you're going to need a bigger boat

[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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[seraphcelene]

My dad's girlfriend, on the other hand, tells me that her mother used to drag her to violent horror movies when she was little because her mother couldn't watch them alone. Dude, that's really really wrong. Really.

[thawrecka]

I agree so very much. And it explains why my dad's girlfriend never understands that in depth discussion of what she did that day in the burns unit isn't dinner table conversation.