Stan's Fear


He's afraid of the Scream painting? This was the weakest fear in the movie. He should've been afraid of werewolves. I was afraid of werewolves as a kid in the '80s. The Thriller video freaked me out big time. Or make him afraid of Nazis to fit the theme.

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People just aren't scared of Werewolves anymore these days. I wouldn't say personally that the screaming woman was weak but the CGI was pretty noticeable.

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These days? It was set in the '80s. People aren't afraid of screaming paintings now either.

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Don't forget that fear is very relative and deep. Some people have fobia of birds, one person I know is terrified of balloons to the point that she cannot be in the same room.
I was a kid in the 80's I remember there was a painting of a old baroness on my uncle house, it wasn't scary in a particular way but was defiantly eerie and make me sheever if I long time. No my deeper fear but I can see how a young impressionable kid could be scared of a painting that has a horrible woman.

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It wasn't the Scream painting, it was what I can only describe as the Warped Woman, and I found it very effectively creepy, next to Eddie's Leper.

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Wow how did I miss that it was that painting. I thought it was some creepy woman painting. Lol

I thought his fear was good. I've been creeped out by paintings before. Plus that was his dad's office and he'd been in there a lot I'm sure. Ever feel like a painting is watching you. Common kid fear. My grandma's Jesus pictures scared me. My parents weren't very religious so seeing a man on the cross bleeding scared me.

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THE PAINTING IS NOT MUNCH'S SCREAM!

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Muschietti has said the painting woman thing is based on his personal childhood fear of a Modigliani painting.

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I'm not surprised, that damn thing was extremely creepy, especially when it came out of the painting to chase Stan.

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