Halloween H20. I would have been about 10. It was at a sleepover, at a girl’s house which had a lot of windows. Not cool, because in the movie Michael Myers would just stand at the windows holding his knife watching everyone before he’d attack. And it was one of those one’s where people would run away and he’d be walking but still be able to catch up. It really scared the shit out of me, probably just because it was my first one. I’m not scared of the dark as such, but I’m still scared of Michael Myers coming out of the dark if I’m outside by myself. The next sleepover where we watched horror movies I made a girl who had already seen them tell me exactly what was going to happen so I could be prepared, and that’s how I survived Scream, Wrong Turn and Texas Chainsaw Massacre (the remake). The next one I saw was The Grudge (english version) and the first time the girl appeared I screamed and was so ashamed of myself that I just flat out refused to be scared for the rest of the movie, but making fun of and laughing at the ridiculousness. Since then, I have not been able to find a scary movie that truly scares me, even though now I would like to be able to get that adrenaline rush, I’ve made it impossible because I was so scared of being scared I just refused, and became one of those annoying “oh as if” cynical people who couldn’t suspend their disbelief. I am still on a quest for good horror movies that will break me out of this! I have been playing bioshock actually and that has been able to give me some good scares!
Recently I decided to watch the original 1978 Halloween in the hopes that it would be so 70s and so campy and cheesy that I wouldn’t be scared of Michael Myers anymore, but, it’s not considered a classic for no reason. It was filmed in such a way that the things I hoped would be dated and look ridiculous (the blood and gore etc) were minimal and it was all about the suspense, which doesn’t age. Even though it was pretty predictable I still jumped and screamed in all the right places, and it didn’t alleviate my fear at all. I still have nightmares about Michael Myers.