"Blade Runner" as a childhood trauma? Considering how I was introduced to it yes! Way back in the early 1980s at the age of 15 I was channel surfing while watching TV. When I got to HBO I stumbled upon the scene in "Blade Runner" where Deckard confronted Pris. Deckard goes into the toy room filled with creepy dolls. When he finds Pris trying to imitate one of the life sized dolls she gets up and attacks him. As she beats him up I'm thinking, "This spike haired crazy lady with the weird makeup is creepy!" She's screaming the whole time and she even gets him in a "standing headlock" with her legs. When she twisted his head and body around I thought she twisted just his head! Pris then temporally lets him go she decides to run at him to finish him off…..while doing gymnastic flips! While she's in mid-flip Deckard gets his gun and shoots her in the abdomen. Now this is the part that REALLY had me creeped out: Pris lands on her back and she violently, and rapidly, pounds her fists and feet on the floor while she's screaming her head off. Quite an unnerving thing to stumble upon!
Oh, this isn't the first time I was "introduced" to a movie via seeing a traumatic death scene. Can you say "Heavenly Creatures"?
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Thanks FatherofTears! This is awesome. One of my favorite scenes in my favorite movie!
Ah, Blade Runner, one of the few movies that was far better than the book. One of my favorite movies ever, as well.