Magic - Anthony Hopkins???
04-19-05, 11:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Turd Ferguson
That movie scared the fuck out of me when I was a kid.
Me too! And I was a teenager when I saw it during it's initial theatrical release.
I consider myself fortunate to have seen movies at a time when it was actually possible to be genuinely terrified by them.
04-19-05, 02:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Turd Ferguson
That movie scared the fuck out of me when I was a kid.
The trailer for it played in front of a movie my mother took me to when I was a wee tike, and it scared the living fuck out of me. I was probably five at the time, and it played in front of a Disney movie, of all things...
And in all of those years, I've never actually watched the damned thing, though I'd love to.
04-20-05, 02:38 AM
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Originally Posted by SINGLE104
What's with the use of the four letter word?
I like coming to this forum and seeing the use of a selection of descriptive words. It's nice to be treated like an adult and gives the place a relaxed feel. As long as it's not used in an abusive way I can never see a problem with it.
After all there are worse four letter words like I r a q for instance.
Let's leave the censoring to our governments who we pay to do it with our taxes.
04-20-05, 09:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Daniel Windsor
Let's leave the censoring to our governments who we pay to do it with our taxes.
04-20-05, 10:55 AM
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Yeah, the TV spot/trailer was something that really hit kids pretty hard in the shit-the-pants department. I remember being scared because the dummy had it's back turned to the camera, and then it slowly turned forward. Anything that did that slow reveal from the back of the head scared the shit out of me....same thing with the Suspiria spot with the skeleton brushing its hair and the Beyond the Door spot with the mother turning her head around when the kid taps her shoulder.
I thought the Magic trailer really scared me, but I remember being at my friend's house and when it came on the TV, he started yelling and crying and convulsing like something was about to end his little life...and that was before the dummy even showed his face. I guess he had been previously traumatized.
I thought the Magic trailer really scared me, but I remember being at my friend's house and when it came on the TV, he started yelling and crying and convulsing like something was about to end his little life...and that was before the dummy even showed his face. I guess he had been previously traumatized.
04-20-05, 12:14 PM
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This may not be exactly right since it's just from memory...
Abracadabra - I sit on his knee.
Presto Chango - and now he is me.
Hocus Pocus - we take her to bed.
Magic is fun - you're dead.
Abracadabra - I sit on his knee.
Presto Chango - and now he is me.
Hocus Pocus - we take her to bed.
Magic is fun - you're dead.
04-20-05, 12:24 PM
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Looks like man*machine was pretty close and a full-screen DVD exists in Australia:
http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/225484
http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/225484
04-21-05, 10:38 AM
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The funniest thing is that more people remember the trailer (or the tv spot) than the film.
You know what that means, don't you?
When it does hit DVD, the trailer won't be included. Just because we want it.
You know what that means, don't you?
When it does hit DVD, the trailer won't be included. Just because we want it.
04-21-05, 05:33 PM
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Originally Posted by shill66
The funniest thing is that more people remember the trailer (or the tv spot) than the film.
You know what that means, don't you?
When it does hit DVD, the trailer won't be included. Just because we want it.
You know what that means, don't you?
When it does hit DVD, the trailer won't be included. Just because we want it.
04-22-05, 12:38 AM
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This is one of my first cinematic memories . . . and I was scarred for life. No offense guys, but if this thing never sees the light of day it will be too soon for me. Was the movie that scary? I'm not sure it probably wouldn't be today, but I was too young at the time and it left me with a battered psyche . . . I can't even say the "V" dummy word.
And, without checking IMDB, don't forget Anthony Perkins and Ann-Margaret (who is still HOT!).
And, without checking IMDB, don't forget Anthony Perkins and Ann-Margaret (who is still HOT!).
