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Contributor: XxXxX XxXxX
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Originally posted by Ansley
I do too, drives my husband nuts. He's all "why can't you just watch it and accept it?". CAUSE I'M A KNOWLEDGE WHORE THAT'S WHY!
Haha. Some people will just never understand!
10/31/2012
Contributor: Ansley Ansley
Quote:
Originally posted by CoffeeButton
That's one way to get a realistic horror scene. I have it but I've not yet watched it. >___> I should get around to it if I'm not dead from work tonight.
Definitely! It's a good one!
10/31/2012
Contributor: Ansley Ansley

Both Robin Williams and Robert De Niro were considered for the role of Jack in The Shining, however after watching their respective performances in Mork and Mindy and Taxi Driver, Kubrick deemed Williams too psychotic and De Niro not psychotic enough. Harrison Ford was also considered for the role, but as we know, Nicholson won the role.
10/31/2012
Contributor: SailorJulyxo SailorJulyxo
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Originally posted by Ansley
Oh that sounds like a fantastic day!!!! (It's my New Year as well *pagan fist-bump*)
*fist-bump!* That is awesome. I love when I meet others who know what Samhain is all about, hehe!
10/31/2012
Contributor: PropertyOfPotter PropertyOfPotter
Quote:
Originally posted by Ansley

Both Robin Williams and Robert De Niro were considered for the role of Jack in The Shining, however after watching their respective performances in Mork and Mindy and Taxi Driver, Kubrick deemed Williams too psychotic and De Niro not psychotic ... more
Nicholson was the perfect choice!
10/31/2012
Contributor: Kitka Kitka
Quote:
Originally posted by Ansley

Both Robin Williams and Robert De Niro were considered for the role of Jack in The Shining, however after watching their respective performances in Mork and Mindy and Taxi Driver, Kubrick deemed Williams too psychotic and De Niro not psychotic ... more
Williams too psychotic? Hahaha that's great!
10/31/2012
Contributor: hybridinsurge hybridinsurge
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Originally posted by Ansley

While in production, The Descent was referred to as “Chicks with Picks”. The cast was not shown the creatures they would be running from until they filmed the first scene. The girls were genuinely scared of the crawlers and “screamed down the ... more
That's fantastic.
10/31/2012
Contributor: HarlequinBunnie HarlequinBunnie
I hope you have watched White Noise with Michael Keaton so you will know what I'm talking about. Anyway my husband and I watched that with my oldest daughter and afterwards she was so scared she wouldn't even get off the couch without me holding her hand. She cried so hard because she had to go to the bathroom and she was afraid "they" would get her now since she had seen the movie. I took her to the bathroom and held her hand the whole time as well as allowing her to sleep in bed with me that night while my husband took the couch. I felt so bad that I wouldn't allow any scary movies to play on T.V. as long as she was at home or awake.

As for creepy dolls, my mother has a creepy little ceramic doll that has it's tongue sticking out. It creeped out my kids so much that she put it by the candy jar and told them that it was watching them. We had to throw out the candy because the kids wouldn't touch it.
10/31/2012
Contributor: raven pixie raven pixie
Are we allowed to share tidbits about horror movies?
10/31/2012
Contributor: Ansley Ansley
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Originally posted by raven pixie
Are we allowed to share tidbits about horror movies?
Of course!!!
10/31/2012
Contributor: hybridinsurge hybridinsurge
Quote:
Originally posted by Ansley

Both Robin Williams and Robert De Niro were considered for the role of Jack in The Shining, however after watching their respective performances in Mork and Mindy and Taxi Driver, Kubrick deemed Williams too psychotic and De Niro not psychotic ... more
It was a good choice. Nicholson was perfect for the character.
10/31/2012
Contributor: Kitka Kitka
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Originally posted by HarlequinBunnie
I hope you have watched White Noise with Michael Keaton so you will know what I'm talking about. Anyway my husband and I watched that with my oldest daughter and afterwards she was so scared she wouldn't even get off the couch without me ... more
Holy wow!
10/31/2012
Contributor: Ansley Ansley
Quote:
Originally posted by SailorJulyxo
*fist-bump!* That is awesome. I love when I meet others who know what Samhain is all about, hehe!
We do seem to be a rare breed these days.
10/31/2012
Contributor: PropertyOfPotter PropertyOfPotter
Quote:
Originally posted by HarlequinBunnie
I hope you have watched White Noise with Michael Keaton so you will know what I'm talking about. Anyway my husband and I watched that with my oldest daughter and afterwards she was so scared she wouldn't even get off the couch without me ... more
Too funny about the doll by the candy!
10/31/2012
Contributor: DiscretionAdvised DiscretionAdvised
Quote:
Originally posted by Ansley

Both Robin Williams and Robert De Niro were considered for the role of Jack in The Shining, however after watching their respective performances in Mork and Mindy and Taxi Driver, Kubrick deemed Williams too psychotic and De Niro not psychotic ... more
And thank God he did.
10/31/2012
Contributor: SailorJulyxo SailorJulyxo
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Originally posted by Kitka
Williams too psychotic? Hahaha that's great!
That is hilarious!!!
10/31/2012
Contributor: raven pixie raven pixie
Pyscho was the first horror movie to show a character in their underwear as well as being the first to show a toilet flushing
10/31/2012
Contributor: Kitka Kitka
Quote:
Originally posted by SailorJulyxo
That is hilarious!!!
Indeed it is!
10/31/2012
Contributor: Ansley Ansley
Quote:
Originally posted by DiscretionAdvised
And thank God he did.
For real. That movie would suck if it were anyone else. And I totes hate the mini-series even though the storyline and graphics are better.

My ex-roommate and I dressed as the Grady sisters for a film festival event where they were showing the Shining. I miss being part of a haunted house troupe, but it's exhausting work.
10/31/2012
Contributor: Ansley Ansley
Quote:
Originally posted by raven pixie
Pyscho was the first horror movie to show a character in their underwear as well as being the first to show a toilet flushing
Is it really?
10/31/2012
Contributor: HarlequinBunnie HarlequinBunnie
Jack was fabulous in that movie. My mother and I love that flick. My oldest can sound just like the kid when he starts yelling Red Rum.
10/31/2012
Contributor: PropertyOfPotter PropertyOfPotter
Quote:
Originally posted by Ansley
For real. That movie would suck if it were anyone else. And I totes hate the mini-series even though the storyline and graphics are better.

My ex-roommate and I dressed as the Grady sisters for a film festival event where they were showing the ... more
Wish we could see photos of that! I bet it was creepy as hell!
10/31/2012
Contributor: raven pixie raven pixie
Yes it was the first major film that showed either.
10/31/2012
Contributor: Ansley Ansley
Quote:
Originally posted by PropertyOfPotter
Wish we could see photos of that! I bet it was creepy as hell!
I tried to find them but it seems they've been lost.
10/31/2012
Contributor: SailorJulyxo SailorJulyxo
Quote:
Originally posted by Ansley
For real. That movie would suck if it were anyone else. And I totes hate the mini-series even though the storyline and graphics are better.

My ex-roommate and I dressed as the Grady sisters for a film festival event where they were showing the ... more
I had a friend who creates really cute custom "scary" necklaces make me a Grady Sisters one!!! LOVE IT.
10/31/2012
Contributor: Ansley Ansley

In regards to Kubrick as a whole, he was a meticulous director and notorious for his retakes. The scene where Halloran explains to Danny what ‘shining’ is, was shot 147 times and it’s a world record.

And remember the scene with the blood pouring out of the elevator? That shot took nine days to set up each time. Kubrick managed to get it in three takes. It took almost a year to shoot the scene exactly as he’d envisioned it.
10/31/2012
Contributor: SneakersAndPearls SneakersAndPearls
Quote:
Originally posted by Ansley

Both Robin Williams and Robert De Niro were considered for the role of Jack in The Shining, however after watching their respective performances in Mork and Mindy and Taxi Driver, Kubrick deemed Williams too psychotic and De Niro not psychotic ... more
Did you ever see the new-er one that they had on Syfy/SciFi a few years ago? Honestly, way creepier than the Jack Nicholson one.


(Found the shoes!)
10/31/2012
Contributor: PropertyOfPotter PropertyOfPotter
Quote:
Originally posted by Ansley
I tried to find them but it seems they've been lost.
Oh no! I'm sorry to hear that!
10/31/2012
Contributor: Kitka Kitka
Quote:
Originally posted by Ansley

In regards to Kubrick as a whole, he was a meticulous director and notorious for his retakes. The scene where Halloran explains to Danny what ‘shining’ is, was shot 147 times and it’s a world record.

And remember the scene with the blood ... more
Whoa, that's a lot of time spent on both those parts.
10/31/2012
Contributor: candykiss34 candykiss34
Quote:
Originally posted by Ansley

In regards to Kubrick as a whole, he was a meticulous director and notorious for his retakes. The scene where Halloran explains to Danny what ‘shining’ is, was shot 147 times and it’s a world record.

And remember the scene with the blood ... more
Wow!
10/31/2012