The Family Wazoo in Montana

[Marco]

Superb, Neil

Yes I loved that film, too. Just look at those old, deserted, country roads and the type of landscape and 'atmosphere' there... That's exactly where I'd like to go in America!

And look at that truck - it just oozes evil; you just know that there's liable to be a psycho, or something else even more terrible in there...

Marco.

[Spectral Morn]

Superb, Neil

Yes I loved that film, too. Just look at those old, deserted, country roads and the type of landscape and 'atmosphere' there... That's exactly where I'd like to go in America!

Marco.

My wife and I watched it( Duel ) on TV a few months ago, my wifes first time and my no idea how many times... She loved it, normally she wont stay up for a late movie but she did for this one. One of Steven Spielbergs best and based on a story by Richard Matheson an excellent Horror/sci-fi writer.


Being honest....I have seen way to many movies that would put me of those types of locations, but I would make an exception for New England.


Regards D S D L

[Marco]

LOL. Me too, Neil!

But I'd still like to get out there, right in amongst it in the wilderness, and go through all those ghost towns and strange little places, stopping at some lonely and deserted Diners and Motels en-route...

Can you tell that I used to write horror stories/thrillers as a hobby? I like dark and macabre things

Perhaps I'll post some snippets of my old novels (done on an ancient manual typewriter) if I can find them. It would be worth a giggle! Some of the scary stuff that goes on in my head is quite bizarre...

Anyway, could you recommend which part of America would best facilitate what I've described above?

Re. accomodation: I can recommend Bates Motel.................

Chris, I can recommend the 'Overlook Hotel', especially room 237............................................... ..

Marco.

[The Grand Wazoo]

LOL. Me too, Neil!

But I'd still like to get out there, right in amongst it in the wilderness, and go through all those ghost towns and strange little places, stopping at some lonely and deserted Diners and Motels en-route...

Can you tell that I used to write horror stories/thrillers as a hobby? I like dark and macabre things

Perhaps I'll post some snippets of my old novels (done on an ancient manual typewriter) if I can find them. It would be worth a giggle! Some of the scary stuff that goes on in my head is quite bizarre...

Anyway, could you recommend which part of America would best facilitate what I've described above?



Chris, I recommend the 'Overlook Hotel', especially room 237............................................... ..

Marco.

It's funny that you should mention diners just after I wrote about 'Blue Highways' by William Least Heat Moon.


He has a method of finding the best place to eat in any given locality. If a diner has several calendars on display, then it's a good 'un!

"Sizing up an unfamiliar café’s worth by the number of calendars found on its walls:
No calendars—same as an interstate pit stop;
One calendar—pre-processed food assembled in New Jersey;
Three calendars—can’t miss on the farm-boy breakfasts;
Four calendars—try the home-made pie, too;
And the seldom-found five-calendar Valhalla—keep it under your hat, or they’ll franchise".

And do you know what? He's absolutely spot-on! We noticed it time & again & now it's our benchmark for a good feed – where you have a choice, go to the place with the most calendars!

The reason for this strange phenomenon is probably that the travelling salesmen eventually find out where the best food and hospitality (usually a waitress with a beehive!) is after passing through town a few times. After they've been to the diner, they get to know the waitress or owner a little & at Christmas they hand over a calendar advertising their wares. So the calendar count goes up!



Marco, of all the places I've been to, Arizona would probably best fit your requirements, but I think I'm right in saying that Montana is one of the least populated States.

Back to 'Blue Highways', though & any of the following would probably suit you just fine.

NUWER: What are a few of your favorite town names?

LEAST HEAT MOON: I suppose my favorite of all is Nameless, Tennessee—because of the peculiar logic behind naming a town “Nameless”. Dime Box, Texas, is a fine name. So are Klickitat, Washington; Liberty Bond, Washington; Gnawbone, Indiana; Scratch Ankle, Alabama; and Turkey Nest, Texas.

from an interview at: http://www.hanknuwer.com/William%20L...(Trogdon).html


Amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/Blue-Highways-...pr_product_top

[The Grand Wazoo]

NUWER: What are a few of your favorite town names?

LEAST HEAT MOON: I suppose my favorite of all is Nameless, Tennessee—because of the peculiar logic behind naming a town “Nameless”. Dime Box, Texas, is a fine name. So are Klickitat, Washington; Liberty Bond, Washington; Gnawbone, Indiana; Scratch Ankle, Alabama; and Turkey Nest, Texas.

from an interview at: http://www.hanknuwer.com/William%20L...(Trogdon).html


Amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/Blue-Highways-...pr_product_top

I can't believe this! I just bought a copy of a book - 'This Wheel's on Fire - Levon Helm & the Story of the Band'.

I look at the back cover blurb & see that Levon Helm, the drummer of The Band was born in a town called Turkey Scratch, Arkansas!


Cheers

[Spectral Morn]

LOL. Me too, Neil!

But I'd still like to get out there, right in amongst it in the wilderness, and go through all those ghost towns and strange little places, stopping at some lonely and deserted Diners and Motels en-route...

Can you tell that I used to write horror stories/thrillers as a hobby? I like dark and macabre things

Perhaps I'll post some snippets of my old novels (done on an ancient manual typewriter) if I can find them. It would be worth a giggle! Some of the scary stuff that goes on in my head is quite bizarre...

Anyway, could you recommend which part of America would best facilitate what I've described above?



Chris, I can recommend the 'Overlook Hotel', especially room 237............................................... ..

Marco.

Now thats interesting....do you like HP Lovecraft (not the band)....I am working on a Gothic/Fantasy/Horror/Sci-Fi story/novel at the present time....its going in a particular direction and I find that I can't bring myself to change the direction despite the fact I know its wrong...wrong/uncomfortable for me...not the story. Its shelved for a short while...while I work on a sci-fi/fantasy story/novel. I would be interested in reading some of your work..in fact you could help me by giving me constructive criticism when I get something more complete written...still very much works in progress still...

Regards D S D L

[The Grand Wazoo]

Superb, Neil

Just look at those old, deserted, country roads and the type of landscape and 'atmosphere' there... That's exactly where I'd like to go in America!

Marco.

You want roads.............I got roads.......................

You want landscape.............I got landscape.......................

[The Grand Wazoo]

You want deserted.............I got deserted.......................

You want ghost towns...............I got ghost towns....................



You want Scooby Doo and "It was the caretaker all along........and "If it hadn't been for them pesky kids.............. "

Well, nope, I ain't got that.



BUT I HAVE GOT A TREE THAT LOOKS LIKE A FISH HEAD!!!!

[Marco]

Awesome, Chris!!

That's just the kind of places I'm talking about

Now inside that lonely old shack must lurk some kind of psycho...

People sometimes stop by asking for directions, never to be seen again, as they are tortured barbarically and their intestines used as sausage meat for barbecues; the screams of the hapless victims silenced in the emptyness of the remote and desolate landscape. Outside, the brightness of the day conceals the darkness of the terror within, as with surgical precision the masked madman hacks through brain and bone to the music of Wagner...

Neil,

I'll see if I can look out some stuff. Films by Dario Argento and John Carpenter used to inspire me.

Marco.

[The Grand Wazoo]

Fer Pete's sake, don't leave out the bit about the tree that looks like a fish head!!!!!