[Ann Bowman]

When I was about 12 or 13, I saw this Troma movie - Frostbiter: Wrath of the Wendigo. And something about the production values for the film, put me on the edge of my seat the whole time. I didn't jump or anything, though I was shocked, but I was scared to death!!! The whole time.

The part that really disturbed me more than any other, and made me feel a lot of emotions come to think of it, angry and sad too, was in the shack after the hunter cooking the chili gets his hand bitten off. Another hunter, who I seem to remember lying in a cot, also eating chili- just suddenly BURSTS into flames. It's a very intense, agonizing scene. That I thought was very unfair, and I felt cheated in some way, and I was young but I was very upset by that.

Another movie, Sleepwalkers, really disturbed me and made me very sad. The ending, where Alice Krige's character is being attacked by cats. She stands there, and starts snapping cats in half as they jump on her. It reminded me of a VERY painful childhood memory of the death of one of my own cats. But even more, the scene when the cop is killed and I don't remember the scene well, his cat is rubbing up against his body and crying for attention- but the cat doesn't seem to realize his owner is dead. But the film is all the more powerful for including it, I think.