"You told me, I've seen it all before
Been there, I've seen my hopes and dreams
A lying on the ground"
I don't believe this song was creepy when it was released into the world in 1988 but once Jonathan Deeme displayed it in one of the more disturbing scenes in 1991's ,"Silence of The Lambs" this tune become infamous. If you've seen the movie you know which scene I'm referring too. The one with a girl in a pit, a toy poodle, lotion, baskets, and a mangina dance. Is that still a PC term? Was it ever?
I believe Silence of the Lambs is a great movie but I prefer the fantastical and supernatural horror pictures rather than the "based on true events" flicks. Real life is scary enough! Speaking of fantastical, the pic from the left is back from 1987 or 88? My Uncle used to work for Coors so this cutout from the Halloween TV promos of the time was in his basement TV room and as a 10 year I found this piece of Elvira art "very interesting."
The horror flick I wanted to spotlight this week was a new discovery for me about two years ago, !975's "Race with the Devil"!I heard it discussed on one of my favorite movie podcasts, Pure Cinema . The movie stars Peter Fonda, Warren Oates, and Hot Lips from MASH. The cliff's notes version is two couples take an RV trip out to the desert to ride motorbikes (as people do?) when they accidentally witness some type of ritualistic human sacrifice. At that point our Dirt Bike heroes are chased from town to town by some type of cult that as we find out has lot's of reach. Great tagline too..."When you race with the devil...you better be faster than hell!" Cheers everyone.