Why on Earth did we find Trilogy of Terror scary back in the day?

Ha ha, it still scares me. I know I’m lame :o)

Karen Black is terrifying, even in Airport 75!

I was terrified of the abominable snowman in Rudolph back in the day. New ways to scare people will always wear off so new and more gross ways have to be made up.

Because the doll’s great great grandson Chucky, after his first movie, just got more and more ridiculous.

I was about 7 when I first saw it. It scared the poop out of me and my brother. I watched it recently, when I was recommending it to another Jelly (who I’m afraid has to remain nameless unless he/she comes on here to coment LOL) and it still kind of scared me.

The thing had these huge sharp teeth and hissed like a possum. What’s not scary about that???

And then the last scene where you know who, turns into you know what EEEEEEEEEEEKKKK!!!

Trilogy of Terror rules. I find a lot of old stuff freaky, sometimes way more than the new stuff. Couldn’t really explain why. But lots of new stuff can be freaky too. But I’ll try to explain, at least what I think anyways.

One of my guesses is how some of that entertainment caters to the culture that was alive then. Things change fast though, and some things don’t make it against time. Special effects, story telling, what have you. Like Bart Simpson said, the first Friday the Thirteenth movie scared a lot of people back when it came out, but it sure seems tame today, when you’re constantly exposed to modern stuff that society tells you is scary. He didn’t say it like that, but I’m pretty sure that’s what he meant.
Another sad thing is that a lot of recent entertainment doesn’t require imagination to enjoy, you just need good special effects and children singing in a creepy way. (that happens in a lot of old stuff too though)
So I guess it’s just a time thing, and how much a certain medium can change, no matter how fixated its concept is. Like you say…when I was little, Michael Myers frightened me to no end when I watched Halloween II, but when I watch it now, I pretty much fall asleep. I love the movie yeah, but the fright factor is gone. Still, I saw that years after it came out, and it still scared me. Maybe it’s a whole first impression thing, and how a taste of something you’ve never experienced before can affect you greatly, whether it’s old or not. Show any young kid some horror movie, and chances are, they’re gonna remmeber it. Wherever the flick comes from. Just throwing thoughts out there.

Also throwing out thanks to a certain jelly who I’m afraid will remain nameless for suggesting a certain trilogy to…some other jelly. XD

@filmfann Karen Black is fuckin hot. :)