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Thursday, October 7, 2010
When Horror Doesn't Scare You
I know this will sound strange to some, yet obvious to others, but horror doesn't have to be scary to be good. It's basic quality of goodness or badness has, in fact, little to do with how scary it is and more to do, as with all art, with how effectively it conveys its meaning. If that means an overall sense of dread rather than a lot of scares, so be it. Hell, I like an overall sense of dread in horror.
On Facebook recently I posted a status update alluding to The Exorcist and Larry Aydlette chimed in to say he never found the movie scary. He was not, as some do, posing this as a criticism, merely an observation. Rod Heath did the same, carefully adding, "but that's not a fault, just a personal reaction." Marilyn, on the other hand, wrote, "I was terrified the first time I saw The Exorcist. The audience was freaking out all around me, people running up the aisle screaming. It was a happening." Sounds like it. My first experience with The Exorcist was quite different.
I saw it on an early cable showing in the seventies (it may have been HBO but I can't remember) with my sister, mother and father. Yes, I was around ten and my parents watched it with me. They were never the hysterical type, worried that if we were exposed to something with violence or language we would turn to a life of crime or insanity. And my father, and this is important, was a true believer, still is. He left college after his parents died to enter the monastery but left before taking his vows, deciding that marriage was the sacrament for him. His sister, on the other hand, stuck with it and became a nun who became Mother Superior of an order in Massachusetts. Finally, in our house, along the second bookshelf in the den, was and is the entire set of the Encyclopedia of Catholicism. So The Exorcist was a movie he had to see and, what the hell, might as well watch it with the kids.
My sister was decidedly scared and freaked out through most of it and I, while more fascinated than upset, was a little creeped out by things like the desecrated statue of Mary and the death mask flashing on the screen. By the time Merrin and Karras were doing battle with Regan in the bedroom at the end of the hall my father was more bemused than anything else. Bemused with my sister's reaction and the movie itself. He assured my sister there was nothing scary in the movie. It was a girl under the control of a demon, a demon that would be driven out by the faithful. No harm would come to her and, aside from exploiting an old man's weak heart, she could bring no harm to anyone else (Burke Dennings notwithstanding). Besides, he noted, this stuff doesn't even really happen like this. Yes, my dad's one of those types of movie viewers, the ones that too often let reality get in the way of a good story. But here's the thing: I agreed with him (on the "not scary" part, not the other stuff). I thought it was an excellent movie, but I couldn't be sure what everyone found scary about it. I mean, it's a girl. On a bed. Tied down, no less.
When I got older I realized that, while some people may be scared by it, what I felt was a sense of dread. A pall of death and familial collapse hangs over the house throughout the movie. Very, very little, if anything, in the movie actually feels good. And that is what makes it a great horror movie. To me, it's not meant to scare, it's meant to disturb, and those are two very different things. The Exorcist is disturbing, as in it disturbs our view of a normal mother/daughter relationship. It disturbs our view of faith, in ourselves and, if we choose, God as well. Most of all, it disturbs our view of what is right and wrong and good and bad. It is, in fact, one of the most disturbing movies I have ever seen. So whether I'm scared by it or not hardly even matters. The feeling's the thing, and the feeling is one of dread, a dreading of what's coming and how much worse it can still get.
I've had that feeling with several movies and some movies I consider the very best of the genre I would never consider scary, The Wicker Man for instance. I think it's brilliant but not because it's scary, rather, because it feeds on uneasy feelings of isolation, "us and them" belief systems and societal dysfunction. That it's not scary doesn't affect its quality one iota. It's brilliant, as is The Exorcist, in taking a feeling and building a whole movie around it. Sometimes people get the wrong idea about horror, even if they're a fan. They think it's about jump scares and gore and evil creatures and, actually, it is! It is about those things but it's also about so much more and whether or not it frightens isn't always the end-all, be-all of whether or not it succeeds. Sometimes, the best thing a horror movie can do is fill you with a vague, creeping sense of discomfort. Disquiet. Disorder. And when it's done right, it can be downright scary.
46 comments:
- bill r. said...
A pall of death and familial collapse hangs over the house throughout the movie. Very, very little, if anything, in the movie actually feels good.
Precisely. Nothing is ever truly comfortable, even moments that are ostensibly pleasant-ish. I think Friedkin achieves this through careful use of silence.
Anyway, my first viewing came after having read the book, and hearing rumors (which turned out to be true!) about what went on in the film. And I, too, watched it with my mom, as well as a few brothers who'd seen it before. My mom hadn't, and she was a sweet woman, and a Catholic, and I don't know why the hell we were watching it with her. All I know is that when the crucifix scene rolled around, a lot of heads turned away, in embarrassment and unease. - October 7, 2010 at 9:18 AM
- Marilyn said...
Friedkin really knows how to do this, what would I call it, madness quite well. If you haven't seen his "Bug," do! It's actually very much in the mold of The Exocist in the sense of family rupture and the hell that unleashes on a guilt-ridden woman.
I call films that aren't outright scary "eerie." Like the Val Lewton films, they cause unease, maybe even outrage. You can't shake the feelings they evoke easily. - October 7, 2010 at 10:21 AM
- Greg said...
Bill, I don't think I really got what was going on with the crucifix scene the first time I saw it so I was too ignorant to be embarrassed in front of my mom about it. And that's probably a good thing.
In fact, I probably didn't get most of it but I know it made everything feel kind of bad and off, more than scary. Watching it again, several times, have confirmed this and I think you're right that Friedkin's lack of an ever present musical score (really, it's just at the end) works well towards that goal. Much of the movie is quiet, and when Karras and Merrin are ascending the steps to confront the demon that "score" is the sounds of the many voices wailing in the background. Extremely effective. - October 7, 2010 at 10:26 AM
- Greg said...
Marilyn, I never have seen Bug and haven't heard much about it. I do know from The French Connection and Sorcerer that Friedkin, at least in the 70s, had a real feel for developing madness on the screen. Popeye Doyle's crazed run off into the warehouse after killing a fellow agent at the end of The French Connection turns a crime thriller into a psychological freak show in the final frames.
I love Val Lewton's eerie films so much and that's probably the best way to describe them. They give you a feeling you just can't shake. - October 7, 2010 at 10:30 AM
- Marilyn said...
- October 7, 2010 at 10:39 AM
- Roderick Heath said...
RNOTHING SCARES ME. Things intrigue me, make me interested, put me in suspense, disgust me, but NOTHING SCARES ME.
- October 7, 2010 at 10:49 AM
- Greg said...
Somebody planted a bug on my blog. Oh, it was Marilyn.
So, there were a lot of supporters for the movie in the comments, including Pat, Ed and Kimberly. I'll definitely give it a look.
The 'one-hit wonder' comment on imdb though just reinforces again why no one should ever listen to a word anyone has to say on imdb comment threads. - October 7, 2010 at 10:50 AM
- Greg said...
Rod... BOO!!!
Did I scare you? I definitely could get scared by things as a kid and a good nightmare will still scare me, no doubt about it. In a movie though, I can't imagine many of us, past a certain age, still get scared by something in a movie. As in, turn all the lights on and so forth. - October 7, 2010 at 10:57 AM
- Roderick Heath said...
Oh yes, when I was a kid, things could scare me - hell, I remember hiding behind the chairs of the next aisle in the movie theater when Lance Guest was getting chased about by the shark in Jaws The Revenge - when I was eight years old. Since I grew up, however...I suppose that's why I love atmosphere and sustained mood in horror films so much more than nitwits trying to make me jump in my seat.
- October 7, 2010 at 11:09 AM
- Arboghost von Schrekmacher said...
Given that horror is about visceral emotions and responses, I suppose it's surprising how long it took me to realize that you really need a full complement of intelligence to get the full yield out of the genre.
By intelligence I don't mean math and science smarts or even deductive reasoning but the honesty that comes, or should, with intelligence. The honesty to admit that a horror movie situation is dire even though you may not be scared at the moment of watching it in a movie; a sense of empathy and an aesthetic flexible enough to distinguish between how you feel living the moment vicariously through a character in a fictive setting and how you might feel in the same situation in real life.
I don't know why there's such a reluctance to feel for characters these days; there's nothing I enjoy more, horror-wise, than when my palms break out in a sweat for a character who has found him or herself in a bad spot. I regret that too much horror is given over to schadenfreude and the enjoyment of seeing harm come to single-trait stick figure characters. I find that deadly dull and not really horror at all, except for what it says about the people who enjoy that kind of thing.
I take from The Exorcist what I saw in it nearly 40 years ago, which is a sickening of a home through the corruption of its members. Not corruption in the Satanic "offer you can't refuse" way but in the willful leaching away of affection that happens in families through physical and emotional distance and the sickness that is visited upon them through alienation and disaffection.
Having grown up in a home with a chronically ill and mentally unstable family member, I recognize the hushed tones and drawn curtains in The Exorcist; a lot of that film plays as a home movie to me. And yet I enjoy it - probably because it brings a sense of order to my memories of a very unstable and unhappy time. - October 7, 2010 at 12:13 PM
- Greg said...
I suppose that's why I love atmosphere and sustained mood in horror films so much more than nitwits trying to make me jump in my seat.
It's not that I mind jump scares, it's that so much of horror thinks that's all it is anymore. - October 7, 2010 at 12:24 PM
- Greg said...
I regret that too much horror is given over to schadenfreude and the enjoyment of seeing harm come to single-trait stick figure characters.
It's one of the reasons I never liked the Friday the 13th franchise because it was all about killing caricatures, not people. What's horrifying, as you say, is watching characters you've gotten to know and feel you understand, have harm come to them.
It's why Psycho works so well. The screenplay takes its time to build and develop Marion Crane for the audience, let us in on her frustrations, as well as her hopes. It even lets us follow her to the point where she decides it's time to grow up, go back and get things in order. And then it cuts the legs out from under her.
I bet a lot of people think Psycho is great because that Norman is so creepy and the shower scene is so well done. And it's true, both of those lend to its greatness. But it's great because fleshing out Marion so fully is what gives the shower scene so much power. She's not just an extra, a faceless victim. She's someone we were comfortable with and understood. - October 7, 2010 at 12:30 PM
- bill r. said...
Well, Arboghost nailed it, as he so often does. But I will say that I am capable of being scared, still. It's rare, and it can come from an unexpected source, but it happens. When I saw JU-ON, and that little girl comes crawling down the stairs -- that kind of imagery has become cliche', now that Asian horror is all the thing, here in 2002, but at the time it really gave me a genuine chill. And what got me wasn't any overt evil expressed in that demon/ghost child's face, but rather the honest curiosity. What something like that might do when curious was just awful to me.
- October 7, 2010 at 12:55 PM
- Greg said...
Bill, something causing possible harm to innocent people will always give me a chill if done well but what you describe touches on so much more. That thought, what something like that might do out of curiosity is chilling.
- October 7, 2010 at 1:11 PM
- Arboghost von Schrekmacher said...
Watching The Uninvited again recently - the Ray Milland movie, not the recent remake of A Tale of Two Sisters - I got actual horripilations from the ghost business. I know the movie, I know the outcome, and yet I was thrilled and chilled by an expert fusing of craftsmanship and whimsy. Whimsy! Delight!
- October 7, 2010 at 1:40 PM
- Greg said...
We've said it before, but that really is one of the best ones out there. Just fantastic! And the ghostly figures are perfectly done. Detailed enough that we can make out a figure of some kind, blurred enough that the indistinctiveness spooks us.
- October 7, 2010 at 1:49 PM
- Marilyn said...
I honestly don't like the feeling of being unnerved. I am not a horror fan and must really decide to watch a horror movie in much the same way I have to decide to watch a documentary or drama about a subject that is horrifying. Out and out being scared is much easier on me - I actually relished Open Water and The Host, both excellent films that managed to scare the bejesus out of me.
- October 7, 2010 at 2:13 PM
- Greg said...
Documentaries scare me, for real, especially ones showing the underbelly of the world. They scare me because it's a real situation that could affect any one of us.
I've had The Host queued up on Netflix Instant for ages and still haven't watched it. And I've heard so many good things about it! I really must find time this weekend and correct that. - October 7, 2010 at 2:26 PM
- Marilyn said...
I'm not sure horrifying is the same as horror, but it sure comes close.
And since this is your horror month, The Host will be an appropriate film to watch. - October 7, 2010 at 2:28 PM
- bill r. said...
THE HOST is a really interesting movie. I didn't like it as much as most people seemed to, but I appreciated that the story followed its own path, and had a truly emotional base to it. I thought the whole thing was a bit too loose, but it's certainly worthwhile.
Has anybody but me listened to the commentary track on the DVD for the original FRIDAY THE 13TH. Since the movie is lousy, this isn't much of a compliment, but the commentary, or at least portions, are much more entertaining. My favorite sections are when the screenwriter is talking. He wasn't before, and hasn't been since, any kind of horror fan, but Sean Cunningham was his friend and filmmaking partner, so he got hired to write it. He mostly did soap operas before that. Anyway, he talks about watching a bunch of horror movies for research, and so he could lift basic ideas from, say, HALLOWEEN. This of course partially explains why the movie's no good, but from a technical, this-guy-has-a-job-to-do perspective, I found it interesting, and kind of charming. - October 7, 2010 at 3:14 PM
- Greg said...
I'm am curious to see The Host, it's just that something else always pops up as more enticing. But this being October, I see no reason to put it off any longer.
Bill, I think Friday the 13th suffers as much from very poor direction as anything else. There's not much going on there that strikes one as well paced, nicely shot, tightly set-up. It's really ramshackle through and through. And it's pretty funny that someone needed to do research to come up with "one kid after another gets killed until we find out it's the mom taking revenge for her son that drowned." That required research?! - October 7, 2010 at 3:28 PM
- Christopher said...
My dad was very spiritual and a devout christian and conservative yet we sat down and watched The Last Temptation of Christ together on cable tv as soon as it hit..and he liked it.He could see what they were trying to say in the story that others picketed and refused to look at.
I don't really get scared at horror movies..(The Haunting-1963 can still creep me out tho)I watch them more for darkly aesthetic pleasures..the Universals,the silents,the Val Lewtons(which I'm re-watching again this autumn,Curse Of The Cat People is one of my fave christmas holiday films)..The Screaming Skull is one of my fave low budgt creep outs.. - October 7, 2010 at 3:36 PM
- Greg said...
Curse of the Cat People is one of my favorite holiday films too. It's such a great winter movie. My wife and I with the youngest watched it last December, both of them for the first time, and we all really enjoyed the experience.
- October 7, 2010 at 4:34 PM
- Flickhead said...
Good article, Greg.
I was in my teens when The Exorcist came out. I didn't think much of it then (the ballyhoo overshadowed the film), but I do recall my mother -- a supporter of the Catholic Legion of Decency, one who attended mass only on Easter and Christmas -- found it something of a comedy, as she came from a decidedly more restrained, reserved and mannered culture. She likend the film to a carnival attraction.
I went back to the film years later when reviewing a book on Friedkin, but was still unable to muster any enthusiasm for it.
A few years ago I saw a silly and terrible "version they never showed you" edition, with Friedkin's subliminal death's head now branded across the screen, looking far less menacing if not outright goofy. Is the original theatrical release version still available for viewing? Or has it been replaced by inane director's cuts and other "special" editions? - October 7, 2010 at 11:28 PM
- Greg said...
I still have the original release and refuse to give that awful director's cut the time of day. I mean, it really does destroy so much of what was good, it's like Friedkin is intentionally trying to sabotage it or something.
It was the freak show elements that my dad kind of liked because I think he sort of secretly wished at some point in the monastery someone had become possessed by a demon and he could've assisted in the exorcism. It was procedural stuff he would point out as being wrong, using those damn encyclopedias. I mean, c'mon dad, really. - October 7, 2010 at 11:42 PM
- Neil Sarver said...
Can only read, not comment at work, but I liked this article a lot.
I've never been much for The Exorcist, but The Wicker Man is one of my favorites.
Movies in the general scheme of horror can do so many things aside from just making us "scared". The dread and disturbance is one of the most exciting of those. But any number of them are valid. I, too, get tired of horror movies being dismissed for not meeting that one rather limited expectation. - October 8, 2010 at 8:00 AM
- Pat said...
Greg, I love this post.
I saw "The Exorcist" in the theatre on its first release. I was 14, and a friend's mother took a group of us to see it. (We had to have adult accompaniment since it was "R"-rated film.) My expectations were high - I'd already read the book a couple of times. In fact, I can recall toting that purple paperback around my 9th grade classes, and having people "borrow" it for a few moments at a time, just to read the grossesst parts. (The page where Regan masturbates with the crucifix got pretty dog-eared.)
At 14, I was a bit disappointed to find it didn't scare me nearly as much as I expected. But I've seen it a few times since - most recently the 25th anniversary re-release on the big screen - and I've come to appreciate the way it builds that atmosphere of dread and the feeling that something truly terrible is going to happen at any minute.
Ironically the one thing that makes me jump and scream every time I see it is the scene where Karras is listening to tapes of the demon, and suddenly, unexpectedly.... the phone rings! - October 8, 2010 at 8:21 AM
- Ken Lowery said...
No lie, THE EXORCIST scared the bejezus out of me. I didn't see the full thing properly until I was about 20, and then I got to watch it in the theater -- not the director's cut, just a revival thing. For me it's not so much the "innocence randomly corrupted" elements that freak me out as its perfect way of bending mundane reality into something unrecognizable and totally hostile. The surreality of it, the sickening lurch from the known into something else entirely... That is cinema rendering Hell at its most potent.
In conversations like this I think a lot of, of all things, SILENT HILL. It's a mess of a movie with WAY too much going on, and I remember not being satisfied when I left the screening... but I also remember my box of Whoppers had been twisted into a tight rope. I had not realized how tense it'd made me all throughout, and how deeply I came to hate and fear the sound of those storm sirens. - October 8, 2010 at 9:26 AM
- Greg said...
I, too, get tired of horror movies being dismissed for not meeting that one rather limited expectation.
Neil, it's especially bad with teenagers. I've heard that critique from my own kids several times (though not so much anymore because I blast it down each time) when asked about a specific horror movie: "Oh my god, it wasn't even that scary."
"But it was good, right?" I'll ask. Eventually we get around to how it was good but not scary and that scary doesn't have to be everything. - October 8, 2010 at 10:06 AM
- Greg said...
Pat, the phone ringing scene works so well because enough time is taken to listen to the voices and realize they're saying something ("Merrin" mainly) until both our's and Karras' attention is fully focused at the moment the phone rings. It's a great scare in the movie and it startles me every time too. Also, Friedkin makes the ring really loud.
And I'm sorry to say but I'm like those friends of yours in school: I've never read the book, only thumbed through the wild sections. - October 8, 2010 at 10:44 AM
- Greg said...
its perfect way of bending mundane reality into something unrecognizable and totally hostile.
I think that's how all the best horror works. Whether it's a Colorado hotel, a Pennsylvania farmhouse or a Georgetown Townhouse, it's the idea of taking normal life and a normal environment and creating not just "other" out of it, but hostile other.
I never saw Silent Hill and barely remember the game now (I played it years ago) but now I'm kind of intrigued. - October 8, 2010 at 10:48 AM
- Ken Lowery said...
Well like I say, SILENT HILL is a big freaking mess with way too many threads going on (Sean Bean's character is in there by studio mandate alone; they didn't like that there were no male characters whatsoever)... but nonetheless I found it great for its atmosphere, its dread, and the way it just continually pulls the rug out from under the protagonist. I also liked piecing together what was "really" going on in the town, and what had caused its current state. It did not forget that good ghost stories are also good mysteries.
- October 8, 2010 at 2:52 PM
- Ken Lowery said...
Actually, the recent THE MIST sort of works in this way too: it introduces a truly alien ecosphere into our own, and watching it unfold, you can sort of suss out how that alien ecosphere "works." But it is alien, and it is hostile, and it cannot be reasoned with or overpowered. The world itself has turned on you.
Come to think of it, that's a pretty compelling case for checking out MONSTERS. I'll have to see how that holds up. - October 8, 2010 at 2:55 PM
- Greg said...
Not to get too far off topic here but I've found that there have been a few good opportunities to make good horror movies from console or pc games and all have failed. I played all the Resident Evil games on the old PS system and I can tell you the movies didn't adapt the games properly, if that makes any sense.
In another piece I'm going to write this month I'm also going to mention some reeeeeeally old pc games ('93 and '94) that would make excellent movies, if done right.
I thought the alien world created in THE MIST was a great one and the creatures with their washed out colors made for a great monster movie. I'm on record with the Horror Dads roundtable at TCM as not thinking the ending succeeded at all but I really liked the rest of it. - October 8, 2010 at 3:15 PM
- Jandy said...
I think it was finding films like Lewton's and The Exorcist and even newer ones like The Others and The Devil's Backbone that turned me from hating horror films a few years ago into actively seeking them out how. I'd associated horror with jump scares and slasher films and the like, which I still don't tend to like as much. The creepiness and dread factor is much more compelling to me than being "scared" in the sense of being startled or immediately terrified.
I like your distinction between scary and disturbing, but I personally tend to find that things are disturbing in the way that The Exorcist is disturbing are far scarier than things that are merely startling. You get over jump scares by the next scene. Disturbing stays with you for hours and days and longer. I watched The Exorcist for the first time a few months ago, and what struck me wasn't a fear that Regan was actually going to physically hurt someone, but the really offputting sensation of deep corruption and brokenness - the fact that it was a demon possession was only gross intensification of something that could easily be present in any family. And that's scary. - October 8, 2010 at 6:26 PM
- Pax Romano said...
Sorry that I am so late to this party Greg.
First off, loved the idea of your dad deconstructing the film...I think that would make a great scene in a movie (a family sitting around the TV watching The Exorcist, the father calmly explaining away the bloody crucifix and the pea soup to his terrified offspring ...).
I have always found this film terrifying as well as disturbing. It always gets under my skin, and it always leaves me feeling like I've been punched in the gut. More than that, I appreciate that it tells a compelling and, somewhat, heartbreaking story (I've also enjoyed that much of it is a detective story of sorts).
Anyway, great posting, as always.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I am going to play with my Ouija board. - October 8, 2010 at 9:27 PM
- Neil Sarver said...
I think jump scares are like comic relief, they're an effective tool when used well... and much like a straight out laugh a minute comedy, hard to pull of as a whole feature, but an entertaining ride when they do.
The stuff I'm left with later is what I'm in it for.
I said at the time that Silent Hill was the video game movie that best captured the feeling of watching someone else play a video game. I don't think that's a compliment, but some of it is indeed surprisingly effective aside from that.
I remember seeing Nacho Cerda's The Abandoned at a theater and some teenage(ish) girls got up afterward and said, "That sucked!" And while I'm sure it didn't do all I hoped it would, or all the makers presumably hoped either, I think it certainly didn't suck. And I was disappointed in humanity at that moment that that's all they got from it. - October 8, 2010 at 10:31 PM
- The Kid In The Front Row said...
Great post - love the last sentence.
- October 9, 2010 at 6:58 PM
- Greg said...
You get over jump scares by the next scene. Disturbing stays with you for hours and days and longer.
Jandy, that's so true. I got bored with horror in the eighties and nineties because it seemed to settle into jump scare and gross out mode while disturbing took a back seat, with exceptions here and there, such as Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, for instance.
And disturbing is scary, it's true. It's a different kind of scary for an adult than, say, a kid afraid a vampire going to get him after he's watched Dracula. But it's scary nonetheless. - October 10, 2010 at 1:03 AM
- Greg said...
Now, if you'll excuse me, I am going to play with my Ouija board.
FYI, Captain Howdy's a lousy playing partner. He always sends the pointer flying off the board.
And I wish, in some way, I could go back in time and watch that scene of all of us in the den watching The Exorcist. It makes me laugh every time I think about it. My dad was just so "over" this movie before it was done. I can't even remember what he was saying, just that he kept correcting exorcism stuff like he'd performed one or something. And me saying to my sister things like, "Oh my god, come on, Dad's right! This movie isn't scary at all," while being, admittedly, a little unsettled by some of it. But I was soooo tough! Ha, what a fool. - October 10, 2010 at 1:09 AM
- Greg said...
And I was disappointed in humanity at that moment that that's all they got from it.
I've said it here before on Cinema Styles, but I've defended bad movies or just decent movies I didn't like to people who dismiss them with a "it sucked." Somehow, I feel they should know about all the effort that goes into making a movie and unless it's a true bottom of the barrell stinker, almost every movie has something of value in it. - October 10, 2010 at 1:12 AM
- Greg said...
Great post - love the last sentence.
Thanks, very much! - October 10, 2010 at 1:13 AM
- Jandy said...
And disturbing is scary, it's true. It's a different kind of scary for an adult than, say, a kid afraid a vampire going to get him after he's watched Dracula. But it's scary nonetheless.
Exactly - the kind of scary that sticks with you isn't fear of vampires, werewolves, creatures from the black lagoon, or even necessarily deranged serial killers, but the darkness that they represent. Horror that's truly effective unmasks something dark and sinister in humanity that we can relate to and fear even though the particular manifestation in a given film may not be something we fear.e - October 10, 2010 at 12:34 PM
- Margaret Benbow said...
You state that you grew up from childhood with the entire set of the Encyclopedia of Catholicism. This puts you way ahead of the pack in knowledge about demonology, exorcism, etc. YOU should be making scary movies!
- October 11, 2010 at 2:28 PM
- Greg said...
Catholicism can be scary.
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- daphne said...
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I just finished working on my front area a bit (still going to be adding flowers/greenery on the tiers either side of the stairs going up to the front door) and am now wondering if it is too much for selling? I don't know yet if we are selling - will know by next week - but if I was would you simplify and how? | |||
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Close up of seating area - the mums in the background won't be there. | ||||
Is it possible to have some of the concrete cut off and removed. I think there is too much patio at your front porch, it has an awkward feel. Didn't you mention painting or tiling the concrete? What is your plan? | ||||
Plan is to stain the concrete. If we stay we will probably to flagstone or something. | ||||
That sounds good. If you sell, walk up from those steps to see how to position the furniture. | ||||
I love design so happened to see the detailed advice you received on the Decorating Board earlier today. For staging purposes, I concur with that plan. No offense - when I saw your photos, I thought someone was setting up for a plant or flower sale. You want potential buyers to only have eyes for your home. That's what you're selling. Don't really see the stairs you mentioned. I wouldn't add any additional accessories over and above what was suggested on the other thread, if I had listed this home. Might change my mind on that, if you forward another photo with more of the yard and stairs. Stained concrete sounds nice. I also concur with the previous advice (other thread) to work on the overall curb appeal. Best Wishes!This message has been edited. Last edited by: SurfNow, | ||||
I love it! The design id beautiful and perfect for the coming holiday season. | ||||
I love it! Great job! Only thing I might modify is the table (?) to the left of the front door - maybe just a "little too much stuff" as people approach the front door. But, over-all, a great job to make the front of your home as welcoming as I am sure the interior is! PS. You have done a great job making the angular lines of the house seem much more friendly and cozy than that type of architectural usually implies - good for you!This message has been edited. Last edited by: Idaho Resident, | ||||
IMHO the grass/lawn abutting the patio should be "edged"; aka crisp line of demarkation. The entry area is too busy....less is more! Also red & white (summer) seat cushions not only clash with orange pumpkins and fall mums, the seasonal transition is confusing... Although Summer is almost over, it's too early for pumpkins! But what do I know, I haven't replaced the spring/summer seasonal wreath on my front door......This message has been edited. Last edited by: tessa89, | ||||
Nice fall scene but not optimal for selling and/or staging, IMHO. It's way too much and distracts from the product - your home. Less is more for staging purposes. Agree that the colors clash and focus s/b on curb appeal. JMHO. | ||||
I think it looks great, but I'd still clear one side of the porch if I were selling. Remember, there'll probably be at least three people (the realtor and the buyers) approaching your front door at the same time, and you don't want to give a crowded impression. | ||||
I also think (for what it is worth), removing some of the smaller items and plants would be helpful. I like the idea of the bench near the front door, but I would leave it empty. Handy place for realtor to set purse/notebook/bag, while fumbling with the lock box? Not a big fan of the wreath on the door. Often these can get in the way when people are passing through the door. The door looks nice on it's own. Perhaps a second larger mat before the step up, to make people aware of that concrete step? Open and welcoming entry is what works for me. | ||||
I believe in the power of threes - no more than 3 items on either side. I agree with previous posters that there might be a bit too many little things, and you will have a few people standing on the steps to get in, so less is more...... Good luck! | ||||
IMO, I am afraid that what most prospective buyers will focus on is the bad condition of the concrete; pretty mums, notwithstanding. I do marketing for a realtor in my area. Part of my job is to tour homes, from the vantage point of the buyer, and then write up the home in flyers, agent remarks and virtual tours. First impressions are everything. If I notice a less than appealing entry, imagine what a buyer thinks. If in your situation, I'd worry less about staging the front and instead focus on repairing/removing the concrete. Unfortunately, some prospective buyers might see this as an indication that there may be other maintenance issues in your home, whether that's true or not. | ||||
There is a great Concrete stain sold by Sherwin Williams. It involves just a power wash and acid etch liquid. Then you apply it like a paint, but it does not peel like paint, it may eventually wear away in heavily used spots. You can get a base color, and ask for some more tint in a little jar, then mix up two or three colors from your base...and paint/sponge or splatter the secondary colors to create a more natural blend. | ||||
My suggestions would be... Clean and paint your contrete the darker beige trim that is on the house. Get propert cleaning instructions..and use the correct paint as the wrong choice will cause maintenance problems. | ||||
Really, really...paint on exterior flat concrete does not last! Use a solid color concrete stain...looks and applies like paint but won't peel like paint! | ||||
Maybe stain is better, however we painted my fathers driveway with a special driveway paint in a Terracotta color that turned out gorgeous and no peeling or problems. | ||||
do you have any picture of the whole house that you can post? | ||||
Here is the link to her post on the Decorating board: http://boards.hgtv.com/eve/for...4079532/m/9233980367 | ||||
There are certainly paints for nearly every surface (including epoxy types), and I was just responding to anyone who is thinking about painting exterior flat concrete who also lives in a freeze/thaw climate. Even the pro companies here will only guarantee their garage floor paint jobs for three years or less. Then the peeling starts. What a mess. At least the stain can be touched up if it wears away. Friends painted their tennis court (south Texas) with road marking paint. They had their choice of yellow, white or blue. It was blue with white lines. | ||||
As you can see, large areas of the concrete are in very rough shape, with significant gouging. Paint or stain is not enough. Some serious concrete patching will have to be done. I only point this out, because as it stands now, the concrete is an eyesore and potentially a trip hazard, IMO. | ||||
I think I would hire a cutter and just cut away some of it, add more plantings, can't cost too much. But then again, I've been surprised at some prices. | ||||
I kind of like it. Gives off a very approachable and relaxing appeal. Maybe the stone should be stained. new homes oklahoma cityThis message has been edited. Last edited by: writerlilly, | ||||
Okay guys you gotta look at the link on the decorating board. I'm with Miescha now about taking up the concrete..or some of it. I would paint the brick entry or paint the house terricotta color to match the brick. | ||||
Appears this old thread was bumped when poster writerlily (above) embedded an advertisement. Reported to HGTV - hopefully they'll start monitoring the boards again.This message has been edited. Last edited by: BearCat49, | ||||
Wow - you all kept going on me! Actually, I agree with most of you and removed everything from the front porch except the wicker patio chairs and table. Add a nice big front mat. The concrete - yes, I know it looks horrible. That was due to throwing too much ice melt on it the first year we were here - a warning to everyone else using ice melt! Concrete replacement is crazy expensive. Not sure what we will do yet. This house will hit market first part of March. Unfortunately, what you don't see is all the remodeling and work we've done to the place. Out here in rural Colorado you are really buying the land and barns, not so much the house - if that makes any sense. Anyway, just perspective on where we are located. Some things just have to be. We'll see. | ||||
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A 1985 photo showing the start of a Columbus Day parade has both the United Artists and the Woods Theatres visible in the background.
The photo by btkrefft clearly showed "Woman's World" at the Oriental. "Anatomy of a Murder" was a 1959 release and was not in the photo about which I commented originally.
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i saw the world premeire of NORTH BY NORTHWEST there, and got alfred hitchcocks's autograph
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THE MAROON Loyola Lhtiversify New Orleans VOL. 82, NO. 22 FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 2004 MAROON.LOYNO.EDU Board undecided on president By Lan Bui Assistant news editor Chairwoman Fraiche says trustees will meet again as soon as possible The Board of Trustees did not decide Wednesday evening who Loyola's next president will be. However, chairwoman Donna Fraiche said that the decision will be made as soon as possible. "We'd like to meet again as soon as possible. And I mean as soon as possible — we'd meet tomorrow morning if we could," she said. The board is set to decide between the Rev. Kevin Wildes, S.J., of Georgetown University and the Rev. Robert Neihoff, S.J., of the University of San Francisco. The Rev. James Bradley, S J., chair of the Presidential Search Committee and director of the Loyola Jesuit Community, said that the search committee members fulfilled their responsibility of submitting who they believe are the best candidates. The presidential search committee met and interviewed Niehoff and Wildes in March during their Open House meetings with faculty, staff and students. The committee officially presented the Board of Trustees their recommendation of the two unranked presidential candidates on April 1. "Both men are highly talented, in light of their different track records. They carry different strengths for the Board of Trustees to consider," Bradley said. Bradley said that, although the committee's position was not to decide what the university's greatest needs are or which presidential candidate is better, they did seek certain qualities during their selections. "We were interested in candidates who can Tri Phis await sanctioning By Chuck Alexander Staff writer Women sat through a 16-hour hearing to determine culpability; todays sanctions can be appealed to the University Board of Review within five days Twenty-three alleged members of Tri Phi are awaiting their sanctions from the University Board of Review after a 16-hour hearing where they were found culpable of hazing. According to one of the women in the hearing, just one of the accused was found not culpable of any of the charges. The hearing, which took place in Octavia 11, lasted from 10:30 Tuesday morning until approximately 1 a.m. Wednesday. "It seemed that they had an intent from the beginning, and they succeeded," said one of the accused, who wishes to remain anonymous. "We really don't feel like there was enough evidence to find us culpable, but they already had their minds made up." "They've given us our sentences and now we're just waiting for letters which tell us our STAFF PHOTO BY ANN HERMES Three unidentified women return to the hearing. Ad Team campaign promotes Fla. tourism to baby boomers By Katie Ide Staff writer When she began her Advanced Advertising Campaigns course this January, communications junior Mary Lanaux thought that preparing an ad campaign for the state of Florida would be interesting and fun. However, after four months of long nights and hard work, she supplemented her opinion with the word "exhausted." Today, 16 Loyola advertising majors will put their work to the test. They are traveling to the seventh district competition of the National Student Advertising Campaign in Biloxi, Miss. There they will compete against 10 schools in their district for a spot in the national competition, which takes place in June. Communications senior Priscilla Hollier, creative director of the project, said that this year's client, FLAUSA, wanted the team to find ways to increase overnight stays in hotels and increase travel revenue in Florida. "We needed to bring money to Florida," Hollier said. "We needed to brand the campaign, to get their logo out." STAFF PHOTO BY ANN HERMES Communications seniors Julie Parker, Christina Garcia and Alejandra Delgado review their latest poster design for the tourism campaign on a lightboard in the Donnelly Center. Loyola sues over mold in New Hall By Naomi King Assistant news editor University seeks more than $100,000 from contractors for allegedly shoddy work Defective design, water intrusion and humidity problems are just a few of the allegations in a lawsuit Loyola filed against the construction, insurance and engineering companies of New Residence Hall in January, according to New Orleans Civil Court documents. The court records indicate that MAPP Construction, Inc.; Travelers Property & Casualty Insurance Company; Eskew + A Professional Corporation; and Einhorn Yaffee Prescott, Architecture & Engineering, PC., have been named as defendants in the case. Loyola is suing the companies for breach of contract, negligence, breach of warranty, legal compensation for damages, losses, repairs and costs for the legal proceedings. The university claims to have spent almost $130,000 on repairs on the building caused by the allegedly defective design and construction. The Maroon picks up five awards at SPJ conference By Joe Rosemeyer News Editor Regional meeting draws student journalists to Nashville The Maroon staff took five awards at the annual region 12 conference of the Society of Professional Journalists during the weekend of April 2, including a first-place title for news "coverage. Life and Times co-Editor Lola Thelin, communications senior, won in spot news coverage for her story on Bernard Knoth's resignation from the university presidency. Communications sophomore and Sports Editor Gene Guillot took second place in sports column writing; communications senior and Editor in Chief Joe Halm shared a second place title for editorial writing with Nicole Haase A'o3, while Haase also won third place in sports column writing. Communications junior Gillian Dicker won third place for photography. Aside from the awards, the conference in Nashville, Tenn., focused on students' concerns and questions about what to expect in the profession after graduation. Communications sophomore Holly Kangas, Assistant Professor of Communications Jack Morris and communications senior Earl Descant were among about 60 journalists who participated in discussions dealing with topics such as "After Graduation: Making the Most of a College Journalism Experience," "Mining Public Records" and "Inside the Game: Covering Sports." Leading the panel discussion were select members of the media profession from the Nashville area. Among the professionals was Joe Biddle, a longtime sports columnist for The Tennessean, Nashville's daily newspaper, who has become a local celebrity because of the respect his readers have for his sports writing. But Biddle emphasized that, despite his popularity, not everyone always agrees with his opinion. "Not everybody's going like you," Biddle said. "If that's what you think, go to Wal-Mart and be a greeter." Other discussions turned into more like advice sessions geared toward journalism graduates looking for a job. 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Skype Gift Days — July schedule
As in [June](http://blogs.skype.com/sites/en/2006/06/skype_gift_days_schedule_in_ju.html), we also have some Skype Gift Days for certain countries in July. A Gift Day means if you're from one of the indicated countries and it's one of these dates, you can log on to [Your Account](http://www.skype.com/go/myaccount) and claim your 10 minutes of free SkypeOut calling. (It will be a small amount of Skype Credit that you will get on your account.)
The date means that the Skype Gift Day starts on the indicated date at 8 AM Central European Time (7 AM London time, or 9 AM Eastern European time), and ends 8 AM on the following day. So it runs for 24 hours every time. Note that Japan and Brazil have a different starting timezone.
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July 10, July 13 (UPDATED: new July 10 date added)
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### Germany
July 10, July 13 (UPDATED: new July 10 date added)
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July 6, July 20
### Italy
July 6, July 20
### Brazil
July 11, July 27. Start time 08:00 GMT-5
### Japan
July 4, July 19. Start time 08:00 GMT+9
Bonus trivia: the internal codename for these days is SOGD. So if you want to sound cool and like you know what you're talking about, you could ask us how is SOGD going SOGD means "SkypeOut Gift Days" because this is what they were originally called when we started experimenting with the Gift Days last year.
UPDATE: the calendar is now also [on Google Calendar](http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=27q71bloflmcoc9uvl7usscrp0%40group.calendar.google.com).
15 thoughts on "Skype Gift Days — July schedule"
dunboynerowans said 7 years ago
Is there any chance of giving Ireland a SOGD!!
lucatogni said 7 years ago
ayal1992 said 7 years ago
ISRAEL?!?!?! Why did they stop the global SOGD?
johnsyweb said 7 years ago
Those of us using Skype in Australia would appreciate a free gift day or two, too!
yurukov said 7 years ago
SOGD Bulgaria! SOGD Bulgaria! SOGD Bulgaria!
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SOGD Bulgaria! SOGD Bulgaria! SOGD Bulgaria!There has never been one. Come on!
dasequeltocow said 7 years ago
Ireland! Ireland! Ireland!
ps_at_tm said 7 years ago
…"if you're from one of the indicated countries"…
What does it exactly mean? Whether my IP is physically placed there, or what my preferences say… -
prateesh75 said 7 years ago
What about SOGD to South asian countries and middle east countries.Not even one SOGD had been offered to these countries.
celiomartins said 7 years ago
I don't Understand if Brazil's Time Zone is GMT-3, Why do you use GMT-5???
marek.dz said 7 years ago
POLANDUK!!! it would be great thing to make calls from Poland to UK mobiles. Many people goes abroad to UK, and the polish telecommunication monopolist prices can lead anyone to bankruptcy :/
andrewdavidlong said 7 years ago
What about Holland and Belgium – why does this offer have to be for selected countries ?
albert_dg2005 said 7 years ago
Philippines SOGD! Pilipinas SOGD! There are so many Filipinos all over the world, especiall the USA and Canada… please bring our loved ones back home with the rest of their families even for just a day in a month through Skype! Mabuhay ka Skype and all you wonderful people behind SOGD (SO GOOD) Skype!
tipcee said 7 years ago
yep and don't forgett Ghana as well with the gift day
aibar68 said 7 years ago
We need Gift Days SOGD in Latinamerica, CHILE CHILE CHILE CHILE, please!!!!!!!!!!!!!
thashika.rupasinghe said 7 years ago
Hi folks at Skype ,
How about giving SOGD to Sri Lanka and other south Asian countries too please
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So you regularly check your A1C level. This is the best measurement of our blood glucose control that we have now. It tells us what percentage of our hemoglobin -- the protein in our red blood cells that carry oxygen -- has glucose sticking to it. The less glucose that remains in our bloodstream rather than going to work in the cells that need it the better we feel now and the better our health will continue to be.
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The major laboratories that test our levels often say that the normal range is 4.0 to 6.0. They base that range on an old standard chemistry text, Tietz Fundamentals of Clinical Chemistry.
The Diabetes Control and Complications Trial or DCCT, one of the two largest and most important studies of people with diabetes, said that 6.0 was a normal level. But the other key study, the United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study or UKPDS, which compared conventional and intensive therapy in more than 5,000 newly diagnosed people with type 2 diabetes, said that 6.2 is the normal level.
Those levels, while unsubstantiated, are close. But then comes along one of my heroes, Dr. Richard K. Bernstein, the author of the key text of very low-carb eating for people with diabetes, Dr. Bernstein's Diabetes Solution. Dr. Bernstein himself developed type 1 diabetes in 1946 at the age of 12.
"For my patients...a truly normal HgbA1C ranges from 4.2 percent to 4.6 percent," he writes on page 54 of the third edition of that book. "Mine is consistently 4.5 percent." Then in his July 30, 2008, telecast he reiterated that as far as he has been able to determine, a normal A1C is 4.2 to 4.6.
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Visiting the city was the Gold Care Group. Members are 55 years and older. They sign up for events like the one to Sylacauga through the two hospitals in Marshall County. The hospitals sponsor the event. The enrollment for Gold Care is more than 2,500.
Day trips as well as longer jaunts out of state are offered to the men and women in the group.
The tour to the Marble City included ice cream and a tour at the Blue Bell Creameries.
Mayor Sam Wright greeted the Gold Care crowd and gave the group a marble history lesson with assistance of a video of the last Marble Festival.
Dr. Shirley Spears, director of B.B. Comer Memorial Library, gave a tour of the art and sculpture at the library with focus on Avondale's Douglass Crockwell Ad art collection as well as an up close and personal look at the six pieces of sculpture from the previous four festivals.
The group, Spears said, marveled at the beauty of the marble and the quality of the sculpting from the Italian masters.
Giovanni Balderi's Italian marble sculpture, "The Rose", was shown to demonstrate the similarities and differences in the marble from Pietrasana, Italy as compared with the local white marble.
The group was impressed by the beautiful piece, "Rapunzel", which was carved by artist, Frank Murphy.
Spears said Murphy is a talented painter of religious murals, was brought up in Sylacauga and graduated from Sylacauga High School and the University of Montevallo.
The group had lunch at Marble City Grill and then talked with sculptor Craigger Browne, as they viewed his "Sylacauga Emerging" piece which is on the grounds of the city's municipal complex.
They then went to see the Imerys-Gantt's Observation Point where a breath-taking view of a historic quarry caused a stir of excitement, Spears said,
The group ended their day in Sylacauga with a trip to the Comer Museum to see the treasures housed there.
Marble Festival chairman Dr. Ted Spears said, "We envisioned our beautiful white marble drawing people to Sylacauga to sight-see and eat in our restaurants, but we are amazed at the progress that has been made in four short years. It's encouraging to see how powerful the combination of Blue Bell Creameries and Sylacauga marble has become. We can't say enough good things about the marble quarries helping us to make our town one of the places in Alabama to visit. The Alabama Marble Company has offered up beautiful stone to carve, Omya has sponsored a spectular "Sylacauga Emerging" piece of sculpture for our municipal grounds, and Imerys has developed the Imerys-Gantts Observation Point. We owe them so much credit for the success of the Magic of Marble Festival and now for ensuring that people that visit have storiesto take home about the satisfaction of visiting the Marble City."
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