The Widow Davis, has been gracious enough to send me sporadic messages over the past two months about horror movies. I’ve tried to compile the relevant ones here, as her list of favorites.
Ryan Davis was a hero of mine. He would think that’s dumb, but oh well. His passing this summer left a mark on a LOT of people. If you don’t follow games in any way shape or form, you probably don’t know who the man was. However, if you have followed gaming and the culture, even tangentially, you have probably either read or seen something from either him, or someone that was close to Ryan. He did his thing, and really did it well. He will truly be missed, by more people than he would have ever have admitted in his modesty.
For probably over a year now, I have been talking (via twitter) with who Ryan lovingly referred to as his “Beyonce”. I would say that we have become … internet friends, as stupid as that sounds. I used to joke with them about anything from shoes to ice cream cakes. After Ryan’s passing, I was left stunned. Obviously nothing like what she is going through having just lost “partner in crime” days after they were happily married. I offered The Widow Davis the only thing I could from literally across the country, an ear to listen.
Over the past two months I have been having a conversation with Enemy Nanner, about horror movies. I was attempting to not only further my own selfish gain by getting yet another guest post on the site, but give her a distraction to the things going on in her life. I don’t pretend to speak FOR her, but if this, if only for the few seconds it took out of her day to send me these messages, took her mind off things, I feel I have accomplished something.
*I apologize for the spacing issues. Apparently Twitter does weird things when you copy and paste from it. Also, respecting her wishes, I attempt to keep a bit of privacy here. She has been nothing but nice to me, it’s the least I can do for her.*
EnemyNanner
The Descent! I’ve never felt claustrophobic until I watched that. It was inTENSE!
Scott Meador You want me to slowly build a list for you as you send them to me?
EnemyNanner Yeah. That’d be good if its OK for you. Sadly if I think about it too long I get kinda scurred. I’m easily scurred. Made it that much better 4 him. (Him being Ryan Davis)
EnemyNanner Also VHS. Holy shit! And cabin in the Woods. The merman!!!
Scott Meador The Merman?
EnemyNanner In Cabin in the woods. Have u seen?
Scott Meador Sadly, no. I own the damn thing and have never watched it. That changes this October though.
EnemyNanner Ah. Its a good one.
Scott Meador I can’t wait. I’ve mixed up some choice movies with some seriously bad ones. I love watching these things. Though, I guess I would have to, seeing as how this is the fourth year I’ve done this to myself. Do the shitty campy movies scare you too? Is it a fear of the characters or just jump scares?
EnemyNanner I’m the jumpiest person ever. But sometimes the scare lingers too. Mostly it’s the jumps. VHS was a longer lingerer…
Scott Meador I try to avoid movies that may directly affect my perception of things. Like I cannot and will not watch Cropsey. Ever.
EnemyNanner I don’t know what that is?
Scott Meador I’ve heard it’s really disturbing (Patrick Klepeck I believe) and also, I have a kid. Can’t deal with that.
EnemyNanner So, like, Freddy Kruger in general as a concept. I don’t remember which movie it is but I think a girl gets sucked into a bed?
Scott Meador Well… in the first one Depp gets sucked into his bed. At the end the mom gets sucked through the window of the front door.
EnemyNanner There’s also the part where he IS the convertible!!! But yeah. That he gets you in your sleep. That is SO FUCKED!
Scott Meador Yeah, at the end of the first, the top goes up on the car and its green and red. My favorite part of this is that when seemingly something strikes you about horror, I get a message.
EnemyNanner Oh my god! When Jason jumps out of the water at the end if the first movie when it’s all sunny on the lake the next morning!!! Watched that with my mom for the 1st time prolly around 1999. We both leapt about a foot off the couch when that happened!
Scott Meador I love these short trips down memory lane with you. Makes me wish I could experience movies like that again.
So whichever “Scary Movie” sequel (2?) had the masked villain up in the projection booth of the college lecture hall freaked me out cuz I… (*Edit – She is talking about Scream 2.) ran theaters and had to check them at the end of the night before locking up & going up & I was so scared that I’d look up on my way out and see that mask in the little port-glass and I’d have probably died of fright if any of my jerk-off employees realized that & played a prank. Was always afraid at this one theater I ran that had private, glassed-in viewing booths that overlooked the theater that someone would pull that.
OMG how have I not mentioned the final destination franchise?!
The phrase “don’t final destination yourself” was used pretty regularly around the house.
Oh oh OH. And My Bloody Valentine is about the best use of 3D technology I’ve seen. When the pickax comes at you with the eye!
I’ve seen it, but not in 3D, sadly.
EnemyNanner
“Maximum Overdrive” !!! Cheesy and not really scary but hilarious! Saw it at a private midnight screening when the local theater my friends worked at was shutting down. They all ran their private collections of old trailers and movies all week for friends and they ran that one.
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