What, you gay now too?! We hate that too! Let me shoot you. Guns dont kill people....


Beavers do. And Maples. when cut down by Beavers. And Mounties. And good healthcare.

I let them see it all and then we talk about it. Any questions are answered in a frank and honest manner. Nothing is off limits, whether it's the gay sex on Six Feet Under or the pleasure/pain principle in Hellraiser.

What is key is reinforcing what is and isn't acceptable behavior.

how does a 3 year old comprehend these things ?
My kid is exceptionally bright - but he wont understand the concepts ..

i just dont want to rob my kid of his childhood ...
theres a lot of things he'll have exposure too for the rest of his life ... things i see no need to rush him into.

you get about 6 - 10 years of innocence it seems ... why take it away at age 3 ?

I was referring to the 9 year-old, but we've been dealing with him in this manner since age 6.

The 3 year-old simply doesn't care about the sex and isn't scared of the gore. As soon as he starts asking the same questions as his big brother, I'll take the same tack.

They're both bright, friendly, sweethearts who still believe in Santa and the Tooth fairy and so on. And when my 9 year-old asks me about these magical creatures I simply ask back "what do you believe?"

He chooses to believe, even though logic would tell him not to. That is innocence.

We encourage wide-eyed wonder as well as rational analysis. To each his own, huh?

Okay, back on topic everyone.


Todays classic horror movies:

House Of Dracula
Son Of Dracula

Two great Universal Films

i know my kid has a fascination with horror - he likes the monsters .. he just doesnt like seeing people die.

he was afraid of monsters as well for a little while - until i showed him how they were made by making an animated movie of one of his toy dragons ..

i know other folks who give exposure to this kind of things to their children ... i just personally feel that they risk becoming desensitized if they are too young to tell the difference between real and fantasy .. there certainly is evidence of that happening all the time ..

not everyone bothers to take the time to clearly discuss these things with the kids ..

Re: The last Horror classic you watched?
 

These are the last classics I've seen on TV.

A Name For Evil
The Beast Must Die
Day of the Triffids

Watched Samurai 1 this morning on IFC...god i LOVE Samurai Saturdays!

I looooved Halloween 5 but It's not a classic.

"Crawling Eye"

All this talk about the Wicker Man remake made me check out the original. I'm glad I did. I love Edward Woodward in just about anything, and this was no exception. And Christopher Lee is always spot on when being a bad guy. I think I'll avoid the Nic Cage remake at least until it comes out on DVD.

BTW, where can one get a copy of the full-length original? I could only get the 88-minute version, and I've heard the longer version is better.

Region 2 has a 2 disc special edition with both the theatrical release and director's cut on it, as well as a number of extras. I got mine from amazon.co.uk

Region 4 also had a 2 disc edition with both versions, but I think that one is out of print now.

just bought the 3 disc SE


does mean that i have a 2 disc dir cut going spare now.....

Good idea.

the tomb of ligeia

Scars Of Dracula

Plan 9 From Outer Space.
Need I say more?

fan-fucking-tastic!

I was just watching (not a classic - yet) Ed Wood!

dr terrors house of horrors :D

Ed Wood is one of my all time favorite movies...Martin Landau is the ONLY person that could have done justice to Bela Lugosi. Brilliant, brilliant performance.

At von time yes, now no one gifs to fucks for Bayla!

I wanna SEE that

Any of Ed's films are worth checking out man. Ive seen 3 (Plan 9, Bride of the Atom, Night of the Ghouls), and I intend to buy the Ed Wood box as soon as I can.

Tim Burton's film is one of my favourites as well. Landau definatly deserved ever inch of his Oscar, and Depp was robbed IMO.

I got the box for around $25. it may well be the best $25 I have ever spent. while I personally feel that all of his films are worth watching, there are definitely some that require a bit more patience than others. namely his later stuff like "Orgy of the Dead" which is, basically, topless girls wiggling in a graveyard.

the box you mention contains a movie which I thought was great, and which I had never heard of. "Jail Bait." and no, it's not what you're thinking. it's a crime drama with a Tales from the Crypt-esque twist.

"Night of the Ghouls" is probly my favorite of his, though, despite the greatness of Plan 9 or Bride of the Monster/Atom.

Yeah I have heard great things about Plan 9, I didn't think of a boxset but I'll buy it if it is that good :)

the Ed Wood box contains:

Glen, or Glenda?

Plan 9 From Outer Space

Jail Bait

Bride of the Monster

Night of the Ghouls

and the sixth disc is a documentary about him. all in all, to me it was well worth the price. but I guess that depends on if you're an Ed Wood fan.

Sorry to get off subject but What about the Movie Ed Wood, like, What is it about, his life or what?

Horrors of the Black Museum

It follows Ed Wood from him trying to get Glen or Glenda to direct, to meeting Bela Lugosi, to finally the release of Plan 9 From Outer Space. It's a great movie, and definitly worth a watch.
Maybe several.

Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte

Good movie, good performances.

Thank you I will definately check it out :)

The Bloody Pit of Horror.

What did you think of the documentary? I didnt care for it too much, way too negative. I absolutly hared Bela Lugosi's son.

not a classic, but watched a fantastic doc about Mario Bava on IFC last night

It's called MARIO BAVA: MAESTRO OF THE MACABRE

it's on netflix - seek it out

Tarantula

it's definitely pretty negative. but at least they went beyond where Tim Burton's movie left off. I saw something where Tim Burton was talking about how they only wanted to portray the "good years" of Ed's life. the time when he was still idealistic and not beaten down by the system. which was before he started writing dimestore pulp novels and softcore porn and became a severe alcoholic.

I'm glad they kinda went beyond the idealized Tim Burton Ed Wood, to show a man with faults and troubles just like everyone else. they showed that dreamers have no place in Hollywoodland. ha!

yeah, I hated Lugosi's son too. hard not to.

I think part of the reason it was so dark and depressing is b/c they knew that everyone who would see the movie would be Ed Wood fans, most of which were introduced via the Tim Burton film (which is great, don't get me wrong). so I guess, in an attempt to be subjective, they dwelled a bit much on the not-so-nice side of his life.

the dirty dozen

Brilliant! Maybe the most macho film ever:)

Draculas Daughter
Son Of Dracula

I've never really liked that one. What do you think of it?

i pretty much never watch classics. (i guess it depends on what you call a classic though) but the last movie that can be considered a classic from all perspectives was Freaks

That's one of the best of the best. Did you like it?

I dont get into classics much either but i did see that one. it was good, im just used to waching modern horror so it didnt do much for me.