Frances is the biggest girly wimp in the world
It's true. I am. I am so easily scared it's untrue. I know this from long experience of watching films, whether intentionally scary or not, and getting severely affected by them. I'm sure it's because I have a highly developed/overactive imagination (depending on your point of view) and get all involved. The boundaries between fantasy and reality do tend to get a tad blurred at times :) I remember when I used to have more time to write stories, sometimes I'd have a go at writing ghost stories or scary stories and have to stop after a bit because I was freaking myself out. So if I can scare myself with something out of my own head then what chance do I stand with films? Not much.
Mind you, the film we went to see last night was spectacularly scary. I know this because Nick was scared, and he does not have an overactive imagination and it takes a lot to freak him out. I know that when I tell people about this I will get a load of people going "No way, I saw The Ring and it was *so* not scary" because people always do that.
All I can say is, if you weren't scared by The Ring then you are obviously superhuman and completely fearless. Either that or you were watching something else. I had nightmares last night and I had my eyes closed through most of the really nasty bits. I reckon I should only pay half price to go and watch these sort of films because I don't actually see half of them :)
God. It's been a long time since I actually had nightmares off a film though. It was awful last night, because I went to sleep lying on my front and I don't know how long I'd been asleep, but all I can remember now is just having the image of this girls face being right in front of mine and she was just looking at me and I was so frightened I actually stopped breathing and woke myself up. I also woke Nick up by wailing at him, so he sleepily tried to put his arm round me to be all comforting and all I could see was his hand hanging over me menacingly, so I screamed and grabbed hold of it, which woke him up even more :) It's all good fun.
Anyway. All of this means that I am never going to watch another scary film as long as I live. I should know better. I hate them and I know I hate them, they make me jumpy for days and I'm not watching them anymore. Though in some ways I'm better than I used to be. I watched The Woman In Black when I was about 12 and that gave me nightmares on and off for about two years. Then, just as it had stopped scaring me, we had to watch the bloody thing in an english lesson and I was scared for another two years. I object to mean ghosts whose entire purpose is to kill people, it's not on.
Sigh. Anyway. If I try to go and watch a scary film again, someone shoot me :P
Mind you, the film we went to see last night was spectacularly scary. I know this because Nick was scared, and he does not have an overactive imagination and it takes a lot to freak him out. I know that when I tell people about this I will get a load of people going "No way, I saw The Ring and it was *so* not scary" because people always do that.
All I can say is, if you weren't scared by The Ring then you are obviously superhuman and completely fearless. Either that or you were watching something else. I had nightmares last night and I had my eyes closed through most of the really nasty bits. I reckon I should only pay half price to go and watch these sort of films because I don't actually see half of them :)
God. It's been a long time since I actually had nightmares off a film though. It was awful last night, because I went to sleep lying on my front and I don't know how long I'd been asleep, but all I can remember now is just having the image of this girls face being right in front of mine and she was just looking at me and I was so frightened I actually stopped breathing and woke myself up. I also woke Nick up by wailing at him, so he sleepily tried to put his arm round me to be all comforting and all I could see was his hand hanging over me menacingly, so I screamed and grabbed hold of it, which woke him up even more :) It's all good fun.
Anyway. All of this means that I am never going to watch another scary film as long as I live. I should know better. I hate them and I know I hate them, they make me jumpy for days and I'm not watching them anymore. Though in some ways I'm better than I used to be. I watched The Woman In Black when I was about 12 and that gave me nightmares on and off for about two years. Then, just as it had stopped scaring me, we had to watch the bloody thing in an english lesson and I was scared for another two years. I object to mean ghosts whose entire purpose is to kill people, it's not on.
Sigh. Anyway. If I try to go and watch a scary film again, someone shoot me :P