Oldies but Goodies

Down -- steadily down it crept. I took a frenzied pleasure in contrasting its downward with its lateral velocity. To the right -- to the left -- far and wide -- with the shriek of a damned spirit; to my heart with the stealthy pace of the tiger! I alternately laughed and howled as the one or the other idea grew predominant.
Down -- certainly, relentlessly down! It vibrated within three inches of my bosom! I struggled violently, furiously, to free my left arm. This was free only from the elbow to the hand. I could reach the latter, from the platter beside me, to my mouth, with great effort, but no farther. Could I have broken the fastenings above the elbow, I would have seized and attempted to arrest the pendulum. I might as well have attempted to arrest an avalanche!
Down -- still unceasingly -- still inevitably down! I gasped and struggled at each vibration. I shrunk convulsively at its every sweep. My eyes followed its outward or upward whirls with the eagerness of the most unmeaning despair; they closed themselves spasmodically at the descent, although death would have been a relief, oh! how unspeakable! Still I quivered in every nerve to think how slight a sinking of the machinery would precipitate that keen, glistening axe upon my bosom. It was hope that prompted the nerve to quiver -- the frame to shrink. It was hope -- the hope that triumphs on the rack -- that whispers to the death-condemned even in the dungeons of the Inquisition.
Edgar Alan Poe: The Pit and the Pendulum

Did that creep you out? Well, it's that time of year ....
If that isn't enought maybe a movie will do it for you. It's closing in on Halloween and you know what that means....night fright type of movies are all over our televisions...
Carl, over at Stainless Steel Droppings, noted some of his favorite movies for Halloween time, and I thought I'd jump on his wagon and add some of the type of movies I look forward to during October.
You'll notice that they are all ancient movies. As I told Carl, they are my old, old friends. Movies that scared the doo doo out of me when I was a kid, but now I look forward to the fact that at least some of them will show up while we wait for Halloween.
I couldn't make this short list without having some Turhan Bey movies! Although I love him dearly in movies like Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves, he also made horror movies...

Would there really be a Halloween without Boris Karloff?... mmmm, nope I don't think so! Boris was the King of Horror back in the day. And to a big extent.. he still is.

I loved Lon Chaney Jr. Your heart just went out to the poor guy having to live with the fact he knew he'd change into a Werewolf on every full moon.

.. And then there's Bela. Bela, Bela, Bela, what can I say? Ahhh, the children of the night... welcome.

There are many newer movies that would make me have nightmares, but I think I'll leave them for the young. While I sit back and watch some old friends.