I went through a period in my early teen years where I could watch scary movies over and over again and be perfectly fine. In Jr High, the last day of school in our drama class, our teacher did a movie trivia game and in the final round, we got to pick the movie we thought we knew the best. I buried my competition with my knowledge of Scream.
But for some reason, the older I got the more afraid I was of horror movies. But a specific brand of horror movies. Every Halloween Matt and I have a Saw movie marathon and then we go to the theatre and watch the new one that came out that week. I'm fine with it. What I'm NOT fine with are the movies about spirits, demons and dead things coming back to life (and not in the Dawn of the Dead variety). I'm also terrified of dead Asians thanks to movies like The Grudge.
But, against my better judgment I still watch the stupid things anytime Matt puts one on. He goads me into it.
A few months ago after I went to bed, Matt decided to stay up and watch Paranormal Activity.
The following morning I was met by pleadings to watch the movie with him. He insisted that it was like The Ring, and that only after he showed someone else could the terror leave his own mind. He even agreed to let me rub it in his face for a whole year if I did. Despite warnings from my friends on Facebook, I watched it with him in the bright and sunny afternoon.
I sat in the recliner and Matt took the couch because we have a rule that we can't sit together while watching scary movies. This rule came about after watching What Lies Beneath when we were sixteen and after getting scared, I accidentally stabbed Matt in the head with one of the metal butterfly clips I had in my hair.
Me: This is stupid. I can't believe you were afraid of this.
Matt: I watched it in the dark, on the computer 5 inches away from my face.
I was victorious. I watched a scary movie and came out untouched while it was Matt who was left scared.
So the other night I went to bed early and made it through my usual before bed routine. I undressed, brushed my hair, turned out the light and flicked on my cell phone to guide my to my side of the bed. As I was walking I was reminded of that movie. I was also reminded that my closet door was open behind me and that I hadn't looked under my bed in quite some time.
Despite all my natural instincts that tell me there's nothing going to jump out and grab me, I thought, "Well the bed is safe, so even if there's no monsters in my room, the faster I get in bed, the better off I'll be." And so I jumped.
Mid air I thought: "Success! Eat this monsters/demons/dead Asians and evil creatures!"
And then I landed.
CRACK. CRACK. CRACK!
And I couldn't move.
I immediately called Matt from the other room begging for help and pain killers asap. Explaining the situation was not helping.
Matt: What happened?
Me: I jumped into bed and I think I cracked my ribs. Now I can't move.
Matt: Why did you jump into bed.
Me: Let's leave that conversation for later.
Matt: No, why did you jump into bed?
Me: *sigh* Because the room looked like Paranormal Activity and the bed is safe. So I had to get there fast.
Matt: The bed is NOT safe in Paranormal Activity. The girl actually gets attacked while she's in the bed.
Me: Shut up and help me.
Several fractured ribs later I'm beginning to wonder if I should just stop watching scary movies regardless of what anyone else says. That or get a lamp on my side of the bed.
I have not gotten an X-ray yet, but I assume it'll look something like this:
But with broken ribs.
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I creep myself out enough on my own so I don't go anywhere near scary movies. Hope the ribs feel better soon!!
I never learn my lesson. Oh! And you know what I thought was messed up? The trailer for Paranormal Activity 2 was in front of Twilight: Eclipse! How messed up is that?
I was so pissed about this! We were expecting Harry Potter trailers and such, not Paranormal Activity! I avoid scary movies at all cost. Even as a teen, I was faking it when I acted like it didn't bother me. "I Know What You Did Last Summer" was the scariest thing ever... the dude spent all day waiting in her closet!!!!! I know he only cut her hair, but still, he could have done A-N-Y-T-H-I-N-G.
Seriously. I have no idea why they had that ad before Eclipse. I was like "Huh, this looks familiar," and then nearly screamed when I realised what it was and I hid my head in Matt's shoulder (which scared him because of the Butterfly incident.)
oh i had nights like this - but learned my lessons.... my cousin and i used to walk through the forest and tell each other horror stories - and when it got dark we were so afraid that we freaked out...
Seriously. I am not an active person, but moving alone in the dark will get me running like an Olympic sprinter!
I've never fractured ribs, but I have totally done a frantic sprint down the hall to my bedroom after I turn the light off. Just in case there's anything from The Grudge or the freaky chick from The Ring behind me. :)
This is why I do not watch any scary movies ever. They're dangerous.
I absolutely cannot do scary movies. They freak me out and I can't sleep for weeks! And the bed is ALWAYS safe. As long as your toes don't peek over the edge.
I'm honestly terrified of The Grudge. My husband used to make the sound from the movie and it would bring me to tears.
I don't even like to watch previews for scary movies! Have you seen the one for that new exercism movie? Freaky.
OMG Yes! I am not ashamed to admit that I covered my eyes and asked Matt to tell me when it was over.
Recently my daughter had a toy whose batteries were dying...it made a noise very similar to that Grudge sound! It took me a week to find that creepy thing.
I would have moved.
During our honeymoon, I had been telling my husband about this first person horror movie I had watched a year ago and how much scarier it was in first person, with the cameraman being a character. I don't watch horror movies but he was curious so watched it on his own late one evening.
Apparently there were two big first person filmed horror movies put out in 2008, one is about monstors invading long island, new york, and long island is quarantined and cut off at the bridges. This movie is NOT called quarantine, it is called cloverfield. Quarantine is an entirely different movie, also in first person, about people who get this strand of rabies virus and begin eating each other.
My husband only has two actual fears, dogs he dosent know (due to being attacked twice by dogs as a child) and rabies. A serious, trembling, dont-even-joke-about-it fear of rabies. My poor husband spent the rest of the night in our room watching mindless cartoons and making sure every cupboard and closet within sight was closed. When he did sleep he woke up with nightmares.
I felt sooooooo bad. Thank God animals don't actually carry rabies here in Australia, or he wouldn't have left the apartment the next day!
The scariest part of Paranormal Activity to me was the girl just freaking standing there in the middle of the night over the boyfriend for like 2 hours. SO creepy! I love horror movies a lot, but I used to be much braver when I was younger, too. About a year ago or so, I made the mistake of watching the movie The Strangers at home all alone in my bedroom. I'm not lying when I tell you that I got so ridiculously scared that I almost called 911. I'm not kidding. And when I told my friends about this they laughed at me and said that movie was totally like a joke and not at all scary. So I think ambience is key.
Hope your ribs are okay! Ouch.
I think most of us have done the jump at one point or another in our lives, but I don't think there are a lot of people who are ready to openly write about that on their blogs. Well written!! Love love love it, but I'm sorry to hear about the crack crack. Hope it feels better soon and you can go back to the image in the X-ray as you posted - without the broken ribs :-)
HRH Mommy
http://mformommy.blogspot.com
hahaha i totally laughed out loud - still am! I did not see that hot xray picture coming! LOL
Paranormal Activity gave me the major willies!
Paranormal Activity was awesome. Hubby hopped on Google right after we watched it to make sure it wasn't real. LOL!!!
ugh...we just watched this movie two days ago..actually I bailed about 15 mins in..I knew I would be having scary moments for years to come if I watched.
I am still not over Blair Witch..shuddddder.
I still jump into bed sometimes. Especially on nights when my boyfriend works closing and I go to bed before he gets home. The Grudge had me freaked out for a bit, which I watched alone while my ex-hub was deployed. Especially since the gal got attacked in bed in that one, too. :S Creepy farcking Asians.
I also spent $15 on larger MagLite flashlight so I'd have something long, heavy duty, and illuminating that doubles as a baton. Outside, in the pitch dark scares the snap out of me.
But, I'm obviously sick in the head. I'm already making a mental note of scary movies I need to watch while the boyfriend works a closing shift and the kids are in bed. He won't watch them because he "thinks horror movies are so stupid."
I know I read this before, but I hadn't seen the movie. I thought it was pretty lame. We don't have a rule about sitting together during scary movies because my husband doesn't watch them. (I consider myself a connoisseur.) However, he is careful even with "Adventure" movies when sitting next to me. Guy saws his leg off. No problem. Demon possesses young woman to kill stupidest boyfriend ever. No problem. Scarab beatles eating through a guy's skin a la The Mummy. I dug my nails so hard into his leg, it twitches every time the name of that movie is mentioned. :D
I absolutely cannot do scary movies. They freak me out and I can't sleep for weeks! And the bed is ALWAYS safe. As long as your toes don't peek over the edge.
This is why I do not watch any scary movies ever. They're dangerous.
I've never fractured ribs, but I have totally done a frantic sprint down the hall to my bedroom after I turn the light off. Just in case there's anything from The Grudge or the freaky chick from The Ring behind me. :)
I still jump into bed sometimes. Especially on nights when my boyfriend works closing and I go to bed before he gets home. The Grudge had me freaked out for a bit, which I watched alone while my ex-hub was deployed. Especially since the gal got attacked in bed in that one, too. :S Creepy farcking Asians.
I also spent $15 on larger MagLite flashlight so I'd have something long, heavy duty, and illuminating that doubles as a baton. Outside, in the pitch dark scares the snap out of me.
But, I'm obviously sick in the head. I'm already making a mental note of scary movies I need to watch while the boyfriend works a closing shift and the kids are in bed. He won't watch them because he "thinks horror movies are so stupid."
ugh...we just watched this movie two days ago..actually I bailed about 15 mins in..I knew I would be having scary moments for years to come if I watched.
I am still not over Blair Witch..shuddddder.
Paranormal Activity was awesome. Hubby hopped on Google right after we watched it to make sure it wasn't real. LOL!!!
I think most of us have done the jump at one point or another in our lives, but I don't think there are a lot of people who are ready to openly write about that on their blogs. Well written!! Love love love it, but I'm sorry to hear about the crack crack. Hope it feels better soon and you can go back to the image in the X-ray as you posted - without the broken ribs :-)
HRH Mommy
http://mformommy.blogspot.com
The scariest part of Paranormal Activity to me was the girl just freaking standing there in the middle of the night over the boyfriend for like 2 hours. SO creepy! I love horror movies a lot, but I used to be much braver when I was younger, too. About a year ago or so, I made the mistake of watching the movie The Strangers at home all alone in my bedroom. I'm not lying when I tell you that I got so ridiculously scared that I almost called 911. I'm not kidding. And when I told my friends about this they laughed at me and said that movie was totally like a joke and not at all scary. So I think ambience is key.
Hope your ribs are okay! Ouch.
During our honeymoon, I had been telling my husband about this first person horror movie I had watched a year ago and how much scarier it was in first person, with the cameraman being a character. I don't watch horror movies but he was curious so watched it on his own late one evening.
Apparently there were two big first person filmed horror movies put out in 2008, one is about monstors invading long island, new york, and long island is quarantined and cut off at the bridges. This movie is NOT called quarantine, it is called cloverfield. Quarantine is an entirely different movie, also in first person, about people who get this strand of rabies virus and begin eating each other.
My husband only has two actual fears, dogs he dosent know (due to being attacked twice by dogs as a child) and rabies. A serious, trembling, dont-even-joke-about-it fear of rabies. My poor husband spent the rest of the night in our room watching mindless cartoons and making sure every cupboard and closet within sight was closed. When he did sleep he woke up with nightmares.
I felt sooooooo bad. Thank God animals don't actually carry rabies here in Australia, or he wouldn't have left the apartment the next day!
Recently my daughter had a toy whose batteries were dying...it made a noise very similar to that Grudge sound! It took me a week to find that creepy thing.
I don't even like to watch previews for scary movies! Have you seen the one for that new exercism movie? Freaky.
hahaha i totally laughed out loud - still am! I did not see that hot xray picture coming! LOL
Paranormal Activity gave me the major willies!
oh i had nights like this - but learned my lessons.... my cousin and i used to walk through the forest and tell each other horror stories - and when it got dark we were so afraid that we freaked out...
Seriously. I have no idea why they had that ad before Eclipse. I was like "Huh, this looks familiar," and then nearly screamed when I realised what it was and I hid my head in Matt's shoulder (which scared him because of the Butterfly incident.)
I was so pissed about this! We were expecting Harry Potter trailers and such, not Paranormal Activity! I avoid scary movies at all cost. Even as a teen, I was faking it when I acted like it didn't bother me. "I Know What You Did Last Summer" was the scariest thing ever... the dude spent all day waiting in her closet!!!!! I know he only cut her hair, but still, he could have done A-N-Y-T-H-I-N-G.
I never learn my lesson. Oh! And you know what I thought was messed up? The trailer for Paranormal Activity 2 was in front of Twilight: Eclipse! How messed up is that?
I creep myself out enough on my own so I don't go anywhere near scary movies. Hope the ribs feel better soon!!
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