The Triple Creepitude

(Artist's Rendering)

Let’s keep going on this topic of creepiness–specifically in movies.  After the post about creepy time periods, we got to talking about exceptionally creepy examples.  Take Vertigo (I must be on a kick):  being that it was released in 1958, it is automatically wide open for creepiness.  Now, we’ve shown that any small amount of creepitude is automatically magnified if found in a movie from an unfamiliar time period.  BUT, throw in a ghost from an even less familiar time period, and you’ve got yourself…”The Double Creepitude.”

Not satisfied, the question was posed: “How could a movie accomplish three levels of creepiness?”  *Scoff*  Imposssible…but intriguing!  The first idea we proposed was this:  someone in a creepy time period could be haunted by a ghost from another creepy time period, who was, in turn, murdered by a ghost from yet another creepy…”wait, that’s stupid.”  Finally, it came to us.  There are two options:

1) A movie, set in a creepy time period, potraying another time period as creepy, in which real life creepiness accidentally works its way into the final product.  Think of the stagehand that can be seen hanging from a noose in the dark woods of The Wizard of Oz.  (Only it has to be a real stagehand, not a large bird.)

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2) A movie, set in a creepy time period, potraying another time period as creepy, in which events foreshadow tragic real-life happenings from a later time, of which neither the characters nor filmakers could possibly have been aware.  I have no good example for this one, but if someone could find it for me, I would be eternally grateful.  Many high fives would be in order.

I'll be practicing!