Wednesday, October 31, 2012

RTW: Happy Halloween!

Road Trip Wednesday is a 'Blog Carnival' where YA Highway's contributors post a weekly writing- or reading-related question that begs to be answered. In the comments, you can hop from destination to destination and get everybody's unique take on the topic.

This week we're talking about Halloween! What is your favorite scary book or movie?

I'm an utter and total wimp. I'm just going to put it out there. When I was a teenager I loved scary movies. I'd watch them all with eager anticipation. Then something changed. I think I can pinpoint the exact time. It was about three years ago when I'd first started dating my FH and we went to see the first Paranormal Activity. I don't even know why I went. I was scared out of my mind. I spent the whole film curled up in a ball on the seat gripping the hands of my FH on one side and my little sister on the other. 

After the film I took the shortcut home which involved driving up a very windy and deserted road, in the rain, after midnight where you could see nothing but the dense bush and the very stunning but very creepy building of the Auckland Museum. I was convinced something was going to jump out at me any second. Later that night after my man and I had been asleep for a few hours, he awoke to find me standing beside the bed with my eyes open, staring out the window - very similar to one of the scenes in Paranormal Activity. I was dead asleep, despite my eyes being open. He woke me up, I freaked myself out and then got back into bed and fell asleep. Since then I have avoided scary movies like the plague. They just seem to haunt me well past the time the film is over!

So I can't say that I have a favourite scary movie; although I do have somewhat of an obsession for the Pretty Little Liars TV show, which at times can get very scary! Although I do love myself a little bit of Hocus Pocus and The Witches!

In terms of books - does Goosebumps count?! After I read a good portion of the Babysitter's Club books I started reading Goosebumps even though I thought they were really 'boys books'. I liked the ones that had alternate endings, where you chose what to do next. I'm sure Harry Potter could be pretty scary too. In fact, any book with a really evil and conniving protagonist I will probably find scary!

Sorry for being so fail on the scary books and movies front - it may be Halloween but... I really am a wimp!!

Happy Halloween!

20 comments:

  1. I'm totally with you on this. I can't handle scary movies or even scary tv shows, whether they're realistic or not. Once a friend of mine wanted to watch "The Silence of the Lambs" and I didn't end up seeing the movie, I only heard it because I had my hands over my eyes the whole time. Absolutely hated it.

    As far as Halloween goes, I much prefer the cuter side of it--pumpkins and candy and costumes. Happy Halloween to you too!

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    1. I've seen all of The Silence of the Lambs, but I think it was after that I started hating scary movies. Once I pulled a muscle in my back from trying to get away from the screen while still in my seat! HA!

      I agree, I love the cuter side, seeing the kids dressed up and all the candy and pumpkin designs - it's awesome!

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  2. I love scary movies, but haven't gotten the chance to see many lately.

    I may be part of the minority that isn't huge on Halloween. It's just never excited me the way it does most people.

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    1. I read that on your blog last week, did you used to like Halloween? I think for me it's just the novelty of it. Some people in New Zealand will dress up and have parties but it's nothing like it is here. Here it is an actual event which I find kind of exciting!

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  3. I'm not a fan of scary movies either. The worst for me is knowing that something is going to jump out or appear just behind someone by the way that the camera angle shifts. Or the classic 'person opening a medicine cabinet and you know when they close it there will be someone behind them reflected in the mirror'. Argh!! Hate that crap. So I'm not even 100% sure I'm doing RTW today. I don't know if I even have an answer! :)

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    1. I agree, I get so stressed and tense watching these things that I just can't stand it!

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    2. Okay, I caved and did a RTW post. Of course, much of it was about why I don't particularly love scary books and movies. :)

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    3. YAY JAIME! I'll go read it now!

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  4. I love Hocus Pocus! I always watch that at Halloween. ^^ With Paranormal Activity some of those experiences could be real. Like strange noises, doors moving, etc. Just the other night my boyfriend walked into the kitchen, only to find a spatula in the middle of the floor. There was no way it could have fallen off the worktops. The door was closed so the cat couldn't even get in to move it. We'd also just watched Paranormal Activity too. There must be something off about that film!

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    1. Waaah, see that's the kind of stuff that keeps me up at night! Don't like it! Not one bit! haha

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  5. I'm with you on that. Except I never liked scary movies. Thanks for sharing.

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  6. Goosebumps definitely counts. I loved those books as a kid! Awesome choice.

    Happy Halloween and Road Trip Wednesday!

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    1. I loved them too! I was the geeky kid in the library at lunchtimes reading Babysitter's Club and Goosebumps aha

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  7. It's funny that you mentioned Harry Potter--I think the LOTR movies are really scary, but most people don't. They're so dark that I can't watch them before bed.

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    1. No, no, I can totally see how LOTR would be scary! They have that disturbed creepy element to them!

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  8. That totally happened to me, too. Teenage years = bring on the scary! Now = total wimp. Haha!

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  9. Oooo...that sleep walking thing is a little real-life creepy.

    I'm a total wimp too.

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    1. Haha I know, totally creepy! I creep myself out!
      Wimps unite!!

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