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[seraphcelene]

I remember sneaking out of bed as a kid, hiding behind the living room couch and watching the movies my Mom was watching but wouldn't let ME watch. In retrospect, that wasn't such a good idea. I was scarred. Thank you, Bravo Channel, for reminding me.

100 Scariest Movie Moments recalled to me the fact that an 8-year old really shouldn't be watching the Jaws movies or The Shining, Exorcist or Texas Chain Saw Massacre. Exorcist, I think I was actually 12 and I remember my Mom warning me that I really didn't want to watch that, but I did it anyway. I remember that I was totally freaked out, I do not, however, actually remember the movie. Obviously, I have blocked it out. I've also blocked out most of The Shining. The unfortunate part? I was so young that now, at the grand old age of 29, I can't seem to get myself to re-watch these movies. I Freak Out at the thought.

I'm planning to give Exorcist a shot this weekend in honor of Halloween, an experiment. However, I can't promise NOT to get freaked out within the first ten minutes and turn the channel.

Yeah, I'm a punk. I know.

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[diachrony.livejournal.com]

Seriously, dude.

You wrote that thing about Darla. You know, the thing that gives me daymares and shit?

No I'm not going to elaborate. But you write a bunch of terrifying stuff and then you turn out to be a big weenie who can't watch scary movies, OMG.

Ha ha!

Well, when I was a kid, I was scarred for life by watching "The Wizard of Oz." The part where the house fell on a witch and her feet turned up at the tips and shriveled and pulled under the house? I had nightmares for weeks. I dreamed about witches chasing me and I couldn't run fast enough AAAAAAAAA -

You're so nuts, but in a cute way. ;)

I didn't see "Exorcist" (bad parts anyway) till I was grown up, and my reaction to it now is total irritation that they're *trying* to freak me out by being as gross and nasty as possible.

I saw "The Shining" as an adult too. I guess that was pretty creepy (I kept thinking how it wasn't like that in the book, but it was creepy). I haven't seen the others you mention, but pictures of Pinhead are scary enough!

I kinda tend to get annoyed rather than scared by most supernatural horror movies. I like the really spooky & subtle ones like "The Others," or the fun spoofs like "Sean of the Dead."

What really scares me so I won't watch them are movies about serial killers (non-supernatural stuff). Like "Se7en." Scariest movie I ever saw, and I wish I hadn't!

[seraphcelene]

Hee! I can't believe you called me on that. What can I say, deep down I'm a big ole chicken with a wacky imagination.

I loved Wizard of Oz when I was a kid, although that whole witch melting, house falling thing is pretty dark but I don't think I realized that until I got much older. The flying monkeys are what got me, though! OH! Gosh, in the woods and then they scattered all the Scarecrow all over the forest floor. I hated those damn monkeys. Creepy! Creepy!!

Oh, and clowns. I hate clowns with those shoes and the perpetually smiling faces. Oh, no!

And just for the record, I don't think you can ever run fast enough from witches, it's the broomsticks, you know. *shudders*

See, I like ambiance, better than straight out horror. So, I loved The Others. My favorite scary movies are Poltergeist, Jaws and The Birds. Man, The Birds freaked me out and I was in my second year at uni the first time I saw it. I couldn't watch it by myself. Did you ever notice that there is NO MUSIC in that movie? The soundtrack is the sound the birds make. I went to UCSB and there were alot of gulls on campus because we were *right* on the ocean. Dude, every time I saw a huge flock of gulls I had to find an alternate route to get wherever I was going. I Did Not Trust Them, yo! No way. Birds will Kill you.