballs falling out etched into my memory!
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