Scary
12.20.08
I’m a horror movie buff, always have been - slice’em & dice’em baby! The more scary the better, bring on the gore….there ain’t nothing I can’t take. The Shining, Exorcist, Salem’s Lot, Amityville are some of my favorites and I grew up loving Vincent Price Saturday movies, especially the one where they eat the dog. I just appreciate the guts and glory of the horror movie - from the ‘no don’t go back in there’ moments to the ‘he’s right behind you’ idiot.
In the last 4 years, I’ve had a lot of education on the central nervous system. I now understand how certain ‘frights’ will affect the nervous system. Simply put, it’s not all the great for you but that has not stopped me, I’m still intrigued by a good scare especially the ones that are inspired or based on true stories. A few years back we watched, Wolf Creek - I’ve heard mixed reviews since but my take is that this movie provided me with every element of the horror movie - based on true events, suspense, gore, stupid moves etc. etc. Up until this week, it went down in my book as one of the scariest movies I had scene.
Wednesday night we watched The Strangers, a movie ‘inspired’ by true events. Holy crap - distrubing, startling, unsettling and now, on my list as one of the scariest movies I’ve ever seen above Wolf Creek. So if you appreciate a good ole’scare and you’re looking for a recommendation, just let me know because there aren’t too many horror movies that I haven’t seen.
You are nuts. My stomach is upset just THINKING about the scary movie you watched!
Wolf Creek will always make me think of house-sitting and enjoying your basement “crack den”. I’ll have to check out The Strangers, because I, like you, love to scare myself.
And, speaking of scaring myself, you’ll be glad to know that I’m thinking about running another marathon in ‘09. Yowza…