- Fri Jul 18, 2014 11:00 am
#25809
The COTLD score is just stunning. Quick story, explaining why when I listen to this is gives me EXTRA chills....
First time I watched the movie: alone, about 14 years old, night. Family all out for the evening. VHS (clamshell) in the player. The film is getting going, it's atmosphere is working like hell on me, I'll admit - I'm spooked.
Bit of background - at that time, there had been a spate of incidents in our neighbourhood - burglaries/attempted break-ins, and my parents had already clocked that somebody was going through our back garden at night. My dad had even started laying traps+wires across the garden, despite being told by a friend that he would be in serious trouble if he injured a potential burglar etc. All of this was going on in the weeks leading up to my COTLD viewing.
So: back to the film. Like I say, we're well into things at this point, it's about 2/3am, and my hair has been suitably raised by Mr Fulci & co. Then suddenly... I start to hear clattering and banging from the back of the house. I'm completely scared shitless. Petrified. I leave the film running. I creep through into the darkened kitchen, and can hear scuffling noises and hushed voices outside, mixed with the sounds of the film coming through the house, and I can see in the gloom that somebody is trying to open the door from outside.
Luckily, we were being pretty careful about locking that door.
I honestly can't remember how all this ended, I must have shouted out or something. But basically - it was a VERY memorable first viewing of the film. I must have finished watching it another time.
So when I hear the music now, there's all sorts of extra primal fear responses that involuntarily kick in. Which makes it quite a listen!! Which is, now that there's plenty of time n space between me and that night, quite....cool.
Hope someone found that interesting. Had to share.
First time I watched the movie: alone, about 14 years old, night. Family all out for the evening. VHS (clamshell) in the player. The film is getting going, it's atmosphere is working like hell on me, I'll admit - I'm spooked.
Bit of background - at that time, there had been a spate of incidents in our neighbourhood - burglaries/attempted break-ins, and my parents had already clocked that somebody was going through our back garden at night. My dad had even started laying traps+wires across the garden, despite being told by a friend that he would be in serious trouble if he injured a potential burglar etc. All of this was going on in the weeks leading up to my COTLD viewing.
So: back to the film. Like I say, we're well into things at this point, it's about 2/3am, and my hair has been suitably raised by Mr Fulci & co. Then suddenly... I start to hear clattering and banging from the back of the house. I'm completely scared shitless. Petrified. I leave the film running. I creep through into the darkened kitchen, and can hear scuffling noises and hushed voices outside, mixed with the sounds of the film coming through the house, and I can see in the gloom that somebody is trying to open the door from outside.
Luckily, we were being pretty careful about locking that door.
I honestly can't remember how all this ended, I must have shouted out or something. But basically - it was a VERY memorable first viewing of the film. I must have finished watching it another time.
So when I hear the music now, there's all sorts of extra primal fear responses that involuntarily kick in. Which makes it quite a listen!! Which is, now that there's plenty of time n space between me and that night, quite....cool.
Hope someone found that interesting. Had to share.
