Meme time! Friday Five

[lyssie]

I don't know that I've ever done a Friday Five before. But this one caught my eye.

1. What book frightened you as a young person?
There was one book, I think I was a teenager when I read it, but it stuck with me and I had trouble forgetting it. Nightmare Lake by Carl Laymon - it was part of that Twilight imprint, and about vampires and destiny and creeping things in the night. But probably not as epically as I'm remembering.

Amazon apparently has the book, but even nostalgia isn't enough for me to spend 20 dollars on a used book.

2. If you had to become a ‘living book (i.e. able to recite the contents of a book cover to cover upon request – reference Fahrenheit 451), what book would it be?
Oh, I know this one. I already do it a bit. Freedom and Necessity by Emma Bull & Steven Brust.

One day, I will find my dream cast for that book. I already know Lydia Leonard is my Susan.

3. What movie or TV show scared you as a kid?
This is utterly cliche, but, Doctor Who's Snakedance scared the shit of out me as a wee child of seven. My brother and I hid behind the sofa.

Nowadays, of course, the fake giant snake is laughable.

4. What movie (scary or otherwise) will you never ever watch?
Um. Quite a lot. Most of the horror genre. Also, romantic comedies, heartfelt emotional dramas, chick flicks, war dramas... I'm not a huge fan of a lot of things.

If I have to pick a specific movie, I don't think I'll ever be interested in seeing the new Blade Runner flick. (it looks so dull, you guys. Like, not even visually interesting. Just flat and dull and the same story that a billion novels and movies/shows have done. Even BSG did it better.)

5. Do you have any phobias?
I'm not a fan of the dark. And I have a very over-active imagination at times (and let's just say that if the Doctor Who episode Listen had aired when I was a child, I'd probably have that phobia...)

Comments

[thisbluespirit]

This is utterly cliche, but, Doctor Who's Snakedance scared the shit of out me as a wee child of seven. My brother and I hid behind the sofa.

Aww! But the idea of it is really freaky - when you're young enough for your imagination to supply all the special effects, that's a pretty reasonable one.

[lilacsigil]

Snakedance scared me too! But Robots of Death was worse!

Snakedance scared my brother and I so much we had to call our dad (who thought the whole thing was hilarious because he's helpful like that) because we'd convinced ourselves that if we got off the chair we were both huddled on the snake would get us.

[foenix.livejournal.com]

I don't remember which one it was exactly, but it was ONE of the Mara episodes, that freaked me the *fuck* out.

Hell, it was probably BOTH.

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

Well, the first one is Tegan trapped in a dreamworld, which, as an adult is actually the creepier episode.

The second one just has a giant snake. ok, and Tegan being possessed by the Mara again. But not so much with the evil dreamworld.