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Post by Crypt Keeper on Oct 24, 2017 15:35:35 GMT -8
Both Tales From The Crypt and Darkside are notable for having very scary intros that doubtlessly scared many back in the day. Which of the two do you think has the scarier intro?
I'm actually sort of hard-pressed to pick. TFTD is much more subtle and in some ways creepier with the ominous voiceover and eerie music, but TFTC has the same uneasiness you got as a kid from a Jack in the box, you know it's coming but it still hits you when the Crypt Keeper appears at the end. Crypty was my worst childhood fear back then so I'm inclined to give the edge to TFTC's intro. Creepy as TFTD's intro is, as a kid it never absolutely terrified me in the way Crypty did.
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Post by andrewhnpx on Oct 25, 2017 20:41:25 GMT -8
Cool topic! I'd have to say the TFTC intro was probably scarier. I've always kinda felt like the Tales From the Darkside one tried too hard to be scary, if that makes any sense. I feel like the sort of thing they were going for was done better in 1963 by The Outer Limits: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCcdr4O-3gE
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Post by Crypt Keeper on Oct 26, 2017 11:12:22 GMT -8
I think the music and voiceover play a big role in why the TFTD intro is scary. The images it's set to are serene and peaceful, but the music gives it a certain ominous, unsettling quality. I find both intros are scary in their own unique way. TFTD was more subtle and moody, whereas TFTD has the in-your-face EC Comics flare to it.
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Post by sambuca on Oct 26, 2017 14:47:22 GMT -8
Both are scary in their own different ways: TFTD has this eerie/creepy vibe that stays with you, while TFTC will scare you for a second at the end (even though you knew what was coming), then will have you laughing after. For me TFTD is the scarier of the two. HOWEVER: The winner for me, the one that still to this day has me covering my eyes, is none of the two. Monsters' intro is one that manages to be both scary AND funny all at the same time, and has a very creepy music as well.
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Post by Crypt Keeper on Oct 26, 2017 17:06:39 GMT -8
I the intro to Monsters as well. I never found it scary but it's awesome nonetheless. Monsters is another one of my favorite Horror anthologies alongside TFTC and TFTD
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