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Loveshack

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Re: Things that scared you as kids but seem laughable now.
« Reply #15 on: March 05, 2009, 07:05:02 AM »
Knowing what Doctor Who fan Doomsie is, she's probably thinking of the Krynoids from the episode The Seeds of Doom. (heh)
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Re: Things that scared you as kids but seem laughable now.
« Reply #16 on: March 05, 2009, 08:25:29 PM »
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Now, if I can only find that book/movie about a meteorite landing on earth and turning people into plants (complete with roots for feet) my childhood fears will leaf me.

Are you thinking of Creepshow?

The story with a person turning into a plant starts about 1 minute in at the link.

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While Creepshow is very similar... it's not that bit with Steven King.

More people were affected by the meteorite and I remember someone seeing their mother in the kitchen with leaves around her body. She may have been trying to get water from the sink.

I think even the military was involved and at the end a cure was discovered and the scientists were going to announce it over the radio and then more meteorites landed and the radio went dead. Maybe blinking lights in the sky were involved.

Not sure about the last part though.

Hrmph, didn't we already have this discussion once?  :P  http://www.unwashed.eu/forum/index.php?topic=1588.msg14923#msg14923  (there's a link in that post to a list of sci-fi plants, maybe that has your plant monster on it!

We did but it's still twigging me out since I haven't been able to root out the movie/show/book.
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Re: Things that scared you as kids but seem laughable now.
« Reply #17 on: March 05, 2009, 08:25:50 PM »
Quote from: Loveshack on March 05, 2009, 07:05:02 AM
Knowing what Doctor Who fan Doomsie is, she's probably thinking of the Krynoids from the episode The Seeds of Doom. (heh)


Very nice try but the Doctor wasn't in it.
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Re: Things that scared you as kids but seem laughable now.
« Reply #18 on: March 06, 2009, 12:25:30 AM »
Quote from: Doombot on March 05, 2009, 08:25:29 PM
We did but it's still twigging me out since I haven't been able to root out the movie/show/book.

Hrm, you think maybe you're merging memories of different movies/books together?  From your description it sounds a bit like Day of the Triffids, as mentioned previously, but, aside from the plant aspect, it also sounds a bit like Invaders from Mars, and It Came From Outer Space, and... but I can't see to find anything that has the people being turned into plants...mindless zombies, food sources, pod peoples, but not plants!  Hrm, you've stumped us, Doomsie!  Here, have a toaster.  ;)

You said this was a book?  Novel, story book, short story, comic book?  Maybe it was an episode of The Twilight Zone or The Outer Limits?
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