Scary Movies

I have never been one to enjoy scary movies or Thrillers. I guess it's because my imagination gets going and I can't stop thinking about it. Which is why I choose not to watch movies like that because they affect me too much. I'm 22 years old. I should not have to sleep with a night light on just because I'm terrified. I think it's also because I don't like to feel scared or anxious. I like to be surrounded by happiness and love.

This post was inspired because Saturday night Kyle and I were at the store after going out to dinner. We stopped at the Red Box machine to see what movies they had that we may have wanted to see. Our original choice was Inception. But while looking through the selection of movies, Kyle came across Nightmare on Elm St., which is a movie on my "DO NOT WATCH" list. When I was in elementary school, I was enrolled in before and after school daycare. One afternoon, the teachers at the daycare made the decision to show the kids, one of the original Nightmare on Elm St. movies, and Child's Play, one of the original Chucky movies. Now, what possessed them to show those movies in a daycare, I will never know, but they did not force the younger kids, like myself, to leave the room. So, wanting to hang out with my big brother, I watched those movies. Let me tell you, I wouldn't play with my dolls for months, and had to sleep with the light on for years. So, now that you have an explanation for my fear of horror movies, we'll go back to Saturday night. So Kyle spotted the movie, and I also spotted Twilight Saga: Eclipse. I haven't seen it at all, so I have been wanting to rent it, only to be disappointed that it was gone before I could rent it. I asked Kyle if we could rent that along with Inception and I would watch it by myself, since he is not into movies like that. He said "I'll make you a deal. You can get your 'Twilight' movie AND I'll watch it with you, IF we can rent Nightmare on Elm St. and you watch it with me." Now, I'm one for compromises, but I've learned to watch my "chick flicks" alone because Kyle doesn't like them, so if I was to watch this movie with him, I was definitely going to hold him to watching Eclipse with me.

So I watched it. And I regret watching it because since I watched it, my nerves have been on edge. I am scared to go to the bathroom, to walk back to the bedrooms, and pretty much scared to be without Kyle. Luckily, I didn't have any nightmares that night, but I didn't sleep well at all. I woke yesterday from a restless sleep. Kyle and I came out to have breakfast and he was going to find some cartoons on Netflix to put on for Ashton. Well, he didn't really look very hard because he ended up putting on the Thriller "Frozen." Not a good movie to watch if your nerves are already on edge. This time I decided to leave the room, and was glad I did, because I don't think I could have handled it. Just hearing it added to my anxiety.

Now it came time to watch Eclipse. He sat with me but the whole time said "This is gay," or would just talk and distract me from the movie. I wasn't able to really get into it and enjoy the movie. I will definitely be either renting or buying it and watching it by myself while the boys are asleep.

So basically, I have decided to write off scary movies completely. I know Kyle enjoys them, and he can watch them any time he wants to. I will go to a haunted house with him, because the thing with that is it doesn't mess with my brain. From now on only movies that make me happy!