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anyone find the idea of a volcano terrifying?


it's like hell on earth, literally.

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Not where I live in Essex but would do if I lived close to one.
Or when yellow stone goes up.
Another bad one is surpost to be La Palma which could cause a Mega Tsunami on the East Coast.


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no.

but 'hot nookie' seems painful. 



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anyone find the idea of a volcano terrifying?

Absolutely! The scene early on in this film when the two skinny-dippers get flash-cooked in the hot springs is one of the scariest parts of the movie for me - but heck, I even find the opening sequence, when Mount Pinatubo explodes through the clouds and that eerie theme music is playing, makes my hair stand on end.

Volcanoes have been terrifying for me since I was a little kid and watched an old sci-fi flick called Crack in the World. There's a scene in that film where they have to drop a bomb down into an active volcanic crater, and the safety chain for one of the scientists breaks, and he plunges head-first into the lava. Gave me nightmares for months afterwards!

Volcano, on the other hand, was a piece of crap. Didn't do much for me at all.


You might very well think that. I couldn't possibly comment.

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Finely a poster that has seen Crack in the World.
I keep going on about this film but no one seems to remember it or talks about this.
Its hot that its also on Blu Ray now.


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Oh, is it out on Blu, clacton? I didn't know! Thanks for mentioning that!


(P.S. I was wrong in my previous post, I suspect, saying it was Mount Pinatubo erupting in the title sequence of the film. I only realised in rewatching the film that the opening scenes are in Colombia, so it's probably there ... but it doesn't really metter - I still find it quite chilling, with the spooky music and all.)

Clacton, you've made my day, if I can get a good copy of a childhood favourite film!



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Never heard of it and just saw clips from yt now. Its from 1965, does it hold up today?

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Whole movie now on YouTube: https://youtu.be/qD8NhEROb7A?si=t4NxycXVVs6GM9XR

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Thank you! I put that on my watch list!

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I bet it would feel terrifying. I was living a navy base in the Philippines when it errupted in 1991. I was about 3, so I couldn't remember anything. My dad took videos of the aftermath, and it was terrible.



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Watching this movie on TV right now because it always gives me a thrill. I am terrified of volcanoes and have been since watching Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom as a little girl - had such bad nightmares about it, I had to be sedated one night.

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I wouldn't live near one. If i did live near one (which I wouldn't), I'd get out as soon as possible.

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In Japan, it's nearly impossible to NOT live near a volcano

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I'm sure there's some nut case out there that gets turned on by a volcano.

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I've been learning recently that when the New Madrid fault blows in 2018, the area I live in will be either part of the Gulf of Mexico or part of Lake Michigan, so volcanos are a far away problem for me... unless Yellowstone blows, then I'll be covered by volcanic ash, unless an asteroid or a megatornado gets me, or I die of old age first.

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Any updates?

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If they don't respond I think we have our answer.

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I do, especially if it dropped thousands of feet of ash on top of the cities and suburbs.

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