Today I thought I would tell all you readers (if there are any) a little about me and this blog. Where did I come up with the name for this blog? Swimming is a big part of my life. I love being in the water, because I am in my own little world when I am in the water. I swim so much that I have often been told I was a mermaid in another life, or I should have been one in this life. My first name is Heather so mermaid heather made sense to me. Not a great blog name and it doesn't really fit with what I have been writing about. But when I made it I wasn't sure what I would write about. If you have been reading my previous posts then you may have figured out I am currently in college.
So why write about movies? I have managed to watch a lot of movies and I like to talk about them, a little too much at times. I can watch pretty much any kind of movie. Horror is my favorite to watch, but I also really enjoy comedy, action, drama and even a few historical movies. I have noticed it is getting harder to define movies since they have so many different elements to them anymore.
When I was around 9 years old (if i remember right) I tried watching
The Shining on TV. At the time I hated scary movies of any type. I don't remember if I started watching it from the start or in the middle somewhere. But I guess that really isn't important. I wanted to watch it because I knew it was only a movie and I wanted to get over my fear. I watched as Jack entered the hotel room, you know, the one they always lingered at but never went into. He goes in and I feel the fear start to find its way into me, but there is nothing in the room, phew. Then we see there is a light on in the bathroom and Jack starts to walk towards it. Now I kept telling myself to keep watching but did it work? Nope I bolted out of the room as fast as my feet would take me. Every once in a while I would peek around the door to see if the movie was still on after that.
Then fast foward a year. My dad comes in my room and says, "Come in here and watch this movie with me". Of course my first question was what movie? All he would tell me was the title,
Holloween. He wouldn't tell me what it was about or what kind of movie it was. His way of breaking my fear I guess. We watched the movie and talked about it some after it was over. I realized then that it wasn't as bad as I made it out to be. Yes the movie scared me but I finally figured out I was safe, nothing was going to get me. Ever since then I have been a horror movie junky.
In yesterday's post I talked a little about what makes a movie scary. What scares me are movies that are somewhat real in their subject matter, and done in a real way. I remember one Halloween night, making my dad stay up to watch the first three
Amityville Horror movies with me. After watching those I refused to sleep alone! Not too many movies scare me these days. After watching so
many horror films I can almost guess what will happen at times. I still get a thrill but not as many scares. The most recent movie I can recall that really scared me, would be
The Blair Witch Project.
I am putting together a list of my favorite horror movies which I am hoping will be my next post. In the meantime, why don't you tell me which movies put the scare into you?
