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NNadir

(38,820 posts)
Sat Jun 6, 2026, 02:12 PM Jun 6

Thirty-six years later, it still scares the crap out of me; I can't believe my wife made me watch it.

Thirty-six years ago, when I was the relatively "new guy" in the lab, my colleagues suggested we all go to the movies with our spouses.

I spoke to my wife about the planned foray, and she asked, "What's the movie about?"

I told her, "I don't know. It sounds like something about farming."

She said, "What's it called?"

I said, "Silence of the Lambs."

My wife got it out of the library this week. She put it on.

OK, I know how it ends, but...

Damn. I had to take breaks. I couldn't sit through it straight.

When we saw it when it was in theaters all those years ago, my wife had problems sleeping for a couple of weeks.

Jodie Foster was very young when the movie came out. She's a year older than my wife.

Still creepy, that movie. I don't do horror movies well. I mean it wasn't a horror horror movie, but too close for my tastes.

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Thirty-six years later, it still scares the crap out of me; I can't believe my wife made me watch it. (Original Post) NNadir Jun 6 OP
Like the Texass Chainsaw Massacre, FoxNewsSucks Jun 6 #1
Manhunter based on the first book is even scarier JT45242 Jun 6 #2
Thanks. bif Jun 6 #5
Thanks Maninacan Jun 6 #3
Not a fan of horror movies or books. 3catwoman3 Jun 6 #4
Me neither. For movies, it's rom-com and historical movies and drama. NNadir Jun 6 #6
It rubs the lotion on the skin or else it gets the hose again Niagara Jun 6 #7
You should watch wire in the blood tv series streaming JT45242 Jun 6 #10
Wire in the Blood? Niagara Jun 6 #11
a cover yur eyes kinda movie nt msongs Jun 6 #8
Ohhh, boy! I'd never watch that! electric_blue68 Jun 6 #9
I don't do well with horror movies either u4ic Jun 6 #12
My mom watched our kids so we could preview it for her LNM Jun 6 #13
The Exorcist scared the crap out of me. red dog 1 Jun 6 #14

FoxNewsSucks

(11,995 posts)
1. Like the Texass Chainsaw Massacre,
Sat Jun 6, 2026, 02:16 PM
Jun 6

psychological movies are much scarier than monster movies. Because there really are sick twisted murderers among us.

JT45242

(4,220 posts)
2. Manhunter based on the first book is even scarier
Sat Jun 6, 2026, 02:17 PM
Jun 6

Didn't like the red dragon remake as much. But yeah...Thomas harris wrote books that made some creepy movies

NNadir

(38,820 posts)
6. Me neither. For movies, it's rom-com and historical movies and drama.
Sat Jun 6, 2026, 03:10 PM
Jun 6
Silence of the Lambs is kind of a joke between my wife and I, because we had no idea what kind of movie it was; we went on the behest of my friends. As they were new friends at the time, we tried not to over react, but damn...

We didn't know what to say when we got home as I remember it.

We laugh about it now.

For the record we lived in West LA as newlyweds when Richard Ramirez, the "Night Stalker" serial killer was on the prowl locally, so serial killer stuff was just a little too real, even though we'd moved to San Diego at the time.

Niagara

(12,392 posts)
7. It rubs the lotion on the skin or else it gets the hose again
Sat Jun 6, 2026, 03:49 PM
Jun 6

I must be wired differently.

The weirder the movie/television series/miniseries the more I like it!


JT45242

(4,220 posts)
10. You should watch wire in the blood tv series streaming
Sat Jun 6, 2026, 04:49 PM
Jun 6

The first two series are super creepy.

electric_blue68

(27,818 posts)
9. Ohhh, boy! I'd never watch that!
Sat Jun 6, 2026, 04:15 PM
Jun 6

I almost never watch full on horror movies!
I actually did go to see "I Am Legend".
Gah!! Why? What was Inthinking?! 😜
Maybe bc it took place in NYC? I'm a NYCr.

Occasionally I might see a SF movie, or TV series where there's some horror elements but not full on.

u4ic

(17,176 posts)
12. I don't do well with horror movies either
Sat Jun 6, 2026, 08:08 PM
Jun 6

I listen to creepy/horror youtube stories, but they're pretty tame. They make chores go by quicker. But movies...I'm the same as you, need breaks in between. Listening is much different than watching it.

LNM

(1,271 posts)
13. My mom watched our kids so we could preview it for her
Sat Jun 6, 2026, 08:59 PM
Jun 6

Holy shit!! Mom, you don’t want to see this movie! I think I hyperventilated during it.

red dog 1

(33,674 posts)
14. The Exorcist scared the crap out of me.
Sat Jun 6, 2026, 10:24 PM
Jun 6

(It's been a long time since I watched The Silence of the Lambs)

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