Scary Movies

I am a huge wimp. I get scared so easily. It's pathetic. Shaun of the Dead, a zombie parody, scared me. With that being said, I truly don't understand what it is that scares me so much. Horror movies generally tend to be really ridiculous, and the really good ones just mess with your head. Last summer I had a brief period of horror invincibility. I'm not quite sure what did it, I think it depends on who I am with. I had a horror movie marathon with a different advocate over the summer who does not scare as easily and I think that caused me to relax a bit, that and she threatened to punch me if I screamed. I tried to be the same kind of leader as her when I watch horror movies with other friends now but I just can't seem to keep up my courageous facade! I desperately need some more training. At one point I was able to succesfully watch The Grudge, The Ring 2, and Paranormal Activity consecutively without being phased. And then I fell asleep, no nightmares included! It was amazing, but I did slightly miss the thrill of being scared, I just wish it didn't result in my imagination exaggerating the events and scaring me more. My breaking point was being forced to watch I Am Legend on a bus full of high-schoolers. I hate that movie and always will. The sad part is that it isn't even a horror movie! Anyway the mutated humans just scare me to death, and with that I had an epiphany: mutated humans/cannibals are my biggest fear! Carnivorous animals don't bother me, and regular cannibals don't bother me, but when it comes to mutants and creatures you can count on me to scream myself hoarse. So yeah, I Am Legend, Quarantine, and other movies of that sort are sure to scare me. Quartantine is probably the scariest movie that I have ever seen. I categorize zombies as mutated humans so that makes sense, I suppose. Anyway there is a ton of gore and suspense and tension, and the worst part is that the zombie disease is airborne. It's a mutated form of Rabies, how gross is that? Rabid humans eating other humans all trapped in a small apartment complex with a little dog named Martini. In a completely different direction I find it amusing how people tend to care more about the survival of the victims pets in movies rather than the victim themself. I admit to doing this, I have a soft spot for animals seeing as I own a dog. I am always more upset when a dog gets hurt than when a human does. That is why I refuse to watch Paranormal Activity 2. I was planning on watching it in theaters until I heard that there was a dog. Then I immediately decided that I would never watch it. Something bad always happens to the dog or cat first. It's horrible. So in yet another direction I will close up this blog with some advice when watching horror movies: try to refrain from screaming, it scares everyone in the room. Think about how stupid the main character is for just standing in the middle of a haunted cornfield rather then screaming at them to move their butt! Do not watch a movie in the dark, alone, in a cold basement. You are setting yourself up for nightmares. And finally don't dwell on what happened in the movie! Even if it is "based" off a true story it is almost completely fabricated. Don't let your imagination let you think that it is more than it is. Take this advice and you can be the one yelling at people to shut up rather than the one being yelled at.