Alright, it’s arguable whether either film was actually scary.  I had fun, though.

First up last weekend I watched “Creep” (2014) and then I finally got to see “The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms” (1954).  I’d wanted to see “The Beast” since I was a little kid.  I was a nut for anything created by monster-maker special effects wizard Ray Harryhausen, and I’d seen a clip of the titular dinosaur’s Manhattan rampage in a documentary about movie monsters.  Man, was a mesmerized.  But “The Beast” was one Harryhausen creature that never seemed to make the rounds on 1980’s television.

Anyway, I had a nightcap of two vintage animated shorts — “Skeleton Frolic” (1937) Disney’s The Haunted House (1929).