My theory on parent-child porn would be that some people find the power dynamic sexy (see also boss-employee, teacher-student, cop-arrestee, criminal-victim, doctor-patient, etc.).

"Single parent?"

I don't think I noticed where her name came from until the "Homer Eats Blowfish" episode in S1, when the sushi chef she's making out with (George Takei?) mispronounced her name Crab-apple.

They could bring back Dustin Hoffman. He doesn't seem busy.

Also used a couple years earlier in The Craft.

Horror is so subjective, and none I think more subjective than supernatural horror that tries to pull off the "this could actually happen" trick. For some reason neither Exorcist nor Blair Witch work for me on that level, but Mothman does. Depends on what your deepest self considers possible, I suppose.

Mandatory mention of the fact (learned from AVC's Scenic Routes) that Norman's smile at the end almost exactly matches Marion's smile as she's driving the car and imaging what people are saying about her.

The only problem with this scene is that, as of the earlier scene where Naomi Watts goes down into the well water, my fear receptors were completely saturated. I had reach my maximum level of fear, and any additional fear was more like tickling. I basically giggled like an idiot for the rest of the movie, including…

You guys make me realize that Shadow of the Vampire succeeded, without trying, in something that films like New Nightmare tried, without succeeding (much though I enjoyed parts of it). It goes: "well this was pretty scary in a movie, how would it be in real life?".

I thought it was okay, with interesting potential. But I'd say the 2nd is better, and the 3rd better than that (has that ever happened before?).

Nice one. And very interesting given that that scene is supposed to scare the character, but doesn't really have to scare US in order to fulfill its plot importance. (But it does.)

Yeah, I first saw that when channel surfing with friends. There was just a nurse walking down the hallway interminably, but I couldn't change the channel, and gradually we all stopped talking.

Whenever I'm watching a movie like that, part of me is always "If the enemy is at the gates, why not make a last stand instead of killing yourself? If nothing else, it's the ultimate 'suicide by cop' opportunity."

Peter Weir is definitely in Lynch's league in terms of "I'm scared but I don't know why". Hanging Rock, and also The Last Wave are almost whole-movie versions of this. (And, as in Game Of Thrones, if it seems like the tension has relaxed for a moment, that's not a good sign.)

"I was wondering if I could use your head. I need to take a piss. By that I mean use your toilet; I don't mean I'm gonna piss on your head."

This is kind of irrelevant because it's not exactly scary (though it is unsettling), but I get so few chances to share my favorite exchange:

My friends and try to never say "napkin", we always say "NAPKIN!" in that weird demanding/pleading tone.

Do they designate a time for everyone to piss themselves before trying that, or do they leave it to each person's discretion?

Another good one for pathetic yet terrifying monsters: Silent Hill.

I would almost be tempted to say they should have stuck with just the spelunking (and simmering resentment) and left the monsters out. But then we lose the scene that started this thread, and that would be tragedy.