After Falwell died, the paper had an editorial comic. He was met at the Pearly Gates by, none other that “Tinky Winky.” I was in McD’s eating lunch. My drink literally came out of my nose! I had never laughed so hard. If I still have it, I’ll post it.

Yes, in regards to the opening of what may be Thriller, with the
silhoutte man falling into a vortex, it was the eiree wail that scared
me the most as a kid.

And as for the rest of what you mentioned – when the Devil Doll
episode came out, it was THE topic of conversation at school the
next day. And no, I don’t remember the other 2 stories, either!

But THE scariest show of all time has to be… Teletubbies!

The first one sounds like “Thriller” — I don’t recall a single episode plot but the theme song was always scary.

The second one might be “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark” with Kim Darby.

One of the neat things about only having 3 or 4 stations at the time, was that when something cool was on, you just knew every other kid in school had also seen it the night before. When people talk about scary TV- movies, they almost always bring up the knife-wielding doll (Trilogy of Terror — and nobody remembers anything of the other two stories in it!)

For the people to see what one your talking about in action ..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYKcAlWMI6M