Time Magazine picks train film as one of the top 25 horror movies.
And they did it without sound! After this film every other train run-by was cliche to the general public.
Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat
I don’t know about you, but it scared the wits out of me, especially the conductor.
Supposedly audiences of the time were also terrified of the final second or two of The Great Train Robbery (which has some very fine railroad scenes) where one of the bad guys takes direct aim at the audience … and fires!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bc7wWOmEGGY
Dave Nelson
Um…I’m shakin’ in my boots![:O] But, this is from a guy who spent last Saturday night dressed as disco Frankenstein, so maybe it’s just my weird sense of humor.[;)]
Also found this parody. It appears to be at the same locale (La Ciotat).
No offense, but aren’t parodies supposed to be funny?
You are thinking of satire.
Per wikipedia, parody: is a work that imitates another to ridicule, make an ironic comment, or poke fun at another work or author. The video I watched did none of those things other than imitate. Somebody will have to explain this to me, because I don’t get it.
Well, I thought it was an amusing and subtle knockoff and comment of the original. The intention is communicated by the production logo in the beginning.
I get the whole thing about the whole genre and concept of movies being new, but I don’t really find it to be scary at all. I mean, even if I’d never seen a train, with no sound, I might be kinda curious about the train, maybe a little scared of such a large mechanical contraption (how do you controll such a thing, how does it stop, is it safe, etc. etc.), but I don’t think i’d be horrified of it. More of the scared-of-awe scared then scared-outta-my-mind scared.