I like your name.
Did you ever really find an answer to your question about how horror effects people?

Did you ever notice how most horror lovers(not all!)
have had tramatic things happen to them?
I think it's because we know the bad guy on screen and we know they will eventually get what they deserve...it's pure justice-something that never seems to occur in RL.

Not quite yet. I'm still kind of thinking over what I want to ask and seeing if anyone would be comfortable with the interview. And, to answer your question, poetic justice has always really been a big part of horror since horror stories spring from pretty similar ideological roots as medieval morality plays if you trace it back far enough in mythology.

That makes a lot of sense, now that you mention it...I guess I never gave it too much thought...but yeah...if you read about people's stories on here...seems like everyone had their fair share of trauma. Good observation Nova. You get an A++++ and a sticker.:D

It really does make sense. I do believe that is partly why I am a horror fan; horror films are therapeutic in their own way. A safe way of exorcising your demons, so to speak.

Anyway, my name is Jennifer, I am 27 years old. I have dreams of someday being a published writer, but I can't swear that I have any genuine talent. I did have one traumatic event in my past that certainly helped shape who I am today; sexual abuse at the hands of a neighbor when I was very young. I have been a horror fan since I was child. I am more than a little morbid....but I am also genuinely "nice" person. I happened upon HDC while searching for information for a short story I was writing at the time. And I immediately joined up.

I too have noticed that some people here had traumatic things happen. I however haven't. I just love horror. I like finding 1 that makes me crinkle my nose in disgust or say something like " oh gross", or jump. Which it takes a lot for me to do those things. ( the jumping thing is very rare) Most horror movies, I laugh or say " hell yea" ( like the way someone was killed)

Opposite? As in you were the cause of someone else's traumatic experience that led them to horror? J/k I know what ya mean.

LOL!!! I do have a friend on this forum, we are members of another forum as well, she told a story on the other forum that would blow everyone away!

link me up!

Cool. I'll take a look around there later. I hope I don't become addicted to that place to. I was instantly addicted when I came here. It would be cool if this place had a chat. Or does it?

I think there's also something really cathartic when you're a traumatized person about writing horror or showing people horror movies, because it expresses things people wouldn't understand unless they were there. I tried to explain to my fiancee what it was like growing up around ghosts, and it was extremely difficult. There's not much that gets at the feeling of being a three year old seeing someone hang on the appletree outside your window, but when I showed her Poltergeist, she understood what it was like being around ghosts and death as you grow up. Even if you tried, you couldn't slap an adult hard enough to show them how it feels to be slapped as a child. In a theater or with friends or beside a lover in bed watching the films, you give them an intimacy and understanding that it's otherwise difficult to explain. Plus, as Nova said, it's a place where you get to see justice being served, which is not a luxury abused and traumatized children really get. Every monster we see on screen is the devil we can't quite be certain is waiting for the people that sinned against us.

Very well put doc

Thanks. I'm just amazed that people on this forum think about where people's tastes come from and care who each other are too. That's pretty new.It's quite a change from people who don't know each other sitting around claiming that each other's poems are insincere with no context at all. Actual human beings rock.

I'll definately second that ACTUAL human beings rock...it's tricky finding them...but when you do, it's worth the effort.

Total Agreement
Besides the fake ones are so messy:(


*and, is my sticker of princesses and unicorns?>:D

as a fake person i take exception to this - i'm very neat and orderly (well, in a completely artificial sort of way)!

tsktsktsk

You fake people and your damn lies
Not messy....tsktsktsk
*shakes head*

LMAO - (my god she knows the truth!!!)

I infiltrated your ranks when I was a young chick....I know ALL your devious plots and schemes:mad:

eeekkk - i've been infiltrated by novarku (i feel so. . . dirty)

:eek:

I went to an AA meeting once.

ONCE.

It was the most depressing hour of my life. It made me want to drink. very very sad. When you sit and listen to people like that your life doesnt really seem that bad after all.

Me and a friend went to one once also,back in my 20's.
It was kinda nice because everyone was so friendly,but I did hear alot of really sad stories as well.
After hearing all that ,we realized we weren't exactly alcoholics,just people that liked to party.
If I never had another drop-that would fine.
But I enjoy having a buzz when it's the proper time and place-yes I do!:D

OK, I guess I'll join in:

My real name is Margie, I'm 46, never been married, have no kids. I live on the East Coast of the US with my best friend and her youngest son who I credit with saving me from an abusive relationship. I'm an office manager for a company that does power plant contracting and engineering and I've been here for almost four years. In March of next year I'm hoping to go to England for the first time in my life, which would be fulfilling a lifelong dream for me. As you can see from my avatar, I lost my cat Taylor recently (August). He was my furry child and I loved him more than anything and I still miss him like crazy. I've been a horror movie fan since I was a small child. I remember going to Saturday matinees to see horror movies. I think I was looking for a website that listed all horror movies ever made and that's how I ended up here. I've always enjoyed the conversations I've had with people here and that's why I stay.

Hey TM,do me a favor and go to 'Poetry is an Art Form,Right?'
Read the last poem I wrote and tell me what you think..be honest.
I already know it's mildly crappy since no one made ANY comments.
But I think you might relate to the subject.


I really like this thread SKOOFX,I love everything everybody has written about themself.
It seems like we all are really being a 'community'.

I guess i'll tell more...AS i said before, my name is Maggie, i'm 22, and i'm a libra!! I' a CNA, dont really like it, but.. I went to college for early childhood education, didnt like it, quit! I would like to go back and maybe go into nursing. I found this place and fell in love with everyone, i'm now addicted!!!:p

Yeah... why is that, do we think?

:confused:

I like this thread too!!! It's nice to get to know more about everyone!!:)

I think it's pretty much the status quo nowadays. Unfortunately, instead of progressing, I think we're just getting more and more violent. Just my personal opinion.

I grew up in Chicago in the 50's. My parents drank a lot and dumped my two older brothers and I off at the corner movie theater to babysit us. Opened at 10am, closed at 1 am. There, starting at age 5, I sat through those 50's horror movies over and over and over, with my brothers making me sit by myself two or three rows ahead of them, shooting me with rubber bands and paper clips (and endured my fair share of those pervs sitting one seat away from the aisle with a paper bag - learned that early).

But it was those movies, which seem so harmless now. I fainted at the end of Village of the Damned when the children's eyeballs floated up to the sky. I was frozen at the back wall of the theater at the time. I cried with fear at the original House on Haunted Hill with the skeleton, witcy woman in the basement, and acid pit. Spent many a night with covers over my head because of Christopher Lee's red vampire eyes. Pit and the Pendulum with Barbara Steele's eyes as she was left in the Iron Maiden. Anyone ever see Mondo Cane (something like that). Horrified me. Kept cutting off a guys limbs. I've got 40 or 50 more paragraphs, but I think I've given a good hint why I came to this forum.

Thank you TM!!:)

:) :) :)

You're welcome, sweetie!:) ;)

Of course not. In fact, I'm taking my sticker back. You ask too many damn questions ;):p

I was CNA while I studied in the LPN Program.
I also floated as a Phelbotimist.
Took 2 weeks of the EMT training(I quit after my teacher asked me if I would be able to handle seeing someone's face hanging off at a scene...UH-NO)
I did a few other things in the med world as well.
If you do become a nurse-kudos to you baby,You are a stronger person than I:)

I know what EMT is, but what are the other two? CNA & LPN At 1st, I was thinking CNA as CNN & I was really confused. Then I came to the conclusion that it's not news but that I really have no clue.

OK Thanks. :)

you guys make me wanna reach in an just hug ya's ..em so weepy right now..
this is so nice.

sok..raped by father going onto 12th birthday...
raped beaten ..raped beaten...continuous for hours till i managed to run away to my eldest brother..
went to cop 1st but cos dad was a pillar in the community..i was a little liar..go figure.
had child to father when i was 12 going 13..
not quite having period yet so didnt know that i wasnt getting fat cos i ate like a pig..
out came a little girl after having all these weird tummy cramps..
brother takes baby n brings up as own and looks after me too..sending me to school n becoming my custodian..
treats me like queen..but still kicks my ass.
Teaches me that trust no one :)
thats me !!

i forgot ...
gets good education..
all paid for by brother..meet boy ..fall in love...marry.
boy leaves me for bestfriend..
stay single for years till i meet hubby now..
EM STUCK!!
now thats me :D

:eek: oh............. my......................god