Learn -- or Die Trying!

Scaring people straight since WW II.

Don't Be Afraid

Despite all protests, mom puts Billy to bed, then turns out the lights and closes the door, leaving the boy alone in the darkened bedroom. As Billy's imagination soon gets the better of him, the shadows start to resemble dark and evil things -- been messing with the Ancient Ones again young man? When the shadows start to solidify, he springs from his bed and screams for mom...

Keeping Clean and Neat

The fascist narrator pipes up, saying how important it is to be neat and clean, as the camera pans down to Don: a rough and tumble looking fellow, who seems healthy enough, but is a little unkempt. Herr narrator takes him to task for his awful appearance and then turns back the sands of time until we find Don still in bed. Herr Narrator chides him out of bed early so he'll have plenty of time to properly get ready for school...

Signal 30

There isn't much of a plot to Signal 30, even for a Driver's Ed scare film. Now most of the ones I remember saved the carnage for the end to punctuate the importance of highway safety. But not this thing. Aside from a brief look at officer training and police procedurals, the accident footage comes fast and furious -- completely raw and totally unfiltered. Not for the squeamish...

Red Nightmare

The confused Jerry heads home, but like everything else, his family has changed, too. His eldest daughter is off to join a farm collective to rid herself of her parent's bourgeoisie influence. And when her boyfriend shows up in a Russian uniform to escort her away, Jerry protests that he can't just bust in without a warrant. But the boyfriend says as a member of The Party, he can and will, comrade...

Narcotics: Pit of Despair

The narrator continues, saying that people are smart enough to avoid a cobra's poison. But then why are so many people ready, willing and able to fall victim to another kind of poison -- the poisoned horror of drug addiction! The short then proceeds to show us exactly how to do what they don't want us to do. Anybody else see a problem with that?

Brad Grinter: Nudist

As the day progresses, Cindy's inhibitions melt away. There's a brief self-realization that her mother was the root cause of her hang-ups, but that doesn't matter now because she's naked and there ain't a dang thing mom can do about it. She and Steve take a stroll by the lake and Cindy admits to finally being free -- thanks to the power of her nudity...