SCARY MOVIES AND BOOKS
by KC Hilton
When it comes to
horror movies and books, I stay clear of them. I’m a regular
scaredy-cat! I even sleep with a nightlight! Ohhh, but there
are reasons for my fear, but I’ll get to that in just a moment.
Recently, I’ve tried to break the scary feelings and have read a
few books. I’ve always wondered how a person could read a
scary/horror book without shutting their eyes, lol. I started with
reading Graveminder by Melissa Marr. OK, this was a great book
and I got through it, without any permanent damage, so I decided to
read another book, Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter. I made it
through the Twilight series, so I thought I could handle this book.
OK, it was a great book! I seriously loved it, but let me just say,
it took me four days to read it and the first two nights I was scared
to go to bed, lol. When I did finally go to bed, I pulled the covers
nearly over my head! With all the facts woven into a Vampire story,
well… It had me believing in Vampires! Yeah, it took me a while to
get over it but I’m still here. Now, I want to see the movie! I’m
not sure how that’s going to go, but I’m willing to give it a
try.
On television, there is a channel that
has a series about Ghost Stories. Now, I can watch those during the
day, but not in the evening. Why? Because it’ll be the last thing
on my mind when I go to bed! Needless to say, I wouldn’t get much
sleep.
But why am I so afraid of scary books
and movies? It goes back to my childhood. I blame it all on my
father. It’s true! It’s funny really, but it seeded something in
my mind and I can’t break it. When I was a young girl the horror
movies like, Halloween (Michael Myers), Friday the 13th
(Jason) and Nightmare on Elm St. (Freddy Krueger) were big hits. My
brother and I had an early bedtime, like most kids do, but the
problem was, my bedroom wall shared with the living room wall. In
fact, my headboard was on that same wall. My father would watch the
scary movies at night, thinking it was fine because the kids were in
bed. I heard all the scary music, which usually lead up to the
horrible screams. I started sleeping with a nightlight!
