That’s the hedder on Father Komonchak’s post at dotCommonweal, asking about readers’ scariest movie memories. His Oscar-week post was prompted by stumbling on the original “Alien” movie again while channel-surfing. That’s a good choice. Mine is below. Saw it in the theater when it came out. 1975. What a year, start of the serious blockbuster. Ruined the surf for me forever.
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BTW, in searching for “Jaws” info I came across this excellent post from last year by Beliefnet’s Movie Mom, Nell Minow, discussing scary movies and the difference between scary and gory and violent. Read on…
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