Scary stuff….

I've been on a horror movie kick lately. The other night, Don and I watched The Ring, one of my all time favorites. And although I remember being viscerally creeped out by that movie, what impressed me the most was how smart it felt. This second time, I still really liked it. Liked how all the pieces fit together and liked that it was a clever, scary movie. But this time, I wasn't scared so much as analytical. I was watching it to figure out what it was that made it so effective.

Back when we saw The Ring originally, we also saw The Grudge. I actually don't remember much about the first time I saw that one, other than that it had Sarah Michelle Gellar in it, and that's a plus since I'm such a huge Buffy fan ("Once More With Feeling" — perfect length to watch on your iphone while on an elliptical. Just so you know). But we decided we needed another scary movie, and that's the one we picked.

It scared the crap out of me.

Now, I like to be scared, but for some reason, that movie really got to me. (Of course, we watched The Grudge 2 and found it entirely lacking. Sigh.) Anyone else seen it?

What scares you? Freddy? Damien? The girl in the ring? Or something more "in the news" like The Strangers (the script gave me nightmares, but the movie didn't scare me except in the moment–afterwards, no big!)

Hmmm. Writing this post late at night and thinking scary things. Probably not the best idea.

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