Do you remember Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark and its two sequels? They were collections of creeptastic tales collected from folktales and retold for children by Alvin Schwartz and originally illustrated by the brilliant Stephen Gammell. These books were widely challenged at public libraries around the United States and even banned at a number of school libraries. Why were they so controversial and what was their allure for a generation? Filmmakers Cody Merck and David Thomas plan to answer these questions in their forthcoming documentary Scary Stories.
Here is the trailer.
"The Slithery-Dee" (from Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, 1981)
The slithery-dee,
He came out of the sea;
He ate all the others,
But he didn't eat me.
The slithery-dee,
He came out of the sea;
He ate all the others,
But he didn't eat--
SL-U-R-P...
Here is the trailer.
"The Slithery-Dee" (from Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, 1981)
The slithery-dee,
He came out of the sea;
He ate all the others,
But he didn't eat me.
The slithery-dee,
He came out of the sea;
He ate all the others,
But he didn't eat--
SL-U-R-P...
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Have to admit, I'm a horror wuss. Like my horror....oblique, shall we say. Subtle stuff that smells more of brains yet embodied than disemboweled ....bowels....
been lurking and reading your entries and not commenting. Hope to catch up on that, but must say you have not lost your Halloween scary sparkle and thank you!
When I saw *these*, I SO thought of you:
http://www.americancinemathequecalendar.com/content/the-quay-brothers-in-35mm
http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/robert-doll
Well, sure, which is probably one of the main reasons the fuss is made to begin with.
I maintain that a significant chunk of the Gawdawful crap forced onto unsuspecting English students to effectively kill any desire to enjoy reading would hold the status of ignored files on Project Gutenberg had someone not attempted to ban them.
Ha! Probably so!