tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119996845182958780.post5629077058760634499..comments2024-03-26T04:27:54.485-06:00Comments on Du Wax Loolu: Scary books scare meJesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15942269316108576622noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119996845182958780.post-86506555166298515422010-04-13T17:55:43.178-06:002010-04-13T17:55:43.178-06:00I have always thought that scary movies were scari...I have always thought that scary movies were scarier because of the music. And then if I can break them down that way, understand them, I can get through them. I don't enjoy them, but I can deal. On the other hand, I LOVED silly, "scary" books as a tween. Odd that I make that distinction, but I guess I do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119996845182958780.post-81380807142118649712010-04-13T07:35:46.785-06:002010-04-13T07:35:46.785-06:00Suspense has me curled up in a tight ball around a...Suspense has me curled up in a tight ball around a pillow - which is supposed to protect me?<br /><br />Certain medical scenes horrify me - so I bolt from the room full speed. Then it becomes D.'s turn to watch ahead, see if the horrifying event passes (which means I can return to the room) or if it continues in the plot - which means that episode is NOT Mel-friendly. <br /><br />Grey's Anatomy is notorious for making me flee the room... and I was the only one who screamed during The Village when I saw it in the theatre. I made D. check out every creak and weird shadow after we saw Paranormal Activity. That lasted weeks. Seriously - NEVER see that movie! <br /><br />I'm a wuss. :) but I sleep MUCH better that way!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119996845182958780.post-18303019778051354662010-04-11T18:07:32.332-06:002010-04-11T18:07:32.332-06:00My sister is exactly like you. She hates scary mov...My sister is exactly like you. She hates scary movies/books and refuses to participate. I'm the opposite - I love the scary adrenaline rush I get, and fantasize about how much ass-kicking I would do (HA!) if I were the person creeping around in suspenseful music.amberhttp://www.hope-revisited.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119996845182958780.post-89575891188167195412010-04-11T17:53:18.891-06:002010-04-11T17:53:18.891-06:00I am reportedly entertaining to watch scary movies...I am reportedly entertaining to watch scary movies with, because I am easily startled and scream a lot. Most books I'm not nearly so freaked by, although I have to say I don't read a ton of thrillers. Pat Conroy's latest was unexpectedly gory, and that did mess with me. And secretly I'm still mad at my mom for lending me <i>The Road</i>. Yeeesh.Jenny (Bring A. Torch)http://bringatorch.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119996845182958780.post-17935097316919085322010-04-09T21:36:06.521-06:002010-04-09T21:36:06.521-06:00Oh I have a suggestion for you! This is something ...Oh I have a suggestion for you! This is something I discovered and now I do it ALL THE TIME in scary movies/tv because it works really well!<br /><br />When scary scenes are coming up, rather than look away, I squint. My eyelashes create a sort of haze where I can see what is going to happen but I dont get scared! Even better, when the whole audience leaps out of their seat, I dont get the fright when squinting! I probably look so stupid, but it really works! Let me know if you try it.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07787260126425552298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119996845182958780.post-19079744670172687082010-04-09T19:30:30.142-06:002010-04-09T19:30:30.142-06:00I can handle books - for the most part...but I als...I can handle books - for the most part...but I also don't try to read gory, murder-mysteries. VC Andrews scared me good as a kid so I stay away. <br /><br />Movies though? i am a wreck. And so I can't really watch anything besides dopey comedies.Mollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09737883086499020291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119996845182958780.post-69434863487311546662010-04-09T19:28:56.843-06:002010-04-09T19:28:56.843-06:00Oh, no, me too. Before it went paid-subscription,...Oh, no, me too. Before it went paid-subscription, I used to consult a movie site that listed "jump scenes" among other viewing-preparedness things such as number of scenes containing blood.Swistlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13126937282657655091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119996845182958780.post-62826125316744073192010-04-09T16:48:22.817-06:002010-04-09T16:48:22.817-06:00Dude, you are not alone. Do you watch Criminal Min...Dude, you are not alone. Do you watch Criminal Minds? Did you see this week's episode? I don't want to ruin it for you just in case you do watch the show and missed this week's episode, but let me just say that at a certain point near the end of the show I literally screamed and dived under the covers. It was not my proudest moment.Hillaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10602816507915795709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119996845182958780.post-84891824748201714062010-04-09T16:03:56.995-06:002010-04-09T16:03:56.995-06:00I love scary stuff. Scary movies, thrillers, susp...I love scary stuff. Scary movies, thrillers, suspense and surprise, all of it. But what I don't like is the scared feeling I have after watching a scary movie and then incorporating those fictional scary events into my real life. <br /><br />Example:<br /><br />I slept with a baseball bat under my bed and was scared of going outside in the dark for WEEKS after watching the movie Scream.Steviehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12153149217472000710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119996845182958780.post-78031336092131850432010-04-09T12:18:09.051-06:002010-04-09T12:18:09.051-06:00Posted from wrong account, sorry!Posted from wrong account, sorry!Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04793480432068543767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119996845182958780.post-63002258165619369952010-04-09T12:09:23.843-06:002010-04-09T12:09:23.843-06:00Yeah, I don't do well with scary. I can handl...Yeah, I don't do well with scary. I can handle intense and suspenseful in small doses, but not downright scary at all. My brother used to try to scare me by climbing up the tree outside my window and knocking on it at night - and I never slept well again until I convinced my sister to switch rooms with me!Emily @ imperfecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02269735435616304770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119996845182958780.post-103193192353877962010-04-09T10:50:33.202-06:002010-04-09T10:50:33.202-06:00I can watch scary or suspenseful movies but only i...I can watch scary or suspenseful movies but only if I am not sleeping alone that night and hopefully I do not watch them right before bed!Sizzlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00182860438430294750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119996845182958780.post-36413462601607680762010-04-09T10:41:29.933-06:002010-04-09T10:41:29.933-06:00Not at all alone! I am the biggest wuss! I made ...Not at all alone! I am the biggest wuss! I made it through Twin Peaks awhile ago and wasn't too freaked out, so I figured I'd take on the Xfiles. BIG MISTAKE! I was totally terrified. I thought the dated effects, etc. would keep me from being scared. Not true.Alliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16603700427096296937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119996845182958780.post-83708702602845431372010-04-09T10:07:09.558-06:002010-04-09T10:07:09.558-06:00i sort of love scary/suspenseful movies and books....i sort of love scary/suspenseful movies and books... although i think it's almost weirder that i do like them than that you don't! <br /><br />i recently read world war z, which is an EXCELLENT book about the zombie apocalypse, but the problem was that it was SO convincing that every time i read it, i had incredibly vivid nightmares of various apocalypic scenarios (although oddly, hardly ever involving zombies). it took me ages to finish the darn thing, because i couldn't ever read it in the evenings :-)Alicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15287792370490363047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119996845182958780.post-10857917544104376722010-04-09T09:57:54.419-06:002010-04-09T09:57:54.419-06:00Oh my gosh, I think I'm probably even worse th...Oh my gosh, I think I'm probably even worse than you. No, I never ever read scary books, and I never ever watch scary movies (though I did get coerced into a couple times as a teenager by friends and boyfriends, and was too embarassed to chicken out, so I just sat there rigid with misery the entire time.) Even worse than gore is, like, psychological horror stuff. And of course anything involving kids getting hurt or kidnapped or killed, OMG. I will not sleep for days after hearing a story like that on the news or something. I kind of have to live in a bubble!<br />I think I'm just kind of fragile. The world is too hard and mean a place for me! :)Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07141742419364168878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119996845182958780.post-2890568150706594352010-04-09T08:48:54.494-06:002010-04-09T08:48:54.494-06:00I'm right with ya. I don't really like bad...I'm right with ya. I don't really like bad things happening to people I like, even if those people are fictional. And if I don't like them, and am watching/ reading about bad things happening to them, I start wondering why the hell I'm watching at all (see: "Burn After Reading." GAH.) This is right before my brain helpfully transfers all those bad things into bad things happening to people I know and love. Thanks, Brain.<br /><br />This is one reason my favorite movies are those "42 Up" etc. documentaries. No plot, no scary tension, just life as it goes along.Melospizahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02967972017593146047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119996845182958780.post-86833966456780563412010-04-09T08:31:10.937-06:002010-04-09T08:31:10.937-06:00Right in this post you mention not liking to have ...Right in this post you mention not liking to have only partial information, and yet you fail to mention the TITLE of the book. :) I am going to need that information.<br /><br />I'm also not big on scary, though I do enjoy suspense... go figure. I guess it's more a horror-scary than a suspenseful-scary that I don't like.Fiona Picklebottomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01506170190612993100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119996845182958780.post-39421020142575701382010-04-09T08:24:30.816-06:002010-04-09T08:24:30.816-06:00Ha! I;m wimpy too. I can't watch scary movies ...Ha! I;m wimpy too. I can't watch scary movies or tv. I can do a little drama/suspense, but the scary stuff is off the list for me. I get anxious, like you mentioned, and freaked out and I have all SORTS of craziness in my head whenever I watch that stuff. <br /><br />I'm a bit that way with books, and I've become more sensitive since having a daughter. I LOVED the book 'The Lovely Bones' enough to buy it, but I haven't been able to re-read it since Madeline was born because OH she's little, and the girl in the book was a little girl... you get the idea. <br /><br />Even previews for scary movies - oh, Paranormal Activity, a movie I never watched, haunted me for weeks. ::shudder::Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119996845182958780.post-86099324079184674522010-04-09T08:19:48.880-06:002010-04-09T08:19:48.880-06:00Not alone! I don't do scary movies because I h...Not alone! I don't do scary movies because I hate the moment of suspense right before something happens also. If I watch a suspenseful TV show before bed, I have to watch something mindless before I can go to sleep. Having children has only increased my over-active imagination, so there's that to look forward to.Mama Bubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04521543145593543128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119996845182958780.post-40594125180817722812010-04-09T07:54:24.878-06:002010-04-09T07:54:24.878-06:00I really don't mind scary-ish books IF I can f...I really don't mind scary-ish books IF I can finish them BEFORE I go to bed. I have enough nightmares, tyvm. <br />Scary movies are on my sh*t list. I hate them.d e v a nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02514260896810474173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119996845182958780.post-81403376598474827772010-04-09T07:49:24.914-06:002010-04-09T07:49:24.914-06:00For me, it all depends on the scary situation. I ...For me, it all depends on the scary situation. I can handle suspense and some scary movies, but especially now that I've had kids, I CANNOT handle any kind of stories/movies/whatevs with horrible things being done to children in them. Even if it's just a little minor point in the plot, I get all freaked out. THIS is why I hardly ever watch/read the news, anymore. My husband recorded the last episode of M*A*S*H recently as he had never seen it, and it was on TV. I could NOT bring myself to watch it with him--even though it was such a great episode. It freaked me out as a kid, and it most certainly would freak me out now as a mother. GAH! *shiver*CAQuincyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11821192974215349171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119996845182958780.post-6616978024024074612010-04-09T07:28:55.690-06:002010-04-09T07:28:55.690-06:00So, first, which book? Because I'm all set to...So, first, which book? Because I'm all set to read Girl With a Dragon Tatoo, and I'm a little nervous now that I've read a summary of the plot.<br /><br />I don't like scary-anything either.<br /><br />Even Law & Order can freak me out. You see, every scary image that I see, I file neatly away in my brain, for easy access the next time I'm home alone in the dark. Then, one by one, my brain replays them back to me. And I freak myself out. I've even called David before and begged him to come home.<br /><br />Like you, gun fights/explosions/chasing doesn't bother me. But violent crimes? On innocent people? Especially if they are random? NO. NO LIKE IT.<br /><br />(However, hearing that someone's creepy ex is after her is easier for me: it's not random and I don't have a creepy ex. ;)Marie Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03830798429713169174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119996845182958780.post-15070214393041220962010-04-09T07:06:40.483-06:002010-04-09T07:06:40.483-06:00Maybe that's just a sign of a good writer if t...Maybe that's just a sign of a good writer if they can inflict real-life emotions from you.<br /><br />I am a big crying baby when it comes to movies, but I rarely cry when reading similarly sad books. So, I know an author is doing something right when they move me to tears. And yes, it's happened before.Nilsa @ SoMi Speakshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08474642034399063234noreply@blogger.com