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Mike 03

(16,616 posts)
Sun Aug 18, 2019, 09:49 AM Aug 2019

What movie that takes place on August 18 begins with this message:

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THE FILM WHICH YOU ARE ABOUT TO SEE IS AN ACCOUNT OF THE TRAGEDY WHICH BEFELL A GROUP OF FIVE YOUTHS, IN PARTICULAR SALLY HARDESTY AND HER... BROTHER, FRANKLIN. IT IS ALL THE MORE TRAGIC IN THAT THEY WERE YOUNG. BUT HAD THEY LIVED VERY, VERY LONG LIVES THEY COULD NOT HAVE EXPECTED NOR WOULD THEY HAVE WISHED TO SEE AS MUCH OF THE MAD AND MACABRE AS THEY WERE TO SEE THAT DAY. FOR THEM, AN IDYLLIC SUMMER AFTERNOON DRIVE BECAME A NIGHTMARE.

THE EVENTS OF THAT DAY WERE TO LEAD TO THE DISCOVERY OF ONE OF THE MOST BIZARRE CRIMES IN THE ANNALS OF AMERICAN HISTORY.

(Edited to remove an arcane, offensive term)

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What movie that takes place on August 18 begins with this message: (Original Post) Mike 03 Aug 2019 OP
Starring tRUMP? abqtommy Aug 2019 #1
That's a good one. I'd say yes, but he was quite young. Mike 03 Aug 2019 #4
I always heard it's sort of based on someone from a different state and he did not have a family lunasun Aug 2019 #2
Yeah, the "true story" aspect is really exaggerated. Mike 03 Aug 2019 #5
TCM GeorgeGist Aug 2019 #3
Maybe this was too easy. Mike 03 Aug 2019 #6
As read by John Larroquette mockmonkey Aug 2019 #7
This message was self-deleted by its author Laffy Kat Aug 2019 #8

Mike 03

(16,616 posts)
4. That's a good one. I'd say yes, but he was quite young.
Sun Aug 18, 2019, 10:03 AM
Aug 2019

This is a pretty old movie, as you might be able to tell from the phraseology of the hokey opening.

lunasun

(21,646 posts)
2. I always heard it's sort of based on someone from a different state and he did not have a family
Sun Aug 18, 2019, 10:00 AM
Aug 2019

More of a grave robber in real life

Mike 03

(16,616 posts)
6. Maybe this was too easy.
Sun Aug 18, 2019, 10:06 AM
Aug 2019

I remembered that the movie took place around this time of year and looked it up. That opening "warning" is so hokey. When I was really young I thought this was the scariest movie ever.

mockmonkey

(2,820 posts)
7. As read by John Larroquette
Mon Aug 19, 2019, 12:41 AM
Aug 2019

I remember the radio commercials for that movie scared the hell out of me when I was a kid. But then again my older brother took me to see one of those American International "Poe" movies and I spent the whole time hiding behind the seat in front of me.

When I saw Part 2 I kind of liked it and often will repeat a line from that movie to people who have no idea what I'm talking about.

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