Scaredy Cat

As a child, on Saturday nights I'd stay up late,
turn off all the lights, crawl under a blanket
and watch Dr. Cadaverino & Nighmare Theater
nearly frightening myself to death in the process.
Vincent Price was always good for a creepy thrill, and
my decision to be cremated is a direct result of watching his movie,
Premature Burial. I have not waivered from this decision over the years.
Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte with Bette Davis is another
favorite horror classic. But then again, Bette Davis was pretty
scary, even out of character.



"There is nothing wrong with your television set.
Do not attempt to adjust the picture.
We are controlling transmission. If we wish to make it louder
we will bring up the volume. If we wish to make it softer, we
will tune it to a whisper. We will control the horizonatal. We will
control the vertical. We can roll the image, make it flutter.
We can change the focus to a soft blur or sharpen it to crystal clarity.
For the next hour, sit quietly and we will control all that you see and hear.
We repeat, there is nothing wrong with your television set.
You are about to participate in a great adventure.
You are about to experience the awe and mystery
which reaches from the inner mind ... to the Outer Limits."
Opening Narration, The Control Voice - 1960's



"You are traveling through another dimension,
a dimension not only of signt and sound but of mind.
A journey into a wonderous land of imagination.
Next stop, the Twilight Zone."
Opening Narration, Season Three



The song, Reach for a Star
was the most memorable
part of this horror flick,
and stuck in my pre-adolescent
mind like glue.



I had just turned five years old
when my sister, eight years my senior,
took me to see my first horror movie,
The Tingler. At one point in the film, the
narrator tells the audience that the Tingler
is in the theater and it may be right - under-
your-seat!!!!! I cried and screamed -
my sister laughing all the while.



This movie made it impossible
for me to develop an appreciation
for anything with a beak.