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THE FIVE SCARIEST MOMENTS IN AMERICAN FILM HISTORY

You may disagree with my choices for the five most heart-pounding surprising shocks in movie history, but if you ever saw any of them without knowing it was coming, then you have to admit that you were shocked and surprised, even if you were not necessarily awed.  It is a shame that most people, including me, first saw the shower scene in Psycho after having already learned about it.  You cannot help but envy those moviegoers who were in the audience for Psycho the year it came out.  I cannot even include the shower scene in Psycho on this list because I do not fully understand what it must be like to watch it without having heard of it ad nauseum.  More...


 

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Best New Wave Soundtracks

William Goldman's Hype & Glory

Keith Olbermann Signs New Contract with MSNBC

Even Shakespeare Dropped a Bomb

Punk Rock Essentials for Your Collection

Heretics, Us: A Novel of Outrage

Best Flush Poker

Script of the Bridge by The Chameleons

Michael J. Nelson Returns to Riffing on Movies at Rifftrax.com

The Gospel According to Larry

Greil Marcus' Ranters and Crowd Pleasers

William Goldman's Marathon Man: Is it Safe?

Arthur Miller's The Crucible: Allegory of the Communist Witch Hunt

Why is Halle Berry Considered Such a Great Beauty?

Finding Free Role Playing Games Online

The String Quartet Tribute to New Order and Joy Division

Turner Classic Movies Scene-It Trivia Game Review

The Princess Bride Book is Way Better Than the Movie, but not Quite as Good as the Tapestry

A Confederacy of Dunces: The Funniest Book Ever Written

Gregory Maguire's Wicked: The True Story of the Wicked Witch of the West

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New Order Album Review: Power, Corruption and Lies

New Order Album Review: Low-life

New Order Album Review: Brotherhood

New Order Album Review: Retro

Joy Division Album Review: Closer

Bill Nelson Album Review: On a Blue Wing

Chris Elliott Writes a Novel: The Shroud of the Thwacker

Shuffleboard History and Rules

Ping Pong History and  Rules

Why Americans Hate Soccer, but Not Golf, Bowling or Nascar

Expedition Everest: Disney's Greatest Ride Ever?

Billy Bragg Still Proving that Protest Music Isn't Dead

Top Ten Punk Songs

Making Movies for the 48 Hour Film Festival    

Worst Decade Ever!              

Gang of Four's Postpunk Masterpiece Entertainment! Gets Rhino Reissue Treatment

New Order's Waiting for the Siren's Call Was Worth The Wait

Reality Shows Prove to Be the Holy Grail for Hollywood

Simpsons Books Prove the Show is Much More than a Laugh Factory

The Ethics of Star Trek

Great Rocks Songs You May Have Missed

Hey Nickelodeon!   Whatever Happened to Arnold, Zim and Duckula?

Georgio DeChirico: Surrealism's Fogotten Genius

Naked Eye Astronomy: The Best Show in the Universe is Free

Kolchak the Night Stalker Makes it to DVD

Flannery O'Connor's A Good Man is Hard to Find: A Better Short Story is Hard to  Find