MOVIES THAT SCARED THE DAYLIGHTS OUT OF ME (and others)

Movies That Scared The Daylights Out Of Me (and others)

Stop watching those all night Infomercials and Shopping Channels… check out these beauties recommended for your Nighttime Viewing pleasure…

by Bill Knell

I've watched all kinds of movies in theaters, on TV, on video and online. I have always enjoyed “monster movies” (horror, sci-fi, creature features and so on). As a kid I watched CHLLER THEATER every Saturday night on WPIX in New York City. All the movies were scary, but some were “bed wetters”. When I knew one of those were going to be shown, I would invite one of my friends over for a sleepover. I watched CHILLER on a portable TV in my bedroom late at night.

My favorite boy movie buddy was Johnny. He was my age (9) and lived just two doors down. It was fun to watch him get really scared! He would start by pulling the covers up over his head. During the really scary scenes he grabbed my arm and started biting it to help calm himself down. When that didn't work, he got loud. Johnny would yell and that would cause my dad to get up, come into my room and say, “Shut the hell up or the TV goes off for the night!”

CHILLER tended to show the scariest films a few times a year. Most of them were less than ten years old at that time and many made Radiation the villian. One of my favs was The Hideous Sun Demon (1958). “When a scientist is accidentally exposed to radiation, he finds himself morphing into a deadly, lizard-like creature every time he is out in the sun.” - Google

I also liked GODZILLA (1954; American version with Raymond Burr) the big, bad dino creep and MOTHRA (1961).