I'm driving down the freeway the other day, on my way to Knott's Scary Farm probably, and I hear this report on NPR that the whole lemmings thing was faked in the 1950s. They were shooting a wildlife documentary in the '50s, they found a group of lemmings, and the crew chased them all off a cliff. No lemming has ever jumped off a cliff, purposefully, ever. Isn't that unbelievable?
Cassandra PetersonTo me, the scariest movie ever made to this day is The Exorcist. It still scares the living hell out of me, and itโs because of the fantasy element. Itโs the exorcism. Itโs the Devil. Itโs not a guy breaking into your house trying to torture you or cut your whatever off. Those kinds of movies donโt do it for me, and I donโt call them horror.
Cassandra PetersonIt's in the public domain. That's one of the reasons I do it so much. But luckily, it's a brilliant film [ Night Of The Living Dead]. Every horror aficionado must see that film at least once.
Cassandra Peterson[Vincent Price] had a fish recipe where he wrapped [the fish] in aluminum foil and put in these herbs. And then you put it in the dishwasher and then you wash your dishes, and when you're done, your fish is steamed and it's perfect. But he was very sophisticated as far as art and food and all of that went.
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