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chialynn [9:38 PM] TERRIFIED!
cathschaffstump [9:38 PM] TERRIFIED!
george_galuschak [9:38 PM] TERRIFIED!!!
chialynn [9:38 PM]
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chialynn [9:39 PM] I’m looking at a woman’s butt.
george_galuschak [9:39 PM] still on trailers!
george_galuschak [9:39 PM] okay, cine argentino
cathschaffstump [9:40 PM] Your friends from Argentina bring you….
chialynn [9:40 PM] Tell me when you get to the woman’s butt.
cathschaffstump [9:40 PM] Still working our way to the butt.
george_galuschak [9:40 PM] got it!
cathschaffstump [9:40 PM] Washing dishes.
george_galuschak [9:40 PM] let’s go go go!
cathschaffstump [9:41 PM] Sink action…OMG water!
george_galuschak [9:41 PM] BUT IS IT CLEAN ENOUGH?!?!
chris [9:36 PM] Let the Right One In!
cathschaffstump [9:36 PM] Let the Right One In!
chialynn [9:37 PM] Let the Right One In!
george_galuschak [9:40 PM] LET THE RIGHT ONE IN!!!
chris [9:40 PM] starring Haley Joel Osment
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Liftoff!
george_galuschak [9:41 PM] omg its SVEND AGAIN
chris [9:41 PM] get your lingenberries ready
george_galuschak [9:41 PM] snooooow
chialynn [9:41 PM] It’s just two hours of white titles on a black background, isn’t it?
cathschaffstump [9:43 PM] Yes. It’s Swedish.
chialynn [9:44 PM] Oh, sad little blond boy. You are so blond. And so sad.
cathschaffstump [9:44 PM] So…new neighbors!
george_galuschak [9:44 PM] BLOCK UP THOSE WINDOWS
cathschaffstump [9:45 PM] And children with knives. That’s not a problem.
chialynn [9:45 PM] New neighbors in a horror movie are never a good sign.
HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE
chialynn [8:06 PM] The Haunting of Hill House! S1E1, “Steven Sees a Ghost”!
george_galuschak [8:07 PM] HaoHiHo!!
chris [8:07 PM] TV-MA. Oh noes
chialynn [8:07 PM] I have not read the book.
george_galuschak [8:07 PM] wow, quoting from the book!
chris [8:07 PM] I listened to the audiobook not long ago
chialynn [8:07 PM] I saw the dreadful 1999 movie adaptation.
george_galuschak [8:07 PM] I’ve read the book a few times
chris [8:07 PM] it sounds to me like this is not all that faithful, focusing on background chars from the book.
george_galuschak [8:08 PM] this is the Mt. Rushmore of haunted house books
chialynn [8:08 PM] I’m picking it up at the library tomorrow.
chris [8:09 PM] Now I want a mountain monument with heads of Shirley Jackson, Stephen King, maybe Straub or McCammon? (edited)
george_galuschak [8:09 PM] E.A. POE
chris [8:09 PM] Dreams can spill!
george_galuschak [8:10 PM] what the hell is this guy talking about? don’t fill up your kid’s head with garbage, man!
chialynn [8:10 PM] Something terrible is about to happen.
george_galuschak [8:10 PM] bent neck lady sounds like a J-movie
chris [8:10 PM] Some dreams are like Evian, and some are like Flint tap water
chialynn [8:10 PM] Never tell your kid you love her in a horror movie.
JACOB’S LADDER
Dramatis Personae
Cath, Chia, Chris, George
chris [8:03 PM] Jacob’s Ladder!
cathschaffstump [8:04 PM] Jacob’s Ladder!
chris [8:04 PM]
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george_galuschak [8:04 PM] go go go!!!
chialynn [8:04 PM] Jacob’s Ladder!
george_galuschak [8:04 PM] JACOB’S LADDER
chris [8:04 PM] ah, good old Carolco. 90s memories
george_galuschak [8:04 PM] cat sitting in front of TV
chris [8:05 PM] Wes’ son?
chialynn [8:05 PM] Looks a bit like the beginning of Apocalypse Now. I’m sure that’s intentional.
george_galuschak [8:05 PM] ‘Nam?
chialynn [8:05 PM] Danny Aiello!
chris [8:06 PM] and he doesn’t even own a friggin’ pizzeria
cathschaffstump [8:06 PM] Are all past wars in sepia tones?
george_galuschak [8:06 PM] I guess so!
chris [8:07 PM] Marcellus Wallace!
george_galuschak [8:08 PM] hey, it’s RADAR O’REILLY!
chialynn [8:08 PM] It was such a nice day, too.
george_galuschak [8:08 PM] this is giving me a headache
chialynn [8:11 PM] And it was all a dream…
cathschaffstump [8:11 PM] From jungle to post office.
chris [8:11 PM] …or was it?
george_galuschak [8:12 PM] that’s a slovenly subway car
george_galuschak [8:12 PM] gritty!
chialynn [8:12 PM] Even for NYC in the ’70s.
cathschaffstump [8:12 PM] Those glasses are pretty 70s.
cathschaffstump [8:12 PM]
What is he reading?
chris [8:13 PM] Vessel of Ra
cathschaffstump [8:13 PM] Tor.com novella. Kind of thin.
cathschaffstump [8:13 PM]
No! Don’t get off the car. Sure it was dirty, but it was going somewhere.