Happy Hallowee’en!
Speaking of pop culture and Hallowe’en, retroCRUSH has a list of the 100 scariest movie scenes. One that I particularily like, number 75 from the recent remake of House On Haunted Hill, is the “twitchy” effect of the ghosts as they move; I don’t think it’s scary…maybe a bit freaky and definitely cool at the time. It’s quite common now, though (see The Ring, The Grudge). And I know that number 45 from Poltergeist (the scene where the guy washes his face off in the sink) is the sole reason why Dena will not watch horror movies with me. Did retroCRUSH omit any terrifying movie scenes that should’ve made the list?
