I'm not a scared-y cat! Honest!

I love this time of year!  The temperature is gradually falling...as are the beautifully colored leaves.  And tomorrow our children will be going trick or treating in their carefully thought out costumes.  I can't wait to hear "Trick or Treat!" over...and over...and over... ;)



And, as all of you know, it is also the time of year for every scary movie ever made to play on all of the applicable stations.  AMC, Spike TV, G4, Sci-fi channel... you know who you are.  It's also time for all of the new scary movies to rear their ugly heads in the theaters.  Everything from gory, bloody, slasher films to the psychological thrillers that have movie-goers jumping in their seats.

And yes...I am a seat jumper.

Over the years there have been many scary movie series.  The easy ones to think of are the Friday the 13th & Halloween series (which are now almost totally cheesy, right?).  Some of the more recent options are the Scream & I Know What You Did Last Summer series.  I loved the idea & story behind the original Scream movie-- applying rules to making a scary movie.  How many times have we all shouted at the movie screen "Why the hell is she going in there??  She's a goner...".

Well, I can advise everyone that the movie series that scares the living jamonies out of me is Paranormal Activity.  Holy crap...I mean seriously turn-my-skin-white-jump-right-out-of-my-shoes scared!

I remember watching the first movie, under a lot of personal duress.  I waited a long time to watch it because I get truly freaked out by any kind of well-made, weird psychological thriller.  And, as I had predicted, I was traumatized for weeks afterward.  I was "hearing" things making noise in the house at all hours of the night.  Little shadows & dark figures were turning into a living, breathing bad thing that was after me.  I know, I know... It seems so asinine.  But it's true!

I'm also convinced that it was after watching that movie that I became the scared-y cat that I am today.  Just ask my friends & family... they take deep pleasure in sneaking up behind me & watching me scream like I've just been nailed with a Taser gun.  It's really hilarious, I'm sure...

Now, technically speaking, since I've seen all three P.A. movies, I think the 2nd one is the best in the series.  The first movie was a good starting point-- but the second movie messed with one of the things that I love the most-- children.  I was soooo mad at this demon for wanting to hurt that baby!!  But, anyway, I really loved how they tied the two movies together.  Even though the little baby boy was taken!!!  Humph...

I was really interested to see how the writers would tie the girl's childhood into the crazy mix.  Even though I enjoyed the movie overall, it left me still wondering a little bit.  And maybe that was the movie maker's intention, but I was really hoping to have a lot more of the loose ends tied up.   Or are they just setting up P.A. 4...??

Am I a scared-y cat?  Yep, you betcha!  I'm proud of the person that I've become... and that includes the crazy, quirky parts! 

                                                               
                                                                 Happy Halloween!!  ;)