MLY.G.DANIELS@MIT-OZ (08/10/85)
From: Glen Daniels <MLY.G.DANIELS%MIT-OZ@MIT-MC.ARPA> From uwmacc!demillo@topaz.arpa (Rob DeMillo) >The one movie/TV induced fear that I can honestly say scared the >hell out of me came from "Night Gallery." the storyline involved a >grotesque little doll that belonged to a little girl. I can barely >remember the story, but it dealt with the parents trying to get rid >of the doll, and it would show up in strange places after the >attempt. > >I think the thing about it that freaked me out most, was that you >(the viewer) never actually saw the doll move. It would just appear >in certain places, with that twisted little face staring at you. >Very effective. Very Serling. > >Anyone remember a little more about it? I don't know if this is what you're talking about, but there was a TZ episode about a girl who had a doll that her father hated, and it then proceeded to make threats to him, etc... He attempted to destroy it (freaking out his wife + kid by doing so), but couldn't do it (the buzzsaw he used just sent up sparks on contact with it, when he threw it in the trash it came back, etc...). It then said, in a very sweet, dolly voice, "I'm going to kill you." It did. (via him tripping on it and falling down the stairs...) On the original subject, things that have scared us, I submit the following: 1. Waking up from a frightening dream...to find that the fright is real... (Or a dream-witin-a-dream..._An_American_Werewolf_In_London_ had a good one of these...) 2. Having things that are very close to you become frightening (your mother sprouts fangs and glowing yellow eyes and tries to kill you) 3. Any story where the fright seemed to be so REAL that you could say "That could happen to me tomorrow..." --Gub (Glen Daniels, Gub%MIT-OZ@MIT-MC) -------
allen@osu-eddie.UUCP (John Allen) (08/13/85)
> From: Glen Daniels <MLY.G.DANIELS%MIT-OZ@MIT-MC.ARPA> > > From uwmacc!demillo@topaz.arpa (Rob DeMillo) > >The one movie/TV induced fear that I can honestly say scared the > >hell out of me came from "Night Gallery." the storyline involved a > >grotesque little doll that belonged to a little girl. I can barely > >remember the story, but it dealt with the parents trying to get rid > >of the doll, and it would show up in strange places after the > >attempt. > > > > > >Anyone remember a little more about it? > > I don't know if this is what you're talking about, but there was a > TZ episode about a girl who had a doll that her father hated, and it then > proceeded to make threats to him, etc... > He attempted to destroy it (freaking out his wife + kid by doing so), but > couldn't do it (the buzzsaw he used just sent up sparks on contact with it, > when he threw it in the trash it came back, etc...). It then said, in a very > sweet, dolly voice, "I'm going to kill you." > > It did. (via him tripping on it and falling down the stairs...) You are both right. There was a TZ episode that is fairly accurately described above, but there was also a NG episode that was similar in many ways, but also different in some ways. ********** SPOILER WARNING ********** The NG episode was about this British officer who had been in command of a troop in India. I think that he did something which angered a local Indian mystic who sent the doll to the officer's granddaugter (I believe). The Indian had used some sort of black magic to animate the doll, which he sent with the intention of having it kill the officer. Eventually it succeeds in doing so. The last scene of the episode is of the Indian's apartment (I think in London. Possibly a hotel room.) The Indian receives a package in the mail which turns out to be a doll (made to the resemble the British officer), which smiles malevolently at the Indian. ********** END SPOILER ********** Part of the above I deduced after watching the episode, but I can't remember the episode well enough to remember what is deduction and what is actually said. I liked this better than the TZ episode, because I thought that it explained how and why the doll was out to kill the person in question. John Allen Ohio State University (UUCP: cbosgd!osu-eddie!allen) (CSNet: allen@ohio-state)