8 Horror-Thriller Movies on Netflix That Will Keep You on the Edge of Your Seat

[Mysterious Benefactor]

8 Horror-Thriller Movies on Netflix That Will Keep You on the Edge of Your Seat

I haven't seen any of them but some sound quite good...

[Gerard]

I've seen some of them, not on streaming, but either in the theater or good, ol' fashioned cable TV:  It Follows; Train to Busan, and Dawn of the Dead.  The last one is dear to my heart because the setting is in Milwaukee, just a bit over an hour's drive from me and which I frequent quite a few times a year (Toronto stood in for Milwaukee).  Ironically, the original is set in Monroeville, a suburb of Pittsburgh where I also lived and was filmed in the local shopping mall that, at the time, was fully functional, and which I frequented.  Zombies in malls seemed to have followed me no matter where I go.

Gerard

[Bob_the_Bartender]

Oh, Gerard,

Your recounting of frequenting US malls, where they filmed horror and slasher films got me to wondering if Dan Curtis and his writers had based DS storylines in a Collinsport Mall in April of 1971 and well beyond?

Would we have seen the uber-cool and iconoclastic Buzz Hackett and new girlfriend (maybe Willie’s former and never-seen girlfriend, Roxanne?) chilling out in the mall and goofing on all the local squares shopping at the LL Bean Store and at The Dollar Store. Although, the Buzz-Man himself, might casually stroll into the local Wilson’s House of Leather Store to check-out the latest motorcycle jackets on sale, 

And, speaking of LL Bean, one of my own personal favorite stores, just think of how many proud Collinsport residents, would shop in this legendary outdoor store, which was started in their in their own home state of
Maine!

No doubt, such outdoor, local macho guys like Joe Haskell, George Patterson and Matthew Morgan would buy all of their rugged (and SPF-treated) hunting and fishing attire at the venerable LL Bean’s. And, of course, the always sartorially-splendid Bob Rooney would also shop at that same LL Bean Store, where he bought all of those seemingly limitless assortment of LL Bean flannel shirts, which he wore while tending bar at the Blue
Whale. I tell you, even today in 2024, I aspire to even attempt to, albeit, vainly try and match the style, class and unfailing fashion sense of my personal role model in life, Mr. Bob Rooney, Collinsport’s own Beau Brummell, extraodinaure! 

And, let’s not forget Sarah Johnson, the faithful, albeit, perpetually-grumpy Collinwood housekeeper/cook. While the practical and frugal (to put it mildly) Collins family employee would be a regular shopper at The Dollar Store, I suspect that she would occasionally splurge and buy some rather stylish and decidedly provocative ladies’ undergarments at the local Victoria’s Secret to wear under those staid and matronly black dresses of hers.


I bet that even the eternally-youthful Grand Ma-Ma Edith Collins would have gleefully dispatched the prim and proper Judith Collins to pick Edith up, the latest daring and sophisticated ladies’ lingerie IF there had been a local Victoria’s Secret store in Collinsport, circa 1897!  Heck, Edith was probably QUITE the stunning dresser back when she was blossoming into beautiful, young womanhood back during the War of 1812! 



And, finally, what would Barnabas be shopping for today in a local Collinsport shopping mall. I remember that the late actor Ben Cross wore a cool and stylish leather jacket, when he portrayed Barnabas Collins on the 1991 NBC DS series. Wouldn’t the late, great Jonathan Frid also have looked like a million dollars if he, too, had worn a leather jacket from Wilson’s House of Leather as Barnabas entered the great house of Collinwood? 

And, instead of his traditional black dress shoes (bought at Brooks Brothers, of course), Barnabas decided to wear a pair of more youthful, comfortable and definitely “with-it” slider/shoes? Heck, they would have been so much easier to slip-on and slip-off whenever Barnabas was getting in or out if that under-sized coffin of his.

Oh, I could drone on and on about how cool, a contemporary Barnabas would look like, sporting a nose ring and other body jewelry, in addition to assorted tattoos all-over his body, but I won’t.

Suffice to say, I do worry about what might have happened to the venerable and truly beloved Brewster’s Department Store, IF a brand new shopping mall did pop-up in Collinsport, Maine. 

[Mysterious Benefactor]

And, let’s not forget Sarah Johnson, ... I suspect that she would occasionally splurge and buy some rather stylish and decidedly provocative ladies’ undergarments at the local Victoria’s Secret to wear under those staid and matronly black dresses of hers.

OMG - can you even imagine!! 

[Annie]

Good observation guys you all
Did well . Anne 😊👍

[Gerard]

I don't know, Bob.  I'm thinking that Collinsport's most sophisticated shopping center, would've been SS Kresge's.  It would be where everyone did their shopping, from back-to-school apparel to Christmas gifts, and everything in-between.  And, to compete with the Collinsport Inn coffee shop, there might even be a lunch counter.  If the denizens, including the Collins family, wanted something more cosmopolitan, they would take the drive to Bangor to shop at Woolworth's. 

Gerard

[Bob_the_Bartender]

Gerard,

I could see Maggie, Sam, Joe, Mrs. Johnson, Willie, Vicky and a few others shopping in those stores you mentioned, but I could NEVER see a snot-nose like the unfailingly haughty and pretentious Roger Collins deigning to shop among the “common folk” of Collinsport.

I think that, by comparison, the wonderfully pompous Roger Collins makes even that great snob and social climber, Hyacinth Bucket (pronounced “Bouquet”), seem like Daisy May “Granny” Moses on “The Beverly  Hillbillies.” 

[Uncle Roger]

I have made numerous trips to the LL Bean store in Freeport. It's open 24/7/365 and it can be a little weird in the early morning hours when the local Elmer Fudds show up to purchase hunting gear. Then there's the indoor trout pond in the middle of the store.

[Mysterious Benefactor]

I think that, by comparison, the wonderfully pompous Roger Collins makes even that great snob and social climber, Hyacinth Bucket (pronounced “Bouquet”), seem like Daisy May “Granny” Moses on “The Beverly  Hillbillies.” 

You're 100% on point with that observation!! 

[Mysterious Benefactor]

I have made numerous trips to the LL Bean store in Freeport. It's open 24/7/365 and it can be a little weird in the early morning hours when the local Elmer Fudds show up to purchase hunting gear. Then there's the indoor trout pond in the middle of the store.

I have friends who live in Lewiston, ME, which is very close to the Freeport stores - though I've never been to the LLBean that's open 24 hours, only the LLBean Outlet store in Freeport. Seems like I've been missing out. 

[Bob_the_Bartender]

If DS were still on the air today, I suspect that during the closing credits of the show, we’d see a line, stating:

fashions courtesy of

LL Bean,

instead of the old and extremely familiar line:

fashions courtesy of

ORHBACH’S. 

[Gerard]

Bob, I'm thinking if DS were shot today, fashions might be courtesy of H&M (one of my favorite stores) - all the fashions at bargain-basement prices.

Gerard