Yes – what the man says is true:
Apparently, kids who saw this during prime-time in 1978 got the shit scared out of them so badly they still have this nattering ventriloquist’s voice stuck in their head to this day.
Yes.
That is my life there he’s talking about.
I just watched it again and while it’s not quite as scary as it was back on that awful night when I was assaulted by that trailer for the first time in the middle of a Disney movie or something while innocently sitting on the couch in my feetie pajamas eating Rice Krispies – there are one or two moments that still fill me with a revulsion and an inner kind of panic. When his upper lip curls up when he says the word “bed” (AWFUL. It’s the first moment his top lip moves), and how his eyes roll back at the end … but you know that he – or IT – is still “in there”.
1978 comes rushing back.
I hate that dummy.
Sheila, why’d I click that? I knew from your post title what it would be. Why’d I click that?
I’ve never seen the movie. I never will see the movie because I already HAVE insomnia. Just the HYPE for that movie freaked my little-kid ass out!
Oh yeah, 1978 comes rushing back, all right.
[shudder]
Ilyka – hahahaha I know, right?? TERRIBLE. I think I eventually did see the movie in college, and yes, it was scary, but not as scary as that trailer.