Horror, Horror, Horror! Thats all we see in hollywood these days. I can't understand it. What happened to good ol "casblanca"?
Now all we see in hollywood is, "The Exocist, SAW, SAW2, The Fog, House of Wax, Dark waters, Gothika, Dawn of the dead, blah blah blah.... Every damn movie is bloody scary sh**. And the worst part is, they don't even have storylines. I mean, you go to a movie get scared sh**less and come out not even knowing what the hell got you so scared.
I don't mind all the horror and all that, but what I most detest is the way people spend money to go see stupid horror movies with no storylines, continuously. I couldn't understand it at first, and suddenly, it struck me. I finally figured out why they do it. Ever notice how much they boast about the horror movie they saw the previous night? Yeah, I did. Its because they want people to think that they're brave and courageous and all that crap. Talk about boasting. This is taking it to a new level. They actually go watch the movie so that they can boast with sincerity. Me, I just boast about the movie without actually watching it. Hey, there's no story line, so it's no problem. The title generally indicates the horror causing creature/demented phycho/alien/murdering ghost etc... So its very easy to keep up a conversation without actually having seen it. A typical conversation would go like this.
Me: "Did you see the movie last night?"
Idiot who watched the movie is scared sh**less: "Yeah, it wasn't scary at all!"
Me: "Yeah, and they like call it a 'horror' movie. Sheeesh!"
Idiot: "Totally! I mean, when the alien rips the guys' head off and drinks his brains, I totally knew it was special effects"
Me: "Duuuuh!! I mean how lame is that?"
Idiot: "Yeah, that was prety lame man! And I like totally knew he was gonna do that!"
Me: "Ok man, I have to go get some sleep. Cya tomorrow!"
Idiot: "Hang on man, are you going my way?"
Me: "err...no, I don't live close to your place"
Idiot: "Well.....err....you could stay at my place today if you want... "
And guess what! Hollywood knows that there are idiots out there who do this...often! I admit, the movies would scare me as well. But I don't go watching horror movies continuously so that I'm scared half my life. An occasional horror now and then is ok. But a horror movie every week?? Thats just insane! Especially anyone who goes watching all of them. And the fact is, people do go watch all of them. Just to prove to everyone that they're not afraid. And in my opinion, thats more horrifying than watching the damned thing. My advice is, next time you want to be a hero, WALK YOU OWN DAMNED SELF HOME AT NIGHT!
