Post by zitface on Sept 16, 2022 14:03:15 GMT
I already did a writeup of this over on reddit, so I'll be reusing most of that while sprucing it up with anything I've remembered or narrowed down, if you'll forgive my laziness.
I used to watch Chiller all the time when we had it, between 2010 and 2013ish, and was frequently screwed over by the late night bumps that usually featured something peaceful or lighthearted that lasted for long enough to make you uneasy, but short enough that you couldn't get to the remote to mute it when you realized what was up. At that point, it'd turn into a loud screamer and end with text on a screen, read aloud by a slightly sadistic voice that had the vibes of Ron Perlman's 1000 Ways To Die narrations: "Just Making Sure You're Still Awake".
The only one I remember the contents of for a FACT is the one where it's little kids playing and laughing, I know there was a kid on a swing laughing and giggling and maybe there were other kids? And then the usual kid turns into shrieking demon screamer. I feel like there was another one with a woman in a serene setting, maybe she was weeping or laughing mysteriously? I remember she had a billowy, flowing outfit, but it might have been a memory from a different one. I don't really remember how this one turned into a screamer, but I know I hated it. I know there were at least three different ones.
There's one that's poorly recorded from a TV screen on youtube of bears in a meadow that cuts to a mauling bear b-roll but since it was cut off, it was suggested on my reddit thread with a link to the full bump. As it turns out it was an advertisement for Grizzly, not a Making Sure You're Awake bumper. Chiller often used the jumpscare bumper formula for advertising movies, but there aren't what I'm looking for. The Scary Good bumps are mostly preserved as well, which I found tangentially while searching but it soothed my heart to know.
Since chiller as it was is defunct now, I figure maybe other people who remember the channel fondly would have an idea on if any of these were ever preserved.
The only one I remember the contents of for a FACT is the one where it's little kids playing and laughing, I know there was a kid on a swing laughing and giggling and maybe there were other kids? And then the usual kid turns into shrieking demon screamer. I feel like there was another one with a woman in a serene setting, maybe she was weeping or laughing mysteriously? I remember she had a billowy, flowing outfit, but it might have been a memory from a different one. I don't really remember how this one turned into a screamer, but I know I hated it. I know there were at least three different ones.
There's one that's poorly recorded from a TV screen on youtube of bears in a meadow that cuts to a mauling bear b-roll but since it was cut off, it was suggested on my reddit thread with a link to the full bump. As it turns out it was an advertisement for Grizzly, not a Making Sure You're Awake bumper. Chiller often used the jumpscare bumper formula for advertising movies, but there aren't what I'm looking for. The Scary Good bumps are mostly preserved as well, which I found tangentially while searching but it soothed my heart to know.
Since chiller as it was is defunct now, I figure maybe other people who remember the channel fondly would have an idea on if any of these were ever preserved.
