Research Era: What's the deal with horror movies?

Like I mentioned last week, I wanted to talk about, I know it's summertime, but I want to talk about why some people like horror movies.

And some people don't.

I myself don't.

I'm so nosy.

And I do get a bit of a rush in like, oh my god, I want to hear what happens in this movie.

And I will read the full plot.

And then that will freak me out.

But I'm too scared to watch the actual movie.

But then I have friends in my life who like, they are horror movie hardcore, you know? And they will feel quite calm and then just like go to sleep and not really think about it again.

Whereas I have seen horror movies.

I think my problem is I watched horror movies too young.

I had a French teacher who, when I was, I think, 13, she was a big horror movie fanatic.

A fanatique, if you will.

And she showed us It, the movie, the 1980s film.

it the clown and whenever we would watch these movies in school obviously you can't watch you you're like you know we'd have french class on a tuesday and then we'd watch the first 45 minutes and then have to continue the rest but it like would stop in the middle of the film So then you have to go home and you're like, oh my God, I don't know what happens.

And then it's really scary because you've just stopped in the middle of the movie and then you have to wait like two days.

And I remember like going to the toilet after that class and being so freaked out.

And then I'd be walking the dog.

And so I remember it was like raining and then there was the gutters.

And do you remember that? Oh, it sent shivers down my spine.

Remember the bit in the movie, if you've seen it? Ah! sorry thinking about it now it's making i can see it so clearly in my head his little face his stupid little face in the drains the little boy george is in his yellow cute yellow raincoat oh i actually have shivers on this one cute yellow raincoat and there's like water flowing down the drains this lashing rain and he has a little paper boat i think and then in the drains oh is the clown and he's so scary and he's like hello george or something oh my lord that scared the heck out of me and i remember then walking my dog and it was raining and i got so freaked out like anytime i was near a drain pipe i mean a drain a gutters whatever it was okay and then that same teacher also showed us the shining and i had nightmares Like, what? She was a cool teacher, but, like, what? That was so scary for me.

So, and then we had a Spanish teacher who also showed us Pan's Labyrinth.

Now, I can't remember if that is a scary movie, but I just remember being scared.

It was disturbing.

So, I think that's where...