Re: Old frontier of chills and suspense: high rise slapstick comedy

On 3/11/26 11:05 PM, Pluted Pup wrote:
> Ghost movies aren't spooky, horror movies aren't scary
> and suspense movies don't give the chills, these
> thrills have a vanishing quality.  Why, early this
> century I got chills reading Keel's Mothman Prophesies,
> and the repeat tickling of my eerie bone has left me
> insensitive some time ago.  The last time I got
> thrill seeking chills and suspense was slapstick
> comedy on tall buildings like from Hold That Blonde! (1945)
> which gave me the heebee jeebees!  Before that I saw a
> silent Laurel And Hardy short on a construction site
> that gave me a thrill ride.  So to me, what's changed is
> the scariest movies are slapstick comedy.
> 
> Next time I should see Safety Last! (1923), which I
> last saw as a little kid, just the clip with the
> clock face.

I saw Hold That Blonde (1945) yesterday, from Blu-ray
and I guess the extra silliness spooked me good.  I
saw the Laurel and Hardy a few months ago from the
Year Three Blu-ray.