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I don't scare easily.
From the ages of 12-16, I read every single Stephen King book ever, and then kept up a steady diet of King, buying a book every time it was released. Because I liked his writing and his themes, not because I was ever scared of anything he wrote. I've never seen a movie that scared me, either. I've watched Scream, Halloween, Nightmare on Elm Street, Night of the Living Dead, The Exorcist (when it was re-released on the big screen), The Ring, Saw, The Grudge, and several incarnations of Dracula movies (and many others when the chance arises) because I was assured those movies were frightening.
I alternately laughed and rolled my eyes. In a few memorable instances, I yelled at the screen because the characters were so fucking stupid. I'm not scared of supernatural things at all, and the slasher films don't do anything to build suspense because it seems like the killers in those films always have some sort of supernatural speed or strength or something. Plus, I read about real serial killers on crimelibrary.com and I watch A&E shows (you know, about real killers and real cold cases and real CSI folks, not the alternately glamorized and retarded shows currently on television). Gore doesn't disturb me. Cheap camera tricks don't catch me up. The most I will ever experience is a twinge of surprise.
But I'm always searching for that one film that finally hits me where I live. I want to be scared. I'm sure it's possible. Last year, I saw the excellent Joshua at the Sundance Festival. It was a really good film. Suspenseful and enthralling, but I didn't walk away really scared. Though I would definitely recommend that movie to anybody. Especially if you love Sam Rockwell. That was one of the few movies I didn't want to end because I loved his character so much, I wanted to marry him.
Anyway, tonight we went and saw Romero's George Romero's Diary of the Dead, as part of the Sundance Festival.
This movie scared the ever living fuck out of me.
Seriously.
I will be finalizing my escape plans for the Zombie Apocalypse. And I will probably not sleep again, ever. Amazing acting. Amazing story. It was clearly a movie close to Romero's heart, and clearly a small-budget affair (5 million total). But small budget in the best possible way. And most of that probably went to awesome, kick-ass special effects.
I could write more. But why bother? All you need to know is that it scared the fuck out of me. Also, if you live near Salt Lake, you're welcome to join my escape party.
From the ages of 12-16, I read every single Stephen King book ever, and then kept up a steady diet of King, buying a book every time it was released. Because I liked his writing and his themes, not because I was ever scared of anything he wrote. I've never seen a movie that scared me, either. I've watched Scream, Halloween, Nightmare on Elm Street, Night of the Living Dead, The Exorcist (when it was re-released on the big screen), The Ring, Saw, The Grudge, and several incarnations of Dracula movies (and many others when the chance arises) because I was assured those movies were frightening.
I alternately laughed and rolled my eyes. In a few memorable instances, I yelled at the screen because the characters were so fucking stupid. I'm not scared of supernatural things at all, and the slasher films don't do anything to build suspense because it seems like the killers in those films always have some sort of supernatural speed or strength or something. Plus, I read about real serial killers on crimelibrary.com and I watch A&E shows (you know, about real killers and real cold cases and real CSI folks, not the alternately glamorized and retarded shows currently on television). Gore doesn't disturb me. Cheap camera tricks don't catch me up. The most I will ever experience is a twinge of surprise.
But I'm always searching for that one film that finally hits me where I live. I want to be scared. I'm sure it's possible. Last year, I saw the excellent Joshua at the Sundance Festival. It was a really good film. Suspenseful and enthralling, but I didn't walk away really scared. Though I would definitely recommend that movie to anybody. Especially if you love Sam Rockwell. That was one of the few movies I didn't want to end because I loved his character so much, I wanted to marry him.
Anyway, tonight we went and saw Romero's George Romero's Diary of the Dead, as part of the Sundance Festival.
This movie scared the ever living fuck out of me.
Seriously.
I will be finalizing my escape plans for the Zombie Apocalypse. And I will probably not sleep again, ever. Amazing acting. Amazing story. It was clearly a movie close to Romero's heart, and clearly a small-budget affair (5 million total). But small budget in the best possible way. And most of that probably went to awesome, kick-ass special effects.
I could write more. But why bother? All you need to know is that it scared the fuck out of me. Also, if you live near Salt Lake, you're welcome to join my escape party.
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