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02 September 2006

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colleen

Hated Magic! I can't even watch it when it comes on tv. Did you ever see the episode of Buffy with the dummy? It nearly cured me of my dummy fear...nearly. I don't even think I could read this book though. Man - can you imagine writing a book like this???? Talk about nightmares!

Kelly

Yikes, it does sound scary. I also was traumatized by Magic and hate clowns.

Naru

if i've never been scared by a book in my life doess that mean i have no imagination or that im hard to scare?

Courtney

I am so intrigued but ever since I was a kid and caught that episode of Goosebumps (and then read the book), Night of the Living Dummy--ack. Slappy was too much for my young mind. And his voice! His voice was horrible!

But clowns win in a which is scarier for me contest. Have you ever seen The Clown at Midnight? It's a really bad horror movie (and puzzingly enough Christopher Plummer and Margot Kidder signed on for it) but I swear that clown makes ventriliquist dummies seem as harmless and unscary as Winnie the Pooh. Which I guess you might find helpful to know if you ever want to downgrade your fear of ventriliquist dummies and intensify your fear of clowns a hundred fold! Yep.

nrkii

Clowns and ventriloquist dummies are both scary as hell. I had a good friend who lived nextdoor when I was a child, and her parents had a huge clown picture in their living room (no idea why, except perhaps to keep us out). If we were alone in the house, we were terrified to venture down the hall. I think of that picture and I am still frightened.

Leila

I'm so glad I'm not the only one who was scared by Magic -- Frozen Billy made me think of it specifically (as opposed to all of the other dummy movies) because the dummy ISN'T alive. It's even worse somehow, maybe because everyone's anger and resentment and fear and BLAME is directed at an inanimate object.

I love that Buffy episode -- and I love it that ventriloquist dummies give Buffy 'the wiggins'.

Courtney, did you ever see the 70s movie with Elliot Gould where Chistopher Plummer played an evil bank robber dressed up as Santa? He was way creepy in that one.

Courtney

I haven't, but now I really must!! You had me at, "Christopher Plummer played an evil bank robber dressed up as Santa." Now that is inspired. Heh.

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