It's Horror Time Again!

Greetings, my dear ghouls and mutants. I know it's been ages since I've written, but here I am, back with the blog, at least for the month of October. Why, you ask? After being away for 9 months?

Well, October to me means horror movies. Ok, every month means horror movies to me, so hear me out. October is special. Its spooky. It's ghoulish. Its filled with creepy crawlies and things that go bump in the night. Its the month where everyone is sharing their favorite scary movies, watching the new releases, and revisiting classics. Every channel you stream is loading up on the good stuff.

That said let me share something I was thinking about earlier. I have loved horror movies since I was pretty young. I saw Night of the Living Dead at a way too young age, and maybe that piqued my interest in the genre, but it was Jaws that pulled me under. I first saw it with my mom when I was 8 or 9. I remember being terrified, by a shark that was eating people. I had never even seen the ocean but it didn't matter. Lakes, creeks, and even pools became scary. I must have seen that movie 10 or 12 times throughout my youth, but by my 20's, after not seeing it for many years, I revisited it and found it scared me on a different level. The scene with Alex Kintner- you know the one. full beachfront of people, everyone swimming, little boy goes out on an air mattress, everyone gets called back in when the shark is spotted. But one person doesn't make it back. I had seen that film so many times but I guess I had never really felt the full power of that kid getting eaten by the shark.The panic of the swimmers. It's almost hard to believe that scene was actually more brutal and that Spielberg decided to cut it. Its terrifying enough. That first time I saw it, I felt just as Chief Brody did on the beach. Like I was zooming in on something horrific, but I couldn't look away. I rewatched it a few more times then put it aside. In my late 30's, i received a special anniversary edition on Blu-ray and again, found it to be horrifying in an entirely new way. Sure, the shark was eating people. He could, because he was enabled by the worst villain of all...

Capitalism!

Gotta have those tourist dollars to keep Amity going. That mayor, what a schmuck.

I'm now 44 and its 2019. I don't plan to rewatch Jaws this month, but if I did, I am sure there would be something new i'd glean from it. I will, however, be rewatching some gems I haven't seen in a while, many of them with my co-pilot, The Dr., who, when we first met assured me she did not care for horror movies, but did enjoy films with a supernatural element. And haunted houses because come on, who doesn't like a haunted house movie? She is now a full fledged horror fan. We watched many classics last October and throughout the year.

For this month, we have Near Dark, Candyman, Blood and Black Lace (on a big screen!!!) April Fool's Day, and You're Next all on the list. Plus a slew of stuff TBD because, October has 31 days! I will be blogging throughout the month so I hope you'll enjoy some extra ghoulishness in your life and in your feeds.