![]() When it does strike, it must not be what the reader expects.The reader must not know when the Big Scare will strike.The reader/viewer must be focused entirely on the scene with introspection absolutely restricted to reaction to surroundings.The reader/viewer must know more than the character and be forced to wait for the Big Scare.Yet out of a desire to understand thrillers a wee bit better, I’ve forced myself to watch more (through my fingers, of course).Īnd here’s what I’ve come up with-a few things I think are needed to make an edge-of-the-seat scene: I am the world’s BIGGEST wuss, and my overactive imagination is not to be trifled with. Lately, though, I’ve taken to watching things outside my usual movie/TV fare-scarier things, to be precise. ![]() With that I sat down and thought about what makes a scene scary-how I crafted the frightening bits and what I found scariest in movies/books. Since the book has ghosts and walking corpses, someone asked, “How do you write a scary scene?” This post originally stemmed from a question about Something Strange and Deadly. To be totally honest, I’ve learned a bit more about the subject since I first tackled it. Somehow he survived and is still around to this day.įans often wish WWE would bring back the Wargames match for an event, but shockingly, no one is clamoring for the return of the Electric Chair Match.This is a repost from Let the Words Flow, but I’ve updated it. Oh, and did I mention that this match went on first? What could possibly follow it?Īfter the match, a group of EMTs (for some reason also dressed up for Halloween, which is kind of unprofessional) had to carry his body out of the arena. Fans were understandably traumatized, mainly by how awful it was. Abdullah the Butcher was the unfortunate victim to sit on the electric chair, and his own partner, Cactus Jack, pulled the switch.įire and sparks blasted everywhere with poor Abdullah perishing in front of our very eyes. It was a long, drawn-out disaster that ended with murder. So, besides Gigante, there was actually some pretty good talent involved. The match consisted of Sting, El Gigante and the Steiner Brothers taking on Vader, Cactus Jack, Abdullah the Butcher and The Diamond Studd (better known as Scott Hall). "An electric chair match?" you may ask, "Why that sounds pretty stupid!" Well then, check out WCW's Electric Chair Match! Hey kids, want to watch a man die on live TV? Too bad it was years later before it actually happened. You know, that doesn't have a bad ring to it. The fans were so entranced with what they saw that they chanted in unison after the match. It was a train wreck that was impossible to look away from. What we then witnessed was two men hitting each over the back with the aforementioned fake tombstones and bleeding like crazy. It was the same concept, except that the casket had to be lowered from the ceiling. The two decided to duel in a casket match, but not just any casket match-a Last Rites match. Oh, and Sting wanted to fight for Abyss' redemption or his soul or something. Over the course of it, we found out that Abyss had shot his own father, then later found out his mother shot his father and Abyss took the heat and went to prison for it. If candelabras on the ring post and a fake tombstone by ringside aren't creepy, then I don't know what is.Ībyss and Sting engaged in one of the most ridiculous feuds in wrestling history. The end of the segment also saw the camera miraculously appear from the eyes of The Warrior in a first-person view. This one was poisonous, though, and it bit him in the face! The camera angles also suggest that there was a cameraman inside there with him, but let’s forget that. ![]() As Warrior made his way to the box, creepy music played. Warrior was set to find an object in the middle of the room that would help him overcome his fears, or give him magical powers or something stupid like that. There was one more test, though, that old Snake Man had for the Warrior: A room filled with snakes. He even buried him alive, all in the name of friendship. To help prepare Warrior for his feud with 'Taker, Jake helped him face his fears. Watching it today, though, is just downright cheesy. If you were a kid in the '80s, the Ultimate Warrior/Undertaker and Jake Roberts feud may have been terrifying.
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