RE: What is your phobia?
March 18, 2014 at 9:05 pm
(This post was last modified: March 18, 2014 at 9:05 pm by Cyberman.)
I first saw that on DVD, mainly to see what the fuss was all about, and though I didn't find it scary in the least I thought the basic concept was interesting.*
On the other hand, something about it must have stuck in my mind, because when I ejected the DVD afterwards, the movement of the DVD tray nearly gave me a heart attack, even though I was the one who'd pushed the button.
* Interesting factoid: There was a Hallowe'en film made in 1992 called Ghostwatch, starring Michael Parkinson, Craig Charles, Sarah Greene and her husband Mike Smith all playing themselves, which used the same basic 'realistic' format. At the time, it caused a minor sensation similar to the (mostly apocryphal) reaction to the Orson Welles' War of the Worlds broadcast. It's never been repeated on UK televiosion, although it has been released on DVD - I have it at home (also check out YouTube if you're interested - just keep telling yourself "it's only a movie..."). I mention it because it seems the Blair Witch creators saw it before making their film.
On the other hand, something about it must have stuck in my mind, because when I ejected the DVD afterwards, the movement of the DVD tray nearly gave me a heart attack, even though I was the one who'd pushed the button.
* Interesting factoid: There was a Hallowe'en film made in 1992 called Ghostwatch, starring Michael Parkinson, Craig Charles, Sarah Greene and her husband Mike Smith all playing themselves, which used the same basic 'realistic' format. At the time, it caused a minor sensation similar to the (mostly apocryphal) reaction to the Orson Welles' War of the Worlds broadcast. It's never been repeated on UK televiosion, although it has been released on DVD - I have it at home (also check out YouTube if you're interested - just keep telling yourself "it's only a movie..."). I mention it because it seems the Blair Witch creators saw it before making their film.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
