M.E.O.O.T.M

I WAS BORN IN 1964, BUT DIDN'T SEE THE MOVIE, UNTIL 1971: FLIPPO [KING OF] THE CLOWN[S] WAS ALIVE AT THE TIME, & THE LIVE ACTION HORROR SERIES, "DARK SHADOWS", WAS AIRING ON THE ABC NETWORK... [TRIVIA: THE JACKSON 5 ALSO HAD A CARTOON SERIES ON AT THE TIME, & POST ALPHA BITS CEREAL WAS MAK- ING CARDBOARD CUT OUT RECORDS OF NOT ONLY THE ARCHIES, BUT THE JACKSON 5 AS WELL] WHEN I FIRST SAW IT, IT WAS ON THE FLIPPO SHOW: THE FIRST 30 MINUTES I WAS ABLE TO HANDLE: BUT AFTER I SAW THAT "POLARYTE" CREATURE BURN THE FACE OFF OF ONE ASTRONAUTS, I WAS THRU....... I COULD WATCH ANYMORE....... FOR MONTHS, I COULDN'T SLEEP: I WOULD DREAM OF CREATURE, & IN MY DREAM, I WOULD SEE IT FROM MY UPSTAIRS 3 STORY BEDROOM WINDOW: [WHICH I THOUGHT MADE ME SAFE, IN MY DREAM] IT WOULD BE "STANDING" IN THE MIDDLE OF PLAYGROUND AT NIGHT, [SLOWLY] "ROTATING", ALL THE WHILE, FLASHING SLOWLY, ITS DEADLY AMBER SOLAR DEATH RAYS........ MANY TIMES IN MY DREAMS OF THIS CREATURES, MY BEDROOM WINDOW WOULD MYSTERIOUSLY OPEN, & SOME UNKNOWN FORCE WOULD PULL ME OUT THE OF WINDOW, DRAGGING ME TOWARD THE CREATURE, WHOM WAS IN THE PLAYGROUND, WHERE IT WOULD SPEED UP ITS ROTATING, UNTIL I WAS CLOSE ENOUGH TO IT, WHERE BURN ME TO CRISP..... I WOULD AWAKEN IN COLD SWEATS, HATING MYSELF & CRYING, AS I LOVED MOVIES OF THIS NATURE BEING THE CHILD THAT I WAS AT THE TIME, BUT NOT THE FEELING SHEER TERROR I WOULD GET FROM THEM.......... MY IDIOT SISTER THE WITCH, & IDIOT WORLOCK BROTHER, DIDN'T MAKE IT ANY EASIER ON ME, AS SHE WOULD INTENTIONALLY SEND ME TO BED, [EARLY, & IT WOULD ON A WEEKEND] WHERE THE BOTH OF THEM CONCOCTED A PLAN TO SCARE ME.......... BEFORE IT GOT DARK, MY SISTER WENT UPSTAIRS, & REMOVED ALL OF THE LIGHTBULBS FROM THE BATHROOM & BEDROOMS, SO IT WAS COMPLETELY DARK... SHE THEN SENDS ME TO BED.... AFTER CRYING MYSELF TO SLEEP, SHE & BROTHER, THEN CREEP UP TO MY BEDROOM, SHOVING A WARM PLASTIC FLASHLIGHT IN MY FACE, SCREAMING LOUDLY, IN AN ATTEMPT TO SCARE ME, THOUGH IT DIDN'T WORK: I TELL MY MOTHER, WHOM PUNISHES