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>>>More good additions to the list. Well, sort of. He was a bit overwhelmed by Katharine Hepburn in "The African Queen" (and who wouldn't want to be overwhelmed by Katharine Hepburn?). And "Key Largo" I didn't particularly care for despite the stellar cast.
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>>>When I first arrived in Madison, as a transfer, one of the first groups I joined was the film society. It was new student week and they were trying to recruit new members, so they brought out the big guns. One night it was "Psycho" -- which I had miraculously not seen to that point -- then "Casablanca", then "Key Largo".
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>>The shower scene in Psycho was a frightening moment. Amazing how Hitchcock could imply terror while not showing a morbid event. So unlike the special effects of today. Now the "splash" is more important than the "content".
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>Scariest thing I ever saw was when I was little. The Wizard of OZ at the cinema, gave me nightmares. I agree about whats scary though. Things that trigger you imagination (and leave you scared when you leave the cinema). I suggested once that we should watch scary films in a scary place (not on the sofa with a cup of tea) maybe hire an abandoned warehouse or old building. No proper lighting etc.

One reporter said that Walt Disney movies were the ones that frightened him the most. I have to agree. I was terrified when I saw Bambi - the hunter – the fire. On many occasions I would see short film clips of Snow White on the Disney program. It never bothered me until…

Snow White had not been shown for many years. My children were small and wanted to see it as Disney said they would never show it again. So off to the movies, which I like to avoid!

We were at the part where the wicked witch was stirring her pot and I was so terrified! I clenched the arms of the chair I was sitting in and suddenly imagined myself in the Castro Theater in San Francisco, full of fear. So much fear that I could not speak. What a strange experience that was.

I told my mother about what had happened during Snow White while I was watching it with my children. My mom told me that her Aunt was taking care of me while my brother Bill was being born. Aunt Louise took me to see Snow White at the Castro Theater! I was 20 months old! Then I remembered what had happened and it was a strange event in my life. I can still imagine sitting in that chair as a child and how I felt!