I like horror. And with Halloween less than two months away, it's time to get down to business. Enjoy!
5. "Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean there isn’t an invisible demon about to eat your face." Jim Butcher, Storm Front (The Dresden Files, Book One)
This series is scary, but it's mostly an urban fantasy/mystery book. So this pithy bon mot is unexpected and unsettling. And, in Harry's case, often very true. In my case, the invisible demon either isn't very hungry, or I'm just careful enough with the bed covers to keep myself alive. Hooray!
4. "A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it. Fifteen hundred years ago everybody knew the Earth was the center of the universe. Five hundred years ago, everybody knew the Earth was flat, and fifteen minutes ago, you knew that humans were alone on this planet. Imagine what you'll know tomorrow." Agent K, Men in Black.
This quote comes up a lot in my daily life, and that scares the hell out of me. Over and over we see evidence that mob rule is leading us to ruin. And it's never going to get better. Never, never ever. Brr.
3. "Brundle: You have to leave now, and never come back here. Have you ever heard of insect politics? Neither have I. Insects... don't have politics. They're very... brutal. No compassion, no compromise. We can't trust the insect. I'd like to become the first... insect politician. Y'see, I'd like to, but... I'm afraid, uh...
Ronnie: I don't know what you're trying to say.
Brundle: I'm saying... I'm saying I - I'm an insect who dreamt he was a man and loved it. But now the dream is over... and the insect is awake.
Ronnie: No. no, Seth...
Brundle: I'm saying... I'll hurt you if you stay." The Fly, 1986
This is the last point in the movie where Seth Brundle (aka Brundlefly) is still human. After this scene he loses himself to the base animal instincts that drive the fly. Oh, traces of humanity remain: greed, violence, self preservation. But this is the final moment of clarity. The final moment where his soul and mind are still human enough to tell the woman he knows she has to flee.
There is only one moment that tops this, but it is unspoken. If you haven't seen The Fly , PLEASE do. Come over to my place, I'll watch it any time (except when Bahamute's around. He's got a thing about bugs).
2. " He's dead, honey, because Mommy killed him. I even took his knives. So it's okay now. You can sleep." Marge, A Nightmare on Elm Street
This is my all-time favorite horror movie. Freddy Kruger, the dream demon, played by the incomparable Robert Englund (though Jackie Earl Haley did the best he could with the material he had). And this quote gets to the heart of the matter. Parents driven to murder a child killer to protect their children.
And it doesn't work.
By murdering Freddy they have insured their children will die by his blades. Horrible, painful deaths. Their children's last moments are spent in fear and agony, and the thing they do to help, making them sleep, only hastens their deaths. And they don't even know. Double brr.
1. "In my opinion, the existence of life is a highly overrated phenomenon." Dr. Manhattan, Watchmen
This is a quote from a man who was given godlike powers of creation, ability to see into the future, telepathy: any super power you can think of, he has it. And he's been that way for less than 50 years. And he's already become jaded with not just humanity but the very concept of life.
In less than a human lifetime a normal human lost touch with everything. If that's not terrifying, I don't know what is.
5. "Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean there isn’t an invisible demon about to eat your face." Jim Butcher, Storm Front (The Dresden Files, Book One)
This series is scary, but it's mostly an urban fantasy/mystery book. So this pithy bon mot is unexpected and unsettling. And, in Harry's case, often very true. In my case, the invisible demon either isn't very hungry, or I'm just careful enough with the bed covers to keep myself alive. Hooray!
4. "A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it. Fifteen hundred years ago everybody knew the Earth was the center of the universe. Five hundred years ago, everybody knew the Earth was flat, and fifteen minutes ago, you knew that humans were alone on this planet. Imagine what you'll know tomorrow." Agent K, Men in Black.
This quote comes up a lot in my daily life, and that scares the hell out of me. Over and over we see evidence that mob rule is leading us to ruin. And it's never going to get better. Never, never ever. Brr.
3. "Brundle: You have to leave now, and never come back here. Have you ever heard of insect politics? Neither have I. Insects... don't have politics. They're very... brutal. No compassion, no compromise. We can't trust the insect. I'd like to become the first... insect politician. Y'see, I'd like to, but... I'm afraid, uh...
Ronnie: I don't know what you're trying to say.
Brundle: I'm saying... I'm saying I - I'm an insect who dreamt he was a man and loved it. But now the dream is over... and the insect is awake.
Ronnie: No. no, Seth...
Brundle: I'm saying... I'll hurt you if you stay." The Fly, 1986
This is the last point in the movie where Seth Brundle (aka Brundlefly) is still human. After this scene he loses himself to the base animal instincts that drive the fly. Oh, traces of humanity remain: greed, violence, self preservation. But this is the final moment of clarity. The final moment where his soul and mind are still human enough to tell the woman he knows she has to flee.
There is only one moment that tops this, but it is unspoken. If you haven't seen The Fly , PLEASE do. Come over to my place, I'll watch it any time (except when Bahamute's around. He's got a thing about bugs).
2. " He's dead, honey, because Mommy killed him. I even took his knives. So it's okay now. You can sleep." Marge, A Nightmare on Elm Street
This is my all-time favorite horror movie. Freddy Kruger, the dream demon, played by the incomparable Robert Englund (though Jackie Earl Haley did the best he could with the material he had). And this quote gets to the heart of the matter. Parents driven to murder a child killer to protect their children.
And it doesn't work.
By murdering Freddy they have insured their children will die by his blades. Horrible, painful deaths. Their children's last moments are spent in fear and agony, and the thing they do to help, making them sleep, only hastens their deaths. And they don't even know. Double brr.
1. "In my opinion, the existence of life is a highly overrated phenomenon." Dr. Manhattan, Watchmen
This is a quote from a man who was given godlike powers of creation, ability to see into the future, telepathy: any super power you can think of, he has it. And he's been that way for less than 50 years. And he's already become jaded with not just humanity but the very concept of life.
In less than a human lifetime a normal human lost touch with everything. If that's not terrifying, I don't know what is.
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