6Mednesday, November 7,1984/THE BLUE BANNER
Horror flick: bits and pieces
By Alana Jones
Think for a moment.
What’s the scariest movie
you've ever seen? Polter
geist? How about Hallo-
veen, or The Exorcist?
Imagine what it would be
like to see a movie that
contained chilling clips
from these and other hor
ror flicks.
Terror In The Aisles
features bits and pieces
from some of the most
gruesome film classics of
our time, including Rose-
Hary's Baby, The Texas
Chain~Saw Massacre, The
Onen, Psydio, Jaws, Mara
thon Man, and Alien.
Overall, I liked Terror
In The Aisles. I even en
joyed the narration by
several welHcnown actors
and the special tape of
the master of horror him
self, Alfred Hitchcock,
although it did get a lit
tle boring at times.
The scene transitions
were relatively easy to
follow, although they were
in no logical sequence.
hrnj^lKNESS TRACKER John Stokes plays an aboriginal
didjeridu during an Oct. 23th demonstration at UNCA.
Staff photo by Sylvia Hawkins
Wilderness tracker in
tune with aborigines
By Shawn Wickham
John Stokes, wilderness
tracker, describes Austra
lian aborigines as "20th
century people who chose
their way of life because
it makes sense."
Stokes brought his pro-
graia, including slides of
Australia and demonstra
tions of aboriginal music,
to the Humanities Lecture
Hall two weeks ago.
Stokes performed tunes
'on an aboriginal instru
ment called the didjeridu.
The didjeridu is a wooden,
cylindrical instrument a-
bout three feet long. It
has an extremely low tone
and sounds like no instru
ment heard in the world of
country, rock, jazz, or
clcissical uftisic.
The auditorium lights
went down and Stokes sat
in an Indian-type fashion
on the stage. Stokes used
circular breathing, or
snatching breath through
the nose while using the
cheeks as bagpipes, in or
der to play the instru
ment.
He played a tune enti
tled Buffalo Song. He
asked the members of the
audience to picture tliem-
selves, as they listened,
sitting in Australia and
watching a dance performed
around a fire.
The slide show began
with a picture of a huge,
red rock with fig trees
growing on top. It is
called ttie "Sun Rock" by
some and the "Ayres Rock"
by others.
The rock is five miles,
around the bottom; a
stream runs through it;
and water is located just
below its top surface.
Stokes said the abori
gines have a custom
called the "Totamic rela
tionship." The custom is
that a child’s life is in
some way tied back to the
earth.
The child's first name
is given by the mother and
comes from the place where
she conceived the child.
The second name is given
by the mother or father.
The third name comes from
an animal or the natural
landscape.
According to Stokes, the
child becomes the caretak
er of the animal or land
scape. He sees that his
namesake is well taken
care of, that it is fer
tile, and that he does not
eat the food produced by
his namesake.
Stokes' slides showed
the aboriginal culture as
revealed in the drawings
of the aborigines.
Just at the climax of
each clip, when members of
the.audience were gripping
their seats in fear, an
other scene would flash
across the screen. This
got to be annoying, as I
wanted to know what hap
pened to each would-be
murder victim.
However, the director
probably wanted to leave
everyone with at least
some amount of mystery.
Aren't suspense and dread
of the unknown what a good
scary movie is all about?
Being a person who
doesn't scare easily, I
naturally wasn't very
effected by the clips from
Jaws and Alien, as they
involve situations that
aren't real.
However, the scenes from
The Texas Chain-Saw Massa
cre and A Stranger Is
Uatciiing did disturb me
just a little. The Texas
Chain-Saw Massacre is
based on a true story, and
A Stranger Is Hatching re
minded me of all those
times I was babysitting in
a dark house, and the kids
had gone to bed. (See if I
ever do that again!)
When the terror was o-
ver and it was time to go
home, I felt a little dis
appointed. For some odd
reason, I really relished
every scary moment, and
wished that Terror In The
Aisles had lasted just a
few minutes longer.
However, when I got back
to ny dorm room, 1 checked
under my bed and in the
bathroom just to make sure
a creepy maniac wasn't
lurking around.
For frightening effects,
I give Terror In The
Aisles an A. Since many of
the featured clips concern
violence, gore, and things
that go bunp in the night,
taking your little sister
to see it would not be a
good idea.
However, aside from the
long narration, Terror In
The Aisles is entertaining
and fun, and because it is
unique, I think it's worth
going to see. But rememr
ber, don't go alone!
Weiner and Weinerettes
Comedian Marc Weiner
will bring his menagerie
of hand puppets. The Wein-
erettes, to UNCA's Lipin-
sky Auditorium on Wednes
day, Nov. 7 at 8 p.m.
Weiner started out in
1977 on the steps of the
Metropolitan Museum of
Art, where he was noticed
by actor/cojpedian Robin
Williams. That contact led
to bookings on New York
City’s comedy club cir
cuit , including The Im
provisation and Catch a
Rising Star. ,
By 1980 Weiner had be
come a regular guest on
"Saturday Night Live,"
where he is best known for
wandering around the stage
in a yellow rain slicker
and for his feisty boxing
puppet. Rocky Weineretto,
who often shows up on
SNL’s sports segment with
Joe Piscopo.
Weiner's credits include
"Late Night With David
Letterman," "Showtime,"
and "Sesame Street." He
has even appeared on a
Federal Express comner-
cial.
Admission:
students,
ty/staff/alumni,
for all others.
Free to UNCA
$2 for facul-
and $3
Eaim $$$
PAID soloists, chorus,
^nd orchestra needed for new
[Asheville-based Regioned Opera]
.Compainy
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