I went through a phase in high school of reading horror, including the collected works of Stephen King and Dean Koontz. However, these days, it's not a genre I spend much time in...because I've turned into a chicken in my old age.
Last night, after finishing the second draft of a proposal, I took time off from writing and decided to read. For some reason, the book I was drawn to was Prophecy by Peter James. A horror novel. What was I thinking? That it had an interesting premise and the back-cover copy sounded interesting. That turned out to be the complete truth - I read the book straight through, hooked from the get-go. Then I realized it was dark. And there were weird shadows on the walls. And you know in the book, people don't 'altogether die'. Uh-oh.
I should've learnt my lesson from "the movie that shall not be named" (it involves a video-cassette that's far more terrifying than it should be). After I watched that movie, I kept looking over my shoulder for days thinking about a certain creepy image. My friends weren't any help - they kept telling me to watch the original Japanese version which was scarier. Er...no.
So, what scares you? Let's tell ghost stories around the virtual campfire. On second thought...
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I saw a movie trailor on The Exorcism of Emily Rose. Anything with Demonic possession scares the bejeebers out of me! I'd never make it through the movie. I can't even read scary books. I'm a big baby when it comes to all things creepy.
LOL. I was just watching the sequel to the "movie who shall not be named" and it didn't scare me. I found it to be more psychological than horror,IMO. But what scares me? Zombies. The thought of dead people that you can't kill coming after me gives me the wig.
Kendra - welcome to the big baby club. I'll post you your pacifier later. LOL
Hi Sienna - Gosh you're a braver woman than me to watch a sequel to 'that' movie. For some bizarre reason though, zombies don't scare me - I saw Dawn of the Dead and found it interesting but not scarifying.
Btw I have a character named Sienna in 'Slave to Sensation'. :)
"what scares me is the chance that someone you trust could lie to you..."
mwahahaha, was that just a chickflick i saw? :)
I won't watch scary movies. Even the recent batman and the scenes of the maggots were a little too much for me. I watched the Others and The Sixth Sense -- that's about as "horror" as I get.
Won't watch "that" movie at all. I was flipping channels one night and saw ONE image, the face, I think, of the first girl that dies watching the tape, and tat was plenty. Nightmares for days.
Oddly enough, I love horror novels. Can't get enough of them.
Lol elnino.
Diana! How could you put that image in my mind?! I am not scared. I am not scared. I am not scared...
LOL!!! Come one you guys!! "That" movie isn't as frightening as you think. *G*
You know Yvonne, if you lived near me, I'd probably have rung your doorbell at 3am and asked you to sit with me! ;)
I love KH, too but she doesn't give me nightmares. Maybe because it's too way out there so it doesn't seem real?? Then again, if that logic worked, the thought of a creepy video tape wouldn't freak me out.
Can I have a pacifier too, Nalini? Because I sure am a member of the Scaredy Cats Club. No horror movies or books for me, not since I saw that movie with Damien, the possessed child. Was that The Omen???
It's on it's way Bron!
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