A Kid's Story

I was about 8 years old when my dad left me sitting in the car so he could dart across the street to the paint store. He sternly told me not to get out of the car, he’d be right back. But alias, my dad had parked directly in front of a movie theater and even at 8; the marquee and its film posters drew my interest.
I went over for a minute or two to look at the poster of the film now playing. In those days when movie theaters were theaters, they usually had a long walk way up to the entrance doors. Under separate panels of glass they would feature upcoming films in…. two weeks, three weeks etc. I got the scare of my life when I saw the poster for ‘Coming in 4 Weeks – Curse of the Demon!’ Just the drawing of the hideous demon was enough to send me running back to the car. Of course I never told my dad I disobeyed him – so my parents didn’t know why I was having nightmares for weeks afterwards. To this day, although I haven’t seen this film in years, the thought of that demon still scares the heck out of me.
Even though today’s technologies, special effects and computer magic can make you believe almost anything,
(If I was a suggestible kid today I’d have been in big, big trouble), sometimes the original is still the greatest. They can probably duplicate this ‘less is more’ horror classic but I bet they can’t match it. So why try?
Thank goodness for DVD’s and videos – all good films can always be enjoyed.

P.S. Remember the original ‘The Thing’? There’s another priceless classic……….a B movie that was definitely an A+