Friday is date night!

Sterling and I need to be better about date nights. Usually we just hang out together killing gnomes in World of Warcraft, but it's nice to do different things too. Our goal for the usual date night is a budget of $10, no babysitter to arrange, and only 30 minutes of prep time.

Tonight is Halloween, so I'm picking some of my favorite thrillers (notice I didn't say horror, those are just icky). I know some people can't stand black and white movies (more's the pity), so I've got a BW or a Technicolor for you to chose.




The first one is Psycho. The original brilliant version by Alfred Hitchcock released in 1960. Unlike most of today's scary movies, this film relies on building suspense, great storytelling, and creeptastic acting, particularly by Anthony Perkins. Hitch bought the rights to the novel for $9,000 then bought up every novel he could find so he could keep the ending a secret. Ah, those were the days...no internet leaks and spoilers. This was the first American film to show a toilet flushing on screen. Walt Disney refused to let Hitchcock film at Disneyland in the late 1960s because Hitchcock "made that disgusting movie Psycho." I admire both filmmakers but apparently they didn't admire each other.




The Technicolor choice for a thriller is still kind of old. You will live. Wait Until Dark stars Audrey Hepburn as a blind woman caught in a web of drug deals gone wrong. This movie scared me so bad when I watched it, I kept saying out loud, "What's she going to do? What would I do? ohmygoshomygoshomygosh."

You can probably get these videos from your library they are such classics, and that would leave you with 10 bucks for treats. Since we're all sick of candy, try some frozen grapes and popcorn (not mixed together, ew).