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Skrekkruttskolens opprinnelse

Skrekkruttskolen har vært operativ i 13  strake år nå! Herregud, det er jo nesten ikke til å tro. Det er tid for et lite tilbakeblikk på Skolens opprinnelse. 



Da jeg var liten jobbet pappa som kaptein i utenriksfart, og vi pleide å være med båten i sommerferiene. Norske sjøfølk er så heldige å ha Den Norske Sjømannskirken som jobber for deres ve og vel. Sjømannskirken drev tidligere en bibliotektjeneste på norske skip, lånte ut bøker og filmer. Enten var det noen med ansvar for slikt i Sjømannskirken som elsket horror og sci-fi, eller så var det så-som-så med innsikten i hva datidens filmer innholdt: bibliotekskapet ombord i båten var fylt med VHS'ene som vel i bunn og grunn har gjort meg til det horrorhuet jeg er. Haisommer, Frankenstein, Ondskapens Hotell, Poltergeist, Rosemary's Baby, The Thing... Alle disse filmene snek jeg meg opp om natten for å se. Alene i messa på båten. Med utenlandsk godteri og ubegrenset tilgang på colabokser. Og kakestrø fra spiskammerset - som på et skip heter "skafferiet". Derfor kan sjøfolk og deres familier fortsatt si "skaffe" om å spise. But I digress, I digress. 


Denne interessen ble ikke mindre av at min bror kastet seg på VHS- bølgen og fylte et skap på rommet sitt med skrekk og thrillere. Faces of Death, Fredag den trettende.... good times! 


Denne skrekkfilminteressen har bare vokst gjennom livet, og med internett og sosiale medier ble naturligvis tilgangen på både filmer og medinteresserte voldsomt mye større. Til å begynne med linket jeg opp trailere til ymse skrekkfilmer på min personlige Facebook-side.


Det funka dårlig. Folk flest skjønner seg jo ikke noe særlig på skrekk.



I gata der jeg vokste opp bodde det en kar som heter Arne. Arne og jeg delte tidlig en interesse for eventyrlig og dramatisk film -Critters, The Goonies, Fredag den trettende...  Hele åttitallspakka. It was the best of times! I parallellklassen (herlig begrep!) gikk Silje, som alltid har drøyt min interesse for det aparte og absurde. Da jeg bestemte meg for å starte denne skrekkfilmgruppen ble det naturlig å inkludere disse to. Deretter ballet det bare på seg. 


Hva så med navnet "Skrekkruttskolen"?


Noe av poenget med å starte gruppen var enkelt og greit å lære mer om skrekkfilm. En slags skrekkens rekruttskole - altså en "Skrekkruttskole". Dermed var det også klart at medlemmene var "skrekkrutter".




Srekkruttskolen dreier seg rundt horror, scifi og absurd film. Folk som seriøst liker skrekkfilmer har gjerne sansen for det absurde også - og alle liker jo Sci-fi. 


Til å begynne delte skrekkruttene linker til filmer som var fete, filmer man var nysgjerrige på og erfaringer innen horror generelt. Etterhvert begynte Skrekkruttskolen å dreie seg om noe mer enn film; spill, bøker, memes -og stadig flere fikk sansen for det vi holdt på med. 


13 år, og bokstavelig talt hundretusener av innlegg, kommentarer og reaksjoner senere, er vi ikke så rent lite stolte av å kunne konstatere at Skrekkruttskolen er en av Norges mest standhaftige Facebook-grupper for skrekkfilm og sci-fi. Vi satser på 13 strake år til - minst! 



(Tekst: Henning Klausen) 

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