I feel sorry for you Jennifer, can you feel the heat yet? We're having record high temps of 107 here in Las Vegas, as soon as I bring my daughter home from school, we head out to the pool for the rest of the day. We've been going out since April, and we are already nice and tanned.

Well I've worn both versions (stockings and vice-grip pantyhose) and have done away with them all together. . **if** I have too i'll wear tights . . .I just thought it was funny. .Thayer David sitting there and probably seeing all the way uptown. . and staying in character. . .what a great actor!  

Catchin' up on this weeks DS. . and I noted when Julia was at Eliots house, sitting on the couch, you could totally see up her dress. . .she's a nylon stocking gal with garter belts no pantyhose for her . . my my Eliot got an eyefull.  

Now what other clothing snafus happened on DS?? We've done props galore . . anyone have an obviously unzipped fly or anything?  

How could I forget "Night of the Living Dead"?[/b]

The movie that made me decide to be cremated! The movie that I sat through by myself in a theater in absolute terror only to remember in the very last frames that someone had told me how it ended?

Dear Fellow Dark Shadows Fans,

Thank the good Lord for the return of that paragon of moral rectitude, a man clearly in control of his carnal desires, the redoubtable Rev. Ian Trask!

Why, you may ask, am I so delighted by the return of this kindly cleric?  It's because the Sci-Fi Channel has unfortunately decided to air the Rafael Palmiero Viagra commercial during its broadcast of Dark Shadows.

I must say, the reverend's devout great-daughter-in-law, Minerva Trask, would be appalled by this almost callous act of disrespect by the Sci-Fi Channel, made during the return from the great beyond of her illustrious ancestor, in his fight against the forces of devil himself.

Hopefully, with the Rev. Trask's return, he will be able to stem the tide of the American public's obsessive preoccupation with prurient matters, which our British cousins across the pond politely refer to as "country matters."

On anothe note,  I was greatly moved by Sam Evans' heartfelt attempt to help Adam with his mastery of the English language.  You know, I almost expected Adam's first complete sentence to be:

"Willie baaaaaaaad..............Viagra........gooooood!"

Sincerely,

Bob the Bartender, a man, who, like a famous former US president has unfortunately, from time to time, "lusted in his heart."

It's interesting you should mention "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre", Mark, because I was just thinking of it while reading about slasher films in other responses to this topic.  I saw it for the first time two summers ago, and rewatched it with my friends this past spring.  It's the most recent film that has scared me consistently throughout, and you're right:  that sense of dread that permeates the entire film is palpable.  "TCM" is one exception to the "slasher films aren't generally scary" rule.

I'm a big fan of old ghost movies in general:  "The Innocents" and "The Uninvited" are two examples.  As far as other ghoulies, ghosties, and long-legged beasties, werewolves hold the title.  Vampires, I've always thought, are sexy as hell, but werewolves are just plain terrifying, mostly cuz they just wanna eat you.  When I was 7 or 8 I was mesmerized by "American Werewolf in London" and "Silver Bullet", both which scared the living hell out of me.  They still do.  Werewolves, man ... brrrrrr.

Nicky

PS -- Luciaphil darling ... good point re: Stephen King in Danse Macabre.  I love the man and adore 85 percent of his work (and I really can't say a bad word about him; when I was in 2nd grade, the man sent me an autographed copy of "Cycle of the Werewolf" with the script included, knowing full well I was a 7 year old kid in MT, so I think I owe him considerably), but you're right ... he points out how scary it is not to rip the door off, and then promptly rips the door off every friggin' time.  Go figure.