Wuss, Am I. (Spoilers: Paranormal Activity within)

[Prince Inigo]

So... I went for dinner tonight. Had some great sushi. Not the problem here.

Afterwords, I was also invited to a movie at my friend's pad. Seems good, right? Well...

Three facts:
--- Luna doesn't do horror movies; boy, girl, it, whatever you think of me, I hate horror movies that aren't 'realization' horror with or without a twist of psychological.
--- Get scared easily and despise the feel of adrenaline caused by fear.
--- I don't like when things pop out or come near me. Bugs in real-life that come/fly near me do the same deal and scare the hell out of me.

You can tell what happened. I watched Paranormal Activity with my best friend and his friend and girlfriend.

Fuck. I don't care if you guys think it's not scary. I don't do horror. And it wasn't the events leading up to the end that did it. No, no, no. Not them. It was/were the ending(s).

Guess what? We watched both the alternate and original endings.

Guess what again? Throughout the movie, I kept my ears plugged with (happy) music whenever the nights rolled by. Thanks Kou Shibasaki; love you, babe.

Third time's the charm: My friend heightened the scare with the original ending.

Alternate was okay. Katie kills (stupid) Micah and then slits her own throat. That, in of itself, is not scary. It's weird and gets the adrenaline going, yes, but that's not what has gotten me in a frenzy right now that I'm disregarding sleep to type this. (Besides, the adrenaline says I can't sleep right now).

Original ending, oh man. My friend screamed with that; and, worse, I had my ears unplugged barely during it. He, too, hates when things are thrown at him. He screamed when Micah is thrown at the camera. What Katie does after wasn't the problem so much. (Though she is eating his corpse. Partially).

I'll never watch a horror movie with my friend and his friends again. No. I hate this kind of horror where you're intended to be scared like you're in some kind of survival. I like the fear that comes from realization or psychological, like 1984 or Battle Royale. Those can't even be considered horrors at times, but they are in a sense of you realize things and get fearful of what's to come or what could happen.

Fuck the supernatural. Fuck the stupid protagonists (fucking Micah). Fuck the adrenaline. (And if you want to get at me about my cursing, sorry. Bit high on the adrenaline; and, if you want to say that's my fault for watching it in the first place, well, whatever, sorry about that too).

I catered to the demands of my peers because all three - we were four, me included - wanted to watch the movie. There were three other movies and not all three wanted to watch one movie besides Paranormal. "Nooooo, we want to watch Paranormal, *insert real name here*. You can decide if you want to watch more in the first five minutes." Big joke. Biggggg joke considering nothing bad happens till, like, twenty minutes in. Of course, they were considering to watch some... murder mystery because of me, but I told myself, "Hey, let them watch their movie. You don't have to watch yourself. You can plug your ears and perhaps go on his Internet." Oh, yea right.

I'll never watch a horror like this again. No fucking way in hell. This is why I avoided The Grudge 2; this is why I avoided any other horror my friend brought up.---

Despite all of this, I'm going to try to go to bed and not freak out that my door is closing without me. At least I'll find the comfort in that I'm not as dumb as Micah.---

*mini-rant*I can find the smile in that Micah got his wishes (with the camera) and got his just desserts for dying when he called the demon out and didn't let Katie go call that demonologist. Before the whole scares came out, I kept telling Katie to go call that demonologist. Oh but no, every protagonist has to be dumb and not call the expert. Nooooooooooo. "We can solve this ourselves with our camera and dust and locked doors and--" Yea, no. Watch The Exorcist? (Not spoiling that; I read what happened on wikipedia). Yea. Stupid Micah. Now you're dead, either thrown to the camera and eaten by your girlfriend or just stabbed a multitude of times. Yea, Micah. What now? Stupid protagonist.*end mini-rant*

That was my night.

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[Meeka]

Luna, I feel the exact same way. All my life I have not been able to watch horror movies. I'm usually alright with those movies where some psychopathic guy murders a whole bunch of stupid teenagers. That stuff does not scare me, because I have a valid chance at killing a human being. I am, however, terrified by the supernatural. Maybe it's just my hyperactive, creative mind that refuses to be rational and see that this stuff can not happen. Demons don't exist and do not randomly crawl out of televisions. Or any other reflective object. Eh... I'm ranting.

Now, I haven't actually watched Paranormal Activity, simply because I know that it will terrify me, but I did what I do all the time and looked it up on Wikipedia. I am obsessed with horror movies. I think many people are actually obsessed with things that scare them. So I usually read the plot summary on all the horror movies I hear of.

The Grudge 2 was actually the first horror movie I saw. I was thirteen and literally traumatised. I did not even see the entire thing. I bolted right after a scene in which the Grudge (I don't remember her name) appeared in a closet in which another normal girl was trapped. I read up on it of course and I watched a couple of other scenes as well throughout the years. After I initially saw the movie, I could not fall asleep for days after. I kept imagining the Grudge coming up behind my bed or in the shower or through the mirror. Which sparked my fear for mirrors, which I know some of you know enough about.

I feel your fear, Luna! I also don't watch horror movies anymore because I know that I won't be able to sleep anymore afterwards. I did wach the Ring though... and managed to close my eyes at all the right moments because I had read the article on Wikipedia beforehand.

[peanutpie]

Luna, you are not alone. I havent watched a horror movie but had a simmilar experience.

Imagine, last year, right around this time. My family and one of my friends were at a local haunted house in a water/theme park. My Mom, (fake screaming on my left) Was rediculously spazzing out. My friend (Clenching my coat and screaming "LITTLE KIDS! LITTLE KIDS!" Louder than anyone else) had her stinking eyes CLOSED and there was this creepy lady following our group of 11. (No, my family isnt THAT big. It included my two cousins, my aunt, uncle, and grandparents. And parents, sister, me and my friend.)

You can imagine why I made the first exit.

[Godric Heart]

My dad forced me to watch horror movies with him since I was nine, and if I cried he told me to shut up that it is all fake.. Now I love horror movies, they surprise me sometimes but I'm never really scared. The only time I get paranoid is when I watch a zombie movie cause in all likely hood the zombie apocalypse will happen one day >_>

[Jasik]

Luna, you're not alone. I hate hate hate hate hate the horror genre. Hell, I can't watch trailers for Alice: Madness Returns without practically wetting my pants. Maybe one day I'll get used to them.

Pfft. As if.

[shrimp]

I got freaked out watching sixth sense.

I got traumatized reading about the Grudge.

nuff said.