|
I think this is pretty common for nearly everyone on this forum. After a certain age, or a certain quantity of horror films, you simply become... immune to them. I think most of us watch horror not exactly to be frightened (although we all secretly wish we could feel that again.) but for numerous other reasons.
I remember being frightened by just about anything when I was little. I walked in on one of the Leprechaun sequels my parents were watching when I was 5, and had nightmares involving Leprechauns for a good two years (no exaggeration...) afterward. I'd get a sick thrill out of stealing my Uncle's VHS tapes and watching People Under the Stairs, IT, House, and so on. I also had an immense fear for two of Shredder's henchman in one of the Ninja Turtles movies.
What 'scares' me today is not so much your typical horror, but rather true crime. Stuff that really happened, and is still happening, more frequently then you'd like to think. The thought that at any time someone could be watching you also freaks me out. I've had nightmares, as if my vision was a security camera, watching an intruder watch me sleep. Circling the room. That stuff freaks me out.
When I leave me room for a late night snack or to use the bathroom, I run past three open rooms which are pitch-black. I never look in, but always imagine someone there, someone about to reach out and touch my shoulder. I also admit to having to check around my room, and yes, I do check the closet.
Maybe this fear came from having an intruder once... although I never actually saw him. Nothing was stolen. We came in the house one night from doing groceries and everything seemed fine. Went back to the car to lug more stuff in, and noticed a difference. In between trip 1 and trip 2 the patio door had been opened, and the dogs from the neighbors behind and to the left of us went into a barking rage. The large window in the back room (which we were using for storage purposes at the time) had the screen ripped out of it. We assumed it was an intruder, but we never really knew.
Media-wise, almost anything that is filmed realistically frightens me. The Blair Witch Project, for example. The Poughkepsie Tapes and REC look like potential frighteners as well. Silent Hill, the video game franchise, also frightens me.
|