Thursday, February 3, 2011

The Maze

When I was very young my room was actually the family room. I shared this space with our main window air conditioner and our old B&W TV.
My parents never let me watch horror movies, but I discovered that "Shock Theater" was on a UHF station very early on Sunday mornings. If I got up at sunrise, and kept the sound down very low, I could watch Frankenstein and The Mummy in secret!
One Sunday they showed The Maze. I don't remember much about it - but at the end there was a big frog that they tricked into jumping to its death. I was crushed.
I mourned for a week, and it still bothers me.
I have just ordered the film on DVD.
Maybe I'll get up early on a Sunday and watch it.

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