Favorite Scary Christmastime Programs

[filmmaker2]

"The Polar Express" was knocked down by "The Incredibles," which is a bummer, because I hear it's very scary and creepy, and I would like to see it. It would be nice if they had released it a week or two AFTER "Incredibles" opened. Pixar is not a company to be messed with!...

But onto the substance of the topic--as we know, it is wintertime, because our little toes are freezing off and the floor feels like some kinda ice cube. It is at this time of the year that many pull their favorite ratty old VHS tapes off the shelf for another go-round. A nice cup of hot tea and a slice of pie make this holiday tradition complete. Many Christmas TV specials, expecially those produced by Rankin Bass, have creepy elements like monsters. This seems to tie into the tradition of telling ghost stories around the fire at Christmastime. We all like a good creep, especially when we feel that winter chill. What are YOUR favorite creepy holiday shows?

[urgeok]

Nightmare Before Christmas

Polar Express was amazing by the way.

[Haphazard]

I don't know any creepy Christmas shows. :(

But regardless, I always loved my man, The Grinch! That was/is my favorite holiday show.


http://www.animationusa.com/picts/mgm/grinchmaxhang.jpg

[Haphazard]

Originally posted by urgeok
Nightmare Before Christmas

Polar Express was amazing by the way.

Do I need to see Polar Express?

[newb]

Rudolph had the scariest monster of all time. And NO.......I'm not talking about this guy.
http://www.x-entertainment.com/archive/quickies/11/yeti11.jpg




I'm talking about this scary fucker........

http://www.midwest-plaza.com/Rudolph/725056.JPG


A dentist my ass....as soon as the novacaine took over you know he would have had your pants around your ankles.

[Haphazard]

Originally posted by newb
Rudolph had the scariest monster of all time. And NO.......I'm not talking about this guy.
http://www.x-entertainment.com/archive/quickies/11/yeti11.jpg




I'm talking about this scary fucker........

http://www.midwest-plaza.com/Rudolph/725056.JPG


A dentist my ass....as soon as the novacaine took over you know he would have had your pants around your ankles.


HAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA!!!!! !!

[urgeok]

Originally posted by Haphazard
Do I need to see Polar Express?


well, let me put it this way ... i hate christmas, i hate traditional christmas movies.

this film had me in awe ..

and i dont give a shit who does and doesnt like CGI .. its breathtaking..

[urgeok]

Originally posted by newb
Rudolph had the scariest monster of all time. And NO.......I'm not talking about this guy.
http://www.x-entertainment.com/archive/quickies/11/yeti11.jpg




I'm talking about this scary fucker........

http://www.midwest-plaza.com/Rudolph/725056.JPG


A dentist my ass....as soon as the novacaine took over you know he would have had your pants around your ankles.


its funny but i refer to the place i just worked at as :The Island of Misfit Toys.

[filmmaker2]

That sounds like a recommendation to me!

My Spidey-sense is telling me to get my butt down to a theatre before this caboose goes vamoose.

[Haphazard]

Originally posted by urgeok
well, let me put it this way ... i hate christmas, i hate traditional christmas movies.

this film had me in awe ..

and i dont give a shit who does and doesnt like CGI .. its breathtaking..

Well, I'm not too fond of xmas myself...but I actually looove CGI, etc.

But is it like a sappy family movie? I mean, I'm sure I could appreciate it. But I'm just trying to get a feel for what it's like.

[Haphazard]

Originally posted by urgeok
well, let me put it this way ... i hate christmas, i hate traditional christmas movies.

this film had me in awe ..

and i dont give a shit who does and doesnt like CGI .. its breathtaking..

I'll take your word for it urge. I usually use Rotten Tomatoes as at least some sort of guide. It actually got mixed reviews. But, we all know critics suck ass.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/polar_express/

[urgeok]

Originally posted by Haphazard
Well, I'm not too fond of xmas myself...but I actually looove CGI, etc.

But is it like a sappy family movie? I mean, I'm sure I could appreciate it. But I'm just trying to get a feel for what it's like. +

it wasnt as sappy as i thought it would be..

i dont know how to put it .. it did have a big warm fuzzy feeling but somehow it got it across without the sugar.
Either that or I was too blown away by the visuals to notice.

It had a lot of class .. i guess thats the best way to put it ..

[ShankS]

Originally posted by filmmaker2
"The Polar Express" was knocked down by "The Incredibles," which is a bummer, because I hear it's very scary and creepy, and I would like to see it. It would be nice if they had released it a week or two AFTER "Incredibles" opened. Pixar is not a company to be messed with!...

But onto the substance of the topic--as we know, it is wintertime, because our little toes are freezing off and the floor feels like some kinda ice cube. It is at this time of the year that many pull their favorite ratty old VHS tapes off the shelf for another go-round. A nice cup of hot tea and a slice of pie make this holiday tradition complete. Many Christmas TV specials, expecially those produced by Rankin Bass, have creepy elements like monsters. This seems to tie into the tradition of telling ghost stories around the fire at Christmastime. We all like a good creep, especially when we feel that winter chill. What are YOUR favorite creepy holiday shows?

not bothered about watching creepy stuff, but

One of my christmas present to myself is the The Ultimate Matrix Collection (10 Discs) It's on pre-order and is due to reach me by the beginning of December, and if no one wants to watch it with me....I shall be attempting to watch the whole lot back-to-back plus all the extras, sometime over the holiday period. I shall make sure beer and snacks will be readily available.

:)

[urgeok]

10 discs ? what the hell ???

[ShankS]

Originally posted by urgeok
10 discs ? what the hell ???


:D have a lookie here http://www2.hmv.co.uk/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=280;-1;-1;-1&sku=202272

[dantehorrorfan]

Originally posted by urgeok
10 discs ? what the hell ??? yes hes not hie theres actualy a 10 disc set out now for the the ultimate matrix collection it has a bunch of extra shit and by the way mine would be nightmare before christmas and rudolph

[Death By Jell-O]

10 disks? Doesn't that constitute a Matrix Overdose?

[urgeok]

no offence but for me, anything after the first movie, all of it would be extra shit ...
I loved the 1st one .. but the rest ... yikes !
thats 9 discs worth of yikes !

[ShankS]

The Matrix is everywhere. It is all around us. Even now, in this very room. You can see it when you look out your window or when you turn on your television. You can feel it when you go to work... when you go to church... when you pay your taxes. It is the world that has been pulled over your eyes to blind you from the truth.

[urgeok]

thats it then ... the hallucinations and paranoid delusions have started.


ok repeat after me :

Hi everybody, I'm Shanks,
And I'm an alcoholic ...

[ShankS]

I know *exactly* what you mean. Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you know something. What you know you can't explain, but you feel it. You've felt it your entire life, that there's something wrong with the world. You don't know what it is, but it's there, like a splinter in your mind, driving you mad. It is this feeling that has brought you to me. Do you know what I'm talking about?

[urgeok]

yeah... i had to switch from briefs to boxers but everything is ok now..

[ShankS]

The Matrix is a system. That system is our enemy. But when you're inside, you look around, what do you see? Businessmen, teachers, lawyers, carpenters. The very minds of the people we are trying to save. But until we do, these people are still a part of that system and that makes them our enemy. You have to understand, most of these people are not ready to be unplugged. And many of them are so inured, so hopelessly dependent on the system, that they will fight to protect it.

[urgeok]

hey, seen Secret Window yet ? :)

[ShankS]

This is your last chance. After this, there is no turning back. You take the blue pill the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill - you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes.

[urgeok]

oh ladies and gentleman, that had to hurt,
she got him right in the rabbit hole !

thats just not cricket !

[ShankS]

sooner or later you're going to realize just as I did that there's a difference between knowing the path and walking the path.

[urgeok]

always remember,

you only hurt the ones you love, when you love the ones you hurt.


hey kid .. put down that fucking spoon ,, bend another one and your ass is mine !
Think we're made out of money here ?! Besides, the goddam thing wont fit in the dishwasher like that !

[filmmaker2]

Hey ShankS...you gotta lay off those Matrix pills. I'm only sayin' this because I care.

Now, nobody mentioned "SANTA CLAUS CONQUERS THE MARTIANS," which, when I think about it, is one of the scariest Christmas shows of all! And maybe that's why no one mentioned it.

[urgeok]

Originally posted by filmmaker2
Hey ShankS...you gotta lay off those Matrix pills. I'm only sayin' this because I care.

Now, nobody mentioned "SANTA CLAUS CONQUERS THE MARTIANS," which, when I think about it, is one of the scariest Christmas shows of all! And maybe that's why no one mentioned it.

staring a very young Pia Zadora !

[Chainsaw Guy]

Black christmas
Silent night, Deadly night

[ShankS]

I imagine that right now you're feeling a bit like Alice, tumbling down the rabbit hole.

[filmmaker2]

Keanu: "WHOA! No way! I've seen many strange things already! Bloody wolves, chasing me through some blue INFERNOE!??!?!"

No wait, that's from Dracula.

[knife_fight]

2 Rankin/Bass specials off the top of my head that, more than a little, delve into the pagan origins of the Chistmastime celebration are Jack Frost and Santa Claus is Coming to Town (the story of Santa Claus).

[flabby_man22]

NIGHTMARE BEFORE CRISTMAS

oh and this is kindof along the same lines

that song 'Santa Claus Is Coming to Town'

for some reason hearing people sing about a fat man in a red suit watching me when im sleeping kind of freaks me out. :eek: