...that become almost completely detached from their support system(s)?
How'd that happen?
You could interpret it as hostility of the house itself, a 'spiritual' manifestation, a potent hallucination, poor craftsmanship - though the house is quite old, or telekinesis.
Take your pick!
"No fate but what we make." -Terminator II
That's the part of the film that disturbs me the most. I'm afraid of heights anyways so the be up high on a wobbly staircase like that would be pretty scary for me.
Death lives in the Vault of Horror!
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I`ve been in one or two old buildings that have had metal stairs like that and they always creep me out a little thanks to this film.
Any plan that involves losing your hat is a BAD plan.
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I`ve been in one or two old buildings that have had metal stairs like that and they always creep me out a little thanks to this film.
A lot of things creep me out as a result of this film - but, then again, I first saw the thing when I was seven.
"If you name it it will come for you." But seriously, mostly they're just things that have become psychological habit (like the hands under the covers which I intelligently rationalize as wanting to keep my hands warm.) I see where those strange little quirks have come from, however, when I watch the film again.
And never bang on a wall!
No fate but what we make. -Terminator II
which I intelligently rationalize as wanting to keep my hands warm.
Anyway, for some reason that's stuck in my head all of these years, and I wish I could get rid of it, because I'm a side sleeper and too often I remember this when I'm sleeping on my left side! Thanks a lot for that one, Shirley Jackson.
...every time I roll over onto my left side.
It turns out that it DOESN'T wear out your heart, per a Yahoo science article I read a few weeks back on sleeping positions.